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Understanding Juneteenth: A Perspective from an African-born American Living in New Hampshire
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My education on racial politics in America took years, but it began immediately, as my family settled in a predominantly white state.
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My education on racial politics in America took years, but it began immediately, as my family settled in a predominantly white state.
As parents, we believe that right now is a critical moment to make bold and strategic investments in our families, children, and child care workers, all of whom are essential to building towards a more prosperous economic future. That’s why we’re proud to support the American Families Plan.
COVID-19 has meant virtual or hybrid committee meetings, virtual sessions for the Senate, and in-person sessions held on athletic fields and parking lots in Durham and a sportsplex in Bedford for the House.
And I got to thinking – wouldn’t it be wonderful if some other things came like summer ice cream cones? Like giving to InDepthNH.org.
As I walked into the river, my mind was going through the “To Do” list. On the list was Fathers Day.
I had a family of four bears in my yard at dusk this past week.
We plan to continue to work to build a broad public and private coalition in favor of a Foundation Equity Reform Plan that will establish fairness and student equal opportunity as the governing standards of New Hampshire’s public education finance system.
I found Obama’s opinion to be interesting, though. It dovetailed nicely with a different piece of news that emerged earlier in the Biden administration, when word leaked out that Joe and his wife had never been invited to the White House for any private social event in the entire eight years of the Obama presidency.
Today I muse on what works, on what stays, on what brings joy. And that, my friends, are my window boxes filled with impatiens.