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DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2016

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Diversity Calendar 2016diversitonleading the world in diversity

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New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

2 3

8 9

12 14 16

19 22 23

29 30

1

4 5 6 7 10

11 13 15 17

18 20 21 24

25 26 27 28 31

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Special Days

1st Mary, Mother of God

Feast of Saint Basil

Gantan-sai (New Years)New Year's Day/HogmanyBank Holiday

Temple Day4th Bank Holiday

World Braille Day5th Twelfth Night

Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh6th Epiphany

Feast of the Theophany

Dia de las Reyes7th Christmas Day

Christmas Day10th Baptism of the Lord Jesus11th Seijin no hi (Coming of Age Day)

Human Trafficking Awareness Day13th Saint Hiliary's Day

Maghi

15th Makar Sankranti17th World Religion Day18th 18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian

UnityMartin Luther King Jnr. Day

20th Timkat21st Saint Agnes Day24th 24-27 Mahayana New Year

Tu BiShvat begins at sundown25th Robert Burns Night (Burns Night)

Saint Paul's Day26th Australia Day27th Holocaust Memorial Day28th Saint Thomas Aquinas Day

Data Privacy Day31st Birthday of Guru Har Rai

– Secular

– Christian

– Christian

– CatholicChristian

– OrthodoxChristian

- Shinto

– England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI

– Buddhist– Scotland

– Sikh

– OrthodoxChristian

– Christian– Orthodox Christian– Ethiopian Rastafari

– Christian

– Shinto

– Christian– Sikh

– Hindu– Baha'i

– Christian

– Ethiopian Orthodox Christian– Christian

– Buddhist- Jewish

– Christian

– Christian

- SikhJanuary is National Glaucoma Awareness Month Cervical Health Awareness MonthNational Mentoring Month National Blood Donor Month Celebration of Life Month

I II I

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

2016January

We must be willing to letgo of the life we haveplanned so as to have thelife that is waiting for us.

Joseph Campbell

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Have you clear objectives and a plan to promote inclusion and respect

in 2016?

14th New Year’s Day – Orthodox Christian

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2016February

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16 17 18 19 21

22 23 24 25 27 28

29

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Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

1st Saint Brigid of Kildare2nd Candlemas

Imbolc

Presentation of Christ in the Temple

3rd Setsubun-saiSaint Blaise Day

4th World Cancer Day7th Four Chaplains Sunday

Transfiguration Sunday8th Chinese New Year

9th Shrove Tuesday10th Ash Wednesday11th Our Lady of Lourdes12th Triodion begins

Darwin Day14th Saint Valentine's Day15th Nirvana Day20th World Day of Social Justice26th Intercalary Days (begin)

- Christian- Christian

– Orthodox Christian

– Buddhist - Jain

- Baha'i

– Celtic Christian– Christian

– Lughnassacci –Wicca/Pagan

– Christian– Shinto

- Christian

– Interfaith- Christian

Confucian,Daoist, Buddhist

– Christian

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February is National Heart Month Lesbian Gay Bisexual TransIHistory Month Raynaud's and Scleroderma Awareness MonthI

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

It isn't what you have, orwho you are, or where youare, or what you are doingthat makes you happy orunhappy. It is what youthink about.

Dale Carnegie

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Have you identified your main

diversity challenges?

I

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2016March

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15 16 18

29 30 31

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7 8 13

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Week 5

1st Zero Discrimination DaySaint David's DayIntercalary Days (end)

2nd Nineteen Day Fast (start)3rd World Book Day (UK)5th Saint Piran's Day6th Mothering Sunday

Orthodox SundayMeatfare Sunday

7th Maha Shivaratri8th International Women's Day13th Cheesefare Sunday

L. Ron Hubbard Birthday14th Clean Monday17th Saint Patrick's Day

Bank Holiday19th Saint Joseph's Day20th Palm Sunday

Spring EquinoxOstara

21st Naw-Rúz (New Year)Norooz (New Year)International Day for the Elimination ofRacial DiscriminationWorld Down Syndrome Day

22nd World Water Day23rd Magha Puji (Sangha Day)

HoliPurim begins at sundown – Judaism

24th Maundy ThursdayHola Mohalla

25th Good FridayAnnunciation to the Theotokos

Bank Holiday

26th Holy Saturday27th Easter Sunday

28th Easter MondayBank Holiday

Khordad Sal (Birth of ProphetZaranthushtra)

– Secular

– Baha'i– Baha'i

– Christian

– Orthodox Christian– Orthodox Christian

– Hindu

– Orthodox Christian– Scientology

– Orthodox Christian– Christian

– Northern Ireland and ROI

– Christian

– Wicca/Pagan northernhemisphereMabon – Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere

– Baha'i– Persian/Zoroastrian

– Secular

– Buddhist– Hindu

– Christian– Sikh

– Christian

– Orthodox Christian– England, Wales,

Scotland and Northern Ireland– Christian

– Christian– England, Wales,

Northern Ireland and ROI

– Zoroastrian

March is Prostrate Cancer Awareness Month Ovarian Cancer Awareness MonthAmerican Red Cross Month Save your Vision Month Women's History Month

Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month

I II I I

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

Get out of your own way…Stop the paralysis byanalysis… Dream yourdream… Then wake upand bring it to life!

Steve Maraboli

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

What resources have youcommitted to meeting

your diversity and inclusion priorities this year?

British Summertime begins

Lord’s Evening Meal – Jehovah’s Witness Christian

2016February

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22 23 24 25 27 28

29

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Week 5

1st Saint Brigid of Kildare2nd Candlemas

Imbolc

Presentation of Christ in the Temple

3rd Setsubun-saiSaint Blaise Day

4th World Cancer Day7th Four Chaplains Sunday

Transfiguration Sunday8th Chinese New Year

9th Shrove Tuesday10th Ash Wednesday11th Our Lady of Lourdes12th Triodion begins

Darwin Day14th Saint Valentine's Day15th Nirvana Day20th World Day of Social Justice26th Intercalary Days (begin)

- Christian- Christian

– Orthodox Christian

– Buddhist - Jain

- Baha'i

– Celtic Christian– Christian

– Lughnassacci –Wicca/Pagan

– Christian– Shinto

- Christian

– Interfaith- Christian

Confucian,Daoist, Buddhist

– Christian

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February is National Heart Month Lesbian Gay Bisexual TransIHistory Month Raynaud's and Scleroderma Awareness MonthI

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

It isn't what you have, orwho you are, or where youare, or what you are doingthat makes you happy orunhappy. It is what youthink about.

Dale Carnegie

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Have you identified your main

diversity challenges?

I

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2016April

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11 12 13 16 17

20

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18 19 21 22 23 24

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Week 5

1st April Fools Day2nd World Autism Awareness Day4th Annunciation of the Lord

7th World Health Day8th New Year

International Romani Day14th Vaisakhi New Year15th Ramanavami18th Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur

Birthday of Guru Angad Dev19th Mahavir Jayanti21st First Day of Ridvan22nd Therevadin New Year

Hanuman JayantiPesach (Passover) begins at sundown

Earth Day23rd Saint George's Day

Lazarus SaturdayShakespeare Day

24th Palm Sunday28th World Day for Health & Safety at Work29th Ninth Day of Ridvan

Good Friday30th Saint James the Great Day

– CatholicChristian

– Secular– Hindu

– Sikh– Hindu

– Sikh– Sikh

– Jain– Baha'i

– Buddhist– Hindu

– Judaism

– Christian– Orthodox Christian

– Orthodox Christian

– Baha'i– Orthodox Christian

– Orthodox Christian

April is Autism Awareness Month Alcohol Awareness Month Stress Awareness MonthBowel Cancer Awareness Month

I II

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

You may never know whatresults come of youraction, but if you donothing there will be noresult.

Mahatma Gandhi

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

How is diversity used as a strategic tool for fostering

innovation, creative problem solving and

building a competitive advantage?

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2016April

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11 12 13 16 17

20

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14 15

18 19 21 22 23 24

28 29 30

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Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

1st April Fools Day2nd World Autism Awareness Day4th Annunciation of the Lord

7th World Health Day8th New Year

International Romani Day14th Vaisakhi New Year15th Ramanavami18th Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur

Birthday of Guru Angad Dev19th Mahavir Jayanti21st First Day of Ridvan22nd Therevadin New Year

Hanuman JayantiPesach (Passover) begins at sundown

Earth Day23rd Saint George's Day

Lazarus SaturdayShakespeare Day

24th Palm Sunday28th World Day for Health & Safety at Work29th Ninth Day of Ridvan

Good Friday30th Saint James the Great Day

– CatholicChristian

– Secular– Hindu

– Sikh– Hindu

– Sikh– Sikh

– Jain– Baha'i

– Buddhist– Hindu

– Judaism

– Christian– Orthodox Christian

– Orthodox Christian

– Baha'i– Orthodox Christian

– Orthodox Christian

April is Autism Awareness Month Alcohol Awareness Month Stress Awareness MonthBowel Cancer Awareness Month

I II

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

You may never know whatresults come of youraction, but if you donothing there will be noresult.

Mahatma Gandhi

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

How is diversity used as a strategic tool for fostering

innovation, creative problem solving and

building a competitive advantage?

2016May

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16 18 19 20

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11 12 13 15

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23 26 29

30 31

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Week 5

1st Pascha (Easter)Beltane

2nd Bank Holiday – England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROITwelth Day of RidvanBirthday of Guru Arjan Dev

3rd World Press Freedom Day5th Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial

Day)Lailat al MirajAscension Day

8th World Red Cross Red Crescent Day11th Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day)

12th Yom Ha'Atzmaut (IsraeliIndependence Day)International Nurses Day

13th Our Lady of Fatima

15th Visakha Puja – Buddha DayPentecostInternational Day of Families

17th International Day AgainstHomophobia, Transphobia andBiphobia

21st World Day for Cultural Diversity forDialogue and DevelopmentLailat al Bara'a

22nd International Day for BiologicalDiversityTrinity Sunday

23rd Birthday of Guru Amar DasDeclaration of the Báb

26th Lag B'OmerCorpus Christi

29th Ascension of Baha'u'llahInternational Day of United NationsPeacekeepers

30th Spring Bank Holiday

31st World No Tobacco Day

– Orthodox Christian– Wicca/Pagan

– Baha'i– Sikh

– Judaism– Islam

– Christian

– Judaism

– Judaism– Secular

– CatholicChristian

– Buddhist– Christian

– Secular

– Secular– Islam

– Christian– Sikh

– Baha'i– Judaism

– Catholic Christian– Baha'i

– Secular– England, Wales,

Scotland and Northern IrelandMay is Action on Stroke Month Mental Health Awareness Month Family Wellness MonthCystic Fibrosis Month Hepatitis Awareness Month

I II I

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Week 6

Diversity Perspectives

Learn to get in touch withthe silence within yourself,and know that everythingin life has purpose. Thereare no mistakes, nocoincidences, all eventsare blessings given to us tolearn from.

Elisabeth Kubler Ross

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Who is responsible for managing diversity?

16th Whit Monday – Christian

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2016June

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1st International Children's Day3rd Sacred Heart of Jesus

4th International Day of Innocent ChildrenVictims of Agression

5th World Environment Day6th Bank Holiday

Ramadan begins9th Ascension of Jesus

Saint Columba of Iona

11th Shavuot begins at sundown –Trooping the Colour

14th World Blood Donor Day16th Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom17th World Day to Combat Desertification

and Drought19th Father's Day

PentecostWorld Sickle Cell Disease AwarenessDay

20th World Refugee DaySummer SolsticeLitha

Yule

24th Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

26th All Saints29th Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

– CatholicChristian

– ROI- Islam

– OrthodoxChristian

– CelticChristian

Judaism

– Sikh

– Orthodox Christian

– Wicca/Pagan (northernhemisphere)

– Wicca/Pagan (southernhemisphere)

– Christian– Orthodox Christian

– Christian

June is Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month Stillbirth & Neonatal Death AwarenessMonth LGBT Pride Month Men's Health Awareness Month Gypsy, Roma and Traveller

History Month National Hospice Month (UK)

II I I

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

No one is born hatinganother person becauseof the colour of his skin.

Nelson Mandela

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Have you Equality, Diversity and Respect

policies?

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2016June

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27 28 30

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Week 5

1st International Children's Day3rd Sacred Heart of Jesus

4th International Day of Innocent ChildrenVictims of Agression

5th World Environment Day6th Bank Holiday

Ramadan begins9th Ascension of Jesus

Saint Columba of Iona

11th Shavuot begins at sundown –Trooping the Colour

14th World Blood Donor Day16th Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom17th World Day to Combat Desertification

and Drought19th Father's Day

PentecostWorld Sickle Cell Disease AwarenessDay

20th World Refugee DaySummer SolsticeLitha

Yule

24th Nativity of Saint John the Baptist

26th All Saints29th Feast of Saints Peter and Paul

– CatholicChristian

– ROI- Islam

– OrthodoxChristian

– CelticChristian

Judaism

– Sikh

– Orthodox Christian

– Wicca/Pagan (northernhemisphere)

– Wicca/Pagan (southernhemisphere)

– Christian– Orthodox Christian

– Christian

June is Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month Stillbirth & Neonatal Death AwarenessMonth LGBT Pride Month Men's Health Awareness Month Gypsy, Roma and Traveller

History Month National Hospice Month (UK)

II I I

I

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

No one is born hatinganother person becauseof the colour of his skin.

Nelson Mandela

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Have you Equality, Diversity and Respect

policies?

2016July

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2nd Laylat al Qadr4th Independence Day5th Birthday of Guru Hargobind7th Eid al Fitr9th Martyrdom of the Báb11th Saint Benedict Day

World Population Day12th Orangemen's Day

Bank Holiday13th Obon (Ulambana)15th Saint Vladimir the Great Day

17th International Justice Day19th Asalha Puja (Dharma Day)22nd Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene

23rd Birthday of Guru Har KrishenBirthday of Emperor Haile Selassi

24th Pioneer DayParent's Day

25th Saint James the Great Day28th World Hepatitis Day30th International Day of Friendship

– Islam

– Sikh– Islam

– Baha'i– Catholic

Christian– Secular

– Northern Ireland– Buddhist – Shinto

– Orthodox Christian

– Buddhist

– Christian– Sikh

– Rastafari– Mormon Christian– Secular

– Christian

July is UV Safety Month Family Reunion Month Make a Difference to Children MonthInternational Women with Alopecia MonthI I I

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

Be generous with kindlywords, especially aboutthose who are absent.

Johann WolfgangVon Goethe

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

What are you doing this month to address

gender, race and cultural challenges in your

organisation?

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2016August

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1st Summer Bank Holiday

LammasLughnassad

Fast in honour of Holy Mother of LordJesus

6th Transfiguration of the Lord

9th International Day of the World'sIndigenous Peoples

12th International Youth Day14th Tish'a B'av15th Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mar

Dormition of the Theotokos

Obon (Bon)18th Raksha Bandhan19th World Humanitarian Day22nd Queenship of Mary

25th Krishna Janmashtami29th Summer Bank Holiday

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

– Scotland andROI

– Christian– Imbolc – Wicca/Pagan

Northern and Southern hemispheres

– Orthodox Christian– Orthodox

Christian

– Secular

– Jewish

– Catholic Christian– Orthodox

Christian– Buddhist

– Hindu

– CatholicChristian

– Hindu– England,

Wales and Northern Ireland

– Christian

y

August is Health & Safety Month National Immunizations Awareness Month/BlackBusiness Month Children's Eye Health & Safety Month

II

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

Happiness is having alarge, loving, caring,close-knit family inanother city.

George F. Burns

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

How are staff held accountablefor diversity?

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2016August

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30 31

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1st Summer Bank Holiday

LammasLughnassad

Fast in honour of Holy Mother of LordJesus

6th Transfiguration of the Lord

9th International Day of the World'sIndigenous Peoples

12th International Youth Day14th Tish'a B'av15th Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mar

Dormition of the Theotokos

Obon (Bon)18th Raksha Bandhan19th World Humanitarian Day22nd Queenship of Mary

25th Krishna Janmashtami29th Summer Bank Holiday

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

– Scotland andROI

– Christian– Imbolc – Wicca/Pagan

Northern and Southern hemispheres

– Orthodox Christian– Orthodox

Christian

– Secular

– Jewish

– Catholic Christian– Orthodox

Christian– Buddhist

– Hindu

– CatholicChristian

– Hindu– England,

Wales and Northern Ireland

– Christian

y

August is Health & Safety Month National Immunizations Awareness Month/BlackBusiness Month Children's Eye Health & Safety Month

II

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

Happiness is having alarge, loving, caring,close-knit family inanother city.

George F. Burns

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

How are staff held accountablefor diversity?

2016September

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1st Ecclesiastical year begins

5th Ganesh ChaturthiInternational Day of Charity

6th Paryushan Parva8th Nativity of Virgin Mary

International Literacy Day10th Waqf al Arafa (Hajj Day)

World Suicide Prevention Day11th Eid al Adha

Ethiopian New Year14th The Triumph of the Cross15th Anant Chaturdashi

International Day of Democracy

21st International Day of PeaceWorld Alzheimer's Day

22nd Autumn EquinoxMabon

Ostara

27th Meskel28th International Right to Know Day

Freedom from Hunger Day29th Michaelmas

– OrthodoxChristian

– Hindu

– Jain– Christian

– Islam

– Islam– Rastafari

– Christian– Hindu

– Secular

– Wicca/Pagan northernhemisphere

– Wicca/Pagan southernhemisphere

– Ethiopian Orthodox Christian

– Saint Michael and AllAngels – Christian

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month Childhood Cancer Awareness MonthInternational Blood Cancer Awareness Month World Alzheimer's Month

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Diversity Perspectives

It is literally true that youcan succeed best andquickest by helping othersto succeed.

Napoleon Hill

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

What is your Organisation's business

case for diversity?

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2016October

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1st NavaratriInternational Day of Older Persons

2nd Muharram New YearInternational Day of Non Violence

Feast of the Guardian Angels

Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown

4th Saint Francis DayBlessing of the Animals

5th World Teachers' Day9th Birthday of Guru Ram Das Sikh10th Thanksgiving (Canada)

World Mental Health Day11th Dasara

AshuraYom Kippur begins at sundown

13th World Sight Day15th International Day of Rural Women16th Sukkot begins at sundown

World Food Day17th International Day for the Eradication

of Poverty18th Saint Luke, Apostle & Evangelist

20th Birth of the BábInstallation of the Scriptures of GuruGranth Sahib

23rd Shemini Atzeret begins at sundown

24th Simchat Torah begins at sundown

United Nations Day28th Milvian Bridge Day29th World Stroke Day30th Diwali

31st All Hallows EveSamhain (Halloween)Reformation DayNew YearBank Holiday

– Hindu

– Islam

– Secular

– Christian

– Jewish– Catholic Christian

– Christian

– Interfaith– Secular

– Hindu– Islam

– Jewish

– Jewish

– Christian– Baha'i

– Sikh

– Jewish

– Jewish

– Christian

– Deepavali – Hindu, Sikh, Jain

– Christian– Pagan

– Protestant Christian– Jain

– ROI

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Down Syndrome Awareness MonthDomestic Violence Awareness Month Black History Month (UK) Aids Awareness Month

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Week 6

Diversity Perspectives

Enlightenment isunderstanding that there isnowhere to go, nothing todo, and nobody you haveto be except exactly whoyou're being right now.

Neale Donald Walsch

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Is training in diversity, equality and respect

an integral component of staff development?

British Summertime ends

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2016October

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12 14

19 21 22

25 26 27

1 2

4 5 9

10 11 13 15 16

17 18 20 23

24 28 29 30

31

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Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

1st NavaratriInternational Day of Older Persons

2nd Muharram New YearInternational Day of Non Violence

Feast of the Guardian Angels

Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown

4th Saint Francis DayBlessing of the Animals

5th World Teachers' Day9th Birthday of Guru Ram Das Sikh10th Thanksgiving (Canada)

World Mental Health Day11th Dasara

AshuraYom Kippur begins at sundown

13th World Sight Day15th International Day of Rural Women16th Sukkot begins at sundown

World Food Day17th International Day for the Eradication

of Poverty18th Saint Luke, Apostle & Evangelist

20th Birth of the BábInstallation of the Scriptures of GuruGranth Sahib

23rd Shemini Atzeret begins at sundown

24th Simchat Torah begins at sundown

United Nations Day28th Milvian Bridge Day29th World Stroke Day30th Diwali

31st All Hallows EveSamhain (Halloween)Reformation DayNew YearBank Holiday

– Hindu

– Islam

– Secular

– Christian

– Jewish– Catholic Christian

– Christian

– Interfaith– Secular

– Hindu– Islam

– Jewish

– Jewish

– Christian– Baha'i

– Sikh

– Jewish

– Jewish

– Christian

– Deepavali – Hindu, Sikh, Jain

– Christian– Pagan

– Protestant Christian– Jain

– ROI

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Down Syndrome Awareness MonthDomestic Violence Awareness Month Black History Month (UK) Aids Awareness Month

I II I

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Week 6

Diversity Perspectives

Enlightenment isunderstanding that there isnowhere to go, nothing todo, and nobody you haveto be except exactly whoyou're being right now.

Neale Donald Walsch

Special Days

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Is training in diversity, equality and respect

an integral component of staff development?

British Summertime ends

2016November

1st All Saints DaySamhain

2nd All Souls Day

5th Guy Fawkes Night9th Dedication of the Lateran Basilica

11th Armistice Day12th Birthday of Baha'u'llah13th Remembrance Sunday

World Kindness Day14th Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib

World Diabetes Day15th Nativity Fast begins

19th International Men's Day20th Christ the King

Universal Children's Day24th Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur

Thanksgiving25th International Day for the Elimination of

Violence against Women26th Day of the Covenant27th Advent Sunday28th Ascension of Abdul'l-Baha30th Saint Andrew's Day

Bank Holiday

– Christian– Beltane – Wicca/Pagan

northern and southern hemispheres– Christian

– Catholic Christian– Interfaith

– Baha'i

– Sikh– Secular– Orthodox

Christian

– Christian

– Sikh– Interfaith USA

– Baha'i– Christian

– Baha'i– Christian

– Scotland

Coronation of Emperor Hailie Selassie I– Rastafari

Diversity Perspectives

You pay God acompliment by askinggreat things of Him.

Teresa of Avila

Special Days

3 4 6

7 8 10

16 17 18

21 22 23

29

1 2 5

9 11 12 13

14 15 19 20

24 25 26 27

28 30

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month Lung Cancer Awareness MonthPancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

I I

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Do you regularly quantify the benefits of diversity and promote

the organization's successes?

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2016December

1st World AIDS Day2nd International Day for the Abolition of

Slavery3rd International Day of Persons with

Disabilities6th Saint Nicholas Day8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception

Rohatsu (Bodhi Day)9th International Anti-Corruption Day10th Human Rights Day12th Mawlid an Nabi – Islam

Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe

16th Posadas Navidenas

18th International Migrants Day20th International Human Solidarity Day21st Winter Solstice

Yule

Litha

Yule24th Christmas Eve

Chanukah begins at sundown

25th Christmas DayFeast of the Navtivity

26th Saint Stephen's DayBoxing DayBank Holiday

Zarathosht Diso (Death of ProphetZarathushtra

27th Bank Holiday

28th Holy Innocents30th Feast of the Holy Family

31st New Year's EveWatch Night

– Secular

– Secular

– Christian– Buddhist

– Catholic Christian– Hispanic

Christian (16th – 25th)– Secular

– Wicca/Pagan northernhemisphere

– Wicca/Pagan southernhemisphere

– Christian– Christian

–Jewish (24th December – 1st January)

– Christian– Orthodox

Christian– Christian

– Secular– England, Wales,

Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI

– Zoroastrian– England, Wales,

Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI– Christian

– CatholicChristian

– Christian

)

Diversity Perspectives

I've found that luck is quitepredictable. If you wantmore luck, take morechances. Be more active.Show up more often.

Brian Tracy

Special Days

4

7 11

13 14 15 17

19 22 23

29

1 2 3

5 6 8 9 10

12 16 18

20 21 24 25

26 27 28 30 31

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

December is Universal Human Rights Month Spiritual Literacy MonthI

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

New Moon First Quarter Full MoonLast Quarter

Diversity ChampionQuestion Time

Is there a clear leadershipcommitment to diversity

at all levels in your organisation?

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