{"336201":{"#nid":"336201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students, Researchers Join English Avenue Festival of Lights","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was in full force at the sixth annual English Avenue Festival of Lights. Featuring Tech Trolley tours of the Vine City and English Avenue neighborhoods, and the \u201cCommunity Historians\u201d exhibition from faculty and students in Tech\u2019s Participatory Publics Lab, the festival served to bolster neighborhood revitalization through visual and performing arts, historical education, cultural and multi-generational community fellowship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe event included a parade and talent showcase, and a resources expo where groups offered information on substance abuse, health and nutrition, and public safety.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Westside Communities Alliance also joined the festivities. The Alliance is led by Georgia Tech Deans Royster and French, and is a collaboration between Atlanta\u2019s westside communities and local institutes of higher education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the third-year in a row, computing professor Chris Le Dantec and students from the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/participatorypublicslab.net\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EParticipatory Publics Lab\u003C\/a\u003E showcased the Community Historians project. The project is a collaboration with the Historic Westside Cultural Arts Council and connects individual cultural and historic experiences through a cross-media platform. The project supports local civic engagement and cultivates and documents a shared community identity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Festival is organized by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hwcac.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHistoric Westside Cultural Arts Council\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech was in full force at the sixth annual English Avenue Festival of Lights"}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2014-10-22 12:26:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:19","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"336191":{"id":"336191","type":"image","title":"Festival of Lights - 2","body":null,"created":"1449245201","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:06:41","changed":"1475895048","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:48","alt":"Festival of Lights - 2","file":{"fid":"200514","name":"fol2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fol2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fol2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1094626,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fol2_0.jpg?itok=gPgj1mNh"}},"336181":{"id":"336181","type":"image","title":"English Avenue Festival of Lights - Trolley Tour","body":null,"created":"1449245201","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:06:41","changed":"1475895048","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:48","alt":"English Avenue Festival of Lights - Trolley Tour","file":{"fid":"200513","name":"fol.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fol_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/fol_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1310762,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/fol_0.jpg?itok=X4jtEIDm"}}},"media_ids":["336191","336181"],"groups":[{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"80181","name":"Westside Communities Alliance"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}