{"id":6051,"date":"2016-01-08T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T00:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2026-04-20T09:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:45:09","slug":"uw-mlk-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/2016\/01\/uw-mlk-week\/","title":{"rendered":"UW MLK Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<strong>The time is always right to do what is right.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy of strength, resilience and compassion are a worldwide touchstone of civic responsibility and action. This January, honor his memory and the contributions of all people \u2014 past and present \u2014 who stand for justice, and join the University of Washington\u2019s MLK Week!<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate and carry on Dr. King\u2019s legacy with your UW community by participating in these and other MLK Week events.<\/p>\n<p>Signature events to add to your calendar<\/p>\n<p><strong>MLK Birthday Party and Kickoff!<\/strong><br \/>\n1\/15\/16 | 11:30 a.m.\u20131:30 p.m. |HUB Street<\/p>\n<p><strong>MLK Day of Service<\/strong><br \/>\n1\/18\/16 | 9 a.m.\u20134 p.m. | Locations Vary<\/p>\n<p><strong>Race and the Legacy of Dr. King: The Sequel<\/strong><br \/>\n1\/20\/16 | 12\u20131:30 p.m. | Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unconscious Bias Workshop<\/strong><br \/>\n1\/20\/16 | 4\u20136 p.m. | Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz<\/strong><br \/>\n1\/21\/16| 8\u201310 p.m. | Ethnic Cultural Theater<\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Lives Matter Teach-In<\/strong><br \/>\n1\/22\/16 | 9:30 a.m.\u20134:30 p.m. | Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a full list of events and opportunities, visit <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>mlkweek.uw.edu<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Make 2016 a time to honor the history of activism in our community, engage in current social justice work, and inspire one another to be part of the transformational movements that are to come. Join the conversation this MLK Week!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MLK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-6052 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MLK.jpg\" alt=\"MLK\" width=\"638\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MLK.jpg 720w, https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/MLK-300x113.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe time is always right to do what is right.\u201d \u2014 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy of strength, resilience and compassion are a worldwide touchstone of civic responsibility and action. This January, honor his memory and the contributions of all people \u2014 past and present \u2014 who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6051"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16200,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions\/16200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/mswnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}