| 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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Category Archives: Holidays
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Time is neutral, it can be used either destructively or constructively
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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The Declaration of Independence, two hundred and forty-five 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 Sunday, July 4th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Holidays |
| Tags: | Fourth of July |
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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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Read or watch the amazingly talented Amanda Gorman’s 2021 inaugural poem
| 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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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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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?