MARCH 1, 2024
VOLUME 3/2024
AGING, HEALTH & WELLNESS SERVICES THE OFFICIAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTS IN MARCH 2024 CORSI • Feel the rhythm at our Salsa Dance Class GAYLORD WHITE • Join us for our Open Circle for National Be Heard Day JEFFERSON • Show off your Fashion at our Fashion Friday!
IT'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH! From Aging, Health & Wellness Administration
WAGNER • Let us celebrate YOU at our monthly birthday celebration
• Aretha Franklin, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame In 1987.
WASHINGTON-LEXINGTON • Do you love tea? Join us at our Welcome Spring Tea Party
• Wilma Mankiller, Elected Chief of Cherokee in 1985.
Coming Up!
The first women achievements:
• Ketanji Brown Jackson, Black Woman to serve on the Supreme Court on June 30, 2022. • Elizabeth Blackwell, Graduate medical school in 1849. • Ada Lovelace, Computer programmer of any gender. • Lydia Chapin Taft, Vote in America. • Francesca Caccini, Opera composer.
• Mary Tudor, Ruler of England. • Rita Moreno, Hispanic woman to win an Oscar. • Julia Burgos, a poet, feminist, and civil rights activist for women and African/Afro-Caribbean writers. • Fredi Washington, actress to be recognized on film and on stage.
• Loretta Walsh, to enlist in the military and become first chief petty
MARCH National Disability Awareness Month | Women’s History Month March 17th St. Patrick's Day March 31st Easter
APRIL Poetry Month | Volunteer Appreciation Month | Stress Awareness Month April 22nd Earth Day
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