{"56091":{"#nid":"56091","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Shirley Franklin: Imagining - A Better Future Keynote Address","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EShirley Franklin served as Mayor of Atlanta from 2002 -2009 as the first woman to be elected the position. This period of unprecedented population growth afforded her to partner and collaborate with many local and regional  community leaders in addressing current urban challenges including urban planning, economic development and infrastructure.  Her community service over the 35 years in Atlanta spans the arts, homelessness and higher education. Currently she holds the position of William and Camille Cosby Professorship at Spellman College in Atlanta, co chairs the Regional Commission on Homelessness, serves as Vice Chair of the Center of Civil and Human Rights and serves on the board of the United Nations Institute For Training and Research. Franklin holds a Bachelors of Arts and a Master of Arts in Sociology conferred by Howard University and the University of Pennsylvania, respectively.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Imagining Symposium culminates the The T. Gordon Little Lecture Series in Imagination, established in honor of celebrated Atlanta interior designer T. Gordon Little (1915-2004). This series celebrates Little\u2019s unwavering pursuit of imaginative design and his remarkable generosity of spirit. Free and open to public, thanks to a generous grant from the T. Gordon Little Foundation.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.coa.gatech.edu\/imagining\u0022\u003EMore information regarding speakers for Saturday, March 13 and registration (required for Saturday) \u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFormer Atlanta mayor Franklin kicks off College of Architecture Event\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Former Atlanta mayor Franklin kicks off College of Architecture Event"}],"uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2010-08-03 15:03:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:51:29","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-03-12T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2010-03-12T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-03-12T18:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-03-12 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-03-12 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-03-12 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1223","name":"School of Building Construction"},{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"175","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"8578","name":"architecture lecture"}],"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\u003Cstrong\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=tw117\u0022\u003EContact Teri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-385-2156\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}