DEI Committee Mtg & FEB DEI Calendar

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February Diversity and Inclusion Calendar 2023

Black History Month: February was chosen to celebrate African American History because it holds the birthdays of two men who helped eliminate slavery: Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln

February 11 – Tammy Baldwin’s Birthday: the birthday of the first openly LGBT woman elected to both houses of Congress

February 14 – Frederick Douglass’ birthday (observed): this day celebrates the birth of abolitionist and social reformer

February 15 – Nirvana Day: an annual festival that remembers the death of the Buddha after reaching nirvana; also called Parinirvana

February 15 – Susan B. Anthony’s Birthday: a leader of the women’s suffrage movement,she advocated for abolition, temperance, labor rights, and equal pay for equal work

February 22 – Ash Wednesday: a day of prayer and fasting that begins the Christian season of Lent