Shannon Brady

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Juneteenth 2023

Black Lives Matter is one of the most impactful activist movements of the past decade, with the aim of promoting racial justice and meaningful legal and political change, combat white supremacy, and uplift the Black community not just in the United States, but around the world. Most notably, it has … »
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Memorial Day 2023

After almost three months without a federal holiday in the United States, are you ready for the return of the three-day weekend?Thanks to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968, which moved several federal holidays to Monday dates to create such weekends for federal employees, Memorial Day always falls on … »
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Shavuot 2023

Shavuot (meaning “oaths” or “weeks” in Hebrew), sometimes called the Festival of Weeks, is a major holiday in Judaism, taking place seven weeks after the first seder of Pesach/Passover. It is a two-day celebration that this year starts at sundown on Thursday, May 25 and ends at sundown on Saturday, … »
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Mother’s Day 2023

Mother’s Day is celebrated worldwide, in many different ways. In the United States, the holiday falls on every second Sunday in May — this year being Sunday, May 14.The American version of the holiday was first observed in 1908. Commonly observed customs include giving one’s mother or mother figure, such … »
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