{"id":24953,"date":"2014-02-19T11:06:24","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T16:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=24953"},"modified":"2014-02-19T11:06:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T16:06:24","slug":"join-accs-third-annual-texas-independence-day-celebration-at-eastview-campus-march-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/02\/19\/join-accs-third-annual-texas-independence-day-celebration-at-eastview-campus-march-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Join ACC&#039;s Third Annual Texas Independence Day Celebration at Eastview Campus, March 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2014\/02\/txindyday2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24956\" title=\"TexasIndependenceDayPoster2014_11x17\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2014\/02\/txindyday2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>Austin Community College will host its third annual multicultural celebration for Texas Independence Day on Tuesday, March 4. The event will run 5-8 p.m. at Eastview Campus (3401 Webberville Rd., Room 8500).<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, and staff will enjoy music, food, and presentations reflecting on this key period in Texas history. March 2 is the 178th\u00c2 anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence, signifying Texas&#8217; separation from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Guest speakers will include former State Senator Gonzalo Barrientos, History Professor Dr. David Lauderback, History Professor Dr. Mariano Diaz Miranda, and ACC Board of Trustees Chair Jeffrey Richard.<\/p>\n<p>Students will also take part in an interactive exercise putting together a Constitution of the Republic as Texans did historically, making quick decisions about the kind of government they will have and how it will run.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration is presented by ACC&#8217;s Center for Public Policy and Political Studies and its Center for Student Political Studies. Dickey&#8217;s Barbecue Pit and Casa Chapala will provide food.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goo.gl\/g1IkZ4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to register for the event.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To arrange a sign language interpreter or other accommodations, please contact John Aintablian at\u00c2 <a href=\"mailto:aint@austincc.edu\">aint@austincc.edu<\/a> at least 48 hours in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College will host its third annual multicultural celebration for Texas Independence Day on Tuesday, March 4. The event will run 5-8 p.m. at Eastview Campus (3401 Webberville Rd., Room 8500). Students, faculty, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2014\/02\/19\/join-accs-third-annual-texas-independence-day-celebration-at-eastview-campus-march-4\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3932,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[55,62,72,90],"class_list":["post-24953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students-and-alumni","tag-eastview","tag-event","tag-history","tag-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3932"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}