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This term involves people being allowed to grow and feel that they belong.
What is Inclusion?
This president of the US during the Civil War helped end slavery with the issuance of The Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
To believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.
What is Stereotype?
In March, Muslims all over the world abstain from food, drink, and other physical needs during daylight hours during this month. This is a time to purify the soul, refocus attention on God, and practice self-sacrifice.
What is Ramadan?
Celebrated in June, this event celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender acceptance, achievements, and legal rights.
What is Pride Month?
This term is someone who supports a group other than one's own (in terms of multiple identities such as race, gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, etc)
What is an Ally?
This legislation passed in 1990 prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications, and access to state and local government programs and services.
What is The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Distinct from the term “sexual orientation,” refers to a person’s internal sense of being male, female, or something else.
What is Gender Identity?
This is the beginning of Lent in the Christian faith. As a display of atonement, ashes are marked on worshippers' foreheads.
What is Ash Wednesday?
Celebrated throughout February, this observance honors the triumphs and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history.
What is Black History Month?
The differences people bring to their jobs based on gender, age, race, ethnicity, or professional background.
What is Workplace Diversity?
DAILY DOUBLE!
In 1964, this act prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
This term is used for commonplace verbal, behavioral, or environmental insults, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward stigmatized or culturally marginalized groups.
What is Microaggression?
This is a Jewish holiday celebrated each spring that commemorates the Biblical story of the Israelites' escape from slavery in Egypt.
What is Passover (Pesach)?
During the month of November, people commemorate the invaluable contributions of Native peoples that have shaped our country's history and culture.
What is National Native American Heritage Month?
The fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all people, while striving to identify and eliminate barriers that prevent the full participation of some groups.
What is Equity?
A civil rights leader who was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize at age 35 in 1964.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This form of bias is a social stereotype about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their conscious awareness.
What is Unconscious Bias?
This holiday is observed in May by Buddhists and some Hindus. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as Buddha.
What is Buddha Day (Vesak)?
An annual festival celebrated in February that remembers the death of the Buddha after reaching a place of perfect peace and happiness.
What is Nirvana?
A process of embracing diversity and learning about people from other cultural backgrounds.
What is Multicultural Competency?
This year the supreme court the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to marry.
What is 2015?
This occurs when an employer or other entity, covered by Title I of the Americans Disability Act, treats a qualified employee or applicant unfavorably because of their disability.
What is Disability Discrimination?
This Indian holiday, known as the Festival of Lights, symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.
What is Diwali?
Asian communities celebrate the first new moon of a lunar calendar or lunisolar calendar year, whose months are moon cycles. Celebrated in Chinese culture
What is Lunar New Year?