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National Caribbean American Heritage Month is celebrated in the month of June across America. The official celebration of June as National Caribbean American Heritage Month since June 2006, was the result of the passage of a Bill in the US Congress both the House and the Senate and a Presidential Proclamation which was signed by President George Bush on June 6, 2006. The House Resolution 570 was tabled by Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California first in March 17, 2004 with 65 co-sponsors and then reintroduced on February 7, 2005 as H. Con. Res. 71 in 2005. The Senate Resolution was put forward by Senator Charles Schumer of New York and passed the Senate on February 14, 2006. The Institute of Caribbean Studies located in Washington DC a Caribbean diaspora led organization has been in the forefront of the movement since 2000. Commendation for the Institute of Caribbean Studies leadership are on record in many instances of the Congressional Record, for example in 2006 by Congresswoman Donna Christensen and others. The movement has spread to engage Caribbean community leaders in states across America from Florida to California and from Illinois to Louisiana and events are hosted in cities such such as Atlanta, Brooklyn. Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Ft. Lauderdale, Hartford, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Sacramento,Springfield, Tallahassee and Tampa.