{"id":26808,"date":"2026-01-29T10:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&#038;p=26808"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:19:41","slug":"students-promote-neighborhood-pride-build-leadership-skills-with-main-south-clean-ups","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/29\/students-promote-neighborhood-pride-build-leadership-skills-with-main-south-clean-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"Students promote neighborhood pride, build leadership skills with Main South clean-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clark-community-ambassadors-take-on-local-litter\">Clark Community Ambassadors take on local litter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clark Campus Ambassador Garbage Clean-Up Program Builds Neighborhood Pride in Main South\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1156626950?h=c9bc739b57&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve probably seen a handful of Clark students dressed in red jackets out and about in Main South picking up trash and beautifying. 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