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Roseville Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement <br />Commission <br /> <br />Agenda Item <br />ProclamationMonth Nationally Observed/Other <br />1. MLK Day January Presidential Proclamation & Federal <br />Holiday <br />2. Human Trafficking January Beginning in 2010, by Presidential <br />Proclamation, each January has been <br />designated National Slavery and <br />Human Trafficking Prevention Month. <br />Following the start of National Slavery <br />and Human Trafficking Prevention <br />Month, with the help of non- <br />government organizations, National <br />Human Trafficking Day began and is <br />observed annually on January 11. The <br />United States Senate designated <br />January 11 as National Human <br />Trafficking Awareness Day in 2007. <br />3. Black History MonthFebruary Since 1976, every U.S. president <br />has officially designated the month <br />of February as Black History Month. <br />Other countries around the world, <br />including Canada and the United <br />Kingdom, also devote a month to <br />celebrating black history. <br />4. Women’s History Month March Women’s History Month had its <br />origins in 1981 when Congress passed <br />Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and <br />requested the President to proclaim <br />the week beginning March 7, 1982 as <br />“Women’s History Week". In 1987 <br />after being petitioned by the National <br />Women’s History Project, Congress <br />passed Pub. L. 100-9 which designated <br />the month of March 1987 as <br />“Women’s History Month.” <br />5. Days of Remembrance April The US Congress established Days of <br />Remembrance as the nation’s annual <br />commemoration of the Holocaust and <br />created the United States Holocaust <br /> <br />