{"id":2,"date":"2020-12-08T13:50:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/template01\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2021-01-11T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T00:13:44","slug":"mlk-week-welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Week Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Bellevue College\u2019s annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. We have a variety of events this week that focus on Dr. King\u2019s legacy of justice.<\/p>\n<p>This year our theme is <strong>Every Black Life Matters<\/strong>. Our goals for this celebration are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Center intersectionality and various aspects of inequality and struggle<\/li>\n<li>Amplify Black voices and what Dr. King stood for<\/li>\n<li>Remember not only what the movement was, but also that it is ongoing<\/li>\n<li>Lift up the names of others who participate(d) in the movement that have gone largely unnoticed\u2014in particular, many women and LGBTQ+ folx<\/li>\n<li>Provide opportunity to engage with Dr. King&#8217;s work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Events will occur between <strong>January 18 &#8211; 22, 2021<\/strong> and have been organized by Bellevue College students, staff, and faculty. Please click on <a href=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/events\/\"><strong>Events<\/strong><\/a> in the menu above for more details on the week\u2019s celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>From <strong>January 15 &#8211; 29, 2021<\/strong>, there will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/essay-contest\/\">student essay contest<\/a> on any topic that celebrates the work and legacies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Please click on <strong>Essay Contest<\/strong> in the menu above for more details and registration.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., please visit websites by <a href=\"https:\/\/thekingcenter.org\/about-tkc\/about-mr-king\/\">the King Center<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/peace\/1964\/king\/biographical\/\">the Nobel Prize<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Bellevue College\u2019s annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement. We have a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/mlk-week\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}