{"id":2171,"date":"2011-11-19T20:55:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T01:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2017-12-08T14:39:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T19:39:23","slug":"chocolate-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/?p=2171","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2176\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2176\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2176\" title=\"shaneevans-gecogic-event31\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shaneevans-gecogic-event31.jpg\" alt=\"Shane Evans and Taye Diggs discuss their collaboration to create Chocolate Me.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shaneevans-gecogic-event31.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shaneevans-gecogic-event31-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shane Evans and Taye Diggs discuss their collaboration to create Chocolate Me.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Actor Taye Diggs along with fellow SU alum Shane Evans talked about their book <em>Chocolate Me<\/em> and did a reading at the Greater Evangelical COGIC last Sunday. The story,based on lessons Diggs mother gave him as a child, are a great anecdote to low race esteem and self image.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the reading, Evans and Diggs did a musical performance\u00a0(Evans on guitar, Diggs on beatbox)\u00a0with crowd participation.<\/p>\n<p>The event was sponsored by Say Yes to Education (Syracuse).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2174\" style=\"width: 482px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2174\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2174\" title=\"tayedigs-gecogic-event2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tayedigs-gecogic-event2.jpg\" alt=\"Taye Diggs gets some help during a song peformance with Shane Evans at the Greater Evangelical COGIC\" width=\"472\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tayedigs-gecogic-event2.jpg 472w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tayedigs-gecogic-event2-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taye Diggs gets some help during a song peformance with Shane Evans at the Greater Evangelical COGIC<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_2177\" style=\"width: 321px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2177\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2177\" title=\"shaneevans-gecogic-event1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shaneevans-gecogic-event1.jpg\" alt=\"Shane Evans answers questions about illusrating Chocolate Me\" width=\"311\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shaneevans-gecogic-event1.jpg 311w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/shaneevans-gecogic-event1-171x300.jpg 171w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 311px) 100vw, 311px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shane Evans answers questions about illustrating Chocolate Me<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2173\" style=\"width: 446px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2173\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2173\" title=\"tayedigs-gecogic-event-kids\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tayedigs-gecogic-event-kids.jpg\" alt=\"SCSD children listen to performance by Diggs and Evans\" width=\"436\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tayedigs-gecogic-event-kids.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.sif.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/tayedigs-gecogic-event-kids-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SCSD children listen to performance by Diggs and Evans<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Taye Diggs along with fellow SU alum Shane Evans talked about their book Chocolate Me and did a reading at the Greater Evangelical COGIC last Sunday. The story,based on lessons Diggs mother gave him as a child, are a great anecdote to low race esteem and self image. 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