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National Survivors of Suicide Day is an effort to unite and provide healing and support to friends and families of suicide victims. People can view a program created for this occasion by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. This program features personal stories, stories of change, and stories from psychiatric professionals to help people cope with the loss of someone to suicide.

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World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence: November 18

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World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence reaffirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols, the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. It reiterates the importance of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, emphasizing the priority of children's dignity and their right to live free from violence. The day highlights the increased risk of forced sex, sexual exploitation, abuse, and violence faced by children, particularly girls, both online and offline. Many victims and survivors do not disclose their experiences or seek justice and support due to shame, stigma, and fear. The lifelong consequences of such abuse impact survivors' physical and mental health and well-being.

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Bagpipes, Blow Bagpipes Day, Ntl.: November 19

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National Blow Bagpipes Day is a celebration about blowing your own horn—or pipes, in this case. This unofficial holiday provides bagpipe lovers another reason to play their favorite instrument. Bagpipes originated in Egypt and arrived in Ireland and Scotland via the Romans.

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Better Conversation Week: November 19-25

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Better Conversation Week occurs the week of Thanksgiving. This event aims to create better conversations among colleagues, family, and friends. It is the perfect time to bond and develop better relationships with people close to you. Better Conversation Week event originated in 2002.

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Bible Week, Ntl: November 19-25

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National Bible Week has occurred in the United States since 1941. It is a time to share the Bible with the interfaith community and attend bible-focused events, plays, and concerts. Annually in November.

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Bible, Intl. Day of: November 19

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International Day of the Bible is a time to share the Bible with the interfaith community and attend Bible-focused events, plays, and concerts. Across the world, Christian communities pause at noon local time to ponder and share The Word. Annually in November.

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Billboard Music Awards: November 19

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Sponsored by Billboard Magazine, the industry standard for tracking music success, the awards generally air worldwide in May each year. The actual date is announced in March. Produced by Dick Clark Productions and created in 1989, the Billboard Music Awards highlight the best in popular music. The first Billboard Music Awards ceremony occurred on December 10, 1990, and the event has been held annually since then. PLEASE NOTE: Treat all televised and venue-specific events (sporting, concerts, trade shows, etc.) as estimated. Several factors can cause an event to move dates at the last minute, including weather, strikes, natural disasters, political upheaval, conflicting programming, pandemics, and current events. Because of this, always verify the event with the promotor before committing resources. LEEP often estimates dates based on the previous year's schedules, as the final dates are only a few months, weeks, or days before the event. If the date is known to be estimated, you will see an (est) following the date in the title.

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Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week (CA): November 19-25

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Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week occurs in November in Canada each year. Bullying is a form of repeated, persistent and aggressive behavior directed at another intended to cause fear, distress, and harm another's body, feelings, self-esteem, or reputation. Bullying occurs when there is a real or perceived power imbalance and can occur in person, online, or through other modes of communication and interaction.

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Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day, Ntl.: November 19

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National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day is an unofficial event with no sponsor aimed at reminding people to reduce their caffeine intake by switching from colas and high-caffeine beverages to alternatives like water.

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Chhath Puja (H): November 19

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Chhath Puja is a Hindu religious observance that celebrates the sun and the natural world. Lord Surya is worshipped by chanting prayers and fasting next to unpolluted rivers. PLEASE NOTE: We use the Indian civil calendar, the official holiday calendar in India. The Hindu faith has many calendars, each specific to different regions and tribes, with dates and celebrations marked by differing positions of the sun, moon, and stars. Names of months and holidays and the corresponding dates in the Gregorian Calendar may vary widely from one calendar to the next. Determine the proper calendar before attending local events.

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Discovery Day, (PR)(1493): November 19

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Discovery Day in Puerto Rico marks the anniversary of November 19, 1493, the official day Columbus discovered the island. Discovery Day is a national holiday.

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Donate Life Thank You Day (AU): November 19 (est)

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Donate Life Thank You Day is held annually on the third Sunday in November. Nearly 900,000, or two-thirds of South Australians over 16, are on the Australian Organ Donor Register. Around 1,400 Australians and their families are waiting for a transplant, with 12,000 people on dialysis. Sixty-five percent of Australians have discussed organ donation with their family, and 69 percent are willing to donate, but only 33 percent of adults nationwide have joined the Register. Australia-wide last year, organ donation proceeded in 91 percent of cases where the deceased was a registered donor. Organ donation drops to 52 percent if the deceased was not registered and the family had no prior knowledge of their wishes. Transplant recipients can express their appreciation by writing to their donor's family via their transplant unit. Such correspondence is de-identified and then provided to the donor family by DonateLife.

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Equal Opportunity Day (1863): November 19

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Equal Opportunity Day commemorates the famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln, the Gettysburg Address, delivered on November 19, 1863. Coming in at just 272 words, it remains one of the most powerful speeches ever given. THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate —we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

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Family Week, Ntl.: November 19-25

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National Family Week is an annual celebration observed during the week of Thanksgiving in the United States. The Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and its member organizations have promoted National Family Week for more than 40 years. This celebration raises awareness of the importance of the family as a social structure.

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Game & Puzzle Week, Ntl.: November 19-25

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National Games and Puzzle Week falls during Thanksgiving Week. It is a promotion designed to promote socially interactive games, which usually include non-electronic, board, cards, role-playing, and educational games. National Games and Puzzle Week originated with Games Quarterly magazine under the helm of Mark Simmons. Currently, Greater Game Industry Catalog champion's the event.

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