{"647374":{"#nid":"647374","#data":{"type":"news","title":"HTS Student Leads \u0027Say Her Name\u0027 Campaign on the Court","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKierra Fletcher graduated with a degree in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hsoc.gatech.edu\/undergraduate\/why-HTS\u0022\u003EHistory, Technology, and Society\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;this week, but her impact at Georgia Tech went far beyond the classroom. Fletcher led the women\u0026rsquo;s basketball team to the Sweet 16 in this year\u0026rsquo;s NCAA tournament and launched a \u003Cem\u003ESay Her Name\u003C\/em\u003E campaign on the court to honor Black women who have lost their lives at the hands of law enforcement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Before every game, a Black woman\u0026rsquo;s name would be read \u0026ndash; such as Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor \u0026ndash; and her story would be told. We had a moment before each game that created emotion just before we played,\u0026rdquo; said Fletcher. \u0026ldquo;It really gave our ladies, including myself, a time to step outside of ourselves, a time to step outside the nature and the hype of a basketball game and to really look at something much bigger than ourselves.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead the full story about Fletcher and her team here: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/omed.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/646952\u0022\u003EWinning Differently: Three Members of Georgia Tech Women\u0026rsquo;s Basketball Talk Inequity, Awareness, and Leadership\u003C\/a\u003E by OMED (Minority Education \u0026amp; Development) Educational Services.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThe School of History and Sociology seeks to \u0026quot;Explore the Past, Engage the Present, Define the Future.\u0026quot; Connect with us on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TechHSOC\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022\u003EFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/techhsoc\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022\u003ETwitter\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/hsoc-gatech\u0022\u003ELinkedIn\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/techhsoc\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022\u003EInstagram\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to keep up with our students, school events, and latest updates!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Kierra Fletcher graduated with a degree in HTS this week, but her impact at Georgia Tech went far beyond the classroom."}],"uid":"35766","created_gmt":"2021-05-12 15:58:43","changed_gmt":"2021-05-12 18:51:58","author":"dminardi3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-05-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"646953":{"id":"646953","type":"image","title":"GTWBB guard Kierra Fletcher","body":null,"created":"1619562226","gmt_created":"2021-04-27 22:23:46","changed":"1620003097","gmt_changed":"2021-05-03 00:51:37","alt":"","file":{"fid":"245586","name":"Kierra_1.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kierra_1.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Kierra_1.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":22621,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Kierra_1.jpeg?itok=w-LhXLbZ"}}},"media_ids":["646953"],"groups":[{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"187830","name":"Kierra Fletcher"},{"id":"147521","name":"HSOC"},{"id":"168508","name":"School of History and Sociology"},{"id":"171373","name":"student leadership"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDi Minardi\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edi.minardi@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["di.minardi@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}