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July 09, 2024
The DAGR Hat: Backstory
The DAGR Hat: Backstory With hattips to Tomi Ungerer’s “The Hat”’ 1970, Parents' Magazine Press, and Pete Seeger’s version of “This Land” By Karen Lee, DAGR Communications chair By now,......
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June 29, 2024
Tales of FOJs Past
A few years ago, a very supportive member, reknowned for his commercial-size tubs of coleslaw, got tired of typing 'Fourth Of July,' over and over. He began referring to the......
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June 29, 2024
DAGR Debate Watch and React
Pride and confidence in Joe Biden, and Horror! (at the GOP’s Candidate) By now you have all surely “seen the news,” and countless memes about how the 1st 2024 US......
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June 29, 2024
EuroPride: DAGR Thessaloniki Chapter Was There!
Thessaloniki hosted EuroPride 2024 and DAGR's Thessaloniki Chapter was there to support the celebration. Chapter Chair Randall Warner and Communications Team writer Linda Manney have gathered up a few photos......
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June 29, 2024
EuroPride: Speakers of Note
Pride festivals are always fun, but the celebrations mark positive policy decisions over recent decades as well as work still to be done. Our Thessaloniki Chapter Representative Peter Baiter took......
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June 29, 2024
Juneteenth: Work in Progress
DAGR's Christine Calbos shares her take-aways from DAGR's Juneteenth Kafeneion event, #ABlackWomanToldMe with René Syler Did you know that there are six states that do not officially celebrate Juneteenth,......
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June 29, 2024
DAGR at Athens Pride 2024
Two major events in Greece marked PRIDE 2024. Up north, Thessaloniki hosted EuroPride. Look for that coverage here. In the capital, Athens was back for its second after-the-lockdown festival in......
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June 12, 2024
Americans in Greece - Το Βημα, June 9
OPINION: The Importance of Americans in Greece By Stacey Harris-PapaioannouThis is the English translation of the op-ed published in Greek in the newspaper of record, To Vima, on Sunday, June......