Matt O'Grady Day
By executive order today, I hereby declare June 19th Matt O'Grady Day at the Taproot Foundation. From this year forward, we will close our offices on June 19th every year to celebrate the wedding anniversary of our very own Vice President, National Expansion (Matt is officially tying the knot later this month in San Francisco), and more importantly to celebrate a major milestone in the civil rights movement in this country - the legalization of gay marriage in the largest state in the land.
You will
see that Matt O'Grady Day is now listed on our site as an official Taproot
Foundation holiday.
While progress is never fast enough, I am proud to be part of a society that is able to evolve to get closer and closer to achieving our ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all.
Matt, June 19 is my birthday. I will celebrate with you. Glad you are picking my birthday for a national holiday. It will have special meaning to me too.
My life has been spent in the Social Sector. I was teaching in 1992 and became a victim of the LA Riots. I became disabled. I only hope that those of us with disables can see the same changes that you have seen. Perhaps, some day we will have our own national holiday. Until then, I will celebrate with you on my birthday.
I would love to see your help down here.
Karen