{"id":60327,"date":"2015-02-04T18:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=60327"},"modified":"2015-02-03T21:17:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T02:17:51","slug":"opl-afterschool-program-focus-on-civil-rights-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=60327","title":{"rendered":"OPL Afterschool Program Focus on Civil Rights for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FinleyCivilRights2.15.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-60328\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FinleyCivilRights2.15.jpg?resize=300%2C301\" alt=\"FinleyCivilRights2.15\" width=\"300\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FinleyCivilRights2.15.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FinleyCivilRights2.15.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FinleyCivilRights2.15.jpg?resize=299%2C300&amp;ssl=1 299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Pictured is Drea Finley.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Oneida, NY \u2013 Feb. 2015) Drea Finley, the\u00a0Outreach and Programming Coordinator for\u00a0Colgate University\u2019s\u00a0ALANA Cultural Center, comes to Oneida Public Library\u00a0Wednesday Feb. 11 at\u00a04 p.m.\u00a0to talk about \u201cSocial Justice in an Era of Social Change\u201d in an after-school program on civil rights for elementary and middle-school students.<\/p>\n<p>Finley will focus on American civil rights activists, both well-known and lesser known, who were fighting for social change. In addition to such luminaries as Martin Luther King, Jr., Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, she will introduce students to the efforts of Bayard Rustin, Joachim Prinz, Mahalia Jackson and others.<\/p>\n<p>Finley\u2019s particular interest involves the \u201ccomplexity of identity,\u201d wherein race, gender, class and sexuality intersect and play a role in the development of individuals and their understanding of society.<\/p>\n<p>Finley, a 2013 graduate of Colgate University, has developed her academic interest in sociology and anthropology to become\u00a0a rising voice in the social justice arena. As Outreach Coordinator for ALANA, she has spoken to many audiences across the state on social identities and social justice. Colgate\u2019s ALANA Cultural Center is an on-campus meeting place that supports students of color and the university\u2019s LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>Finley is also the youngest cabinet member of the National Abolition Hall of Fame in Peterboro and serves as co-chair of it Cultural Diversity Committee. The NAHF is a co-sponsor of Finley\u2019s appearance at the OPL.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, stop by the Oneida Library, 220 Broad St., or call 315-363-3050.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured is Drea Finley. (Oneida, NY \u2013 Feb. 2015) Drea Finley, the\u00a0Outreach and Programming Coordinator for\u00a0Colgate University\u2019s\u00a0ALANA Cultural Center, comes to Oneida Public Library\u00a0Wednesday Feb. 11 at\u00a04 p.m.\u00a0to talk about \u201cSocial Justice in an Era of Social Change\u201d in an after-school program on civil rights for elementary and middle-school students. Finley will focus on American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-libraries"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/FinleyCivilRights2.15.jpg?fit=300%2C301&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-fH1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}