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The 2019 theme for democracy day was "inclusion and participation". [15] [5] "This year's International Day of Democracy is an opportunity to recall that democracy is about people. Democracy is built on inclusion, equal treatment and participation—and it is a fundamental building block for peace, sustainable development, and human rights." [16]
Riverview Park was an amusement park in Chicago, Illinois, which operated from 1904 to 1967. It was located on 74 acres (30 hectares) bound on the south by Belmont Avenue , on the east by Western Avenue , on the north by Lane Tech College Prep High School , and on the west by the North Branch of the Chicago River . [ 2 ]
Chicago police drag an anti-Vietnam war protester across Michigan Avenue on August 28, 1968, during the Democratic National Convention as the crowd chants "The whole world is watching". " The whole world is watching " was a phrase chanted by anti-Vietnam War demonstrators as they were beaten and arrested by police outside the Conrad Hilton ...
He said that the school had found out that a group of students – mostly boys in the ninth and 10th grades – were taking photos of the breasts and buttocks of junior and senior girls.
Democracy Day (Canada), project launched by Fair Vote Canada to "celebrate and reflect upon Canadian democracy" Democracy Day (Cape Verde), an annual public holiday in Cape Verde; Democracy Day (Nigeria), May 29, for the return of democracy in Nigeria in 1999; Democracy Day (United Kingdom), a day of events to mark the 750th anniversary of the ...
Nearly two dozen investors were duped by a salesman’s “wildly optimistic” promises about a marijuana “theme park” in Alaska, according to federal prosecutors. Those promises cost them ...
On July 1, 2010 the first Democracy Photo Challenge was announced. Like the other challenges, participants will be asked to submit photos that complete the phrase "Democracy is…" The contest entry period is slated to run July 7–28, 2010. [15] The winners announced on the United Nations’ International Day of Democracy, September 15, 2010 ...
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