Ten NIRMM 2025 Celebration Ideas

Need some role models month inspiration? We’ve got you. Here are 10 ideas for celebrating this year’s theme, Advancing Awareness and Optimizing Opportunities, and Quincy Jones, our 2025 Historic Role Model. You can also download and save the ideas (pdf).

1) Select/learn more about your inspirational role models 
2) Talk with an adult about their life and opportunities at your age
3) Read books about historical figures/periods
4) Listen to music linked to 2025 NIRMM Historic Role Model Quincy Jones
5) Check out NIRMV Playlist Quincy Jones Connections on NIRMV YouTube
6) Watch TV shows/films about people with different careers
7) Research different careers and work opportunities
8) Visit some web sites about different careers featured in links list on nirmvkids.org
9) Write a story about something you think more people should know about 
10) Read/listen to inspirational poems

NIRMM 2025 brochure

National Inspirational Role Models Month is coming in November. Learn the history of this celebration of role models, facts about NIRMM and have the 2025 theme and historic role model handy in our brochure. This year’s theme is Advancing Awareness and Optimizing Opportunities. Our Historic Role Model is Quincy Jones, honored in this playlist curated by NIRMV.

NIRMM Poetry Pause Salute: A World Reborn

Featuring NIRMM Themes-Linked Poetry Narrations
Read by NIRMV Founder/President Darlene House
Ongoing Theme: Celebrate Who Inspires You
2024 Theme: Discovering More About History, Herstory and Cultural Heritage

NIRMM Poetry Pause Salute: Open a Book

Featuring NIRMM Themes-Linked Poetry Narrations
Read by NIRMV Founder/President Darlene House
Ongoing Theme: Celebrate Who Inspires You
2024 Theme: Discovering More About History, Herstory and Cultural Heritage

2024 NIRMM Poetry Pause Salute: Yesterday is History

Featuring NIRMM Themes-Linked Poetry Narrations
Read by NIRMV Founder/President Darlene House
Ongoing Theme: Celebrate Who Inspires You
2024 Theme: Discovering More About History, Herstory and Cultural Heritage

NIRMM Poetry Pause Salute: Helen Keller

2024 NIRMM Poetry Pause Salute
Featuring NIRMM Themes-Linked Poetry Narrations
Read by NIRMV Founder/President Darlene House
Ongoing Theme: Celebrate Who Inspires You
2024 Theme: Discovering More About History, Herstory and Cultural Heritage

NIRMM Poetry Pause Salute: Learning to Read

Featuring NIRMM Themes-Linked Poetry Narrations
Read by NIRMV Founder/President Darlene House
Ongoing Theme: Celebrate Who Inspires You
2024 Theme: Discovering More About History, Herstory and Cultural Heritage

Alex Haley and Discover your Roots

This year’s historic role model is Alex Haley, and we’ve assembled some resources that focus on areas he addressed and explored throughout his distinguished career: history, culture and genealogy. Learn more about Haley himself (and celebrate him with a little art of your own), and discover your own roots.

Learn about Alex Haley

“Museum of Appalachia honors ‘Roots’ author Alex Haley“

Find the Good and Praise It: The Story of Alex Haley

America’s Treasures – The story of Alex Haley

Alex Haley coloring sheet

Resources to discover your own roots

Genealogy 101: Getting Started with African American Family Research

The FamilySearch Library (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)

Discover Your Family History in Fort Wayne, Indiana

A quote from this year’s historic role model

“Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure the reality is going to deal with you.”– Alex Haley