{"id":1834,"date":"2019-01-11T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:19:30","slug":"mlk-days-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/mlk-days-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King \u2013 SPC\u2019s MLK Days of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>St. Petersburg College continues to strengthen its commitment to community engagement through its fourth Annual MLK Days of Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please join students, faculty and staff as we serve our strategic partners, the Florida Dream Center and Keep Pinellas Beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SPC honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s dedication to service. Service to others is a fundamental element of developing citizenship, empathy &amp; understanding. These pieces help strengthen critical thinking and help students secure a meaningful education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Dr. Martin Luther King stated so eloquently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cThe function of&nbsp;education&nbsp;is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character \u2013 that is the goal of true&nbsp;education.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLK Days of Service events:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>North County &#8211; Jan. 18 &#8211; 9 a.m.<ul><li>Florida Dream Center, 4017 56th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33714<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>South County &#8211; Jan. 25 &#8211; 9 a.m.<ul><li>Keep Pinellas Beautiful &#8211; Ray Neri Park, 4303 46th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33714<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please reach out to your campus Student Life and Leadership Coordinator or Tara Newsom at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:newsom.tara@spcollege.edu\">newsom.tara@spcollege.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/01\/MLK-Days-of-Service-Events-792x1024.png\" alt=\"MLK Days of Service Events\" class=\"wp-image-1838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/01\/MLK-Days-of-Service-Events-792x1024.png 792w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/01\/MLK-Days-of-Service-Events-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/01\/MLK-Days-of-Service-Events-768x993.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2019\/01\/MLK-Days-of-Service-Events.png 882w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Petersburg College continues to strengthen its commitment to Community Engagement through its fourth Annual MLK Days of Service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":1966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,7],"tags":[],"coauthors":[15],"class_list":["post-1834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-civic-education","category-service-learning","category-volunteerism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King \u2013 SPC\u2019s MLK Days of Service<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"St. Petersburg College continues to strengthen its commitment to community engagement through its fourth Annual MLK Days of Service.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/mlk-days-of-service\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King \u2013 SPC\u2019s MLK Days of Service\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"St. Petersburg College continues to strengthen its commitment to community engagement through its fourth Annual MLK Days of Service.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/civic-engagement\/mlk-days-of-service\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center for Civic Learning &amp; 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