Diversity Calendar 2021/22

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3

4

Dyslexia AwarenessWeek

5 6 7 8 9 10

World MentalHealth Day

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18

*Mawlid

19 20 21 22

Wear it Pink Day

23 24

25 26

Intersex Awareness Day

27 28 29 30 31

October

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month• Black History Month• ADHD Awareness Month

Ԃ 4 - Dyslexia Awareness Week Ԃ 10 - World Mental Health Day Ԃ 18 - Mawlid (Islam) Birthday of the Prophet Mohammad. Be-

gins at sundown. Ԃ 18 - World Menopause Day Ԃ 22 - Wear it Pink Day Ԃ 26 - Intersex Awareness Day Image: Sunlight on Hall and the Cathedral across Tom Quad

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

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All Saint’s Day

2 3

National Stress Aware-ness Day

4

Diwali

Bandi Chhor Divas

5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13

Trans Aware-ness Week

14

Remembrance Sunday

15

Inter-FaithWeek

16 17 18 19

International Men’s Day

20

TransgenderDay of Remembrance

21

22 23 24 25

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Wom-en

Thanksgiving

26 27 28

Hanukkah

November

• Movember - Mens Health Awareness Month Ԃ 1 - All Saints Day (Christianity) Ԃ 3 - National Stress Awareness Day Ԃ 4 - Diwali (Hindu, Sikh and Jain) 5 day festival of light. Ԃ 4 - Bandi Chhor Divas (Sikh) commemorates Guru Hargobind

Sahib’s release from Gwalior Prison. Ԃ 13-19 Trans Awareness Week Ԃ 14 - Remembrance Sunday Ԃ 15-21 Interfaith Week Ԃ 19 - Guru Nanak Jayanti (Sikh). Celebrates the birth of the first

guru, Guru Nanak. Ԃ 19 - International Men’s Day Ԃ 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance Ԃ 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against

Women Ԃ 28* - Hanukkah (Judaism) Begins sundown. Ends Dec 6. Image above: A smiling snowman in the Masters Garden

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

World AIDS Day

2 3

International Day of Per-sons with Disabilities

4 5

6 7 8 9 10

InternationalHuman Rights Day

11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25

Christmas Day

26

27 28 29 30 31

December

Ԃ 1 - World AIDS Day Ԃ 3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilites Ԃ 10 - International Human Rights Day Ԃ 25 - Christmas Day (Christianity) Commemorates the birth of

Jesus.

Image: A large Christmas Tree in Peckwater Quad

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

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31

Lunar New Year’s Eve

1 2

3 4 5 6

Epiphany

7

Coptic OrthodoxChristmas

8 9

10 11 12 13 14

Orthodox New Year

Maghi

15 16

17

Blue Monday

18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27

Holocaust Memorial Day

28 29 30

January

Ԃ 6 - Epiphany (Christianity) Commemoration of the Magi’s visit to the infant Jesus.

Ԃ 7 - Christmas (Coptic Orthodox) Ԃ 14 - New Year (Orthodox) Ԃ 14 - Maghi (Sikh) Commemorates martyrdom of forty Sikhs Ԃ 17 - Blue Monday Ԃ 27 - Holocaust Memorial Day Ԃ 31 - Lunar New Year’s Eve Image: Snowflakes falling in the cloisters

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

FebruaryMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

Chinese New Year

Lunar New Year

2 3 4 5 6

Time to Talk Day

International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM

7

Sexual vio-lence Aware-ness Week

8 9 10 11

International Day of Women in Science

12 13

14 15

Pairinirvana

Chinese Lan-tern Festival

16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24

Eating Disor-der Aware-ness Week

25 26 27

28

Rare Disease Day

• LGBT+ History Month

Ԃ 1 - Chinese New Year Ԃ 6 - Time To Talk Day for Mental Health Awareness Ԃ 6 - International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mu-

tilation Ԃ 7 - Sexual abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week Ԃ 11 - International Day of Women in Science Ԃ 15 - Pairinirvana (Buddhism) Commemorates the death of Bud-

dha and his attainment of final nirvana. Ԃ 15 - Chinese Lantern Festival Ԃ 24 - Eating Disorder Awareness week (ends March 2nd) Ԃ 28 - Rare Disease Day

Image: The Hall with table lamps lit and portraits lining the walls

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

MarchMon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1

Shrove Tuesday

Self Injury Awareness Day

2

Ash Wednes-day

3 4 5

International Women’s Week

6

7 8

International Women’s Day

9 10 11 12 13

14

Neurodiver-sity Celebra-tion Week

15 16

Purim

17

Holi

18

Holi

19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Mother’s Day

28 29 30 31

Internation-al Day of Transgender Visibility

Ԃ 1 - Shrove Tuesday (Christianity) Ԃ 1 - Self Injury Awareness Day Ԃ 2 - Ash Wednesday (Christianity) Marks the beginning of Lent. Ԃ 5-12 - International Women’s Week Ԃ 8 - International Women’s Day Ԃ 14 - Neurodiversity Celebration Week Ԃ *16 - Purim (Judaism) Commemorates the survival of ancient

Persian Jews who were marked for death. Begins sundown. Ԃ 17/18 - Holi (Hindu) Festival of colour that welcomes spring

and the new harvest. Ԃ 31 - International Day of Transgender Visibility

Image: Meadow Gate on a sunny day

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

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1 2

Ramadan

World Autism Awareness Day

3

4 5 6 7

World Health Day

8 9 10

Palm Sunday

11 12 13 14

Maundy Thursday

Vaisakhi

15

Good Friday

Passover Begins

16 17

Easter Sunday

18 19 20 21 22 23

Passover Ends

24

25 26 27 28 29 30

April

Ԃ 2 - Ramadan (Islam) A month of fasting, introspection and prayer.

Ԃ 2 - World Autism Awareness Day Ԃ 7 - World Health Day Ԃ 10 - Palm Sunday (Christianity) commemorates Jesus’ entry to

Jerusalem. Ԃ 14 - Maundy Thursday (Christinaity) marks Jesus’ Last Supper. Ԃ 14 - Vaisakhi (Sikh) Sikh New Year Ԃ 15 - 23 Passover (Judaism) 7 day festival that remembers the

freeing of the Isralites from Egypt. Ԃ 15 - Good Friday (Christianity) Commemorates Jesus’ Crucifix-

ion. Ԃ 17 - Easter Sunday (Christianity) Commemorates Jesus’ res-

surection. Image: Two ducks in Tom Quad with the Hall behind them

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

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2

Eid al-Fitr

Deaf Awareness Week

3 4 5 6 7 8

Birth of Buddha

9

Mental Health Awareness Week

10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17

Global Ac-cessibility Awareness Day

18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26

Ascension Day

27 28 29

May

Ԃ *2 - Eid al-Fitr (Islam) Marks the end of Ramadan. Ԃ 2-8 - Deaf Awareness Week Ԃ 8 - Birth of Buddha (Buddhism) Ԃ 9 - Mental Health Awareness Week Ԃ 17 - Global Accessibility Awareness Day Ԃ 26 - Ascension Day (Christianity) Marks the 40th day after East-

er when Jesus ascended into Heaven. Image: Morning mist rising off the river in the Meadow

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

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1 2

Ascension Day (Coptic)

3

Platinum Jubilee bank holiday

4

Shavuot

5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Trinity Sun-day

13 14 15 16 17 18

Autistic Pride Day

19

Father’s Day

20 21 22

Windrush Day

23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

June

• Pride Month

Ԃ 2 - Ascension Day (Coptic Christian) Ԃ *4-6 - Shavuot (Judaism) Marks the Wheat Harvest in Israel Ԃ 12. Trinity Sunday (Christianity) Celebrates the three personifi-

cations of God (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit). Ԃ 18 - Autistic Pride Day Ԃ 22 - Windrush Day Image: Tom Quad at night with the Cathedral Spire lit up

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

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1 2 3

4 5 6 7

Hajj

8 9

Eid al-Adha

10

11 12 13

Asalha Puja / Dharma Day

14

International Non-Binary People’s Day

15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30

Muharram

31

July

Ԃ 7-12 - The Hajj (Islam ) The name for the annual pilgrimage to

the Holy City of Mecca required for all Muslims at least once. Ԃ 9-10 - Eid al-Adha (Islam) Commemorates Ibrahim’s willing-

ness to make sacrifices for his faith. Ԃ 13 - Asalha Puja / Dharma Day (Buddhism) Commemorates

Buddha’s first sermon. Ԃ 14 - International Non-Binary People’s Day Ԃ 30 - Muharram (Islam) Islamic New Year

Image: The Hall Stairs with fluted ceiling vaults

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

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8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23

International Day for the Remem-brance of the Slave Trade and its Abo-lition

24 25 26 27 28

Hijiri

29 30 31

August

Ԃ 23 - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade

and its Abolition Ԃ 28 - Hijiri (Islam) Beginning of the Lunar Year

Image: The Statue of Mercury in the center of the fountain in Tom Quad

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor

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5 6 7 8 9 10

World Suicide Prevention Day

11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24

Rosh Hashan-ah

25

26 27 28 29 30

September

• World Alzheimer’s Month

Ԃ 10 - World Suicide Prevention Day Ԃ *24 - 27 - Rosh Hashanah (Judaism) New Year. Begins at Sun-

down.

Image: The view of Hall from the entrance to the Meadow

Photo Credit: Lucy Taylor