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Better Together – June 2021
Pride + Juneteenth by Karen NelsonJune is LGBTQ Pride Month! Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pride Month commemorates the events of June 28, 1969 and works to achieve equal justice and opportunity for LGBTQ+ Americans. Fifty-two years ago, a courageous group of citizens resisted harassment and mistreatment at the Stonewall Inn in...
Better Together – May 2021
STOP Asian Hate! by Karen NelsonMay is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. What should be a time of celebration, this year has been marred with violence. Like you, I have watched in horror as a rampant increase in violence toward Asian Americans has grown in the past year and continue to rise at an alarming rate. This recent...
Better Together – April 2021
April is NOT Just for Easter! by Karen NelsonAs we awaken to Daylight Savings Time and longer, sunnier days, it’s also Celebrate Diversity Month! Founded in 2004 to recognize and honor diversity, I am hopeful people will explore and obtain a deeper understanding of another culture. By celebrating the uniqueness of another’s background and...
Better Together – March 2021
Telling HERstory! by Karen NelsonOn March 3, 1913, the 22 Founders of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. marched into history as the only African American sorority to participate in the Women's Suffrage March after just being founded two months earlier on January 13, 1913 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. The march became one...
Better Together – Jan/Feb 2021
Happy Birthday, Dr. King! by Karen NelsonBy the winter of 1968, Dr. Martin King, Jr. and his organization were embarking on one of their boldest projects yet; a Poor People’s Campaign that would bring a multiracial coalition to the nation’s capital to demand federal funding for full employment, a guaranteed annual income, anti-poverty programs,...