Tell Google: Reinstate Black History Month, Pride Month, and other cultural events on our calendars!
Dear MoveOn member,
This month, when users across the country opened their Google calendars, something was missing. The "Black History Month" event was no longer listed as a default on calendars. It turns out Google thought it could get away with quietly removing culturally and nationally recognized events that honor historically marginalized people and communities from automatically populating on calendars.
No more Black History Month.
No more Women's History Month.
No more Pride Month.
No more Indigenous Peoples Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Google has not released a comprehensive list of all the cultural events that were purged, but the list goes on and on.
Over the past few years, Google has expanded the cultural moments that it features on calendars beyond the standard federal holidays.1 It was a beautiful way to acknowledge and celebrate the rich and textured history and practices of people across the country.
But last year, they stopped the practice, claiming that it "wasn't sustainable," and went back to featuring only standard holidays.2 Google is one of the largest and most influential tech companies in the world. Its revenue was a staggering $348 BILLION, and it has its own team dedicated to the calendar.3 It can clearly handle adding and managing cultural events—a feat that organizations with a fraction of the resources have managed to do.4 They just don't want to do it.
Make no mistake, Google's quiet removal of cultural events from their calendars is part of a broader trend of tech companies and businesses catering to far-right and extreme groups by rolling back inclusivity and diversity. We have to fight back and let tech giants like Google know that we refuse to go backward.
Add your name to demand Google bring back their cultural events calendar NOW!
Google's removal of cultural celebrations came under scrutiny following news reports that the company is also scaling back their diversity hiring goals in response to Donald Trump's executive orders. Google and Apple also both swiftly changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico in their map tools to appease Trump.6 Seriously: Google Maps now calls it the "Gulf of America"—a terrifying sign of how quickly the largest corporations in the world are willing to satisfy the erratic, dangerous, and jingoistic whims of Donald Trump.
And they are not the only ones. Tech companies—including major giants like Meta and Amazon—have quickly abandoned diversity efforts in order to cozy up to Trump and Republicans, who have weaponized diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives for their own political and financial gain. And last month, after lawsuits and pressure from Trump, Meta revoked its fact-checking and content moderation program, allowing lies and hate to run wild.7
These tech giants have the resources and means to hold their ground and remain firm in the values and promises they made to the general public. But if they won't do the right thing on their own, we have to come together to demand it. And we can start right now by demanding Google bring back their cultural events calendar immediately.
Click here to sign the petition, and then share with three friends to help spread the word.
Thanks for all you do.
–Aliya, Amanda R., Amy, Eric, and the rest of the team
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