{"641743":{"#nid":"641743","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Leaders Aspire to Make Atlanta a Global Hub for Peace Education","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnna Westerstahl Stenport, chair of the School of Modern Languages and Professor of Global Studies, was quoted in the article \u0026quot;Leaders Aspire to Make Atlanta a Global Hub for Peace Education,\u0026quot; published Nov. 30, 2020 in\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESaporta Report.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe initiative described in the article\u0026nbsp;is using Atlanta\u0026#39;s existing infrastructure of universities and advocacy organizations to advance the city as a destination for peace studies, a field that examines the conditions that can create long-lasting conditions of peace in societies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo far, the Peace Education Initiative has captured the imagination of dozens of people throughout metro Atlanta\u0026rsquo;s institutions of higher learning. At a large, in-person meeting in February at Georgia Tech, representatives from the 10 universities unanimously endorsed the concept of an multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional peace education institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are right at the starting point,\u0026rdquo; said Anna Stenport, co-director of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/atlantaglobalstudies.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Global Studies Center,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;which is coordinating the education efforts for the Atlanta Peace Initiative. \u0026ldquo;We are laying the foundation and dreaming big.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/saportareport.com\/leaders-aspire-to-make-atlanta-a-global-hub-for-peace-education\/columnists\/mariasmetro\/maria_saporta\/\u0022\u003EFull article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"35266","created_gmt":"2020-12-01 15:39:16","changed_gmt":"2020-12-01 15:39:31","author":"ifrazer3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/saportareport.com\/leaders-aspire-to-make-atlanta-a-global-hub-for-peace-education\/columnists\/mariasmetro\/maria_saporta\/","dateline":{"date":"2020-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-12-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"631770":{"id":"631770","type":"image","title":"Anna Stenport","body":null,"created":"1580239647","gmt_created":"2020-01-28 19:27:27","changed":"1580239895","gmt_changed":"2020-01-28 19:31:35","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240377","name":"anna8.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/anna8.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/anna8.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":20478,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/anna8.jpg?itok=awf2CYSB"}}},"media_ids":["631770"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1616","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"167342","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"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":""}}}