{"id":24242,"date":"2026-01-15T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=24242"},"modified":"2026-01-15T22:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:22:40","slug":"celebrate-mlk-day-with-service-immersion-in-highland-park-jan-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/01\/15\/celebrate-mlk-day-with-service-immersion-in-highland-park-jan-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate MLK Day with service immersion in Highland Park, Jan. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17882 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/ShipleMural.jpg?resize=347%2C347&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"An image of stained glass found in Shiple Hall of the Lord overlooking all campus activities\" width=\"347\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/ShipleMural.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/ShipleMural.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/09\/ShipleMural.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day \u2014 <strong>Monday, January 19<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 honor the spirit of Dr. King by supporting a local community organization, Avalon Village.<\/p>\n<p>UDM students will meet in the Mercy Gathering Place on the first floor of Shiple Hall at <strong>9:30 a.m. Jan. 19 <\/strong>to prepare kits to help low-income seniors in Highland Park stay warm this winter. This is a great opportunity to meet new friends while learning about intersectional factors that influence access to vital resources. Participants can also earn five service hours. This opportunity is open to all students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Come early at 9 a.m. for free breakfast.<\/strong> Lunch and transportation to the volunteer site is provided.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact Associate University Minister Gray La Fond at <a href=\"mailto:glafond@udmercy.edu\">glafond@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All students are invited to honor Dr. King\u2019s legacy by serving the community on Monday, January 19. Meet at Mercy Gathering Place in Shiple Hall at 9:30 a.m. to prepare winter kits for seniors in Highland Park. Free breakfast at 9 a.m. Lunch and transportation provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":0,"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":[6,4404],"tags":[2541,16,936,803,3798,3815,3817,655],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6j0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24242"}],"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=24242"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24257,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24242\/revisions\/24257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}