This month offers key opportunities to confront racism and to honor global struggles for justice:

August 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, recognizes the 476 million Indigenous people across 90 countries who preserve over 5,000 cultures and speak most of the world’s 7,000 languages—yet face disproportionate poverty and systemic discrimination.  August 23, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, honors the victims of transatlantic slavery and those who worked to abolish it.  August 28 is the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. King shared his dream—a call we must still answer today.

Together, these commemorations challenge us to move beyond memory into sustained action.  For more info, search for these topics on the United Nations / UNESCO websites and on history.com.

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