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Want to start a Critical Thinking Awareness Day in Your State or Territory?

Looking to establish a Critical Thinking Awareness Day in your state or territory?  You’ve come to the right place!  Our ultimate goal is to make this a nationally recognized day, and you can help make it happen.


Here’s how:


  1. Start by reading the article below to learn more about what’s involved.
  2. If you're ready to take action, click the button for your state or territory to request your governor officially proclaim the day.
  3. After that, head to our Free Activities page for inspiration and ideas to celebrate this important initiative.


Join us in spreading awareness and championing critical thinking across the nation!

Where to begin...

Curious about how you could get a Critical Thinking Awareness Day officially proclaimed in your state?  Check out this article in the Skeptical Inquirer Magazine that shows you how!

Start Here!

Ready to make things official? Where to contact:

Alabama

Alabama requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Alaska

Alaska requires a six-week notice when requesting a proclamation. 

Request A Proclamation

American Samoa

American Samoa Requires an eight-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Arizona

Arizona requires a six-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Arkansas

Arkansas requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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California

Any request for a proclamation in California must be evaluated and sponsored by the state agency under which the proclamation topic falls.  The agency works directly with the requestor to determine if the agency will sponsor the proclamation.  The button below will take you to the Governor's office, and they can direct you to the proper state agency for your request.

Request A Proclamation

Colorado

Colorado requires a four-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Connecticut

Connecticut requires a four-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Delaware

 Delaware requires a three-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Florida

  Florida requires a six-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Georgia

Georgia requires a forty-five-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Guam

  Guam requires an eight-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Hawaii

 Hawaii requires a four-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Idaho

 Idaho requires a three-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Illinois

 Illinois requires a four-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Indiana

 Indiana requires an eight-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Iowa

Iowa requires a six-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Kansas

Kansas requires an eight-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Kentucky

  Kentucky requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Louisiana

   Louisiana requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Maine

 Maine requires a forty-five-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Maryland

 Maryland requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Massachusetts

  Massachusetts requires a twenty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Michigan

  Michigan requires a four-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Minnesota

 Minnesota requires a twenty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Mississippi

 Mississippi requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.  You will need to contact the Governor's office directly.  

Request A Proclamation

Missouri

 Missouri requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Montana

The governor of Montana does not currently issue proclamations.  However, the office will issue "letters of support."  Please contact the Governor's office for more information.

Make your request

Nebraska

 Nebraska requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Nevada

 Nevada requires a four-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

North Carolina

   North Carolina requires a six-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

North Dakota

 North Dakota requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

New Hampshire

  New Hampshire requires a forty-five-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

New Jersey

  New Jersey requires an eight-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Mariana Islands requires a sixty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

New Mexico

New Mexico requires a forty-five day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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New York

 New York requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Ohio

Ohio requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Oregon

 Oregon requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico requires a sixty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Rhode Island

  Rhode Island requires a forty-five-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

South Carolina

 South Carolina requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

South Dakota

 South Dakota requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Tennessee

 Tennessee requires a twenty-one-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Texas

 Texas requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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U.S. Virgin Islands

The  U.S. Virgin Islands requires a two-month notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Utah

 Utah requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

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Vermont

 Vermont requires a six-week notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Virginia

Virginia requires a forty-five-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Washington

  Washington requires a thirty-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

West Virginia

This is the birthplace of Critical Thinking Awareness Day  Our proclamation can be viewed by clicking the button below!

View The Proclamation

Wisconsin

Wisconsin requires a forty-five-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

Wyoming

Wyoming requires a forty-five-day notice when requesting a proclamation.

Request A Proclamation

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