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Loving Month 2023

Join us monthly as we celebrate a different community on campus. UWL Celebration Months amplifies voices from the many vibrant cultures and communities on campus. Join us throughout the year as we celebrate our friends and neighbors and gain a deeper understanding of our community.

The purpose of this project is to give others on our campus, in the surrounding community, and anyone that visits the UWL website a chance to learn more about different experiences and perspectives of the community that we are celebrating on any given month.

Allies and advocates are invited to share their stories.

UWL Celebrates

Loving Month

Photo shared by Nhouchee Yang Nhouchee Yang Employee 2022
Photo shared by Nhouchee Yang

Nhouchee Yang

Employee

I hope everyone chooses to show appreciation of any type of relationship every day or as much as possible. With this month being Loving Month, I celebrate by being understanding and having an open mind. Never forget where you come from and who you represent. You'll never know what kind hope you give for future generations. ^_^
Photo shared by Nhouchee Yang Nhouchee Yang Employee 2024
Photo shared by Nhouchee Yang

Nhouchee Yang

Employee

I celebrate Loving Month, not only this month, but every month! I am thankful to have found a partner who shows me what love is and continues to everyday. Being able to love freely and not be judged by the color of skin or what you look like is such a beautiful feeling. I hope everyone finds love no matter what form of relationship it is. <3

About Loving Month

For starters, it's actually a day, but why limit love to just a day? National Loving Day is the annual celebration (June 12) of the anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court Decision Loving v. Virginia which struck down all anti-miscegenation laws remaining in sixteen U.S. states.
Interracial relationships and marriage were legalized in the United States in a unanimous decision. The justices found that Virginia’s interracial marriage law violated the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
 
More about Richard and Mildred Loving the couple who battled for their marriage in the landmark Loving v. Virginia case: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/loving-v-virginia-1967/