| Excerpt: | If you did not get a chance to watch or listen to Gorman's stirring rendition of this beautiful composition, you can do so right now, right here. |
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| Published at: | 3:30 PM on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Inauguration Day |
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Category Archives: Holidays
Read or watch the amazingly talented Amanda Gorman’s 2021 inaugural poem
Read or watch Joe Biden’s Inaugural Address
| Excerpt: | Read Joe Biden's inaugural address, delivered Janaury 20th, 2021 in front of the United States Capitol. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Inauguration Day |
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We made it! Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been sworn in as America’s new leaders
| Excerpt: | We must and should commend ourselves for all we did to fight against all of the above and reach this moment. When you're going through hell, keep going, the old adage goes. And so we did. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Inauguration Day, Presidential Transitions |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nonviolent direct action is what makes negotiation possible
| Excerpt: | Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Monday, January 18th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Nondiscrimination |
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Banished Words for 2021
| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's forty-sixth List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness -- plus NPI's additions! |
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| Published at: | 8:00 AM on Friday, January 1st, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Humor & Satire |
| Tags: | Banished Words, New Year's |
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NPI bestows its highest honor, the Lynn Allen Award, on the late Tony Lee (1948–2020)
| Excerpt: | The former Solid Ground Advocacy Director, known affectionately as the "conscience of the Legislature," is the eighth person to become a Lynn Allen Award Honoree. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Thursday, December 31st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Announcements |
| Tags: | Lynn Allen Awards, New Year's |
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In memoriam, nineteen years later
| Excerpt: | In honor of those who died that day, we’re republishing a poem that we post annually here on The Cascadia Advocate. |
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| Published at: | 5:46 AM on Friday, September 11th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | September 11th Remembrance Day |
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The Declaration of Independence, two hundred and forty-four years later
| Excerpt: | This Fourth of July, take a few minutes to read the Declaration of Independence. |
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| Published at: | 9:00 AM on Saturday, July 4th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Fourth of July |
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Earth Day turns fifty as the world community grapples with the novel coronavirus pandemic
| Excerpt: | Earth Day, one of our favorite days of activism, has turned fifty. Here are some great articles you can read and videos you can watch to commemorate the occasion. |
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| Published at: | 10:00 PM on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Our Environment |
| Tags: | Climate Crisis, Conservation, Earth Day, Green Development, Pollution |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Injustice must be exposed… to the light of human conscience”
| Excerpt: | Take a few moments to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter From Birmingham Jail. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 AM on Monday, January 20th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Nondiscrimination |
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Banished Words for 2020
| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's forty-fifth List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness -- plus NPI's additions! |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Wednesday, January 1st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Humor & Satire |
| Tags: | Banished Words, New Year's |
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It’s a two-for-one holiday: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving and Indigenous Peoples Day!
| Excerpt: | Learn about the history of these holidays and why our team at NPI observes them. |
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| Published at: | 12:23 PM on Monday, October 14th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Canadian Thanksgiving, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Peoples Day |
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It’s Rosh Hashanah 5780! Shanah tovah (שנה טובה) from the team at NPI
| Excerpt: | If you are observing Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which began this evening at nightfall, please accept best wishes from all of us at the Northwest Progressive Institute. We hope the new year is a sweet one for you! |
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| Published at: | 10:30 PM on Sunday, September 29th, 2019 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Rosh Hashanah |
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Happy Easter 2021!