{"id":1124,"date":"2023-11-07T21:04:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2023-11-07T21:21:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T21:21:35","slug":"upcoming-event-grateful-for-each-other-get-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/upcoming-event-grateful-for-each-other-get-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Event:  Grateful for Each Other Get Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join the Center for Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies for warm food and great discussion on Friday, November 17th for their upcoming event, &#8220;Grateful for Each Other Get Together: A Friendsgiving Gathering of Good Ideas.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:41% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rainbowleaves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1125 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rainbowleaves.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/rainbowleaves-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">When:<\/mark> Friday, November 17th from 12pm-4pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Where:<\/mark> CLC Ballroom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">What: <\/mark>A Friendsgiving Gathering of Good Ideas, where speakers will address a range of topics relevant to LGBTQ lives, cultures, and histories. <em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#2ecc71\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Lunch will be provided!<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2\" class=\"has-inline-color\">How to join:<\/mark> RSVP <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ynu6jIaexkabGwZQSmHHLUccUInOivJLpDC9QFRjUgVUMlg4SVhBTDVRV1VVMjc1SFBVSUoxREdSUy4u\">here<\/a> by November 9th <em>(to ensure an accurate catering order)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is an installment in the CWGS&#8217;s Silver Anniversary Speaker Series, a dynamic and informative speaker series put on to celebrate the Center&#8217;s 25th anniversary! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is open to all members of our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CWGS describes the topics that will be discussed at the Grateful For Each Other event as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>Speakers will address a wide range of topics relevant to LGBTQ  lives, cultures, and histories: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From growing up gay in  conservative rural areas and becoming a poet; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To loving yourself  as a Black queer neurodivergent person and building a Black, queer, and trans neurodivergent community online;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To preserving  a history of LGBTQ creativity through archival library acquisitions of over a hundred years of zines; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To supporting homeless LGBTQ youth;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And giving back to the community through mentoring Black LGBTQ youth.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The event has been co-sponsored by community partner organizations PFLAG Spartanburg and the Spartanburg County Foundation LGBT Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in attending, please be sure to RSVP using <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ynu6jIaexkabGwZQSmHHLUccUInOivJLpDC9QFRjUgVUMlg4SVhBTDVRV1VVMjc1SFBVSUoxREdSUy4u\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=Ynu6jIaexkabGwZQSmHHLUccUInOivJLpDC9QFRjUgVUMlg4SVhBTDVRV1VVMjc1SFBVSUoxREdSUy4u\">this link<\/a> to ensure accurate catering, RSVPs must be submitted by November 9th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you cannot make it to the entire event, The CWGS encourages you attend the parts of the event that interest you!  <a href=\"https:\/\/emailuscupstateedu-my.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/g\/personal\/kmiller2_uscupstate_edu\/EXKVpUoO8WZIlVkUUPUhnGkBedYum44dPdk_7r2OqyP3EQ?e=WGfaN1\">The event schedule can be found here<\/a> with more information regarding speakers and their topics.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about the event, contact Dr. Kristi Miller, <a href=\"mailto:kmiller2@uscupstate.edu\">kmiller2@uscupstate.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you there! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Information adapted from the official event flyer provided by the CWGS<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Center for Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies for warm food and great discussion on Friday, November 17th for their upcoming event, &#8220;Grateful for Each Other Get Together: A Friendsgiving Gathering of Good Ideas.&#8221; This event is an installment in the CWGS&#8217;s Silver Anniversary Speaker Series, a dynamic and informative speaker series put on to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23],"tags":[37,8,9],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-for-instructors","category-students","tag-celebration","tag-community-engagement","tag-professional-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1128,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions\/1128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uscupstate.edu\/servicestories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}