{"id":11997,"date":"2025-11-18T15:30:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/being-black-in-america-discussion-collective-action\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:30:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:30:43","slug":"being-black-in-america-discussion-collective-action","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/being-black-in-america-discussion-collective-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Black in America: Discussion &amp; Collective Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-1694474481\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-191 \" id=\"em-event-1694474481\" data-view-id=\"1694474481\">\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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