{"64676":{"#nid":"64676","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Black Leadership Conference","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe African American Student Union (AASU) at Georgia Tech is proud to announce Dr. Steve Perry, CNN education contributor, as the keynote speaker for the Eighth Annual Black Leadership Conference (BLC). This year\u0027s theme is Project Pendulum: Giving Back and Moving Forward. Dr. Randal Pinkett, author of \u0022Black Faces in White Places,\u0022 will also speak. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech BLC is an annual event hosted by the AASU to promote leadership and diversity in professional and community life. The conference will be comprised of 10 thought-provoking workshops, four dynamic speakers, three catered meals and a career fair.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESince it began in 2004, the BLC has helped to host\u0026nbsp; prominent and prolific speakers including former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Dr. Maya Angelou, President Barack Obama, and, most recently, Dr. Cornel West.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA full schedule of the weekend\u0027s events is \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtblc.org\/schedule-2\/\u0022\u003Eavailable online\u003C\/a\u003E; register online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtblc.org\u0022\u003Egtblc.org\u003C\/a\u003E, or contact GT AASU for more information. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The African American Student Union is proud to announce Dr. Steve Perry, CNN education contributor, as the keynote speaker."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2011-02-28 17:38:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:54:26","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-03-12T07:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-03-13T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-03-13T20:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-03-12 12:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-03-14 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-03-14 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2Dkx-UqQqJ0","title":"Video for the 2011 BLC"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtblc.org\/","title":"Georgia Tech Black Leadership Conference"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu\/aasu\/","title":"GT African American Student Union"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4539","name":"aasu"},{"id":"6469","name":"African American Student Union"},{"id":"4805","name":"black leadership conference"},{"id":"12174","name":"blc"},{"id":"6244","name":"randal pinkett"},{"id":"167459","name":"steve perry"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}