{"id":1126,"date":"2020-11-25T19:59:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T19:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/?page_id=1126"},"modified":"2023-06-05T11:22:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T11:22:50","slug":"from-the-experts-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/from-the-experts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Educators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-kl8l6k3g-bcf4321931301f42050cc41af2a07974 avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 34.4660194175%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-kl8l6k3g-bcf4321931301f42050cc41af2a07974__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3471 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3471\"  src=\"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Educators-and-Advocates.jpg\" width=\"1030\" height=\"355\" title='Educators and Advocates' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Educators-and-Advocates.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Educators-and-Advocates-600x207.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Educators-and-Advocates-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Educators-and-Advocates-768x265.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nycsel.com\/defining-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/Educators-and-Advocates-705x243.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-small avia-no-border-styling  avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_section   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1126'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-khv4xira-375febcaa1672359d69986a1587612d3\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-khv4xira-375febcaa1672359d69986a1587612d3 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-khv4xira-375febcaa1672359d69986a1587612d3 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p dir=\"ltr\">Listen to fresh voices of reason, credibility and cooperation in a time of chaos and confusion. Help us celebrate and embrace the vision and persistence educators and students that are teaching us all to better understand ourselves and embrace and accept each other. 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