{"637808":{"#nid":"637808","#data":{"type":"event","title":"College in Prison as a Common Good","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/yqeeeftp\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThis event\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;will be our\u0026nbsp;2nd virtual educational interest meeting to kick off the semester, and we\u0026#39;re very excited\u0026nbsp;to host Sarah Higinbotham, the founder and co-director of our affiliate organization,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.commongoodatlanta.com\/\u0022\u003ECommon Good Atlanta.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; Dr. Higinbotham began teaching college courses in prisons while earning her PhD, and taught for two years on her own before, in 2010, she was joined by a graduate school friend, Bill Taft.\u0026nbsp; She and Bill Taft now co-direct Common Good Atlanta together, which now\u0026nbsp;has courses in three prisons taught by more than fifty volunteer faculty from colleges across Atlanta.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Higinbotham\u0026#39;s experience teaching in prisons is one every American should hear, as it makes apparent many of the harmful\u0026nbsp;aspects of our flawed incarceration system.\u0026nbsp; We believe that everyone should be entitled to a higher education, especially in a country that claims all are created equal, and we hope you\u0026#39;ll join us to hear how Common Good Atlanta works to make the right of education accessible to the incarcerated population.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event will include time for questions and additional details about joining Common Good Georgia Tech for anyone interested.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECommon Good Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s virtual interest education meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Common Good Georgia Tech\u0027s virtual interest education meeting."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2020-08-12 18:22:23","changed_gmt":"2020-08-12 18:22:23","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-08-26T19:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-08-26T20:45:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-08-26T20:45:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-08-26 23:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-08-27 00:45:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-08-27 00:45:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/primetime.bluejeans.com\/a2m\/live-event\/yqeeeftp","title":"BlueJeans Event"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"185525","name":"common good"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:cmviersen@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ECampbell Viersen\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}