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Kwanzaa (African American)
Kwanzaa (African American)
December 26, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Kwanzaa, meaning "first fruits" in Swahili, is a weeklong African American and Pan African holiday that combines aspects of several harvest traditions such as Ashanti and Zulu and is celebrated through singing and dancing, drums, storytelling, poetry recitation and a traditional meal.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Christmas (Eastern Orthodox)
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 19, 2026
An American Baptist minister, civil rights leader, and Nobel Peace Price laureate, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39 after delivering his last speech in Memphis, Tennessee. This is the first U.S. holiday to honor and African American, usually celebrated on the third Monday of every January.
Museums, Books, and Further Learning Opportunities
- For more information on the day’s history, read about the life and work of Dr. King at the Atlanta-based The King Center. If you want to take action, support the African American community and the ongoing cause of racial justice.
- Attend parades and museums that honor the Day. You can explore and support the work of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. Check out their website for upcoming events celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- If you want to know more and learn the history of racial discrimination in the United States, add an anti-racist reading list to your New Year’s resolutions. You can either read the books for free through the UMA library or The Internet Archive or if you are able, support the authors by purchasing their books.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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UN International Holocaust Commemoration Day
UN International Holocaust Commemoration Day
January 27, 2026
The United National International Holocaust Commemoration Day remembers the 1945 liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp. The day honors the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust along with the more than ten million other victims including minorities like Roma and Sinti, people with disabilities, and LGBTQI+ people. Commemoration activities encourage steps to prevent future genocides.
Learning Resources
- Access the resources provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to learn more about the history of the day.
- Visit the Holocaust and Human Rights Center located on our Augusta campus, attend their events, donate, utilize their anti-bias toolkit in your teaching, and enroll in their summer seminars to educate yourself and others regarding the Holocaust and other histories of human rights violence and start working against the spread of bias, hatred, and prejudice against all.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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Poverty Awareness Month
Poverty Awareness Month
January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026
Poverty Awareness Month became formally recognized by Congress in 2009 when poverty in America was rising rapidly. Poverty only began being assessed in the U.S. in the early 1960s. National Poverty Awareness Month is an opportunity to reflect on the difficulties faced by many who struggle daily to survive and provide basic needs for themselves and their families.
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