| Excerpt: | The 46th President of the United States is on his way to Oregon and Washington State for his first official visit as Commander-in-Chief to both states, accompanied by a significant number of aides and advisors from the White House. |
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| Published at: | 9:08 AM on Thursday, April 21st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Events |
| Tags: | Earth Day, Presidential Visits |
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Category Archives: Holidays
President Biden is on his way to the great Pacific Northwest, travel pool says
White House shares more details for President Joe Biden’s upcoming PNW visit
| Excerpt: | At the daily White House press briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki made public an initial list of supporting speakers at Biden's official events and elaborated on the themes for each. |
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| Published at: | 3:24 PM on Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Events |
| Tags: | Earth Day, Presidential Visits |
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President Joe Biden returning to the PNW for Earth Day, will stop in Portland and Seattle
| Excerpt: | This will be Biden's first trip to Washington and Oregon as President. Biden has already been to Idaho as President, stopping in Boise for a visit as part of another trip out west that he took last year. Biden was most recently in Seattle in 2019 during a pre-pandemic fundraising swing as part of his presidential campaign. |
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| Published at: | 1:59 PM on Friday, April 15th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Events |
| Tags: | Earth Day, Presidential Visits |
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February is Black History Month. It’s a good time to ask: What are you doing to make your community a better place for Black people?
| Excerpt: | In our fear, may we find purpose. May we leverage our collective pain and struggle to make ourselves and our communities better, Erin Jones writes. |
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| Published at: | 2:18 PM on Thursday, February 10th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Erin Jones |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Education, Guest Posts |
| Tags: | Black History Month, Nondiscrimination |
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: Time is neutral, it can be used either destructively or constructively
| 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: | 9:30 AM on Monday, January 17th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
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Banished Words for 2022
| Excerpt: | Read Lake Superior State University's forty-seventh 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 Saturday, January 1st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Humor & Satire |
| Tags: | Banished Words, New Year's |
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Happy Thanksgiving 2021!
| Excerpt: | Here's what our team at the Northwest Progressive Institute is grateful for this year. |
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| Published at: | 10:00 AM on Thursday, November 25th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Thanksgiving |
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It’s a two-for-one holiday: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving and Indigenous Peoples Day!
| Excerpt: | The second Monday in October is an opportunity to honor our Tribal Nations and to give thanks for our blessings with not one, but two holidays. |
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| Published at: | 8:47 AM on Monday, October 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Canadian Thanksgiving, Indigenous Peoples Day |
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Twenty years, twenty reads: Reflecting on the September 11th attacks two decades later
| Excerpt: | This collection of twenty interesting, thought-provoking articles and columns brings the impact of the tragedy of September 11th into clear focus. |
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| Published at: | 5:46 PM on Saturday, September 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | September 11th Remembrance Day |
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In memoriam, twenty 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 Saturday, September 11th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | September 11th Remembrance Day |
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Juneteenth ’21 at Jimi Hendrix Park: a Black-led parade, celebration, and call to action
| Excerpt: | Urging people advance racial equity now with real solutions, the 2nd Juneteenth Freedom March and Celebration took place across Seattle's Central District. |
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| Published at: | 9:47 PM on Saturday, June 19th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Bobby Aiyer |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties |
| Tags: | Juneteenth, Nondiscrimination |
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Bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday clears Congress; Biden to sign it tomorrow
| Excerpt: | Legislation that would make Juneteenth a federal holiday has cleared the United States Congress by an extremely lopsided margin, with only a few extremist, white supremacist House Republicans in opposition. |
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| Published at: | 10:32 PM on Wednesday, June 16th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Legislative Advocacy |
| Tags: | Juneteenth |
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Happy Easter 2021!
| Excerpt: | The Cascadia Advocate's annual Easter holiday news roundup for 2021, with messages from elected leaders and links to local Easter liturgical services. |
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| Published at: | 12:00 PM on Sunday, April 4th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Easter |
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A look at President Biden’s Earth Day itinerary