{"655224":{"#nid":"655224","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Philonise Floyd Named Featured Speaker at 2022 Black History Month Lecture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhilonise Floyd, activist and brother of the late George Floyd, will be the featured speaker at Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s 2022 Black History Month Lecture on Wednesday, February 9 from 3\u0026ndash;4:15 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFloyd was working as a professional transporter when he learned that his older brother George Floyd Jr. was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a police officer with the Minneapolis Police Department, an event that sparked worldwide protests condemning racism, brutality and a lack of accountability among police officers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We are honored to have Mr. Floyd share his story with the Georgia Tech community,\u0026rdquo; said Archie Ervin, vice president for Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. \u0026ldquo;His decision to turn his pain into purpose has inspired millions around the world to fight in the face of police brutality and systemic racism.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFloyd and his wife Keeta founded the Philonise and Keeta Floyd Institute for Social Change to advance awareness and advocacy and promote stability within global communities to support the protection of human rights through a commitment to social justice, equity-focused reforms, and eradicating systemic racism.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture is sponsored by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gtaasu\/?hl=en\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech African American Student Union\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/diversity.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/students.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EStudent Engagement and Well-Being\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERegister for the virtual event at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/register\/uetfzcdc\u0022\u003Ebit.ly\/2022BHMLecture\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Philonise Floyd, activist and brother of George Floyd, will be the featured speaker at the 2022 Black History Month Lecture."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPhilonise Floyd, activist and brother of George Floyd, will be the featured speaker at the 2022 Black History Month Lecture.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Philonise Floyd, activist and brother of George Floyd, will be the featured speaker at the 2022 Black History Month Lecture."}],"uid":"36136","created_gmt":"2022-02-04 17:57:31","changed_gmt":"2022-02-06 16:57:13","author":"tparrett3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2022-02-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"655221":{"id":"655221","type":"image","title":"2022 Black History Month Lecture Speaker","body":null,"created":"1643994305","gmt_created":"2022-02-04 17:05:05","changed":"1643997482","gmt_changed":"2022-02-04 17:58:02","alt":"","file":{"fid":"248409","name":"floyd_philonise(300).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/floyd_philonise%28300%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/floyd_philonise%28300%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":680863,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/floyd_philonise%28300%29.jpg?itok=Nocx18nX"}}},"media_ids":["655221"],"groups":[{"id":"638045","name":" Diversity and Inclusion Education and Training "},{"id":"535131","name":"ADVANCE"},{"id":"1313","name":"Institute Diversity"},{"id":"58061","name":"Office of Hispanic Initiatives"},{"id":"1307","name":"Office of Minority Education and Development (OMED)"},{"id":"535141","name":"Staff Diversity"},{"id":"132371","name":"The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"189827","name":"2022 Black History Month"},{"id":"189899","name":"Philonise Floyd"},{"id":"169965","name":"Black History Month Lecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETammy Parrett\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nInstitute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tammy.parrett@gatech.edu?subject=2022%20Black%20History%20Month%20Lecture\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Etammy.parrett@gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tammy.parrett@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}