March 23, 2021
EDUCATION AND SHARING DAY, U.S.A., 2021
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
If the isolation and loss of the last year has taught us anything, it is just how much we need each other, how intertwined our lives are, and how deeply we crave conversation, connection, and community. We are at our best when we work together and help our neighbors, whether down the road or around the world.
This lesson is at the heart of Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., when we celebrate the role models, mentors, and leaders who devote themselves to the progress and success of each new generation, to reinforcing our common bonds, and to lifting up our highest ideals. Today, we mark the legacy of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, a guiding light of the international Chabad-Lubavitch movement and a testament to the power and resilience of the human spirit. A witness to some of the 20th century’s darkest events and greatest tragedies, he devoted his life to bringing healing by advancing justice, compassion, inclusivity, and fellowship worldwide. A tireless advocate for students of all ages, he sought to foster exchange, understanding, and unity among all people.
The global pandemic has brought some measure of struggle and sorrow to each of us, and amidst the larger tragedies — the tragic loss of so many lives and livelihoods — we have also missed the many small but meaningful moments that contribute to our shared humanity: a hug or handshake, a smile or a meal, the dignity of daily work, and the simple routines that give our lives greater structure and purpose. We have realized that one of the greatest gifts our schools give to our students and educators is time spent with each other — the daily opportunities to learn and grow together, face to face. There is no substitute for this experience and the wonder and wisdom it brings.
The American Rescue Plan will help to restore these connections. The plan dedicates the resources we need to defeat the pandemic and return to our lives and loved ones, and provides direct relief to families, small businesses, and communities. It also includes 130 billion dollars to help schools in every community reopen safely and soon, so that our children can return to the invaluable interactions with friends, teachers, and school staff that add up to so much more than the sum of their parts.
On this Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., let us recommit ourselves to building an America that is more just, equal, unified, and prosperous. Let us leave our children a nation and a world that is better than the one we inherited — and, in the spirit of history’s greatest teachers, let us help all of our students to love learning; seek lives of dignity, decency, and respect; and work together for the common good.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 24, 2021, as Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A. I call upon all government officials, educators, volunteers, and all the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-third day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.
first good thing he did
It’s amazing that there can be a major global power that recognizes the achievements of the Rebbe. Regardless of political sides, you can’t not see Hashem’s hand in this.
this is the time of moshiach
This is what a president looks like, I thank Gd every day he won.
For letting the hundreds of illegal immigrants into the country while 1/2 our country including schools are shut down because of a pandemic?
Interesting
Woah! Chill with the down votes
If it’s because of the proclamation, surely you must be aware that Trump did the same thing each year for four years? And so did previous presidents. In what other way does Biden “look like a president”? The fact that he can’t make it up a flight of stairs without tripping three times? That he doesn’t know the names of his Cabinet secretaries? That the border is now ungovernable, and when it reaches a crisis, he “calls a lid”? That he is unable to give a speech, or take questions from reporters, etc.? What is there that he’s done for… Read more »
To save us from his and his administration’s ‘progressive agenda’ which has opened the flood gates to criminals, illegals, people with disease and Covid, (which we all are trying so hard to curtail), and invaders from foreign countries that want to see this country’s downfall. To save us from the international coalitions forming to facilitate our downfall. To save us from the ‘woke’ agenda which is looking to divide our country and thwart anyone who does not believe in my way or the highway. We must take time to pray for this country that our fellow Americans wake up and… Read more »
Why the politics involved in the proclamtion?
Why use this to promote your load of nonsense in the”American rescue plan”, just sign the proclamtion the way all your predecessors did!
To whom it may concern: I read the e-mail of the critic that spoke negatively about President Biden. It’s true that ex-Pres. Trump made the Rebbe’s birthday Education Day. But the lies that this guy said about the President that he can’t climb a flight of stairs with tripping or not remembering his cabinet secretaries is pure lies. He seems to hate President Biden and just pokes fun of him without any basis what so ever. It seems that he just can’t make peace with himself that President Biden became President! That is just too bad for him!. Let him… Read more »