Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2021

• Published date: 26 March 2021
• Record Number: 2021-06433
• Section: Presidential Documents
• Court: Executive Office Of The President

Presidential Documents

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Vol. 86, No. 57

Friday, March 26, 2021

Title 3—

The President

Proclamation 10159 of March 23, 2021

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2021

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 testa-

ment 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.

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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.

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