UMA Heritage Month Calendar

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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Learning Resources

• Official Kwanzaa Website
• Kwanzaa (National Museum of African American History and Culture)
• Kwanzaa (The History Channel)
• What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans (PBS)

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

As Eastern Orthodox Christians follow the Julian calendar, which has a 13-day difference with the Gregorian (Western) calendar used by Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians, their Christmas falls on January 7th of the Gregorian calendar instead of on December 25th.

Approximately 12% of the world’s Christians, estimated to be around 250 to 300 million people living mostly in eastern and southeastern Europe including Russia and Ukraine, the Middle East, and Ethiopia, observe the Orthodox Christmas. Orthodox Christians celebrate the day by attending Church services on Christmas eve and on Christmas day and often by fasting for 40 days before Christmas Day. They greet each other with by saying “Merry Christmas” or sometimes “Christ is born”. Some Orthodox Christians observe the day on January 6.

Learning Resources

You can learn more about the history of the day and its observance in the following resources:

Orthodox Christmas Day in the United States – Time and Date

What is Orthodox Christmas, and why is it in the spotlight this year? – CNN

Why 250 Million People Celebrate Christmas in January – Time

What are the 12 Days of Christmas? – Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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

Teaching Resources about the achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action

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.

Learning Resources

• National Poverty in America Awareness Month: January 2024
• January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month
• Poverty Awareness Month: A Call to Action