{"id":1284,"date":"2024-10-22T09:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2024-11-10T09:10:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T14:10:25","slug":"award-winning-author-maisy-card-joins-udm-for-an-evening-of-storytelling-and-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2024\/10\/22\/award-winning-author-maisy-card-joins-udm-for-an-evening-of-storytelling-and-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning Author Maisy Card Joins UDM for An Evening of Storytelling and Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1285\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1285\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1285\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/11\/IMG_5214.jpeg?resize=300%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/11\/IMG_5214.jpeg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/11\/IMG_5214.jpeg?resize=1024%2C638&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/11\/IMG_5214.jpeg?resize=768%2C479&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/11\/IMG_5214.jpeg?resize=562%2C350&amp;ssl=1 562w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/11\/IMG_5214.jpeg?w=1284&amp;ssl=1 1284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director of African American Studies Program Justin Williams, Maisy Card &amp; Jazmin Octavia Cooper.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Award-winning author Maisy Card joined the CHASS community for<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> an evening of storytelling with a reading from her novel, <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These Ghosts Are Family<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Talented student speakers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Asha George, English major, and Tia Ellison, Cybersecurity major and Creative Writing minor, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">opened the evening, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">sharing their own impactful works. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Following the reading, local Detroit <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">author Jazmin Ortavia Cooper <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">facilitated an insightful conversation with Card and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> then encouraged attendees to explore family, identity, and legacy themes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Prof. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Justin Williams, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Director of <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the African American Studies Program <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">and Associate Professor of History<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">sponsored the event, along with<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the Department of English<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> and College of Humanities, Arts &amp; Social Sciences.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> It was a memorable night of reflection, community, and creative expression. Stay tuned for more such engaging events <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">throughout the remainder of the semester<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning author Maisy Card joined the CHASS community for an evening of storytelling with a reading from her novel, These Ghosts Are Family. Talented student speakers Asha George, English major, and Tia Ellison, Cybersecurity major and Creative Writing minor, opened the evening, sharing their own impactful works. Following the reading, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":1299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[44,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2024\/10\/IMG_5214-e1730817130858.jpeg?fit=1284%2C577&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions\/1326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}