Good Things That Happened In 2020

Although 2020 was a year that we’d rather forget there were some things that were good. Here are a few:

• Bong Joon Ho made history as the first Korean to win the Best Director Oscar for Parasite.
• Dogs trained to protect wildlife have saved 45 rhinos from poachers in South Africa.
• People around the world rose up to protest police violence and racial injustice.
• Crayola unveiled 40 new inclusive skin-tone crayons.
• The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s effort to end DACA. Keeping nearly 650,000 undocumented young people safe from deportation.
• Thanks to stay-at-home orders, animal shelters are more empty than ever.
• Polio was officially eradicated on the African continent.
• Scotland became the first country to make Feminine products absolutely free.
• The 2020 election saw the most voter participation in 120 years. The election led to historic wins for LGBTQ+ people and women of color.
• Hundreds of religious leaders called for a ban on conversion therapy.