{"469481":{"#nid":"469481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Serve-Learn-Sustain Examines Community Concept","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain will host the Liam\u2019s Legacy Symposium on Wednesday, November 18, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Clary Theater of the Bill Moore Student Success Center.\u0026nbsp;The symposium will ask what sustainability might look like if the concept of community is taken seriously.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe asset-based community engagement model encourages change and development by using the talents and capacities of people within the community. It also focuses on a community\u2019s strengths and not just its needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe Liam\u2019s Legacy Symposium is a wonderful opportunity to join the conversation regarding how Georgia Tech approaches sustainability,\u201d said Kristina Chatfield with Georgia Tech\u2019s new Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain. \u201cWe are engaging community partners at and around Georgia Tech, as we continue to develop programs for the students\u2019 academic experience.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event will include keynote remarks by Jody Kretzman, one of the co-founders of The Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University, and Jenita McGowan, the chief sustainability officer for the City of Cleveland. Kretzman and McGowan also will participate in a panel discussion with Stephanie Stuckey-Benfield, sustainability director for the City of Atlanta, and Chris Burke, Georgia Tech\u2019s director of\u0026nbsp;Community Relations.\u0026nbsp;Jennifer Hirsch, director of the Center for Serve-Learn-Sustain, will facilitate the discussion.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Liam\u2019s Legacy Symposium celebrates the life and legacy of Liam Rattray, a sustainability activist, who had just graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in public policy when he was killed by a suspected drunk driver in 2011. Financial support for the Liam\u2019s Legacy Symposium comes through the School of History and Sociology, and the Wardlaw Fund for Human Rights.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe symposium will ask what sustainability might look like if the concept of community is taken seriously.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The symposium will ask what sustainability might look like if the concept of community is taken seriously."}],"uid":"27713","created_gmt":"2015-11-16 15:33:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:58","author":"Victor Rogers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66158":{"id":"66158","type":"image","title":"Liam Rattray","body":null,"created":"1449176931","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:08:51","changed":"1475894587","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:07","alt":"Liam Rattray","file":{"fid":"192484","name":"liam_rattray_200x300_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/liam_rattray_200x300_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/liam_rattray_200x300_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":39550,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/liam_rattray_200x300_0_0.jpg?itok=IUwIx1kZ"}}},"media_ids":["66158"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/","title":"Serve, Learn, Sustain"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1564","name":"community"},{"id":"137131","name":"jennifer hirsch"},{"id":"168071","name":"serve-learn-sustain"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EVictor Rogers\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-894-6398\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["victor.rogers@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}