{"644850":{"#nid":"644850","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Black Joy as Resistance: Why I Do the Work I Do","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin the Black Media Studies program on Wednesday, March 3rd at 3pm EST for a keynote address with Dr.\u0026nbsp;Yaba\u0026nbsp;Blay, creator of the web series and community\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/professionalblackgirl.com\/web-series\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\/\/professionalblackgirl.com\/web-series\/Click to follow link.\u0022\u003EProfessional Black Girl\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand author of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/673074\/one-drop-by-yaba-blay\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/673074\/one-drop-by-yaba-blay\/Click to follow link.\u0022\u003EOne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E. She will discuss the role of joy in her digital media work and activism. Click\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/register\/jkvvurwj\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/register\/jkvvurwjClick to follow link.\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to register for this BlueJeans event for free.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Blay\u0026nbsp;is a scholar-activist, public speaker, and cultural consultant whose scholarship, work, and practice centers on the lived experiences of Black women and girls, with a particular focus on identity\/body politics and beauty practices. Lauded by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.oprah.com\/inspiration\/why-yaba-blay-started-prettyperiod\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EO Magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for her social media activism, she has launched several viral campaigns including\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/09\/10\/living\/identity-opinion-yaba-blay-dreadlocks-brown-girl\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/09\/10\/living\/identity-opinion-yaba-blay-dreadlocks-brown-girl\/index.htmlClick to follow link.\u0022\u003ELocs of Love\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pretty-period.tumblr.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E#PrettyPeriod\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.professionalblackgirl.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E#ProfessionalBlackGirl,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;her multi-platform digital community.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2012, Dr. Blay served as a producer on CNN\u0026rsquo;s television documentary,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=youtu.be\u0026amp;v=CWcs7YsZVuY\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u0026ldquo;Who is Black in America?,\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and has since been named one of today\u0026rsquo;s leading Black voices by \u0026lsquo;The Root 100\u0026rsquo; and\u0026nbsp;Essence\u0026nbsp;Magazine\u0026rsquo;s \u0026lsquo;Woke 100.\u0026rsquo; She has appeared on CNN, BET, MSNBC, BBC, and NPR, and her work has been featured in\u0026nbsp;The New York Times,\u0026nbsp;EBONY,\u0026nbsp;Essence,\u0026nbsp;Fast Company,\u0026nbsp;The Philadelphia Inquirer,\u0026nbsp;Colorlines, and The Root, to name a few. Her commentary is featured in\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;A Changing America: 1968 and Beyond\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;a permanent installation exhibited in the National Museum of African American History and Culture; and she is the author of the award-winning\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.yabablay.com\/book\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\/\/www.yabablay.com\/bookClick to follow link.\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you have any questions about the event, please email the event coordinator, Susana Morris (Associate Professor of Black Media Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication) at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:susana@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esusana@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYaba\u0026nbsp;Blay, creator of the web series and community\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/professionalblackgirl.com\/web-series\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\/\/professionalblackgirl.com\/web-series\/Click to follow link.\u0022\u003EProfessional Black Girl\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eand author of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/673074\/one-drop-by-yaba-blay\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/673074\/one-drop-by-yaba-blay\/Click to follow link.\u0022\u003EOne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, will discuss the role of joy in her digital media work and activism\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Yaba Blay, creator of the web series and community Professional Black Girl and author of One Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race, will discuss the role of joy in her digital media work and activism"}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2021-03-02 13:01:08","changed_gmt":"2021-03-02 13:01:08","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2021-03-03T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2021-03-03T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2021-03-03 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2021-03-03 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2021-03-03 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:susana@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esusana@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}