{"id":23960,"date":"2026-01-20T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=23960"},"modified":"2026-01-20T23:15:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:15:37","slug":"upcoming-application-deadline-for-civil-rights-service-immersion-trip-jan-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/01\/20\/upcoming-application-deadline-for-civil-rights-service-immersion-trip-jan-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming application deadline for civil rights service immersion trip, Jan. 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline for University Ministry&#8217;s Civil Rights Service Immersion Trip during the spring break, <strong>March 7-13<\/strong>, in Montgomery, Ala., will close on <strong>Jan. 21.<\/strong> Students of all faiths or none are welcome to apply.<\/p>\n<p>Service immersion trips are an opportunity to encounter a community outside of your own, offer your gifts and friendship in service, simplicity and solidarity, and immerse yourself in education on the critical issues of our day, in this case, the Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n<p>This trip is designed both to learn from the rich history of the area, visiting renowned museums and historical sites. It also includes engaging in current-day civil rights issues around racism, voting access and even joining a historical rally crossing the Selma bridge.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/DsJu0G0JM9\">Fill out interest form here.<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23066 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Montgomery-Service-Immersion-2025-Flyer.png?resize=598%2C773&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A flyer for the Civil Rights Spring Break trip in Montgomery, Alabama on March 7-13. The bright yellow wording is place atop a black and white image of the Mall in Washington, DC, with thousands of bystanders. There is a QR code in the upper right-hand corner and a University Ministry logo in the upper left-hand corner.\" width=\"598\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Montgomery-Service-Immersion-2025-Flyer.png?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Montgomery-Service-Immersion-2025-Flyer.png?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Montgomery-Service-Immersion-2025-Flyer.png?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Montgomery-Service-Immersion-2025-Flyer.png?resize=1187%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Montgomery-Service-Immersion-2025-Flyer.png?resize=425%2C550&amp;ssl=1 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Montgomery-Service-Immersion-2025-Flyer.png?w=1545&amp;ssl=1 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apply now for University Ministry\u2019s Spring Break Service Immersion Trip to Montgomery, Ala., March 7\u201313! Learn about the rich history of the area and current-day civil rights issues. Deadline to apply: Jan. 21. All students welcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":23066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4404],"tags":[967,1121,7205,16,803,805,655],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/10\/Montgomery-Service-Immersion-2025-Flyer.png?fit=1545%2C2000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6es","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23970,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23960\/revisions\/23970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}