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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
BDS Global Day of Action (1976): March 30
Daily
BDS Global Day of Action is one day each year when activists shine a light on the necessity to end the occupation of Arab lands and apartheid policies placed on non-Jewish citizens by the nation-state of...
January
Black Pound Day (UK): March 1
Daily
Born in 2020 in the wake of the Black Lives Matter global protest, Black Pound Day in the United Kingdom is a monthly event occurring on the first Saturday of each month. The purpose is to ask consumers t...
January
Black Press Day, Ntl.(1827): March 16
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On March 16, 1827, the first black-owned newspaper was published in the United States, the Freedom's Journal. It was founded by the Reverend John Wilk, John Russwurm, and Samuel Cornish in New York City a...
January
Canberra Day (AU)(1913): March 10
Daily
Canberra Day in Australia is the second Monday in March and commemorates the official naming of Australia’s capital city, Canberra, on March 12th, 1913. Multiple events occur at The Canberra Festival an...
January
Cesar Chavez Day (1927): March 31
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On March 31, 1927, Cesar Chavez was born. Cesar Estrada Chavez came of age as a migrant farm worker, witnessing the injustice that pervaded fields and vineyards across California. Facing discrimination, p...
January
Christchurch Massacres (NZ)(2019): March 1...
Daily
Today is the anniversary of the Christchurch Massacre. On March 19, 2019, a 28-year-old white supremacist and Islamophobic man entered the Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, Ne...
January
Close the Gap Day (AU): March 20
Daily
Many of Australia’s First Peoples are denied the same access to healthcare that non-Indigenous Australians take for granted. Despite a decade of Government promises, the gap in health and life expectancy...
January
Consumer Rights Day, World (1962): March 1...
Daily
Each year since 1983, the world marks World Consumer Rights Day on the anniversary of President John F Kennedy's 1962 address on consumer rights to the US Congress. Despite where you are in the world, a...
January
Crispus Attucks Day (1770): March 5
Daily
Crispus Attucks is believed to have been born into slavery in 1723 and later escaped. His father was an African-American man, a slave, and his mother was of the Natick tribe of First Nation's people. He c...
January
Day Against Cyber Censorship (2008), World...
Daily
WORLD DAY AGAINST CYBER CENSORSHIP World Day Against Cyber Censorship, observed annually on March 12, is a global event dedicated to advocating unrestricted Internet and opposing government practices lim...
January
Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation....
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WORLD DAY OF THE FIGHT AGAINST SEXUAL EXPLOITATION World Day of Fight Against Sexual Exploitation, observed annually on March 4th, is a global day of awareness dedicated to highlighting the issue of sexu...
January
Deaf History Month (1988): March 13-April...
Monthly
Deaf History Month begins on the anniversary of the White House declaration on March 13, 1988, for Deaf Awareness and ends on April 15. Within the month are three other celebrations: Deaf Civil Rights Vic...
January
Detained and Missing Staff Members, Intl....
Daily
Worldwide Day of Solidarity with Detained & Missing Staff Members draws attention to the plight of civilian and diplomatic workers who were abducted, killed, or detained due to their humanitarian service....
January
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awarenes...
Daily
The International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness aims to raise public awareness and understanding of disarmament issues, particularly among young people. Multilateral disarmament and...
January
Emancipation Day (PR)(1873): March 22
Daily
In 1873, Puerto Rico was still under the control of Spain. On March 22 of that year, the Spanish National Assembly officially abolished slavery, compensating slave owners for each slave and requiring the...
January
End Israeli Apartheid Weeks, Intl.: March
Monthly
Advocate to End Apartheid Created in 2004 as End Israeli Apartheid and Segregation Week, this awareness and advocacy campaign has become a worldwide phenomenon with events throughout the globe in most m...
January
Equal Pay Day for Women (DE): March 7
Daily
Equal Pay Day in Germany shows how many days a man would have to work without pay to earn what a woman earns for the same job each year. This statistical representation illustrates the gap between men's a...
January
Equal Pay Day for Women 2020 (US): March 2...
Daily
Equal Pay Dayoriginated with the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages.
January
European Action Week Against Racism: March...
Weekly
The European Action Week Against Racism is a significant event that mobilizes people across Europe to participate in actions that challenge racism and promote a more inclusive society. UNITED primarily co...
January
Evacuation Day, British (LY)(1970): March...
Daily
Evacuation Day commemorates March 28, 1970, the British evacuation of its troops from Libyan soil and ports. Libya has several evacuation days marking various departures, including June 11, 1970, American...
January
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