{"id":1071,"date":"2017-03-14T14:15:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T21:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=1071"},"modified":"2017-03-16T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T21:38:23","slug":"24th-annual-international-dinner","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/event\/24th-annual-international-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"24th Annual International Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Join us for an evening of ethnic food as motivational speakers Julie (nee Greidanus) and Lowell Taylor highlight Lowell\u2019s visual impairment and illustrate how their positivity, teamwork and love help turn obstacles into opportunities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/uleth.ca\/international\/dinner\"><strong>Turning Obstacles Into Opportunities: Featuring Guest Speakers Julie and Lowell Taylor<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a>Tuesday, March 21, 2017<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Cocktails 5 p.m. | Dinner 6:30 p.m. | Speaker 7:30 p.m.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Students&#8217; Union Ballroom | University of Lethbridge<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">A silent auction in support of the International Students\u2019 Emergency Fund will be available for bidding throughout the night.<\/p>\n<p>Lowell was the first blind contestant on The Amazing Race and now his sights are set on competing in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Road and Track Cycling. Together they share their life stories and the challenges of going blind, living with a blind guy, and finding the supports needed along the way. Physical activity and sport have played a large role in providing meaning and hope while living with a disability. They prove that positivity can outshine a disability \u2013 that negativity can be more debilitating than a disability.<\/p>\n<p>To buy tickets visit <a href=\"http:\/\/uleth.ca\/international\/dinner\">uleth.ca\/international\/dinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please call 403-329-2053 or email <a href=\"international@uleth.ca\">international@uleth.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for an evening of ethnic food as motivational speakers Julie (nee Greidanus) and Lowell Taylor highlight Lowell\u2019s visual impairment and illustrate how their positivity, teamwork and love help&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":1077,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-1071","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1304,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/1071\/revisions\/1304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1071"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=1071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}