{"633136":{"#nid":"633136","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Kestra James, Modern Languages Graduate Student, Featured During Black History Month","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBy Emily Snelling\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations\u0026nbsp;to Kestra James, graduate student in the Global Media and Cultures master\u0026#39;s program, for being celebrated during Black History Month in GT\u0026#39;s IMPACT news feature.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026quot;As an undergraduate student, James helped organize a trip to Munich, Germany, to assist 200 Syrian refugees in adjusting to their new lives in Europe. As a graduate student, she\u0026rsquo;s now helping coordinate programming for Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s brand new master\u0026rsquo;s program in Global Media and Cultures.\u0026nbsp;This summer, she plans to return to Germany where she\u0026rsquo;ll be working on a documentary about the Afro-German community. She hopes to inspire future generations to pursue the fields they develop a passion for, particularly language studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;If you have an interest and you\u0026#39;re willing to work toward your goals, you will be successful,\u0026rdquo; says James.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/impact-celebrating-black-history-month?fbclid=IwAR38JpRVN__AybNZNsgsGLd11PH0EFstlvzd0Y-rlqNhnjyJjt5MReZzwLA\u0022\u003EClick here for the full article.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Congratulations to Kestra James, graduate student in the Global Media and Cultures master\u0027s program, for being celebrated during Black History Month in GT\u0027s IMPACT news feature."}],"uid":"34815","created_gmt":"2020-02-28 20:35:40","changed_gmt":"2020-03-04 15:42:25","author":"esnelling3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-02-28T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"633132":{"id":"633132","type":"image","title":"Kestra James","body":null,"created":"1582921713","gmt_created":"2020-02-28 20:28:33","changed":"1582921713","gmt_changed":"2020-02-28 20:28:33","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240910","name":"kestra-james.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kestra-james.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/kestra-james.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":79430,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/kestra-james.jpg?itok=QX1ftKyv"}}},"media_ids":["633132"],"groups":[{"id":"612000","name":"Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC)"},{"id":"611608","name":"Global Media and Cultures (GMC)"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEmily Snelling\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:esnelling3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eesnelling3@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}