User:VanEman

I have begun taking some of my inspiration for new articles and additions from the national dedication each month to a particular group or issue:

February : Black History Month/ African American History month: created articles about Carolyn Wright, Cynthia Akuetteh, Marcia Bernicat, the Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture and added to articles about artist Alma Thomas and Avraham Neguise. In February 2019 I added an article about Michelle King (educator), and updated articles about Rosalind Brewer, Latonia Moore and Delrish Moss.

March: : The theme for this year's Women's History Month was "Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government." So for March I completed articles on about a dozen women who are in public service roles, such as U.S. Ambassadors Julieta Valls Noyes, Stephanie S. Sullivan, Helen La Lime, Alice Wells, Kathleen A. Doherty, as well as First Lady of Israel Nechama Rivlin

April : The candidates include Jazz Appreciation Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month. One of my first articles for the month is about Delrish Moss, the new Police Chief for Ferguson. That might not sound related, but check out the "personal' section---he loves jazz! I also added to the articles on jazz greats Benny Carter and Sarah Vaughan. And my second article was turning National Child Abuse Prevention Month from a red link to a blue link.

May : May is Jewish American Heritage Month and I updated that article with this year's new theme, "An American Journey." I also completed an article on America's favorite Bubbie on the big screen and Broadway, Sylvia Kauders. Earlier, I completed bios of a number of Jewish American ambassadors, including Alaina B. Teplitz, Stephanie S. Sullivan and Nancy Pettit, but this month I also added Ambassador Sarah E. Mendelson and Andrew H. Schapiro, named by President Obama as U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, where Schapiro's mother once escaped the Holocaust by emigrating to the U.S. When the 2016 Israel Prizes were announced, I completed an article about Edit Doron, a professor at Hebrew University who completed her studies in America, at U. of Texas at Austin and Stanford University.

June : It's African-American Music Appreciation Month. I attended to the article about it, adding the presidential proclamation. While I've added to articles on jazz and hip hop music in the past, this month I've added to the article about an African American opera star Latonia Moore, a fabulous soprano. Also got to add that Smokey Robinson won the 2016 Gershwin Prize!

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