{"id":9239,"date":"2023-01-19T17:04:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T01:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=9239"},"modified":"2023-02-05T19:56:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T03:56:17","slug":"the-rtc-celebrates-dr-martin-luther-king-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/the-rtc-celebrates-dr-martin-luther-king-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"The RTC celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Guest-written by Sumnu Marketing<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>A little rain couldn\u2019t stop the RTC and Sumnu Marketing from celebrating the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 16. Together, we marched in the 41<sup>st<\/sup> annual Downtown Las Vegas MLK Day Parade. This year\u2019s theme was \u201cLiving the Dream: It Starts with Me! Shifting Priorities to Create the Beloved Community.\u201d The RTC\u2019s 30<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary wrapped bus kept us company by following close behind. Over the past 30 years the RTC has strived to embody this year\u2019s parade theme by connecting the community to what matters most.<\/p>\r\n<p>Since 2018, the RTC has participated in the parade taking part in celebrating this historical figure. The parade was founded by former Nevada State Assemblyman Wendell P. Williams who was a key contributor in the lobbying efforts for the passage of the national holiday and the naming of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd (formerly Highland Street) in Las Vegas\u2019 Historic Westside.<\/p>\r\n<p>Watch a recap of the parade here:<\/p>\r\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"The RTC celebrates MLK Day\" width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271100%27%20height%3D%27619%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201100%20619%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271100%27%20height%3D%27619%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e5D3GenMaH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\r\n<p>This month, and every day, we celebrate Dr. King\u2019s legacy. To learn more about Dr. King and his impact on American history, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/thekingcenter.org\/about-tkc\/martin-luther-king-jr\/\">https:\/\/thekingcenter.org\/about-tkc\/martin-luther-king-jr\/<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest-written by Sumnu Marketing A little rain couldn\u2019t stop the RTC and Sumnu Marketing from celebrating the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 16. Together, we marched  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":9240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-9239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-guest-writer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}