{"id":28619,"date":"2017-11-09T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=28619"},"modified":"2017-11-10T09:13:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T16:13:02","slug":"unity-project-returns-with-global-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=28619","title":{"rendered":"Unity Project returns with global twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fb-video\" data-allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/243117181362\/videos\/10154382029446363\/\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block;\"><\/div>\n<p>The Unity Project, an interactive public art experience, will return to campus with a global intercultural viewpoint Nov. 13-14.<\/p>\n<p>The project will feature 32 poles labeled with global identifiers such as \u201cI\u2019ve studied abroad\u201d or \u201cI know someone who is undocumented.\u201d Participants will wind yarn around the poles to create a visual web of interconnectedness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to create a beautiful art project to think about the labels we give ourselves and others,\u201d Emily Skop, professor, Geography and Environmental Studies Department, and director, UCCS Global Intercultural Research Center. \u201cAnd to strengthen unity with one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project is open to faculty, staff and students 10 a.m. \u2013 4 p.m. Nov. 13-14 at El Pomar Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>GLINT, Global Engagement Office, Geography Club, Multicultural Office for Student Access, Inclusiveness and Community, UNIDOS, Project Nur, Gallogly Recreation and Wellness Center, and Anthropology Club are event sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>GLINT will host events through the week, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/events.uccs.edu\/event\/refugee_101_volunteer_training\">refugee training<\/a> and a screening of <a href=\"https:\/\/events.uccs.edu\/event\/film_showing_and_discussion_of_after_spring\">\u201cAfter Spring\u201d<\/a> Nov. 14 as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/international\/international-education-week-2017.html\">International Education Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unityproject.net\/\">Learn more about the Unity Project. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Unity Project, an interactive public art experience, will return to campus with a global intercultural viewpoint Nov. 13-14. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=28619\" title=\"Unity Project returns with global twist\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":28631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/IMG_0152-768x576.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-7rB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28619"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28630,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28619\/revisions\/28630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}