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Observances FY2017headline bar **Fiscal Year 2017 Observances:** **October 2016** Disability Awareness Month: Senator Harkin, ADA presentation Anti-bullying (with Worklife Wellness): Nate Munson **November 2016** Veterans Day with a Day of Recognition **January 2017** MLK Day Video Presentation “King: Go Beyond the Dream to Discover the Man” City of Ames MLK Day Celebration (USDA volunteer activity) **February 2017** African-American Heritage Presentation by African-American Museum of Iowa:  “The Wonders of Buxton” **March 2017** Women’s History Month Speaker: Patti Miller **April 2017** Holocaust Remembrance:  Video replay of 2016 speaker Marion Blumenthal **May 2017** National Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month:  Asian-American Experience video part 2 **June 2017** LGBT Pride Month:  Video segments from PBS NewHour and TED Talks on gender identity Caribbean American Heritage Month: Video presentation PTSD Day:  Information only email observance **August 2017** Women’s Equality Day:  Story of Inez Mulholland Information only email observance **September 2017** Hispanic Heritage Month:  Video Presentation “Hispanic Excellence Series: Art and Entertainment”


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