{"667001":{"#nid":"667001","#data":{"type":"news","title":"With Sandwiches, Basic Necessities, Jordine Jones Supports Atlanta\u2019s Homeless","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGrowing up in and around Atlanta, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Eindustrial and systems engineering\u003C\/a\u003E student Jordine Jones had passed Georgia Tech\u2019s campus for most of her life. So studying at Tech as a first-generation college student and an Atlanta native has been an experience that she describes as surreal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nBut coming to campus from an underprivileged background, Jones also saw the gaps between the bustling life on campus and the city around it. She attended a community event hosted by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/liftingourvoices.org\u0022\u003Elocal nonprofit Lifting Our Voices (LOV)\u003C\/a\u003E that gave her the opportunity to make sandwiches and distribute them to people experiencing homelessness in Midtown. The experience shifted her perspective.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cActually going out into the community touched me differently,\u201d said Jones, a fourth-year undergraduate. \u201cThe Sandwich Run gave me the opportunity to see the real people I was helping. I felt much more connected to the tangible impact I could have.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/02\/sandwiches-basic-necessities-jordine-jones-supports-atlantas-homeless\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead more of Jones\u0027 story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe ISyE student has cofounded a student chapter of Lifting Our Voices to connect with her city and make a tangible impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The ISyE student has cofounded a student chapter of Lifting Our Voices to connect with her city and make a tangible impact."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-02-06 16:39:49","changed_gmt":"2023-03-31 20:43:26","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670402":{"id":"670402","type":"image","title":"Jordine Jones with sandwiches","body":"\u003Cp\u003EJordine Jones holds an armful of the sandwiches she helped prepare to distribute to people living on the streets in Atlanta. Jones was so moved when she participated in the Sandwich Run with local nonprofit Lifting Our Voices that she cofounded a chapter at Georgia Tech. (Photo Courtesy: Jordine Jones)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1675701389","gmt_created":"2023-02-06 16:36:29","changed":"1680295151","gmt_changed":"2023-03-31 20:39:11","alt":"Jordine Jones with an armful of sandwiches in resealable bags.","file":{"fid":"253241","name":"Jordine-Jones-Sandwiches-h.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/31\/Jordine-Jones-Sandwiches-h.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/03\/31\/Jordine-Jones-Sandwiches-h.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":657537,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/03\/31\/Jordine-Jones-Sandwiches-h.jpg?itok=Pui7hwJz"}}},"media_ids":["670402"],"groups":[{"id":"551651","name":"Center for Engineering Education and Diversity (CEED)"},{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"289141","name":"Women in Engineering (WIE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}