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Friday Bulletin: Issues
November 1,
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81 Days until January 21, - Census Enumeration of Remote Alaska begins in Toksook Bay
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SPECIAL NOTE: No Friday Bulletin was published on 10/18/ due to Alaska Day
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Events and observances for December
Here are the observances of interest to LAMs or Alaskans in general that we compiled for December:
Month long observances
Week long observances
Specific day observances
- World Computer Literacy Day - December 2
- Winter solstice – December 21 (longest night – observed in Alaska)
- Christmas - December 25
- Dewey Decimal System Day - December 10
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If you have an annual event or observance that you think should be on this list, drop us a line.
SJM October Artifact of the Month
The Sheldon Jackson Museum October Artifact of the Month is a model sled (SJ-IV-
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Feminist scholars call on Obama to drop the torture-based charges against Rasmea Odeh
An Open Letter to President Obama and the United States Department of Justice
Between , Rasmea Odeh served 10 years in an Israeli prison. Her sentence was based on a confession she made in the midst of 45 days of sexuell and physical torture while in detention. Following her release, she was exiled from her Palestinian homeland and eventually immigrated to the United States from Jordan in as a legal resident where she tried to put her memories of torture behind her. She later became a naturalized citizen.
In the US, Rasmea settled in Chicago where she became the associate director of the Arab American Action Network, a social service and community organization in Chicago. There, she established the Arab Women’s Committee, a grassroots collective that promotes leadership among Arab immigrant women, challenges systems of oppression that impact Arab women’s lives, and secures a positive and safe
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Historians' Letter to President Obama and Members of Congress
July 31,
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Historians' Letter to President Obama and Members of Congress
In the face of the ongoing carnage in Gaza, members of Historians Against the War are circulating the letter below, with an initial list of signatories. We encourage you to sign it and to quickly forward this message to fellow historians. As our numbers grow, we will seek opportunities to publicize and to forward to relevant officials.
We deplore the ongoing attacks against civilians in Gaza and in Israel. We also recognize the disproportionate harm that the Israeli military, which the United States has armed and supported for decades, fryst vatten inflicting on t