500 signatures reached
To: City of Orlando
Harriet Tubman Day
Dear Orlando City Officials:
I am a student in second grade. My name is Kailash and I am a person of color. I am eight. I learned about Harriet Tubman this year.
I and my other students and friends would like the City of Orlando to consider making a Harriet Tubman Day. This is because of all her hard work.
We would like to propose that our City of Orlando make Harriet Tubman day on Feb 1st or 2nd (close to her birthday of Jan 29th) or on Feb 27th at the end of the month - as part of Black History month.
Harriet Tubman did hard and important work so I would like to celebrate that. Can we make this day please?
Thank you.
Kailash James
With the support of parents
Why is this important?
This is so important because we need to honor her hard work. First, she was passionate about freedom and rights for all Black people.
Next, she didn’t back down no matter how hard it got.
Finally, she was strong and caring even when she went to freedom herself, she risked her life to get other enslaved people back to freedom too.
We also think it would be great to put a statue of Harriet Tubman in Lake Eola Park, but we know that might be expensive so only if you can.
I think that our City of Orlando should make Harriet Tubman day because we are a City where all that work that we believe in needs to be celebrated.
How it will be delivered
We will mail it and email this petition. We hope to talk to City of Orlando Officials and make Harriet Tubman Day happen.