History is always in the making at the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum located in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 1989, the Museum has been in the business of producing and exhibiting hundreds of African-American wax figures. Southwest Airlines has supported the Museum for six years as the Official Airline of the National Traveling Exhibit. The Southwest Cargo department, especially the Baltimore/Washington facility, is instrumental in the complimentary shipping of the wax figures to various conferences and events to support the vision of the Museum and to expand its reach into various communities. This year, Southwest Airlines will ship wax figures to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Macy’s stores in several cities for Black History Month, the NAACP Convention in Los Angeles, and other places.
“A primary motivation for establishing the Museum was to use education, history, and examples to help culturally disadvantaged youth overcome feelings of alienation, defeatism, and despair. Of the 200,000 people who visit the Museum each year, many are African-American children. The exposure to the Museum and its programs helps young people know more about their heritage and provides a greater understanding of the significant contributions to civilization by people of African descent, ” said Dr. Joanne Martin, CEO and Co-Founder of the Museum.
Southwest Airlines is proud to be a supporter of “history in the making” just like the city of Baltimore, state of Maryland, Congressman Elijah Cummings, and Senator Barbara Mikulski, who are also championing the Museum’s cause and expansion.
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TELL ME JUST WHEN WILL U BE CELEBRATING WHITE HISTORY MONTH ???? OH YES AS PER UR TV ADDS ALL YEAR AND KIDS IN THYE COCKPIT?? SO PLEASE DO TELL ME WHEN U PLAN ON ADVERTISING THAT U ARE CELEBRATING WHITE HIOSTORY MONTH ?????
CORDUALLY :
JAMES L MORRISON
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I BET I DO NOT GET A REPLY FROM U !!!
Thank you for your comment. Our network is comprised of an amazing variety of backgrounds, experience and uniqueness that gather together to form the Corporate Culture we are known for. This means more richness in the diversity of ideas, knowledge and actions, that has made us the only consistently profitable airline in the world. This is why we celebrate every milestone from our Employees, from Black History month to Christmas to their birthdays. We are proud of our People and we know the importance of celebrating with them what matters in their life.
THANK U LAUREL MOFFET FOR UR RESPONCE AND COMMENTS. FIRST OFF I WILL ADMIT WHEN I HAVE FLOWN WITH SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, IT WAS A PLEASURE. I WISH I COULD FLY AGAIN TO THE PHILIPPINES, BUT I AM ONE OF THOSE AFFECTED DURING THE ECONOMIC SLOW DOWN. AGAIN SOUTHWEST IS A EXCELLENT CARRIER AND I WISH U CONTINUED SUCCESS.
OK NOW TO UR DIVERSE CULTURAL EMPLOYEES. AS U ARE AWARE ,I GUESTIOND, IF U CELEBRATED ANY OTHER RACIALLY ETHNIC GROUPS FOR A MONTH DURING THE YEAR BESIDES BLACK ??? WELL U DID MENTION A RELIGIOUS AND BIRTHDAYS BUT FAILED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION! SO FOR EXAMPLE DO U CELEBRATE AMERICAN INDIAN MONTH? ITALIAN ANERICAN MONTH,OR GERMAN AMERICAN MONTH OR HISPANIC AMERICAN MONTH OR WHITE AMERICAN MONTH OR EVEN ELGLISH AMERICAN MONTH?? IF SO PLEASE DO INFORM AND WHEN SO THAT I MIGHT CATCH UR ADS ON TV AS I DID WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH PLEASE.
U SAY U CELEBRATE EVERY MILSTONE OF UR EMPLOYEES. WELL NOT ALL UR EMPLOYEES ARE BLACK. SO WHAT OTHER RACIAL GROUPS DO U CELEBRATE FOR A MONTH ??? AS FAR AS I CAN TELL-- NONE ! TRUST ME, I WOULD LOVE TO BE PROVEN WRONG . I THINK ITALIAN OR AMERICAN INDIANS WOULD CONSIDER IT IMPORTANT FOR U TO CELEBRATE THERE ETHENIC HISTORY AS WOULD WHITES .SO AS U SAID U ARE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE THE UNIQUNESSES OF UR EMPLOYEES, SO I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING U CELEBRATE OTHER RACIAL GROUPS THAT COMPRISE UR CORPORAT WORLD.
LAUREL I HOPE THIS MAKES IT TO SOUTHWEST'S BLOG SITE. AGAIN THANK U FOR RESPONDING TO MY FIRST COMMENTS. I WAS ALSO SURPRISED THUS FAR THAT I AM THE ONLY ONE TO POST A COMMENT .SO HOPEFULLY OTHERS WILL COME FORWARD AND EXPRESS THERE COPMMENTS ON THIS SITE.
THANK U AGAIN LAUREL:
JAMES L. MORRISON