Good Things That Happened in 2020
December 31, 2020 8:51AM EST
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 31: People seen having their photo taken in front of a neon Happy New Year sign as people wearing masks walk past during New Year’s Eve celebrations on December 31, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Celebrations look different this year as COVID-19 restrictions remain in place due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)
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 period products 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.
What other “good thing” happened in 2020? What was your “good thing” that happened in 2020?
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