{"id":12057,"date":"2025-11-20T07:40:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/the-state-of-black-dena\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T07:40:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T07:40:32","slug":"the-state-of-black-dena","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/the-state-of-black-dena\/","title":{"rendered":"The State of Black Dena"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"em em-view-container\" id=\"em-view-1390734836\" data-view=\"event\">\r\n\t<div class=\"em pixelbones em-item em-item-single em-event em-event-single em-event-221 \" id=\"em-event-1390734836\" data-view-id=\"1390734836\">\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 src='https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/mnzzz.png' alt='The State of Black Dena'\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"em-item-meta\">\n\t\t<section 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target=\"_blank\">Outlook Live<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\t<section class=\"em-item-meta-column\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<section class=\"em-event-where\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Where<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"em-item-meta-line em-event-location\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"em-icon-at em-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/share.google\/zdSQcdFyED7ohzRpW\" target=\"_blank\">Altadena, CA - exact location shared upon registration 91001 Altadena, CA 91001 United States<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<section class=\"em-item-taxonomies\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Event Type<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"em-item-meta-line em-item-taxonomy em-event-categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"em-icon-category em-icon\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\t<ul class=\"event-categories\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrothentik.com\/events\/categories\/community-event\/\">Community 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