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Delaware County church-related events: Feb. 23, 2024 edition
Friday, February 23rd, 2024
via Delco Times (Pennsylvania)Classes, sales, food banks, trips and more activities associated with churches
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Faces of Black Heritage: A look at Black history with Sarasota leaders, trailblazers
Friday, February 23rd, 2024
via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)Sarasota's Black leaders and change makers share insight about their perspectives on Black, culture, history, and heritage.
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Beyond DEI: Unpacking Utah’s debate over campus diversity initiatives
Friday, February 23rd, 2024
via Deseret News (Utah)A new state law has led public universities and students to grapple with what a post-DEI campus should look like
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Q&A with candidates in Alabama Board of Education Place 7 race
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via News 19 (Alabama)News 19 sent five questions to each of the candidates in the race for this state Board of Education seat. Here are the answers, straight from the candidates.
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Maryland school districts not immune to clashes over curriculums, DEI outlined in new report
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via Capital Gazette (Maryland)As Maryland grapples with school curriculum pushback and book banning related to race and LGBTQ issues, a national analysis found that these subjects are not often discussed in K-12 schools.
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Young author from NJ making waves with free-thinking book on race
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via New Jersey 101.5 (New Jersey)This is a very important book that should be read by everyone, especially politicians here in New Jersey and around the country.
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House Speaker Dade Phelan, targeted by ultraconservatives, embroiled in cutthroat primary
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via Dallas Morning News (Texas)Dade Phelan, speaker of the Texas House, is one of the most powerful Republicans in Texas, but potent factions from within his party are working to defeat him...
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2024 voter guide: Research candidates on Iredell County primary ballots
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)See where candidates in congressional, legislature and local races on Iredell County's 2024 primary ballots stand on the issues.
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Central Pa. ‘sundown towns’ and the legacy of racism: ‘It’s still here’
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
via PennLive (Pennsylvania)Harrisburg may not have technically been a sundown town but across the region Black residents experienced the racist attitudes and policies that were emblematic to this chapter in American history.
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Alabama closer to banning college DEI programs, implementing university bathroom rules
Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
via al.com (Alabama)The bill, which would prohibit any program that 'advocates for a divisive concept," could be on the Senate floor as early as Thursday.
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Haley’s nearly all-White high school lacked lessons of racism, some say
Tuesday, February 20th, 2024
via The Washington Post (South Carolina)At Nikki Haley's high school, some classmates said that they weren't adequately instructed about South Carolina's history of divisive racial issues.
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St. Luke honors ‘grandmother of Juneteenth’ Opal Lee for Senior Saints of Wisdom Sunday
Sunday, February 18th, 2024
via Dallas Morning News (Texas)Texas legend Opal Lee made an appearance at a popular Dallas church and delivered some inspirational messages for Black History Month.
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City Hall: Martin Luther King Jr. and a moment in Lincoln’s history
Sunday, February 18th, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to about 6,000 people at Lincoln's downtown auditorium.
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A point of pride
Sunday, February 18th, 2024
via Beaumont Enterprise (Texas)The progressive Rosenwald Schools provided high-level education for Blacks in the rural South post-emancipation. One of 500 such Texas schools was in Silsbee.
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Bill to ban discriminatory book bans in Oregon moves forward
Sunday, February 18th, 2024
via KVAL (Oregon)The practice of banning books in schools because of parental complaints has been a controversial topic in Oregon and nationwide.
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Lawsuit challenging Temecula Valley school district ban on critical race theory moves forward
Saturday, February 17th, 2024
via OC Register (California)In the first case of its kind in California, a Riverside Superior Court judge said plaintiffs have valid arguments against the school district ban.
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In GOP primary, House Speaker Dade Phelan fights off claims he’s not conservative enough
Friday, February 16th, 2024
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)"This is a war," the House speaker told a crowd of hundreds at a campaign event Thursday night in Beaumont.
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Delaware County church-related events: Feb. 16, 2024 edition
Friday, February 16th, 2024
via Delco Times (Pennsylvania)Classes, sales, food banks, trips and more activities associated with churches
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Cheers to 80 years!
Friday, February 16th, 2024
via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)The family of long-time Mitchell resident Keith Bartels would like to wish him a happy 80th birthday! If you would like to send a card with your own greetings, please mail to:
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