{"id":39271,"date":"2016-06-01T13:45:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T13:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=39271"},"modified":"2016-08-09T13:15:44","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:15:44","slug":"acc-speaker-series-examines-european-migration-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/01\/acc-speaker-series-examines-european-migration-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC speaker series examines European migration crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College examines the migration crisis impacting Europe in a presentation Wednesday, June 29, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Northridge Campus, Room 4136 (11928 Stonehollow Drive).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-249\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/03\/ACC-Classroom-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ACC-Classroom\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/03\/ACC-Classroom-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/03\/ACC-Classroom-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2015\/03\/ACC-Classroom.jpg 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ACC Sociology Professor Linda Tobin will discuss the cultural, economic, and political challenges and implications the European Union faces as it deals with a growing number of asylum seekers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to bring the effects of globalization to the forefront,\u201d Tobin says. \u201cWe will differentiate between refugees and migrants and have an open dialogue about the challenges displaced populations face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The free event is part of a global issues speaker series presented by ACC\u2019s International Programs Office and is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact William Hayden, director of international programs, at 512-223-7114 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:william.hayden@austincc.edu\">william.hayden@austincc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College examines the migration crisis impacting Europe in a presentation Wednesday, June 29, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Northridge Campus, Room 4136 (11928 Stonehollow Drive). ACC Sociology Professor Linda Tobin will discuss &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2016\/06\/01\/acc-speaker-series-examines-european-migration-crisis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3934,"featured_media":249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,17],"tags":[990,919,75,989,992,991,827],"class_list":["post-39271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-news-and-announcements","tag-europe","tag-globalization","tag-international-programs","tag-migration","tag-refugees","tag-sociology","tag-speaker-series"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39271","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\/3934"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}