{"id":257,"date":"2020-05-18T20:27:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T20:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/?p=257"},"modified":"2021-05-17T20:35:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T20:35:31","slug":"covid-19-conversations-rep-neal-collins-on-south-carolinas-response-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/covid-19-conversations-rep-neal-collins-on-south-carolinas-response-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Conversations: Rep. Neal Collins on South Carolina\u2019s Response Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Riley Institute\u2019s Center for Critical Issues \u201cbrings the world to Furman University\u201d by hosting a diverse roster of speakers on campus each year. While our events are on hold due to COVID-19, The Riley Institute\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/riley.furman.edu\/riley\/about\/advance-team\/advance-team\">Advance Team<\/a> students are (virtually) bringing notable past speakers into their own homes for thoughtful conversations about the coronavirus\u2019s impact on many facets of life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wmKZqIrLog0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As South Carolina moves toward reopening, legislators like Rep. Neal Collins are weighing concerns on both sides of an intensifying debate about public health and the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Collins, a 2004 Furman graduate who represents District 5, speaks with Advance Team members Riya Misal, Price St. Clair, and Qwameek Bethea about what the state is doing to expand testing and meet the needs of students and teachers as well as communities of color.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Collins participated in the Riley Institute\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/riley.furman.edu\/riley\/critical-issues\/summer-series\/straight-talk-who-gets-be-american\"><em>StraightTalk<\/em> panel about immigration enforcement in a post-9\/11 America<\/a> on Furman\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/riley.furman.edu\/riley\/covid-19-conversations\">View all <em>COVID-19 Conversations<\/em> episodes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this recording are those of the individuals appearing in the video and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Riley Institute or Furman University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Riley Institute\u2019s Center for Critical Issues \u201cbrings the world to Furman University\u201d by hosting a diverse roster of speakers on campus each year. While our events are on hold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government-public-policy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}