{"586456":{"#nid":"586456","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Black History Month Lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026quot;The Rewards, Challenges, and Implications of Being Black and Trans\u0026quot;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFeatured Speaker: Janet Mock\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWednesday, February 15, 2017\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nGeorgia Tech Student Center Ballroom\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n3:00 PM\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Janet Mock:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJanet Mock is a writer, TV host, and advocate whose memoir,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ERedefining Realness\u003C\/em\u003E, debuted on\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe New York Times\u0026rsquo;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Bestsellers list in 2014. Her second book about her twenties will be released in June 2017 with Atria Books. She is a sought-after speaker, an advocate for trans women\u0026rsquo;s rights, and the founder of #GirlsLikeUs, a social media project that empowers trans women.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA millennial media powerhouse, Mock began her career as a staff editor for People.com where she worked for five years. She has since worked as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight, a contributing editor for\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EMarie Claire\u003C\/em\u003E, and a host for MSNBC, where she helmed the groundbreaking series \u0026mdash; \u0026ldquo;So POPular!\u0026rdquo; Mock also hosted the Global Citizen Festival in 2015 and will executive produce and front the 2017 MSNBC original series, \u0026ldquo;Beyond My Body.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo view Janet Mock\u0026#39;s full bio,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech-institutediversity.cmail19.com\/t\/r-l-ykdyhrkd-diehtiijl-b\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo RSVP for this event, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/black-history-month-exhibit-and-lecture-registration\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis event is sponsored by Institute Diversity, African American Student Union, and the LGBTQIA Resource Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"This lecture is part of the celebration of Black History Month and will feature activist Janet Mock as the main speaker."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2017-01-25 20:29:26","changed_gmt":"2017-01-25 20:29:48","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"586455":{"id":"586455","type":"image","title":"Janet Mock","body":null,"created":"1485376151","gmt_created":"2017-01-25 20:29:11","changed":"1485376151","gmt_changed":"2017-01-25 20:29:11","alt":"","file":{"fid":"223507","name":"JanetMockPic.160420.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JanetMockPic.160420.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/JanetMockPic.160420.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":79963,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/JanetMockPic.160420.jpeg?itok=uA0b685y"}}},"media_ids":["586455"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"166958","name":"speakers and events"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}