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Chinese New Year Prayer of Blessing

Let us remember That we are in the Holy presence of God Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you that in all cultures the New Year means a chance for a fresh start and a new beginning.  We pray especially for […]

The Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson (1908-73) on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th […]

The Fight for Women’s Suffrage

On Election Day in 1920, millions of American women exercised their right to vote for the first time. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, and the campaign was not easy: Disagreements over strategy threatened […]

Mother Teresa

Synopsis Born in 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, Mother Teresa taught in India for 17 years before she experienced her 1946 “call within a call” to devote herself to caring for the sick and poor. Her order established a hospice; centers […]

Mahatma Gandhi

Born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, India, Mahatma Gandhi studied law and advocated for the civil rights of Indians, both at home under British rule and in South Africa. Gandhi became a leader of India’s independence movement, organizing boycotts […]

Five Core Principles of Lasallian Schools

Faith in the Presence of God The Lasallian school nurtures in its members an awareness of the living presence of God in our world. It calls all to a deeper awareness of their saving relationship with a caring and loving […]

Message from the Senior Committee – Class of 2016

The Inclusive Community Website The school’s Mission emphasizes diversity and inclusion as essential.  It is critical that we continue learning, celebrating, challenging our perceptions, and developing empathy as we commit to a better understanding of the importance that diversity contributes […]

Prayer before Voting

Let us remember That we are in the holy presence of God. O God, we acknowledge You today as Lord, Not only of individuals, but of nations and governments. We thank You for the privilege Of being able to organize […]

A Historical Timeline of the Catholic Church

c. 33: First Christian Pentecost; descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples; preaching of St. Peter in Jerusalem; conversion, baptism and aggregation of some 3,000 persons to the first Christian community. St. Stephen, deacon, was stoned to death at […]

What is Islam? A Short History

Pre-Islamic The Arabian Peninsula the birthplace of Islam is one of the hottest and driest regions in the world, consisting mainly of deserts. Since ancient times tribes of the nomadic race had populated the region. Considered the descendents of Noah’s […]

Brief History of Judaism

Why Study History of Judaism  We learn Jewish history not only to avoid the mistakes of the past, but to understand where our destiny is taking us.   The Bible as History  An enormous amount of information in the Bible […]

Community Call

Who are we? We are women born of the past generations, we are women present in the here and now, we dream of a future that is yet to be. Who are we? We are women made up of all […]

Women’s Prayer

Let us Remember…. We are in the Holy presence of God. Lord, make me an instrument of peace: Bless all women who daily strive to bring peace to their communities, their homes and their hearts. Give them strength to continue […]

Additional Political Parties Websites

    American Independent Party Green Party Libertarian Party Peace & Freedom Party

Republication Websites

  Republication Party Website Republication Party of California

Democratic Websites

Democrats Party Website California Democrats Website  

History of Voting Rights

1776: Although the Declaration of Independence has just been signed and the United States’ independent status has not yet been recognized by many countries, the right to vote begins in America as a legal privilege almost exclusively available to white, […]

A Civil Rights History: Latino/Hispanic Americans

A Civil Rights History: Latino/Hispanic Americans by Andrea Faville By the mid-1800s, land-hungry Americans had expanded westward from the original 13 colonies along the Eastern Seaboard to just beyond the Mississippi River. Emboldened with the fervor of “Manifest Destiny” — […]

A History of the Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act is a historic civil rights law that is meant to ensure that the right to vote is not denied on account of race or color.   1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866 grants citizenship, but not […]

History of the Democratic Party

Democratic Party, in the United States, one of the two major political parties, the other being the Republican Party.The Democratic Party has changed significantly during its more than two centuries of existence. During the 19th century the party supported or […]

The History of the Republication Party

Republican Party, by name Grand Old Party (GOP), in the United States, one of the two major political parties, the other being the Democratic Party. During the 19th century the Republican Party stood against the extension of slavery to the […]

Oh Freedom!

LGBT Terms and Definitions

Here are some of the words and acronyms that are commonly used in American English for LGBT issues. LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQA, TBLG: These acronyms refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, and Asexual or Ally. Although all of […]

History: The Right To Vote

When the polls open on Election Day, every citizen over the age of 18 will be able to cast a vote. It is a right we take for granted, one that defines our nation as a democracy. But universal suffrage […]

U.S. Women’s Suffrage Timeline

1837 Young teacher Susan B. Anthony asked for equal pay for women teachers. 1848 July 14: call to a woman’s rights convention appeared in a Seneca County, New York, newspaper. July 19-20: Woman’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New […]