{"id":6594,"date":"2016-01-22T20:21:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T20:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=6594"},"modified":"2016-01-22T20:21:37","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T20:21:37","slug":"minnesota-spokesman-recorder-recaps-augsburg-colleges-2016-mlk-convocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2016\/01\/22\/minnesota-spokesman-recorder-recaps-augsburg-colleges-2016-mlk-convocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder recaps Augsburg College&#8217;s MLK Convocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Minnesota-Spokesman-Recorder-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Minnesota-Spokesman-Recorder-logo.png\" alt=\"Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder - logo\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Minnesota-Spokesman-Recorder-logo.png 160w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2016\/01\/Minnesota-Spokesman-Recorder-logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder recently published an article and photo gallery covering Augsburg College&#8217;s 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, which was held January 18 and featured a speech by legendary rapper and author Chuck D.<\/p>\n<p>The event began with performances by a number of local artists, much to the delight of the keynote speaker. The article states that, &#8220;His excitement was noticeable as he jumped to his feet and snapped photos of the acts smiling from ear to ear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The article also included interviews with Augsburg students <strong>Erickson Saye &#8217;16<\/strong>, <strong>Robert Harper &#8217;16<\/strong>, and <strong>Reis Francisco Romero &#8217;16<\/strong>. Romero was instrumental in organizing the event; he is the president of Augsburg College&#8217;s chapter of Save the Kids, a student group that co-sponsored this year&#8217;s convocation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to take me a while to conceptualize everything. I\u2019m glad we did it, I\u2019m glad it\u2019s over, but now the real work starts,&#8221; Romero said of the event. &#8220;We have to work together to end this miserable condition on this earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-title\">Read and view: <a href=\"http:\/\/spokesman-recorder.com\/2016\/01\/19\/augsburg-students-mobilize-rather-reflect-king-holiday\/\">PHOTOS | Rapper Chuck D refocused MLK Day from past to present<\/a> on the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder recently published an article and photo gallery covering Augsburg College&#8217;s 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation, which was held January 18 and featured a speech by legendary rapper and author Chuck D. The event began with performances by a number of local artists, much to the delight of the keynote speaker. The &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3234,6,8],"tags":[3751,1801,2378,3763],"class_list":["post-6594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-events-and-happenings","category-in-the-news","category-students","tag-chuck-d","tag-martin-luther-king-jr-convocation","tag-race","tag-save-the-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6594"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6598,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6594\/revisions\/6598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}