{"id":89049,"date":"2026-01-17T01:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/89049\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T01:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T01:04:08","slug":"unity-week-begins-on-mlk-day-in-bensalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/89049\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity Week Begins On MLK Day In Bensalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 The township&#8217;s annual Unity Week starts Monday with events planned on the federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Building a Better Bensalem Together has rolled out the schedule for Unity Week, which will only be events scheduled over three days this year. See the schedule below<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For more than 20 years, Bensalem Unity Week has been a proud tradition \u2014 celebrating the rich religious diversity that makes our township so special,&#8221; the organization said. &#8220;As the only known township to host an event like this, we\u2019ve always believed that unity, understanding, and culture are worth celebrating together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This year, though, there are fewer Unity Day events during the week itself, the organization said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s intentional and exciting,&#8221; organizers saiid.<\/p>\n<p>Building a Better Bensalem Together said the shift reflects &#8220;our ongoing commitment to celebrating our religious cultures and welcoming the community throughout the entire year,&#8221; not just one week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By spreading events out, we hope more neighbors can join in, connect, and enjoy the experience along the way,&#8221; Building a Better Bensalem Together said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-image=\"1586961-1768418495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/unity.jpg\" data- \/><\/p>\n<p>(Building a Better Bensalem Together)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-image=\"1586961-1768418322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ben1.jpg\" data- \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BENSALEM TOWNSHIP, PA \u2014 The township&#8217;s annual Unity Week starts Monday with events planned on the federal holiday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-89049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}