{"72129":{"#nid":"72129","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Liam\u2019s Legacy: Food, Sustainability, and Human Rights","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Honors Program presents \u0022Liam\u2019s Legacy: Food, Sustainability, and Human Rights,\u0022 a panel discussion and a keynote address from Georgia Organics Executive Director Alice Rolls.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPanelists:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPeggy Barlett, Professor of Anthropology, Emory University\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBarlett\u2019s current interests focus on sustainability in higher education as a tangible arena in which to understand and enact sustainable development more generally.Recently, her scholarly work has turned to the role of campus sustainable food projects in rebuilding a healthier global agro-food system.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ENell Fry, Students Organizing for Sustainability, Georgia Tech \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFry, the 2010 Hobart Center for Food Service Sustainability grant writer and a 2011 HCFS Fellow, is leading a comprehensive energy reduction program, working toward zero waste across campus, and reducing water usage. She also works to educate the campus about sustainable food through farmers\u2019 markets, educational events, and working with students.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERashid Nuri, Founder, Truly Living Well Urban Farms \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENuri is a graduate of Harvard College, where he studied political science and holds a M.S. in Plant and Soil Science from the University of Massachusetts and currently serves on the boards of Georgia Organics and the Atlanta Local Food Initiative. Rashid possess over 40 years of experience in both industrial and organic agriculture, where he has managed public, private and community-based food and agriculture businesses in over 30 countries.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWilliam Winders, Professor of Sociology, Georgia Tech\n\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWinders is a sociologist who specializes in the areas of social inequality (class, race, and gender), social movements, political sociology, and the world economy. His current research examines how political coalitions and the southern political-economy shaped twentieth century U.S. agricultural policy.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the event:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis symposium honors the memory of Liam Rattray (1989-2011), a student in the Georgia Tech Honors Program whose commitment to sustainability and social justice provides a compelling model for intellectual and civic engagement for us all, no matter what our age.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\nThe symposium\u2019s immediate emphasis on food speaks to an important area of Liam\u2019s passion and opens up a much broader range of issues that extend far beyond the production and consumption of food. We invite you to join our speakers in a spirited conversation about the implications of what we eat, where it comes from, who grows it, and how it\u2019s grown.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Honors Program presents \u0022Liam\u2019s Legacy: Food, Sustainability, and Human Rights,\u0022 a panel discussion and a keynote address from Georgia Organics Executive Director Alice Rolls.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A symposium sponsored by the Georgia Tech Honors Program"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2011-10-31 15:37:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:32","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-11-18T14:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2011-11-18T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-11-18T16:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-11-18 19:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-11-18 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-11-18 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72634":{"id":"72634","type":"image","title":"Liam\u0027s Legacy","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21","alt":"Liam\u0027s Legacy","file":{"fid":"193693","name":"1eay1.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1eay1_0.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1eay1_0.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":716954,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/1eay1_0.jpeg?itok=pdJuBzfh"}}},"media_ids":["72634"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.honorsprogram.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Honors Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"116","name":"food"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"4201","name":"honors program"},{"id":"4806","name":"human rights"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:monica.halka@carnegie.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDr. Monica Halka\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Honors Program\u003Cbr \/\u003E(404) 385-7533\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}