Food for Fines!!

 Food for Fines, our library community service project, helped collect non-perishable food items for the local food bank. Library fines were waived for participating students.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Amnesty International The Birmingham Pledge The Earth Charter Initiative Human Rights Watch Minority Rights Group International United Nations - Human Rights Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Witness

This is an excerpt from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's speech on December 10, 1948 celebrating the ratification of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations.

World AIDS Day 2015

"All our energy and commitment will be required to reach the goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the SDGs." - Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director on World AIDS Day 2015.

November is Native American Heritage Month!

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Native American Heritage Resources

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Breast Cancer Prevention Cancer Society Breast Cancer Awareness Making Strides Against Breast Cancer National Breast Cancer Foundation Susan G. Komen for the Cure

National Moment of Silence

At 1:00 p.m., the College will observe a
National Moment of Silence in honor of the
victims of the shooting at Umpqua Community College.

Start Learning Spanish!

If you've always wanted to learn Spanish but don't know where to begin, perhaps you should try Duolingo, the free online language program.  www.duolingo.com

Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month Sep 15-Oct 15

To begin our commemoration of Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month, we would like to recommend this talk by José Mujica, former President of Uruguay. His speech is excerpted from a larger film entitled Human.

September 17th is Constitution Day!

  

Celebrate Constitution Day! 

Constituting America
Constitution Day
Constitutional Amendments
Naturalization Test
Online Constitution
We the People Contest

Happy 50h Anniversary!!

 

White Ribbon Pledge

Take the pledge to end violence against women!

http://www.whiteribbon.ca/pledge/

Happy Birthday William Butler Yeats!

Irish poet William Butler Yeats
(June 13, 1865 - January 28, 1939)

Earth without art?

Nursing Pinning / National Nurses Week

From Florence Nightingale to the current class of newly trained nurses, help us celebrate National Nurses Week by attending the Nursing Pinning Ceremony on Monday, May 11th at 6:00 p.m. in Woodfin Patterson Auditorium on Brewton Campus. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo — or the fifth of May  — commemorates the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). A relatively minor holiday in Mexico, in the United States Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, particularly in areas with large Mexican-American populations. Cinco de Mayo traditions include parades, mariachi music performances and street festivals in cities and towns across Mexico and the United States. (Source: www.history.com)

April 22 is Earth Day

Earth Charter Initiative Earth Day Network Earth from Above Earth Island Institute Earth Site Ebsco's GreenFile The Nature Conservancy The Rainforest Site Worldwatch Institute

Women on 20's

There is a growing movement in the United States to put a woman's picture on the $20 bill. The 4 finalists are Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet Tunman, Rosa Parks, and Wilma Mankiller.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

• 1 is 2 Many
• Clery Center for Security on Campus
• ConsentEd
• End Violence Against Women
• National Center for Victims of Crime
• National Sexual Assault Hotline
• Not Alone
• Pandora's Project
• Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month

National Poetry Month

Academy of American Poets Bartleby Great Books Online Classic Poetry Aloud Modern American Poetry National Poetry Month Poem Generator Poetry Center Poetry Daily Poetry Foundation Poetry Society Poetry Society of America

Women's History Month

Distinguished Women Female Nobel Laureates Gifts of Speech Talking about Women's History UN Convention on Women's Rights Women in Science Women of Color Network Women who Changed the World Women Working Women's Hall of Fame Women's History - LOC Women's History Project Women's History Sourcebook Women's International Center Women's Legal History Project Women's Rights

African American History Month

Mrs. Bernice Sims, local artist & JDCC Alumna

African American Art African American Mosaic African Americans at War Black Facts Online Black History Pages Famous Black Writers Guide to Black History The History Makers Museum of the African Diaspora Reflections in Black Speak to My Heart Underground Railroad Experience

Happy Birthday Dr. King!

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., original name Michael King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee), Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His leadership was fundamental to that movement’s success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the South and other parts of the United States. King rose to national prominence as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which promoted nonviolent tactics, such as the massive March on Washington (1963), to achieve civil rights. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

"Martin Luther King, Jr.." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/318311/Martin-Luther-King-Jr>. 

National Stalking Awareness Month

Launched in 2004 by the National Center for Victims of Crime, the observance of Stalking Awareness Month seeks to increase understanding of the crime of stalking and its sometimes fatal consequences. The national observance emerged from the work of the Office on Violence Against Women and the U.S. Department of Justice. For more information about stalking, please visit www.stalkingawareness.org.