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Human Trafficking Awareness Month – Protecting Our Children From Online Predators
During the coronavirus pandemic, we have had our feelings assaulted by its negative impact, which has affected everything from our health and the economy to education and leisure.
National Technology Day: Expanding Broadband Access to All New Jerseyans
Yesterday, Jan. 6, National Technology Day, is a worthy moment to consider the impact and importance of technology on how we live. Whether it’s the wheel or the smartphone, we feel its impact every day. For most of us in recent years, the internet has produced an inevitable leveling of access for the first time to worldwide information.
Human Rights Day
"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world….Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. Without concerted citizen action to uphold them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world." – Eleanor Roosevelt
National Roof Over Your Head Day: Staying Safe, Secure & Comfortable at Home
Today, December 3 is National Roof Over Your Head Day. The fact that this day follows Thanksgiving is not a coincidence. This awareness day intends to serve as a simple reminder “to appreciate what you have."
National Adoption Month
November is National Adoption Month. This designation is an essential reminder of how you can change someone’s life for the better by offering permanent or foster care to a child. It reminds all of us to help in creating awareness for adoption. All children deserve love, affection and support.
Veterans Day: Thank You for Defending Our Freedom
A sign carried by an attendee at the 2019 Veteran's Day Parade in New York City captures the essence of this blog: "Thank You for Defending Our Freedom."
It is a hard act to follow. And in the wake of our recent election, many have heard about promises to our military personnel. I would like to think that beyond promises and words is direct, concrete action, which has characterized my involvement and views exemplified by the aforementioned sign.