{"id":3772,"date":"2024-03-21T22:14:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T02:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/?page_id=3772"},"modified":"2024-03-26T22:23:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T02:23:40","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/home-3\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3772\" class=\"elementor elementor-3772\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4383608 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4383608\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d8026d\" data-id=\"3d8026d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b418e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75b418e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.1 - 15-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recognizing our guest speakers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-449ecdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"449ecdf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a894c64\" data-id=\"a894c64\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-386f540 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"386f540\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.1 - 15-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h4>2023 we had a wonderful presentation by Stephen Davidson.\u00a0 He is a prolific story teller about our loyalist ancestors<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2837d0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2837d0d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5f083e1\" data-id=\"5f083e1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca112d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca112d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Newman&#8217;s consultant and researcher, and authored two books on Black Loyalists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5673009\" data-id=\"5673009\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adba76d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"adba76d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Stephen-Davidson-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-3652\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recognizing our guest speakers 2023 we had a wonderful presentation by Stephen Davidson.\u00a0 He is a prolific story teller about our loyalist ancestors A retired teacher, Stephen has ancestors who sailed aboard the Union, the flagship of the Spring Fleet, which brought the first Loyalists to New Brunswick in May 1783.\u00a0 His 1975 bachelor&#8217;s thesis &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/home-3\/speakers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speakers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3772","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3772"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3789,"href":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3772\/revisions\/3789"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uelac.org\/London-Branch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}