On Citizenship Day 2025 we at MIRC recognize that naturalization is more than a status change; it is a declaration of belonging. It ensures that our communities are not just spoken about, but are the ones speaking, deciding, and shaping the future.
It wasn’t until I entered this job that I fully came to understand the meaning of the phrase “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen,” but boy does it feel like it has been a busy one.
The long weekend commemorates Labor Day! Labor Day was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century to honor American workers’ contributions and became a federal holiday in 1894.
