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  • Ramadan Begins

    By Laura Mann-Hill  ACW Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator Currently, Muslims account for about 22% of the world’s population. The community will be fasting from sunup to sundown. Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim calendar. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and will fall during the month of April in 2022. The […]

  • June Holidays: Happy Pride & Juneteenth

    Happy PRIDE! By Laura Mann-Hill ACW Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator “No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us”-Marsha P. Johnson Wishing everyone a happy PRIDE month and joyous Juneteenth! Celebrate Juneteenth & Pride. June 19th, 2022 - We recognize and honor Juneteenth, acelebration of Black freedom and resistance. Juneteenth is said […]

  • Juneteenth

    Celebrate Juneteenth & Pride:  June 19th, 2022 - We recognize and honor Juneteenth, a celebration of Black freedom and resistance. Juneteenth is said to be the oldest African American celebration of emancipation from slavery. There are events all over the Twin Cities including the Hennepin County Library https://www.hclib.org/Juneteenth Residents of Color Collective Minnesota event https://www.facebook.com/events/8316629877 […]

  • July 4th – Reflections on a Hypocritical Holiday

    July - Reflections on a Hypocritical Holiday By Laura Mann-Hill -ACW Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator The current moment we find ourselves, from the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion is full of tension, complexity, and contradictions. As we push for change to undo systems of oppression such as white supremacy and patriarchy, we find the other […]

  • Native American Heritage Month: Honor Truth Telling

    Honor Truth Telling by Laura Mann Hill -ACW D and I Coordinator Photo by Forrest Hill, shared with permission from Daren Hill, ACW member “Indigenous people are not relics of the past. We are still here, and we continue to demonstrate our talents and gifts amidst a backdrop of ongoing colonialism and oppression. We are worth […]

  • New Year’s Day

    Happy New Year's Day!  Learn about traditions celebrating the New Year throughout history at history.com.  Have some New Year themed art you'd like to submit to illustrate this page? Please email rebecca.a.froehlich@gmail.com to let her know!