{"627641":{"#nid":"627641","#data":{"type":"event","title":"And Still I Rise: Exploring African-Heritage Stories of Resilience and Determination","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPerformance Duo Emily Lansana and Zahra Baker of \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sdie.gatech.edu\/spirit\u0022\u003EIn the Spirit\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; guide participants through discovering and celebrating the rich heritage of African-Heritage storytelling with focus on the resilience often needed to survive and thrive. The soulful slate of storytellers include legendary story elder, Akbar Imhotep, solo performance artist Caleb Brown, Atlanta Moth GrandSlam Champion, Cola Rum, and a host of other extraordinary storytellers. Musical interludes will abound, and light refreshments will be served.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026#39;s \u003Cem\u003ETransformative Narratives\u003C\/em\u003E initiative is designed to enhance self-awareness, increase cultural competence, and connect us through the sharing of diverse identities, experiences, and perspectives. Events are free and open to faculty, staff, students, and invited guests from the greater Atlanta community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo register, please visit:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sdie.gatech.edu\/and-still-i-rise-exploring-african-heritage-stories-resilience-and-determination\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/sdie.gatech.edu\/and-still-i-rise-exploring-african-heritage-stories-resilience-and-determination\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor a full list of this year\u0026#39;s Storytelling Crawl events, please visit:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sdie.gatech.edu\/transformative-narratives-storytelling-crawl\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/sdie.gatech.edu\/transformative-narratives-storytelling-crawl\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPerformance Duo Emily Lansana and Zahra Baker of \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sdie.gatech.edu\/spirit\u0022\u003EIn the Spirit\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; guide participants through discovering and celebrating the rich heritage of African-Heritage storytelling with focus on the resilience often needed to survive and thrive. The soulful slate of storytellers include legendary story elder, Akbar Imhotep, solo performance artist Caleb Brown, Atlanta Moth GrandSlam Champion, Cola Rum, and a host of other extraordinary storytellers. Musical interludes will abound, and light refreshments will be served.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Performance Duo Emily Lansana and Zahra Baker of \u201cIn the Spirit\u201d guide participants through discovering and celebrating the rich heritage of African-Heritage storytelling with focus on the resilience often needed to survive and thrive."}],"uid":"34873","created_gmt":"2019-10-16 14:29:44","changed_gmt":"2019-11-14 15:28:19","author":"tjohnson372","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-11-14T11:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2019-11-14T13:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-11-14T13:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-11-14 16:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-11-14 18:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-11-14 18:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"},{"id":"535141","name":"Staff Diversity"},{"id":"145331","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"182678","name":"Transformative Narratives Storytelling Crawl 2019 GRIOT"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1792","name":"Arts and Performance"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you have any questions, please contact Christen Smiley at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:christen.smiley@gatech.edu?subject=Transformative%20Narratives%20Storytelling%20Crawl\u0022\u003Echristen.smiley@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}