{"id":35062,"date":"2021-01-26T08:56:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T13:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=35062"},"modified":"2021-01-26T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T14:55:19","slug":"two-speakers-a-childrens-book-writer-and-a-poet-are-guests-at-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/two-speakers-a-childrens-book-writer-and-a-poet-are-guests-at-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Two speakers\u2014a children&#8217;s book writer and a poet\u2014are guests at event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> MLK Day 2021 Youth Keynote Address by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alexthagreat.com\/\">Alex Tha Great<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/tennessee.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_ZnwnL1FzTueib6sA82qkDw\">Click here<\/a> to register for the virtual event<\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> MLK Day 2021 Discussion and Q&amp;A with Meena Harris<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Noon. Friday, Jan. 29<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/tennessee.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_Bz2gbhVoQwa1vzlkLeeDGQ\">Click here<\/a> to register for the virtual event<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>To say that Christopher Stokes is thrilled to talk about the guest speakers for the virtual festivities during the upcoming University of Tennessee at Chattanooga MLK Day 2021 would be an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are really excited about both of our speakers, and they will be sharing very, very distinct stories,\u201d said Stokes, UTC Office of Multicultural Affairs assistant director. \u201cThey have very distinct ways of reaching their audiences, but their messages are equally impactful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King\u2019s life and legacy will be celebrated through a pair of virtual speaking engagements taking place Friday, Jan. 29, via Zoom. The University\u2019s annual MLK Day event will be highlighted by a discussion and Q&amp;A session with Meena Harris, the founder and CEO of Phenomenal and a <em>New York Times<\/em> bestselling author.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35065\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"35065\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/two-speakers-a-childrens-book-writer-and-a-poet-are-guests-at-event\/meena\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Greg Buyalos&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1462730436&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;GB3Arts Inc.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Meena\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-35065\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena.jpg 900w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Meena-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meena Harris<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As founder of the Phenomenal brand, which produces apparel emblazoned with social and motivational phrases, Harris is a respected entrepreneur and is recognized as an influential voice for women\u2019s equality. The Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign is a civic engagement and cross-media marketing platform that supports women\u2019s causes.<\/p>\n<p>She also is an attorney with experience in consumer protection, data privacy and cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2020, she published a bestselling children\u2019s book, <em>Kamala and Maya\u2019s Big Idea<\/em>, which is based on the story of her mother, Maya Harris, and her aunt Kamala Harris, now the vice president of the United States. Meena Harris\u2019s second children\u2019sbook, <em>Ambitious Girl<\/em>, was released on Jan. 19.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35064\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"314\" data-attachment-id=\"35064\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2021\/01\/two-speakers-a-childrens-book-writer-and-a-poet-are-guests-at-event\/alex\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Alex.png\" data-orig-size=\"432,314\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alex\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Alex.png\" class=\"wp-image-35064\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Alex.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Alex.png 432w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Alex-300x218.png 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2021\/01\/Alex-250x182.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Tha Great<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMeena was just at the inauguration on Wednesday. To be able to see her there with her family was special,\u201d Stokes said. \u201cWe had been working on getting her for a while. To be able to see that come to fruition with everything happening was just amazing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though she has deep associations with Vice President Harris, Meena has in her own right carved out her own path. She has been a trailblazer. On top of that, she\u2019s very family-oriented. Think about it, she\u2019s 36 years old and she\u2019s doing all these amazing things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The discussion and Q&amp;A with Harris will be moderated by\u00a0Andrea Lyons, interim assistant vice chancellor of alumni affairs at UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Harris\u2019 appearance, a virtual visit with renowned poet and spoken word artist Alex Tha Great\u2014the youth keynote speaker\u2014will take place.<\/p>\n<p>In past years, Stokes said upwards of 200 high school students would be invited to the UTC campus to participate in MLK Day festivities. The students would get a chance to speak to admissions counselors and participate in a series of campus activities. With in-person events on hold due to the pandemic, a youth speaker was added to talk to UTC and high school students.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Tha Great (given name Alexandria Gurley) has been traveling around the country, promoting social justice since 2011, performing in various venues, colleges and stages as a diversity trainer and workshop leader. She is the author of three books, the runner-up for the 2018 National Civil Rights Museum Drop the Mic Poetry Slam and a 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam finalist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlex Tha Great brings a different approach to reaching our youth and our UTC students. She is someone focused on the youth dynamic, and she also has some real-life lessons that they could gain a lot from,\u201d Stokes said. \u201cShe shows how you can have multiple facets of how to reach and how to engage. We thought that it would be more appropriate for youth audiences to help them become more engaged in a virtual setting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For MLK Day 2021, the Office of Multicultural Affairs partnered with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, the Department of Communication, the Center for Women and Gender Equity, the Office of Alumni Affairs and the Office of Student and Family Engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis shows the strength of how\u2014when collaborations happen\u2014we can do some tremendous things,\u201d Stokes said. \u201cThis is another opportunity for the campus to show its commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity while also bringing students, faculty and staff together into this space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a college experience, you learn so much in the classroom, but this event brings the world here. You have someone that\u2019s directly engaged in some of the most pivotal landmark events that happened in our country. We have someone that can tell us exactly how that happened and is a part of making that happen. With all of that, I think it shows the level of how UTC is on the pulse of things happening here in our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What: MLK Day 2021 Youth Keynote Address by Alex Tha Great When: 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 29 Where: Click here to register for the virtual event What: MLK Day 2021 Discussion and Q&amp;A with Meena Harris When: Noon. 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