{"id":145649,"date":"2024-01-07T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T18:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=145649"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T20:23:53","slug":"wright-state-students-employees-to-celebrate-the-life-legacy-and-contributions-of-dr-martin-luther-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/01\/07\/wright-state-students-employees-to-celebrate-the-life-legacy-and-contributions-of-dr-martin-luther-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State students, employees to celebrate the life, legacy and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10178\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10178\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10178\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2012\/01\/mlk-photo-700x513.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Dr. Martin Luther King\" width=\"460\" height=\"337\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A campus freedom march and a public reading will highlight Wright State University\u2019s 2024 celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne quote by Dr. King that has always resonated with me is \u2018injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,\u2019\u201d said Matt Chaney, Ed.D., vice president for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/inclusive-excellence\">inclusive excellence<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a message that, as it relates to 2024, is still very relevant as we deal with so many timely, social justice issues in our country today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave we come a long way? Certainly, we have. But we can do better. We can be better. And Dr. King\u2019s passion and conviction on these issues can help us today just as his words and actions helped generations that came before us,\u201d said Chaney.<\/p>\n<p>The celebratory events begin Friday, Jan. 12, at 10 a.m. with a campus march honoring the life, legacy and contributions of King. The march will begin and end at 019 Student Union. Light refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to make posters for the march during the week before the demonstration from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in 019 Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>Wright State faculty and staff are invited to a public reading in-service program on Tuesday, Jan. 16, at noon in 019 Student Union.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the program is \u201cLet Freedom Ring.\u201d Anyone interested in participating in the reading should email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mia.honaker@wright.edu\">mia.honaker@wright.edu<\/a> by Jan. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Both events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Division of Inclusive Excellence or for accommodations, contact <a href=\"mailto:inclusiveexcellence@wright.edu\">inclusiveexcellence@wright.edu<\/a> or 937-775-2087.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A campus freedom march and a public reading will highlight Wright State University\u2019s 2024 celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2024\/01\/07\/wright-state-students-employees-to-celebrate-the-life-legacy-and-contributions-of-dr-martin-luther-king\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":10178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729,725,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-campus","category-home-news-sidebar","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145649"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147547,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145649\/revisions\/147547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}