As hard as it is to believe, the holidays are already upon us. And National Life’s LifeChanger of the Year educator recognition program is once again celebrating the season by Doing Good.
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BLACK PHILANTHROPY: CARRYING ON A TRADITION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE
Black History Month was initially conceived by Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard-trained historian, who hoped to raise awareness of Black people’s contributions to civilizations. The first celebration was held in February 1926 to honor the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Negro History Week later became African American History Month when our nation celebrated its bicentennial.
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Pandemics Are Not for the Faint of Heart
On March 5, 2020, I headed to Boston to meet a friend for the long weekend we take together every other year. Since this trip happens infrequently and since she was travelling from North Carolina and I was coming from Vermont, we chose to keep our plans despite some news stories about the Coronavirus. After all, it was just a strain of the flu, right?
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