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EVENTS
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JAN. 15 Marriott. For more information,
The United Negro College Fund will visit www.thetaskforce.org/events/
host its 25th Annual Martin Luther creating_change
King Jr. Awards breakfast at Antun’s
in Queens Village, N. Y. For more FEB. 13–17
information, visit www.uncf.org/ The United States Hispanic Lead-
calendar/ index.asp ership Institute will host its 26th
annual conference at the Sheraton
JAN. 22 Chicago Hotel and Towers. The
DiversityInc will hold its webinar on mission of this year’s conference is
Career Advice & Cultural Competen- to continue to train Latino leaders
cy at 2 p.m. EST. Learn best practices through education and unity. For
from Novartis and Eastman Kodak more information, visit www.ushli.
Co., Nos. 16 and 35, respectively, on com/national/t26th/
The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies
for Diversity® list. For more information, visit www.DiversityInc.com/
Webinar.
FEB. 6–10
The National Gay and Lesbian Task-force will host its “Creating Change
Conference 2008” at the Detroit
FEB. 26
DiversityInc will hold its webinar
on Communicating Your Diversity
Brand at 2 p.m. EST. Presenters are
Sherry Nolan, Pepsi Bottling Group,
and Debra Nelson, MGM MIRAGE.
For more information, visit www.
DiversityInc.com/Webinar.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR.’S BIRTHDAY
Signed into legislation in 1983
by President Ronald Reagan,
the third Monday of January is
reserved as the national holiday
celebrating the life of the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr., who was
born on Jan. 15, 1929.
HOLIDAYS
ASH WEDNESDAY
Ash Wednesday is the first
day of Lent and falls 46 days
before Easter. It is marked
by the placing of ashes on
the forehead, which signifies
repentance before God.
January
21 Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Day
6 Three Kings Day,
Christian International
7 Christmas
(Coptic and Eastern
Orthodox Christian)
18–19 Ashura
(Islamic, begins at
sundown)
19 Epiphany (Eastern
Orthodox Christian)
20 World Religion Day
(Baha’i)
21–22 Tu B’Shevat (Jewish,
begins at sundown)
February
1 National
Freedom Day
5 Shrove Tuesday
(Christian)
6 Ash Wednesday
(Christian)
11 Vasanta Panchami
(Hindu, Sikh)
12 Abraham Lincoln’s
Birthday
14 Valentine’s Day
Race Relations Day
17 Brotherhood/
Sisterhood week
(Christian, Jewish)
18 President’s Day
(Observed)
21 Korean/Chinese/
Vietnamese New Year
22 George Washington’s
Birthday
BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
February is Black History
Month, initiated in 1926 by
Harvard University scholar
Carter G. Woodson (then called
Negro History Week). In recent
years, the month has become
controversial, as some members
of the black community argue
that noting the achievements
of blacks should not be
confined to one month.
