{"id":11653,"date":"2025-10-30T16:56:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/black-roots-grounded-and-growing-toward-collective-futures\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:56:32","slug":"black-roots-grounded-and-growing-toward-collective-futures","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/black-roots-grounded-and-growing-toward-collective-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Roots: Grounded and Growing Toward Collective Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-79294175\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-19 \" id=\"em-event-79294175\" data-view-id=\"79294175\">\r\n\t\t\n<section class=\"em-item-header\"  style=\"--default-border:#a8d144;\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-image \">\n\t\t<img 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