Category: Civil Rights, Philanthropy and Human Rights

Poverty in America Awareness Month, Ntl.:...

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National Poverty in America Awareness Month seeks to raise awareness about the 46 million Americans currently living in poverty. This event is supported by U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Cathol...

January

Religion Day, World: January 19

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World Religion Day was first proposed and observed in 1950 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States. It seeks to promote the universal principles underlining each of the wor...

January

Religious Freedom Day, Ntl. (1786): Januar...

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National Religious Freedom Day marks the anniversary of the drafting of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson on January 16, 1786. The statute was ratified three days later and be...

January

Roe-v-Wade Day (1973): January 22

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January 22, 1973 saw the landmark decision by the United States Court on Roe v. Wade and on Doe v. Bolton. This ruling made abortion legal in the United States and provided women with the choice of having...

January

School Choice Week, Ntl.: January 21 - Feb...

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National School Choice Week, 2019 A Proclamation A great education provides students with a foundation to pursue the American Dream of a hopeful and prosperous future. During National School Choice Week,...

January

Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Mon...

Monthly

January in the United States is the National Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Proclaimed as such by President Barack Obama on December 31, 2012, this month aims to remind people about the v...

January

Ukrainian Day (UA)(1918): January 22

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On January 22, 1918 the nation state Ukraine proclaimed its independence from Russia. Independence would last until 1921 when the Soviet Union took control of the country. In 1991 it regained its independ...

January

Water for Sustainable Development, Intl. D...

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Water is essential to all life, and without it, nothing lives. To highlight the importance of water and its use and conservation, the United Nations has set aside an entire decade to achieve the following...

January

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Liberation Day, (CU)(1899/1959): January 1

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Liberation Day in Cuba marks the anniversary of January 1, 1959, the day the government of Batista was overthrown by rebels headed by Fidel Castro. It also marks the January 1, 1899 anniversary of the end...

January

Independence Day, (HT)(1804): January 1

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Independence Day in Haiti marks the anniversary of January 1, 1804, the day the people declared their independence from France. This is a national holiday.

January

Independence Day, (SU)(1956): January 1

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Independence Day in Sudan marks the anniversary of January 1, 1956, the day the nation was proclaimed independent of the Anglo-Egyptian condominium created in 1899. This is a national holiday.

January

Independence Day, (MM)(1948): January 4

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Independence Day in Myanmar marks the anniversary of January 4, 1948, the day then Burma was granted independence from Britain. This is a national holiday.

January

Revolution Day, (TZ)(1963/1964): January 1...

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Revolution Day in Tanzania marks the anniversary of January 12, 1963, the day then Zanzibar became independent under a Sultan. It didn't last long. On January 12, 1964, the sultan was overthrown and the a...

January

Liberation Day, (TG)(1967): January 13

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Liberation Day in Togo marks the anniversary of January 13, 1967, the day the government of Grunitzky was overthrown by rebels headed by Eyadema. This is a national holiday.

January

John Chilembwe Day (MW)(1995): January 16

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John Chilembwe was a Baptist pastor who helped lead an uprising against British colonial rule in now Malawi (Nyasaland). The uprising lasted from January 23-26, 1915. Though the revolt would fail, and Chi...

January

Liberation Day, (PO)(1945): January 17

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Liberation Day in Poland marks the anniversary of January 17, 1945, the day the city of Warsaw was liberated from Nazi occupation by Russian forces. This is a national holiday.

January

Guru Ravidas Jayanti (H)(S)(1377): Februar...

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Today marks the birthday of Hindu Guru Ravidas who was born on the full moon of this month in 1377 AD or 1450 AD, depending upon the source, (historians disagree). Each year on this day the faithful fo...

January

Daisy Gatson Bates Day, Ntl.: February 17

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Daisy Lee Gatson Bates Day honors publisher and civil rights activist Daisy Lee Gatson Bates during Black History Month. Bates was born on November 11, 1914, in Huttig, Arkansas; She and her husband Lusc...

January

Louis Riel Day (CA)(2008): February 17

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In 2008, the Canadian Government decided to honor one of its folk heroes, Louis Riel. The day commemorates the anniversary of the events of February 17, 1870. Riel was born in 1844 and served in the Cana...

January

Cupcake Day, Ntl. (CA): February 24

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National Cupcake Day in Canada one of our favorite events in the LEEP Calendar which came about due to the tremendous success of the idea in other countries including Australia, New Zealand and England. H...

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