by Jamie - Editor | Jun 10, 2021 | Better Together
Pride + Juneteenth by Karen Nelson June 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...
by Jamie - Editor | May 12, 2021 | Better Together
STOP Asian Hate! by Karen Nelson May 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...
by Jamie - Editor | Mar 31, 2021 | Better Together
April is NOT Just for Easter! by Karen Nelson As 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...
by Jamie - Editor | Mar 10, 2021 | Better Together
Telling HERstory! by Karen Nelson On 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...
by Jamie - Editor | Jan 13, 2021 | Better Together
Happy Birthday, Dr. King! by Karen Nelson By 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...
by Jamie - Editor | Dec 10, 2020 | Better Together
Be Merry! Be Happy! by Karen Nelson 2020 has been quite a year of extraordinary happenings: COVID-19 followed by the summer of social unrest after the brutal killing of George Floyd and many others. As I write this article, 2,649 souls are not with us since January in...
