Category: Events
February 16, 2019
February 15th is Susan B. Anthony's birthday. She began the women's suffrage movement, promoting women's rights, including the right to vote (the 19th amendment, which was ratified in 1920, 14 years after Anthony's death), as well as the anti-slavery movement.
February 12, 2019
Are you a woman? (I am!)
February 7, 2019
Black History Month has come a long way since its origins, and it may be useful to brush up on how it all got started. We're here with a few suggestions on how to celebrate and contribute to the causes that are still fighting for equality.
February 6, 2019
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February 4, 2019
February 4th is honored around the globe as World Cancer Day. It is recognized as a day to officially focus on raising awareness about cancer, its prevention and detection, and the continued advancements of new treatments in cancer research, as well as supporting the improved quality-of-life efforts for cancer patients. This internationally celebrated day was first conceived back in 2000 at the first World Summit Against Cancer, which was held in Paris, France. It was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to promote the objectives of the World Cancer Declaration, and to be a yearly reminder of all that the declaration stands for.
February 4, 2019
National Freedom Day is a lesser-known holiday started by an even lesser-known man. Read on to learn more about the holiday and ways that you can take time to give respect to National Freedom Day!
January 31, 2019
Happy New Year! My, it is moving FAST!
January 30, 2019
January 20th marks World Religion Day, which seeks to bring religious groups together and identify their similarities. Learn more about the holiday and what you can do to celebrate.
January 25, 2019
Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights calls for "free and compulsory elementary education." That idea was taken further in the Convention on the Rights of the Child which stated that "countries shall make higher education accessible to all."
January 22, 2019
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