{"id":26872,"date":"2026-10-05T16:53:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=26872"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:37:32","slug":"food-justice-immersion-day-set-for-oct-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/10\/05\/food-justice-immersion-day-set-for-oct-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Food justice immersion day set for Oct. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

University Ministry<\/a> and Titan Equity Nourish Networ<\/a>k (TENN) will hold a day of exploration, service and learning centered around the topics of food justice and food insecurity on Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This immersion program is for UDM students only. No classes will be held on this date as it is fall break for students.<\/p>\n

Students will volunteer with Oakland Ave. Urban Farm, where they will learn about the role of local food production in combating food insecurity. This organization promotes local food production as a sustainable solution for local Detroiters to address food access and insecurity.<\/p>\n

Students will meet in the Mercy Gathering Place on the first floor of Shiple Hall at 9 a.m., <\/strong>where a light breakfast and coffee\/tea will be available. Transportation to and from the Oakland Avenue Urban Farm as well as lunch will be provided.<\/p>\n

For any questions, please email Associate University Minister Lilly Walsh at lwalsh@udmercy.edu<\/a> or visit the University Ministry office in the Lower Level of the Student Union (across from the Bookstore).<\/p>\n

Sign up for immersion day here.<\/a><\/h4>\n

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All students are invited to participate in a food justice immersion experience on Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., where they will volunteer at Oakland Ave. Urban Farm. Transportation as well as breakfast and lunch will be provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":26873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4404],"tags":[784,6530,5740,3815,3817,655],"class_list":["post-26872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-announcements","tag-food-justice","tag-food-justice-immersion-day","tag-immersion-day","tag-tenn","tag-titan-equity-nourish-network","tag-university-ministry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6Zq","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/09\/2026-Food-Justice-Day-Flyer-and-Info-Sheet.jpg?fit=825%2C1068&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=26872"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27033,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26872\/revisions\/27033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}