{"665868":{"#nid":"665868","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"A U.S. Vice President, Atmospheric Scientist, And Oceanographer - That\u2019s Black History","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/geography.uga.edu\/directory\/people\/james-marshall-shepherd\u0022\u003EMarshall Shepard\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor and director of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/geography.uga.edu\u0022\u003EUniversity of Georgia\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;Atmospheric Sciences Program,\u003C\/a\u003E wrote this article on the experience of sharing a Ferst Center for the Arts\u0026nbsp;stage February 8 with Vice President Kamala Harris and oceanographer\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/bolden-dr-isaiah\u0022\u003EIsaiah Bolden\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E. The topic\u0026nbsp;was climate change from an economic and racial justice viewpoint, but Shepard writes about the impact of the event happening during Black History Month.\u0026nbsp;While Shepard writes that more work is needed\u0026nbsp;diversifying the atmospheric and ocean sciences, \u0026quot;this moment in Black History cannot be overlooked. In February 2023 two black scholars and a black woman, who just happens to be the Vice President of the United States, sat on a stage discussing climate, environmental policy, and why it matters to all communities, but particularly those with people that look like them.\u0026quot; (The climate conversation at Georgia Tech was also covered by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/in-atlanta-kamala-harris-speech-focuses-on-climate-change-and-president-bidens-agenda\/EFMPKV43QZEH3OMB24K25OKYM4\/\u0022\u003EAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/news\/vice-president-kamala-harris-atlanta-visit-economy\u0022\u003EFox5 Atlanta\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gpb.org\/news\/2023\/02\/09\/georgia-today-prison-warden-arrested-vp-harris-in-atlanta-financial-boost-for\u0022\u003EGeorgia Public Broadcasting\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/the-climate-problem-vp-harris-cares-most-about\/\u0022\u003EE\u0026amp;E News\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nique.net\/news\/2023\/02\/19\/vice-president-kamala-harris-visits-tech\/\u0022\u003ETechnique.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;A White House\u0026nbsp;transcript of the event is found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/02\/08\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-in-a-moderated-conversation-on-climate-2\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-02-16 16:31:57","changed_gmt":"2023-02-20 19:14:34","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/marshallshepherd\/2023\/02\/15\/a-us-vice-president-atmospheric-scientist-and-oceanographerthats-black-history\/?sh=49e0285f5f12","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-15T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"192096","name":"Isaiah Bolden"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"18791","name":"environmental policy"},{"id":"189202","name":"racial justice"},{"id":"602","name":"economics"},{"id":"192162","name":"Kamala Harris"},{"id":"261","name":"Ferst Center for the Arts"}],"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":""}}}