{"id":24397,"date":"2026-02-10T16:33:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=24397"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:36:06","slug":"stories-the-shape-us-redemption-road-special-screening-set-for-feb-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/02\/10\/stories-the-shape-us-redemption-road-special-screening-set-for-feb-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories that shape us: &#8216;Redemption Road,&#8217; special screening set for Feb. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Yusef-Bunchy-Shakur.jpg?resize=215%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image of Yusef Bunchy Shakur, wearing a black beanie and blue hoodies with orange Detroit on the front\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Yusef-Bunchy-Shakur.jpg?resize=215%2C300&amp;ssl=1 215w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Yusef-Bunchy-Shakur.jpg?w=328&amp;ssl=1 328w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>As part of Black History Month, Detroit Mercy will hold a special screening of the award\u2011winning documentary <em>Redemption Road<\/em>, on <strong>Wednesday, Feb. 11, from 5:30\u20138 p.m.,<\/strong> in Room 113 of the Ford Life Sciences Building.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary tells a story of transformation, tracing the life of Yusef Bunchy Shakur from a childhood shaped by abandonment and violence to his emergence as a respected community leader and thinker.<\/p>\n<p>The screening will be followed by a conversation with Shakur. All members of the campus community are welcome to attend.<\/p>\n<p>This event is supported through a grant from the University\u2019s Mission Micro Grant Program.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact Stacey Stevens at <a href=\"mailto:stevenst@udmercy.edu\">stevenst@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/alumni\/events\/redemption-road.php\">RSVP here.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Mercy will host a special Black History Month screening of the award\u2011winning documentary &#8216;Redemption Road&#8217; on Feb. 11, followed by a conversation with Yusef Bunchy Shakur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":24398,"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":[6,6438,4404],"tags":[812,830,162,7245,7246],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/01\/Yusef-Bunchy-Shakur.jpg?fit=328%2C458&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6lv","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24397"}],"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=24397"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24733,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24397\/revisions\/24733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}