{"id":720,"date":"2021-01-11T23:56:09","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T23:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlkspokane.org\/?page_id=720"},"modified":"2026-04-01T21:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:55:45","slug":"current-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mlkspokane.org\/?page_id=720","title":{"rendered":"Current Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/mlkspokane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Save-The-Date-2026-Miss-Juneteenth1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlkspokane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Save-The-Date-2026-Miss-Juneteenth1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlkspokane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Save-The-Date-2026-Miss-Juneteenth1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/mlkspokane.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Save-The-Date-2026-Miss-Juneteenth1-768x512.png 768w, 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