HISTORY in the making!! Watch me & hundreds of South Asians ascend the Capitol steps and declare support for Diwali to be a School Holiday once and for all in the City of New York. After over 20 years of advocacy, the time is now for this community. 2023 must be the year! <U+0001F447> https://t.co/7GmZsgGVUg
Jenifer Rajkumar
@JeniferRajkumar · NY · H
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Victory! I was proud to lead the movement for Diwali to be a school holiday in New York City. Saturday at midnight, the NY State legislature came together and spoke with one voice to say that Diwali will forever be enshrined in law as a school holiday in NYC. We made history. <U+0001FA94> https://t.co/KiZr1RQ7fQ
Today was a historic day as hundreds of South Asian & Indo-Caribbean New Yorkers came to the State Capitol to support my bill A628 to make Diwali a School Holiday in NYC public schools. #DiwaliLobbyDay https://t.co/TY6QKcM90M
Thank you for the outpouring of support and celebration about my announcement today with @NYCMayor and @DOEChancellor on Diwali becoming a school holiday. For more details, see my press release. #GetStuffDone https://t.co/MoGKwk5Kp4
Thank you Tanbir for amplifying this most important cause. I welcome all support for my bill establishing Diwali as a school holiday in NYC. The time has come for our community to be reocognized. https://t.co/oxORXj9MEQ
It<U+2019>s happening! Tomorrow *hundreds* of South Asians & Indo-Caribbeans will come to Albany to lobby for my bill to make Diwali a school holiday in NYC Schools. I look forward to welcoming them to the State Capitol. #DiwaliLobbyDay https://t.co/urqZe0eiFb
We said we would do it and we did! Thank you @NYCMayor for elevating our community and for your unrelenting support of my legislation to make Diwali a School Holiday in New York City! This week, my bill passed, forever enshrining the Diwali School Holiday into law! We did it. https://t.co/djB46ePdfu
In October, I stood in Tweed Courthouse with @NYCMayor Adams and @DOEChancellor Banks to put forth our vision to make Diwali an @NYCSchools holiday. I am proud to say we got it done <U+2705> I was proud to lead this historic movement. <U+0001FA94> October Remarks: https://t.co/pdA9bATo2A https://t.co/mBij6dJyjX
HISTORY in the making! I am at New York City Hall. @NYCSpeakerAdams just announced a resolution by @CMLindaLee supporting the Diwali School Holiday in NYC & our bill (A.628 Rajkumar/S.2075 Addabbo/Liu). Our City is coming together to speak with one voice in support of #Diwali. https://t.co/dhRQQvuEtm
HISTORIC! Diwali Champion @edbraunstein opens budget hearing by supporting our Diwali School Holiday bill (A.628). @NYCMayor responds it<U+2019>s <U+201C>an excellent idea,<U+201D> that he<U+2019>s <U+201C>excited about it<U+2026>the community has long been calling for it.<U+201D> He says we will partner with @UFT as well. https://t.co/TrLpJSAhb7