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This year, with the racial reckoning in the country and the intersection of Black History Month and Lunar New Year in February, it’s the perfect time to share our own stories and listen to others. For me, the overlap of Lunar New Year and Black History Month is a time to celebrate with the members of the Blasian (Black Asian) community and When is Chinese New Year? Black History Month is celebrated in February. This year it runs from Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, through Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Lunar New Year is an annual festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. For 15 days, families gather for a reunion dinner, honor religious deities and ancestors, clean and decorate the house for incoming good fortune, and hand out red envelopes with money to bless others. Lunar New Year: Year of the Tiger. Today is the start of Lunar New Year, which marks the beginning of the calendar year for many East and Southeast Asian countries. In 2022, Lunar New Year lasts from Feb. 1, the first new moon, to Feb. 15, the first full moon, and is a time to bring family and friends together This is the third year of the Joint Celebration of Lunar New Year and Black History Month. Performances include LionDanceME, Duniya Dance & Drum, Tongo Eisen-Martin, and SF Poet Laureate Genny Lim. Reception follows. Feb 11, 2025 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM SF Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102 The date of Lunar New Year changes each year but often falls in early February, coinciding with Black History Month. The overlap presents the opportunity to use Lunar New Year as a time to Tuesday marks the start of two big events on the calendar - Black History Month and the Chinese Lunar New Year. Throughout February, suburban communities, schools and colleges, libraries, and How an annual Bayview event is bringing together Lunar New Year and Black History Month 02:46. The annual unity gathering at the Bayview-Hunters Point YMCA brought together diverse cultural For the second year, Walton’s office organized the event to celebrate both Lunar New Year and Black History Month, bringing together a dozen city and community agencies for an information fair This year, February first marks the start of two exciting celebrations: Black History Month and the Lunar New Year. Black History Month. In the United States, the month of February is commemorated as Black History Month. It is a time to celebrate the heritage, history, and achievements of Black US Americans; subjects which are often neglected Black History Month, monthlong commemoration of African American history and achievement that takes place each February in the United States. It was begun in 1976 as an expansion of Negro History Week, which was itself begun in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson. REGISTER Join us on Saturday, February 3, 2024 as we partner with the Malonga Arts Residents Association (MARA) for the Oakland Asian Cultural Center’s second annual Lunar New Year x Black History Month Community Celebration. We welcome our community back for another celebration of Asian and African-American solidarity through art, music, and dance. We are When is Black History Month 2025? Black History Month is celebrated in February. This year it runs from Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, through Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. Some Asian countries celebrate the new year in April. Lancaster's Lunar New Year celebration was created in 2021, and was meant as a way to both celebrate the new year and to share Asian cultures Lunar New Year: February 1 marks the start of Lunar New Year 2022, the Year of the Tiger. Lunar New Year has been observed for thousands of years and symbolizes the welcoming of a new beginning and a time of reunion with family and friends. For the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander community at UConn, it marks an occasion to celebrate SFPL Recommends. Our librarians have curated must-read titles in honor of More Than a Month. A note from a member of our curation team: “While our history may have moments of darkness, Black love, to this Black Librarian, is always the deepest show of our resistance against the world that wants us to hate ourselves, our beauty, and our strength. Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China. Tied to the Chinese lunar calendar, it begins on the new moon that appears between January 21 and February 20. The holiday was Lunar New Year is celebrated over 15 days, with dates based on the lunisolar calendar. This year, the holiday runs from Feb. 10 through Feb. 25. CLICK NOW FOR 30+ CHINESE NEW YEAR BOOKS. What is the Chinese New Year . The festival lasts for about 23 days, ending on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the following year in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese New Year is a Chinese festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional Chinese calendar. Understanding Black history is integral to understanding the history, issues, and the future of our country. One of the founding documents of this country, the United States Declaration of Independence, held that "all men are created equal." However, the long history and the impacts of enslavement, segregation, and redlining are still felt today. Each February, San Diego Public Library honors
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