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Category: Civil Rights, Philanthropy and Human Rights
Events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions celebrating or highlighting civil rights, philanthropy, and human rights.
The civil rights category includes events relating to philanthropy and human rights.
Civil Rights Events
Blind Equality Day: October 15
Daily
Blind Equality Day has taken the place of White Cane Safety Day, an event first held in October 1964. Blind Equality day expands the scope of White Cane Safety Day by adding employment and educational opp...
January
Unity Day to End Bullying: October 15
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Celebrate Unity Day, the signature event of National Bullying Prevention Month, is a simple one: wear and share the color orange to send a universal message that bullying is never acceptable behavior.
January
White Cane Safety Day: October 15
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White Cane Safety Day, also known as Blind Americans Equality Day, was created by a joint resolution in Congress, approved on October 6, 1964 (Public Law 88-628, as amended). In this resolution, Congress...
January
Wishbones for Pets (US/CA): October 15-Nov...
Monthly
Wishbones for Pets® is an international annual pet sitter charity drive. Each year, professional pet sitters throughout the United States and Canada sponsor pet supply and fund drives for six weeks up to...
January
Food Day, World: October 16
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World Food Day focuses on achieving food security for all. It is at the heart of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nation's efforts to ensure all people have regular access to enou...
January
Spirit Day: October 16
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On Spirit Day, people wear purple to support LGBTQ+ youth and take a stand against bullying. This awareness campaign is championed by GLAAD and is the most extensive annual anti-bullying campaign explicit...
January
Poverty Eradication, Intl. Day for (1987):...
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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty was first designated in 1993 by the UN General Assembly. Its purpose is to promote awareness of the cost of poverty to society, the environment, and nation...
January
Independence Day Holiday, (AZ)(1991): Octo...
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Independence Day in Azerbaijan marks the anniversary of October 18, 1991, when the nation separated from the Soviet Union. Independence Day is a national holiday.
January
Person's Day (CA)(1929): October 18
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On October 18, 1929, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England ruled in the women's favor on whether women are "persons" according to the law. As persons, women would have the right to vote a...
January
Bullying Bystanders Unite Week: October 19...
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Promoted by Hey U.G.L.Y. (Unique, Gifted, Lovable, You), the National Bullying Bystanders Unite Week seeks to encourage the 85% of people who witness bullying but do nothing to pledge not to let bullying...
January
Estate Planning Awareness Week, Ntl.: Octo...
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More than half of Americans, an estimated 56%, do not have an estate plan, making estate planning a critically overlooked component of financial health. National Estate Planning Awareness Week (H. Res. 1...
January
Freedom of Speech Week: October 20-26
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Ever since the concept of free speech was added to the Bill of Rights via the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1791, there have been vast differences in opinion as to how exactly this phrase is...
January
Heroes Day, Ntl., (JM): October 20
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Heroes Day honors Jamaica's first prime minister and a leader in its fight for independence in the early 20th century, Alexander Bustamante. National Heroes Day is an official national holiday that occurs...
January
Mashujaa Day (KE)(1952): October 20
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On October 20, 1952, Kenya's first president (as yet a revolutionary), Jomo Kenyatta, and five colleagues were arrested by British colonial forces. That event is the origin of this holiday, initially call...
January
Police Brutality, Repression and the Crimi...
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National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression & the Criminalization of a Generation has been organized annually since 1996. It aims to create a united voice between the public and police...
January
Liberation Day (LY)(2011): October 23
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CELEBRATING FREEDOM: LIBYA'S LIBERATION DAY Liberation Day in Libya is observed on October 23rd each year to commemorate the official end of the Libyan Civil War in 2011 and the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's...
January
Peace Treaty Day, (KH)(1991): October 23
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The Paris Peace Agreements, October 23, 1991, marked the official ending of the Cambodia/Viet Nam War. It is historic in that the United Nations took on the role of a sovereign state in brokering the peac...
January
Republic Day, (HU)(1956/1989): October 23
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Republic Day in Hungary marks the anniversary of October 23, 1956, the beginning of the uprising against the Soviet Union. The Soviets crushed the rebellion on November 4, and it wouldn't be until this da...
January
Media and Information Literacy Week, Globa...
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The UN General Assembly, recognizing the substantial digital divide and data inequalities across and within nations, declared the commemoration of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) week in 2021. The in...
January
United Nations Day (1945): October 24
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United Nations Day marks the organization's establishment, via charter, on October 24, 1945. The day is a public holiday within many of its member states.
January
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