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National Hispanic Heritage Month is recognized September 15th through October 15th and traditionally honors the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans rooted in all Latin American countries. We also celebrate the hurdles and challenges that have been overcome by these Hispanic and Latino Americans, while acknowledging that there is still a great
Read moreAugust 26th is Women’s Equality Day Fundamental human rights—like voting and participating in a representative form of government—rightfully belong to all of a nation’s citizens. However, voting rights were denied to women until very recently. That is why we celebrate Women’s Equality Day in the United States on August 26—to commemorate the 1920 adoption of
Read moreBlack Women’s Equal Pay Day is the approximate day a Black woman must work into the new year to make what a white non-Hispanic man made by the end of the previous year. This year, the date falls on August 3rd—in other words, it took the average Black woman, working full-time year-round, an 8 extra
Read moreJuly 30th is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Established in 2014, the purpose of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is to raise awareness about human trafficking and to promote and protect the rights of trafficking victims. What is Human Trafficking? The formal definition in the dictionary of human trafficking is “the unlawful act
Read moreNelson Mandela devoted his life to the service of humanity — as a human rights lawyer, a prisoner of conscience, an international peacemaker and the first democratically elected president of a free South Africa.
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