{"id":639,"date":"2014-03-10T00:36:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T00:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.africaatlanta.org\/2014\/?page_id=639"},"modified":"2018-11-28T19:42:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:42:18","slug":"message-from-mayor-kasim-reed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/about-us\/message-from-mayor-kasim-reed\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from Mayor Kasim Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Honorary Chair, Africa Atlanta 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-640 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/files\/2014\/03\/reed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/files\/2014\/03\/reed.jpg 200w, https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/files\/2014\/03\/reed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/files\/2014\/03\/reed-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\" \/>As Mayor of Atlanta, I am proud of our cultural diversity in Atlanta and I am equally proud that our corporate and philanthropic community recognizes how important the arts are for a leading international city.<\/p>\n<p>With its connections across the Atlanta region and an impressive network of national and international partners, Africa Atlanta 2014 will expand our cultural and artistic offering for thousands of residents and visitors. I am pleased to serve as the Honorary Chair of the Africa Atlanta 2014 International Advisory Board, and I look forward with great anticipation to a full year of collaboration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"together\">Sincerely,<br \/>\n<strong>Kasim Reed<\/strong><br \/>\nMayor of Atlanta<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta Honorary Chair, Africa Atlanta 2014 As Mayor of Atlanta, I am proud of our cultural diversity in Atlanta and I am equally proud that our corporate and philanthropic community recognizes how important the arts are for a leading international city. With its connections across the Atlanta region and an impressive &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/about-us\/message-from-mayor-kasim-reed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Message from Mayor Kasim Reed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":94,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-639","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1641,"href":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions\/1641"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leading-edge.iac.gatech.edu\/africaatlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}