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Category Archives: Holidays

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.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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!
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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In memoriam, eighteen 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.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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The Declaration of Independence, two hundred and forty-three years later

Excerpt: This Fourth of July, take a few minutes to read the Declaration of Independence.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Today is the seventy-fifth anniversary of D‑Day — the day of the Normandy landings

Excerpt: June 6th is an opportunity to remember all who were involved in the Normandy landings. The success of the operation set the stage for the end of Hitler's Third Reich and the liberation of occupied Europe.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Happy Easter 2019!

Excerpt: If you are observing the Easter holiday today, please accept best wishes from all of us at the Northwest Progressive Institute.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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April 10th will henceforth be celebrated as Dolores Huerta Day in Washington State

Excerpt: Washington State has a new holiday, recognizing a pioneering labor leader and civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association.
Written by:Caitlin Harrington
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Banished Words for 2019

Excerpt: Read Lake Superior State University's forty-fourth List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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This Sunday, NPI will honor late activist Alex Hendrickson with a Lynn Allen Award

Excerpt: Gifted activist and leader Alex Hendrickson died suddenly in early December 2018. Learn about NPI's plans to honor her with a Lynn Allen Award.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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In memoriam, seventeen years later

Excerpt: Today is the sixteenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, which destroyed New York's World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon, and claimed the lives of thousands of innocent Americans. In honor of those who died that day, we're republishing a poem that we post annually here on The Cascadia Advocate.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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The Declaration of Independence, two hundred and forty-two years later

Excerpt: This Fourth of July, take a few minutes to read the Declaration of Independence.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Happy Passover 2018!

Excerpt: If you are observing Passover, which ends tonight at sundown, please accept best wishes from all of us at the Northwest Progressive Institute.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Happy Easter 2018!

Excerpt: If you're celebrating the holiday, please accept best wishes from all of us at NPI.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Anyone who lives inside the U.S. can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds”

Excerpt: Take a few moments today to read this excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther Kingr, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail, in which he explains that no American can be considered to be an outsider within the boundaries of their own country.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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