For Immediate Release

December 28, 2016

Just a few days ago!!! pretty quick notice, three days before the special month begins? This is pretty sudden, if not Urgent? But regardless of the intent, now you can say that the President Ordered You to do the voodoo you do so welllllll! [homage, blazing saddles]. But this is pretty awesome, even extraordinary from a presidential duties perspective. A last minute thing, a last minute imperitive! Keep on keeping on! He's calling upon everybody, "to recognize the vital role we must play in ending all forms of slavery and to observe this month with appropriate programs and activities."

Sounds like a cowabunga, to me anyway. Could say we got patriotism on our side, at least for January.

Presidential Proclamation -- National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, 2017

...... "NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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 January 2017 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, culminating in the annual celebration of National Freedom Day on February 1. I call upon businesses, national and community organizations, families, and all Americans to recognize the vital role we must play in ending all forms of slavery and to observe this month with appropriate programs and activities." https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/28/presidential-proclamation-national-slavery-and-human-trafficking