Easy Like Sunday Morning: Dr. MLK and His Influence on the Civil Rights Movement

...and so we begin.  Lessons, activities and displays  that celebrate #MLK and ‘A Day On, Not A Day Off,’ D.C. events.   *All books that appear in the picture have a copyright date  prior to 2019.  My theme is:  Dr. MLK and His Influence on the Civil Rights Movement. 

Check out the following website for more resources 👉🏾https://www.nationalservice.gov/serve-your-community/mlk-day-service 

Dr. King’s Birthday also represents my schools’s kick off of Black History Month celebrations.  Here’s two programs that have been scheduled so far.  

Banned Books Week 2019

Banned Books Week 2019 will be held September 22nd – 28th, 2019. The theme of this year’s event proclaims  “Censorship Leaves Us in the Dark,” urging everyone to “Keep the Light On.” 

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read.  The celebration was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. 

Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

Source: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks

2019 Hispanic Heritage Month

    The National Council of Hispanic Employment Program Managers (NCHEPM), announced the 2019 Hispanic Heritage Month theme: “Hispanic Americans: A History of Serving Our Nation.” The theme invites us to reflect on Hispanic American’s service and contributions to the history of our Nation.

     Veronica Vasquez, President of National Image Inc., submitted the winning theme, stating “Hispanic American have recently been subjective to attacks on our loyalty, it is now time to remind people of the many contributions of Hispanics to the history of our Nation. Hispanics have served and continue to serve our Nation with honor and valor in all aspects in the formation of our country. Our contributions are numerous."

Hispanics serve as Civil Rights leaders, politicians, military, educators, first responders, science pioneers, and public servants, etc.   Some of the individuals who have contributed to the History of our Nation include:

Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa - Neurosurgeon, Author, Researcher, and Chair of the Department of Neurologic Surgery at Mayo Clinic

Hilda Solis - Department of Labor former Secretary 

Ruben Salazar - Journalist

Sonia Sotomayor - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 

Rodolfo Gonzalez – Poet and champion of the Chicano movement

Ellen Ochoa – First Hispanic to leave Earth’s atmosphere

Jorge Ramos–News anchor and winner of eight Emmy Awards. 

Source:  https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.org/index.php/hispanic-heritage-month/88-hispanic-heritage-month-theme-2019