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March

Celebrating History, Inclusivity and Heritage

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In honor of Women's History we celebrate Harriet Tubman Day!

Harriet Tubman was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad. Tubman also served as a scout, spy, guerrilla soldier, and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War. She is considered the first African American woman to serve in the military.

Harriet Tubman Day is an American holiday in honor of the anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman, observed on March 10, and in the U.S. state of New York. Observances also occur locally around the U.S. state of Maryland. After Juneteenth became a federal holiday, there are growing calls for this day to also be observed at the federal level.

International Day of the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Celebrate Purim

Holi the festival of colors

March is Irish-American Heritage Month – a celebration of a small island’s culture that 31.5 million Americans feel connected to; Irish is the second largest ancestry group cited on the U.S. Census after German. The pinnacle of the month is St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, when the color to wear is green, representing the Emerald Isle of Ireland.

Naw-Ruz (Baha’I New Year)

Ramadan

Greek Heritage Month

Gender Equality Month

International Transgender day of Visibility

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH

Anti-Defamation League's Women History Month Resources

Because of Her Story | Smithsonian American Women's History MuseumResearching, disseminating, and amplifying the histories of American women to create a more equitable America.

Stories of Women of Color in STEM

Women in American history- resources compiled by The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

From WeTeachNYC resources:

"The NYCDOE Civics for All and Social Studies teams collaborated with Good Trouble Comics to create Recognized, a two-part LGBTQ+ graphic history.

The two stories found in Recognized, 'Shine,' a story about Alain Locke, and 'In Love and Resistance,' a story about Sylvia Rivera. This graphic history is based on two profiles found in the New York City Department of Education’s Hidden Voices: LGBTQ+ Stories in United States History. The two comics include fictional characters, semi-fictional settings, and a great deal of historical facts and details about significant LGBTQ+ figures from our past."

Also, check out WeTeachNYC's collection of "texts, primary sources, lesson plans and videos to use with your students as they learn about the key figures, events, and legislation related to women's struggle for equal rights for the past 150 years."

Revolutionary women! | TED TalksThese women fighting for justice and equality deserve center stage.

Unladylike2020 | American Masters | PBSView all Unladylike2020 content on the American Masters website.

Check out WNET's one-hour special comprised of 26 digital short films "featuring courageous, little-known and diverse female trailblazers from the turn of the 20th century."

From the National Women's History Museum:

Women's History Minute provides 60 second videos on "important figures and movements of women's history, such as Ida B. Wells, Grace Hopper, Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu, and more."
In Their Own Words provides oral histories from civil rights activities Mrs. Willie Pearl Mackey King and, from the "Rosie the Riveter Oral Histories Project," women working during WWII.