March is Women’s History Month. This month, which began as Women’s History Week in 1980, is a time to reflect on all the contributions women have made to our world while not always having the same rights and privileges as men.  In her Women’s History Month Proclamation at the start

In honor of Black History Month, MSP’s student organization the Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity Alliance created a weekly spotlight on Black trailblazers in psychology. Each week, IDEA created a flyer highlighting one trailblazer and shared it via weekly emails and social media posts throughout Black History Month. As Black History

February is Black History Month. This year is a particularly special celebration as it marks a century of Black history celebrations, as the celebrations began in 1926 with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s (ASALH) first national Negro History Week. This celebration would morph into the

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

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

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

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

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

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,