{"636894":{"#nid":"636894","#data":{"type":"news","title":"President Cabrera, Other Campus Leaders to Discuss Race","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (IDEI) will host a virtual panel discussion entitled \u0026ldquo;Race at Georgia Tech: A Call to Action,\u0026rdquo; on Thursday, July 16. The discussion will feature President \u0026Aacute;ngel Cabrera and the lived experiences of Black and non-Black faculty, staff, and students.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;In the aftermath of the national upheaval over the killing of unarmed Black Americans, the campus community has openly called out racism in our society,\u0026rdquo; Archie Ervin, vice president for IDEI and chief diversity officer at Tech, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2020\/06\/24\/update-institute-diversity-equity-and-inclusion\u0022\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E last month. \u0026ldquo;We have heard their voices and understand that the campus body is not simply satisfied with platitudes \u0026ndash; they want change and they are asking for our direction.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETia Jackson-Truitt, director of IDEI\u0026rsquo;s Diversity and Inclusion Education and Training, added, \u0026ldquo;Now that there has been a collective raising of consciousness on issues of race and racism, the campus community has been very vocal in telling us that they are ready to have these critical conversations.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to Cabrera, the July 16 event will feature Ervin; Jackson-Truitt; Sonia Alvarez-Robinson, executive director for Strategic Consulting; Nettie Brown, biomedical engineering doctoral student and vice president of Academic and Research Affairs, graduate Student Government Association (SGA); Kaye Husbands Fealing, dean, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; Seth Marder, Regents Professor and Georgia Power Chair in Energy Efficiency, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Manu Platt, associate professor, Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering; and Mykala Sinclair, mechanical engineering undergraduate student and vice president of Student Life, undergraduate SGA.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach panelist will discuss their personal experiences with race and ways in Georgia Tech can expand on its commitment to eradicate overt and implicit racism, and build a more diverse and inclusive campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event will be the first of a continuing series on race.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the July 16 discussion, its recording will be posted online for viewing. Questions may be submitted for panelists in advance to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:institutediversity@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Einstitutediversity@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. They may also be submitted during the live event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EDate and time:\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJuly 16, 11 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.\u0026mdash; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/race-at-GT\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/race-at-GT\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (IDEI) will host a virtual panel discussion entitled\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Race at Georgia Tech: A Call to Action,\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;on Thursday, July 16.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (IDEI) will host a virtual panel discussion entitled \u201cRace at Georgia Tech: A Call to Action,\u201d on Thursday, July 16."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2020-07-13 13:53:31","changed_gmt":"2020-07-13 14:08:41","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-07-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2020-07-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/president.gatech.edu\/blog\/statement-george-floyd","title":"Statement on George Floyd"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:courtney.hill@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECourtney Hill\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}