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Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first officially discussed as a construct in the late 1970’s, but it wasn’t officially enacted until 1992 (the 500 year anniversary of Columbus’s fateful maiden voyage) in Northern California. The city of Berkeley declared October 12 of that year “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” in protest to the ever-problematic Columbus Day. Since then, other cities throughout the country... (more)
March 8th is International Women’s Day! Hooray! Here at LPL, I walk among powerful women every day within the stacks, not just from the U.S., but from across the globe. Being surrounded by these women’s words is a joy, even if it means my “To Be Read” list is destined to be enormous and overwhelming forever My co-Book Squad-ers and I are all passionate about diversifying our reading choices… (more)
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