{"73055":{"#nid":"73055","#data":{"type":"event","title":"MLK Lecture featuring Julian Bond, Civil Rights Activist and Former NAACP Chairman","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Institute Diversity, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, and others will open the 2015 Georgia Tech Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration with a keynote address from \u003Cstrong\u003EJulian Bond.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EFormer Chairman of the Board, NAACP.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBeginning with his pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement, \u003Cstrong\u003EJulian Bond\u003C\/strong\u003E - an expert on diversity in the law - has always been on the cutting edge of social change and leadership. Legendary as the first black US vice presidential nominee and former Chairman of the NAACP, Bond continues to deliver a powerful message of equality, freedom, and justice with a renewed sense of relevance.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/Bond_Biography\u0022\u003EClick for Full Bio\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E RSVP by January 9 at: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/mlk-lecture-reception-rsvp\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/mlk-lecture-reception-rsvp\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Private Reception: Ferst Place, 5-7 p.m. INVITATION ONLY\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Institute Diversity opens the Georgia Tech Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration with a keynote address from \u003Cstrong\u003EJulian Bond\u003C\/strong\u003E, Civil Rights Activist and Former NAACP Chairman.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Keynote speaker for the Georgia Tech Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-11-23 15:08:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:41","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2015-01-14T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2015-01-14T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2015-01-14T15:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2015-01-14 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2015-01-14 20:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2015-01-14 20:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/MLK-celebration","title":"Georgia Tech Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.diversity.gatech.edu\/","title":"Office of Diversity Programs"}],"groups":[{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"},{"id":"58061","name":"Office of Hispanic Initiatives"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"7653","name":"chemical spill"},{"id":"736","name":"diversity"},{"id":"10230","name":"equality"},{"id":"7654","name":"first responder"},{"id":"7652","name":"hazmat"},{"id":"10810","name":"MLK"},{"id":"167595","name":"social justice"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Najah.hofman@vpid.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ENajah Hofman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffice of Institute Diversity\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-3070\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}