{"id":1068,"date":"2018-10-19T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/csi\/?page_id=1068"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T15:38:17","slug":"celebrations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/csi\/celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-justify-content-center\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:50px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 1.92%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 1.92%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;border-radius:10px 10px 10px 10px;border-radius:10px 10px 10px 10px;overflow:hidden;box-shadow:1px 1px 20px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div style=\"background: #ffc700; width: 100%; height:auto; padding: 5px; text-align: center;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0;\">\nCELEBRATIONS\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 30px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h2>Black History Month<\/h2>\n<p>The celebration of African American History started with Carter G. Woodson who established Negro History Week in 1925. The first Negro History Week took place a week in February 1926 that encompassed Abraham Lincoln\u2019s and Frederick Douglass\u2019s birthday. In 1976 it was expanded to Black History Month so take advantage of the variety of events to celebrate the life and legacy of all African Americans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s History Month<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/womens-history-month.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1909\" style=\"border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/womens-history-month-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"Women's History Month\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/womens-history-month-200x100.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/womens-history-month-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/womens-history-month-400x200.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/womens-history-month-540x272.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/womens-history-month-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/womens-history-month-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/womens-history-month.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Women\u2019s History Month began in 1981 when Congress passed a resolution which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as \u201cWomen\u2019s History Week.\u201d Throughout the next five years, Congress continued to pass joint resolutions designating a week in March as \u201cWomen\u2019s History Week.\u201d In 1987 after being petitioned by the National Women\u2019s History Project, Congress passed a separate resolution which designated the month of March 1987 as \u201cWomen\u2019s History Month.\u201d Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed additional resolutions requesting and authorizing the President to proclaim March of each year as Women\u2019s History Month. Since 1995, Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama have issued a series of annual proclamations designating the month of March as \u201cWomen\u2019s History Month.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice<\/h2>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-10573 alignleft\" style=\"border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/11\/Martin-luther-King-Jr..jpg\" alt=\"martin luther king jr portrait\" width=\"194\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/11\/Martin-luther-King-Jr.-200x245.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/11\/Martin-luther-King-Jr.-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/11\/Martin-luther-King-Jr.-400x491.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/11\/Martin-luther-King-Jr.-600x736.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/11\/Martin-luther-King-Jr.-768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/11\/Martin-luther-King-Jr.-800x981.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/11\/Martin-luther-King-Jr.-835x1024.jpg 835w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2022\/11\/Martin-luther-King-Jr..jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/>MLK Drum Major for Justice Award is for citizens who live ordinary lives and do extraordinary acts of service with reliability and commitment but seldom receive recognition. We are honored to present this award to members of the º¬Ðß²ÝÉçÇø and St. Joseph community members who exhibit excellence and commitment to service while performing an extraordinary act of kindness and grace. We annually honor one student, one member of the St. Joseph community, and one Missouri Western employee as award recipients during the MLK Drum Major for Justice Banquet each January.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Hispanic Heritage Month<\/h2>\n<p>During National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) we recognize the contributions made and the important presence of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States and celebrate the group\u2019s heritage and culture. Hispanics have had a profound and positive influence on our country through their strong commitment to family, faith, hard work, and service. They have enhanced and shaped our national character with centuries-old traditions that reflect the multi-ethnic and multicultural customs of their community. Hispanic Heritage Month, whose roots go back to 1968, begins each year on September 15, the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Mexico, Chile and Belize also celebrate their independence days during this period and Columbus Day (D\u00eda de la Raza) is October 12.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<h2>LGBT History Month<\/h2>\n<p>LGBT History Month was created in 1994 by a high school history teacher in Missouri called Rodney Wilson. The month, which garnered early support from organizations such as GLAAD and the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), was initially chosen to include the by-then well-established National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11 and the anniversary of the first March on Washington by LGBT people in 1979 on Oct. 14. The month now also includes Spirit Day on Oct. 20, on which people around the country wear purple in support of LGBT youth; Ally Week, a week in which allies against LGBT bullying are celebrated; and the anniversary of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard\u2019s murder on Oct. 12, 1998, which sparked the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<h2>Native American Heritage Month<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/american-indian-history.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-1910 size-medium\" style=\"border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/american-indian-history-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Native American Heritage Month\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/american-indian-history-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/american-indian-history-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/american-indian-history-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/student-life\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/101\/2019\/02\/american-indian-history.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>November is Native American Heritage Month or as it is commonly referred to American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage Month is also an opportune time to educate others about tribes, to raise awareness about the challenges that Native people have faced historically and in the present and the ways tribal citizens have worked to conquer those challenges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:100%;\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:50% !important;margin-top : -50px;margin-bottom : 70px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 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