Category: Equity & Inclusion

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SRC Reading List

This semester, the Structural Racism Programming Subcommittee of the MSP Institutional Equity and Anti-Racism Committee (IEARC) ran the MSP Book Club. The club read Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Coates has been called “the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States” by the New

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How to Honor Transgender Day of Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) began in 1999 when Gwendolyn Ann Smith started a vigil to honor Rita Hester, a Black transgender woman from Massachusetts, who was murdered in 1998. This day closes out Transgender Awareness Week and occurs during Transgender and Non-binary Empowerment Month. The purpose of this day

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MSP at Fred Gray Institute’s Dialogos

Last March, I was part of a group of representatives from MSP who attended the Inaugural Symposium of the Fred D. Gray Institute for Human and Civil Rights in Montgomery, Alabama. The values which have guided Gray’s remarkable and historic career are now being upheld by the Institute, and MSP

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Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American Heritage Month. This month has been federally designated since 1990, but the push for formally recognizing the contributions of Native Americans dates back to 1916 in New York State. In Proclamation 6230, the first recognition of what at the time was called National American Indian Heritage

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually from September 15th to October 15th. The first national celebration of Hispanic heritage was National Hispanic Heritage Week, which began in 1968 under President Johnson. In his proclamation, President Johnson noted, “Several of our States and many of our cities proudly bear Hispanic

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Disability Pride Month

July is Disability Pride Month. While this month is not yet federally designated, it does encompass National Disability Independence Day, which is federally recognized. Both National Disability Independence Day and Disability Pride Month celebrate the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act becoming law on July 26, 1990. The first

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Pride Month

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,

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Jewish American Heritage Month

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

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