{"id":91449,"date":"2014-11-27T08:19:44","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T13:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=91449"},"modified":"2014-11-27T08:21:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-27T13:21:33","slug":"us-embassy-announces-martin-luther-king-jr-essay-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2014\/11\/us-embassy-announces-martin-luther-king-jr-essay-competition","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy Announces Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24484\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24484 \" alt=\"Martin Luther King\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martin-luther-king.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martin-luther-king.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martin-luther-king-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/martin-luther-king-250x166.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Martin Luther King Jr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The United States Embassy in Nassau, The Bahamas, is pleased to announce the launch of the 9th\u00a0annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay contest. The purpose of the contest is to encourage students to explore the life of Dr. King and his impact on the civil rights movement. All high school students in The Bahamas ages 15-18 years old are invited to participate in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme is \u201cDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worked very hard to highlight the importance of equality and human rights for all regardless of race, gender, religion, ethnicity, disability, citizenship, socio-economic status, etc.\u00a0\u00a0He partnered with community leaders, government officials, schools and many others to ensure the fight for equality was a collaborative effort locally and nationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students are asked to respond to the following questions \u201cWhat does \u2018Equality and Human Rights for All\u2019 mean to you?\u00a0 What can you do to promote equality and human rights in your community and throughout The Bahamas?\u201d in an essay of 500 words or less. The essay is due January 30, 2015 at 5:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>For full consideration, the following rules MUST be followed:<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All essays must be 500 words or less.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The document must have 1 inch margins.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use 12-point Times New Roman font.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The document must be double spaced.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Entry form and essay must be submitted electronically to NassauPublicAffairs@state.gov as ONE attachment no later than January 30, 2015 at 5:00 PM.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Subject line of email must be YOUR NAME and TITLE of essay.<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Late submissions will not be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced at the end of February to correspond with Black History Month.\u00a0The entry form can be found on the U.S. Embassy\u2019s website visit: www.nassau.usembassy.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Embassy in Nassau, The Bahamas, is pleased to announce the launch of the 9th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Essay contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":24484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}