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Transit Equality Day or "Transit Equity Day" is a holiday in honor of the civil rights leader Rosa Parks, celebrated in the United States on her birthday, February 4. Rosa Parks Day was created by a network of Unions, including the Labor Sustainability Network, in 2017. [ 1 ]
From March 10 to and April 26, 2006, a group of about 35 people all under the age of 26, half of whom were Christian, [3] went on the first Equality Ride bus tour. Inspired by the Freedom Rides of the 1960s, the Riders traveled to 19 colleges and universities, including sixteen faith-based institutions in the Christian tradition, two military academies, and one secular university with an ROTC ...
It is a modification of the original icon that uses a background with the colors of the rainbow flag. It became popular in Spain from April 2019 following a tweet posted on the official account of the populist far-right party Vox , after which a multitude of users belonging to the LGBTQ movement began to use it as a symbol.
The United Nations General Assembly has decided to observe 20 February [2] annually, approved on 26 November 2007 and starting in 2009, as the World Day of Social Justice. [3] The Declaration focuses on guaranteeing fair outcomes for all through employment, social protection, social dialogue, and fundamental principles and rights.
Ninety-five years ago today, women in the United States were granted the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was secured as law. On August 26, we remember all ...
February 12, the same day of Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, is a day for people to think about love and equality. Many LGBTQ+ people want to get married this day in order to commemorate their love, just two days before Valentine's Day. "Tying the Knot" can be shown by tying a knot around trees, lamp posts, signs, or anywhere else that can be ...
The Transit Department decided to put out a notice to local schools, asking for volunteers to plant flowers at the transit center. Lew Wallace, an APS school Downtown, was the first to answer the ...
Statues for Equality is an initiative to improve the gender parity in public monuments worldwide. Creators Gillie and Marc noted that up to 2019, only five of New York City's 150 monuments commemorated nonfictional women. [1] The project's first public exhibit opened on August 26, 2019, to coincide with Women's Equality Day.