June is Pride Month. This month has been federally designated since 1999 under various names, including: Gay & Lesbian Pride Month, LGBT Pride Month, and LGBTQI+ Pride Month. In Proclamation 7203, the first proclamation recognizing Pride Month, President Clinton recognized the history behind Pride saying, “Thirty years ago this month,
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month. This month has been federally designated as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month consistently since 1992 but was first recognized as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week in 1979. In recent years, there has been a push to expand
May is Jewish American Heritage Month. This month has been federally designated since 2006, but there have been proclamations celebrating Jewish American Heritage Weeks in April or May since 1980. In the letter first recognizing Jewish American Heritage Month, President George W. Bush stated, “As a nation of immigrants, the
The Inaugural Fred Gray Institute for Human and Civil Rights Inaugural National Symposium was held on March 14-15, 2025 in Montgomery, Alabama. MSP President Dr. Brian Stogner, Board Chair Dr. Tanya Martin, Clinical Training Coordinator Carol Hanson, and Director of Student Services Carrie Pyeatt were all in attendance. Dr. Stogner
April is Arab American Heritage Month. This month has been federally designated since 2021, but the push for formally recognizing the contributions of Arab Americans dates back to 2017 when Arab America and the Arab America Foundation launched their National Arab American Heritage Month initiative. In the letter first recognizing
Drs. Ijeoma Nnodim Opara, M.D., and Latonya Riddle-Jones, the co-founders of The Wayne State University School of Medicine’s End Race-Based Medicine Taskforce, will be coming to campus to give a presentation on ending race based medicine. The task force is working “to dispel and extinguish the misguided belief that individual
March is Women’s History Month! The first celebration took place in Santa Rosa, California in 1978 and was known as Women’s History Week. Following this, the National Women’s History Project (now the National Women’s History Alliance) lobbied President Jimmy Carter to recognize the week in 1980. In 1987 the celebration
February 1960 in North Carolina marked a significant milestone in the Civil Rights Movement. On February 1st, four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, often referred to as A&T, began what would become a six-month long sit-in at the Woolworth lunch counter in downtown Greensboro1. By the
Since 1976, the United States has formally recognized Black History Month. This month, the Michigan School of Psychology enthusiastically participates in this recognition and celebration of the contributions of Black people to American culture, science, the arts, education, and other elements of civic life. These remarkable contributions are all the
February is Black History Month. This month has been federally designated since 1976, but the push for formal recognition dates back to 1926 and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s (ASALH) national Negro History Week. In the first Message on the Observance of Black History
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