{"id":8952,"date":"2017-02-20T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/?p=8952"},"modified":"2017-02-27T09:47:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T14:47:54","slug":"film-screening-legislator-duwayne-gregory-highlight-black-history-month-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/2017\/02\/20\/film-screening-legislator-duwayne-gregory-highlight-black-history-month-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Screening, Legislator DuWayne Gregory Highlight Black History Month Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Civic engagement is the theme; the film<em> My Block: Strong Island Part Two<\/em> is the main attraction; DuWayne Gregory, presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature is the <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8961 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/My-Block-Strong-Island-Part-Two.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"268\" \/>featured speaker; and the new Black Student Union celebrates its debut &#8211; all at one event that is part of FSC&#8217;s observance of Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>It all happens this Thursday, February 23, from 6 &#8211; 9 p.m. at the Roosevelt Hall Little Theater. Highlights of the evening include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A conversation with Legislator Gregory, who will discuss his life and history of civil engagement<\/li>\n<li>Screening of\u00a0 <em>My Block: Strong Island Part Two, <\/em>a film by award winner Jordan Crafton that documents the African American migration on Long Island<\/li>\n<li>A panel discussion about the film, featuring Jordan Crafton; John Crafton, who is featured in the film; local community activist Eugene Burnett; and Hofstra University Professor Dr. David Byre-Tyre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event is sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity &amp; Inclusion; TRiO; EOP; and the Black Student Union.\u00a0 For more information, email <strong><a href=\"mailto:thomasae@farmingdale.edu\">thomasae@farmingdale.edu<\/a><\/strong> or call 631-794-6276.<\/p>\n<p>Please print and post this flyer: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/02\/Black-History-Month-Event.pdf\">Black History Month Event<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civic engagement is the theme; the film My Block: Strong Island Part Two is the main attraction; DuWayne Gregory, presiding officer of the Suffolk County Legislature is the featured speaker; and the new Black Student Union celebrates its debut &#8211; all at one event that is part of FSC&#8217;s observance of Black History Month. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":9032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8952"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8952"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9036,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8952\/revisions\/9036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}