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Pride 2023

Since 1999, June has been nationally recognized as Pride Month: originally designated “Gay and Lesbian Pride Month,” but expanded in 2011 to recognize the entirety of the LGBT+ community (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and all others who fall under the umbrella of marginalized sexual orientations and/or gender identities).It was selected … »
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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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Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo (“Fifth of May) is a relatively minor holiday in Mexico, its country of origin. Día de la Independencia/El Grito de Independencia (“Independence Day”/“The Cry of Independence”) is a much more important occasion on par with the United States’ Fourth of July, celebrated on September 16 in honor … »
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