via Wkyc: Yesterday members a compromise to avoid getting rid of Columbus Day. The resolution, introduced in May by Ward 7 Councilman Basheer Jones, originally would have replaced Columbus Day (held every year on the second Monday of October) with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Its something many localities (including Oberlin) and some states have already done, believing Christopher […]
via Wkyc: Columbus Day could soon be eliminated in Cleveland. As the city of Oberlin did in 2017, there’s an effort underway in Cleveland to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Indigenous Peoples’ Day is usually celebrated in October in various cities across the United States. It began as a counter-celebration of Columbus Day, also […]
