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DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2015
Diversity Calendar 2015diversitonleading the world in diversity
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Diversity is about lasting relationships not first impressions.
2015January Special Days
Diversity Perspectives
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Mary, Mother of God - CatholicChristianFeast of Saint Basil - OrthodoxChristianGantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto New Year’s Day / Hogmany- SecularBank Holiday - England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROIBank Holiday - ScotlandMawlid un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) - IslamTwelfth Night - ChristianMahayana New Year - BuddhistBirthday of Guru Gobind Singh- Sikh Epiphany - ChristianFeast of the Theophany - OrthodoxChristianDia de los Reyes - ChristianChristmas Day - Orthodox Christian Christmas Day - Ethiopian RastafariHuman Trafficking Awareness DayBaptism of Jesus - ChristianMaghi - Sikh Saint Hilary’s Day - ChristianMakar Sankranti - HinduSeijin Shiki (Adults Day) - Shinto 18-25 Week of Prayer for ChristianUnity - ChristianWorld Religion Day - Bahá'íTimkat - Ethiopian OrthodoxChristianMartin Luther King DayVasant Panchami - Hindu Saint Paul’s Day - ChristianWorld Religion DayRobert Burns Night (Burns Night)Australia DayHolocaust Memorial DayBirthday of Guru Har Rai - Sikh
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January is Cervical Health Awareness Month |htnoM ssenerawA amocualG lanoitaN | htnoM efiL fo noitarbeleC
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My religion is very simple.My religion is kindness.
Dalai Lama
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Diversity is about not putting people into boxes – but if youmust – at least allow them tomove from one box to another.
February Special Days
Diversity Perspectives
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February is World Cancer Awareness Month | Youth Leadership Month | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month
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We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
Stephen R. Covey
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Triodion begins - Orthodox ChristianFour Chaplains Sunday - InterfaithCandlemas - ChristianImbolc - Lughnassad - Wicca/Pagan Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic ChristianPresentation of Christ inthe Temple - Anglican ChristianSetsubun-sai - ShintoTu BiShvat - Judaism� Parinirvana - Nirvana Day- BuddhistOur Lady of Lourdes - ChristianDarwin DaySaint Valentine's Day - ChristianNirvana Day - Buddhist, JainTransfiguration Sunday - ChristianMeatfare Sunday - Orthodox ChristianShrove Tuesday - ChristianAsh Wednesday - ChristianChinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, BuddhistWorld Day of Social JusticeCheesefare Sunday - OrthodoxChristianClean Monday - Great Lent begins- Orthodox ChristianIntercalary Days (begin) - Bahá'í
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Diversity management is theskill of knowing and playing to peoples' strengths.
March Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days
Diversity Perspectives
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Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian Intercalary Days (end) - Bahá'íSaint David's Day - ChristianNineteen Day Fast (start) - Bahá'í Purim - Judaism Magha Puja Day - BuddhistHoli - HinduHola Mohalla - SikhInternational Womens Day - SecularL. Ron Hubbard Birthday- ScientologySaint Patrick's Day - Christian Maha Shivaratri - Hindu Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland and ROISaint Joseph's Day - ChristianOstara - Wicca/Pagan - northernhemisphere Mabon - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphereInternational day of Happiness Naw Ruz - Bahá'í Norooz - Persian/ZoroastrianNew Year - HinduInternational Day for theElimination of RacialDiscrimination - SecularWorld Water DayWorld Meteorological DayAnnunciation of the BlessedVirgin Mary - ChristianKhordad Sal - ZoroastrianRamanavami - HinduBirth of Prophet Zarathushtra - Zoroastrian Palm Sunday - ChristianBritish Summertime begins (BST)
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March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month | International Women's Month
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Your daily life is your templeand your religion. When youenter into it take with you your all.
Kahlil Gibran
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April Special Days
Diversity Perspectives
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April Fools DayMaundy Thursday - ChristianWorld Autism Awareness DayGood Friday - ChristianMahavir Jayanti - JainBank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Pesach (Passover) - JudaismTherevadin New Year - BuddhistHanuman Jayanti - HinduLazarus Saturday - Orthodox ChristianHoly Saturday - ChristianEaster Sunday - Christian Easter Monday - ChristianBank Holiday - England, Wales, Northern Ireland and ROIWorld Health Day - SecularInternational Romani DayPascha (Easter) - Orthodox ChristianVaisakhi - New Year - Sikh
Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness ChristianYom Hazikaron - Judaism
Yom HaShoah - Judaism�Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur - SikhBirthday of Guru AngadDev - SikhFirst Day of Ridvan - Bahá'íEarth Day - SecularSaint George's Day - ChristianYom Ha'Atzmaut - JudaismShakespeare DayNinth Day of Ridvan - Bahá'í
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April is Autism Awareness Month | Stress Awareness Month | Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
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Diversity in the workplace
Spiritual diversity - what's it all about?
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.William James
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May Special Days
Diversity Perspectives
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Beltane - Wicca/Pagan Ridvan- Twelth Day - Bahá'í Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh World Press Freedom DayVisakha Puja - Buddha Day - BuddhistBank Holiday - England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROILag B'Omer - JudaismNational Day of Prayer - InterfaithWorld Red Cross DayEurope Day of the European UnionInternational Nurses Day- SecularLailat al Miraj - Islam�Ascension Day - ChristianInternational Day of FamiliesInternational Day AgainstHomophobia - SecularWorld Day for Cultural DiversityDialogue and Development- SecularInternational Day for Biological DiversityDeclaration of the Bab - Bahá'íBirthday of Guru Amar Das - SikhPentecost - ChristianShavuot - Judaism�� � �Spring Bank Holiday - England,Wales, Scotland and Northern IrelandAscension of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'í International Day of United NationsPeacekeepers - SecularPentecost - Orthodox ChristianTrinity Sunday - ChristianWorld No Tobacco Day
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May is National Stroke Awareness Month| Family Wellness Month | Mental Health Awareness Month
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2015 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Diversity in the workplace
We do not exist in a vacuumbut with and through others. We are dependent upon others for our presence. This isthe humbling nature of diversityfor whoever those others are or whatever those others maybe, we need them.
When you are grateful feardisappears and abundanceappears.
Anthony Robbins
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Disability is really a mis-spelling. ‘This ability’ is how it was originally used.
June Special Days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Diversity Perspectives
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Bank Holiday - ROIInternational Children's DayLailat al Bara'ah - Islam International Day of InnocentChildren Victims of AgressionCorpus Christi - Catholic ChristianWorld Environment Day - SecularCorpus Christi - Catholic ChristianAll Saints - Orthodox ChristianTrooping the Colour - Bank Holiday - ScotlandWorld Blood Donor Day - SecularMartyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev- Sikh World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought- SecularRamadan begins - IslamNew Church Day- Swedenborgian ChristianSacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic ChristianWorld Refugee Day - Secular Father's Day - UKSummer Solstice - Litha - Wicca/Pagan - northernhemisphere Yule - Wicca/Pagan - southernhemisphereSaints Peter and Paul's Day - Christian
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June is National Cancer Survivors Day | Gay & Lesbian Pride Month | Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month | National Smile Month
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We’re all just walking eachother home.
Ram Dass
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Diversity reminds us that we are all unique and special. There is only one of us, neverto be repeated again in the history of the universe.
July Special Days
Diversity Perspectives
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Asalha Puja day - BuddhistIndependence Day - U.S.A.Birthday of Guru Hargobind - SikhMartyrdom of the Bab - Bahá'íWorld Population Day - SecularOrangemen's DayBattle of the Boyne - Bank Holiday - Northern IrelandUllambana (Obon) - BuddhistLaylat al Qadr - Islam International Justice DayEid-Ul-Fitr - IslamSaint Mary Magdalene - ChristianBirthday of Guru Har Krishen - SikhBirthday of Haile Selassie I- RastafariPioneer Day - Mormon
Parent's Day - SecularTish'a B'av - JudaismInternational Day of Friendship
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July is National Ice Cream Month | Make a Difference to Children Month | Family Reunion Month
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If you don’t find God in thenext person you meet, it isa waste of time looking forhim further.
Mahatma Gandhi
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August Special Days
Diversity Perspectives
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Lughnasadh - Lammas - Pagan Fast in honor of Mother of Jesus - Orthodox ChristianLammas - ChristianSummer Bank Holiday - Scotlandand ROITransfiguration - ChristianInternational Day of the World’sIndigenous People - SecularInternational Youth DayObon - Shinto Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - ChristianDormition of the Theotokos- Orthodox ChristianBirthday of Marcus Garvey - Rastafari Women’s Equality DayRaksha Bandhan - HinduBeheading of John the Baptist - Christian Summer Bank Holiday - England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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August is Women’s Small Business Month | What will be your Legacy Month | Black Business Month
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Mankind – let's live up to our name.
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Our own life has to be ourmessage.
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Diversity is dynamic – for as we grow our diversity changes.Our diversity flows through life with us – reflecting who and what we are, right now.
September Special Days
Diversity Perspectives
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Ecclesiastical year begins - Orthodox ChristianKrishna Janmashtami - Hindu Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - ChristianInternational Literacy DayEthiopian New Year - RastafariThe Triumph of the Cross - ChristianInternational Day of Democracy - SecularRosh Hashanah - JudaismGanesh Chaturthi - HinduWorld Alzheimer’s Day - SecularInternational Day of PeaceParyushana Parva - JainWaqf al Arafa - Hajj - IslamEid-Ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day- IslamYom Kippur - Judaism�Autumn Equinox Mabon - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Ostara - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphere Yule - Wicca/PaganWorld Maritime DayMeskel - Ethiopian OrthodoxChristian Sukkot - JudaismMichaelmas - Saint Michael and All Angels - Christian
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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | People Skills Month | Women’s Friendship Month
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You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.
C. S. Lewis
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October Special Days
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International Day of Older Persons - SecularFeast of the Guardian Angels- ChristianInternational Day ofNon Violence - Secular
Saint Francis Day - CatholicChristianWorld Teachers' DayShemini Atzeret - JudaismWorld Habitat Day
World Post DayBirthday of Guru Ram Das- SikhWorld Mental HealthDay - Secular
Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith
International Day of Rural Women World Food Day - Secular Simchat Torah - JudaismInternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty - SecularBirth of the Bab - Bahá'í
Installation of the scriptures as Gukru Granth - Sikh
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October is Black History Month (UK) | Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Down Syndrome Awareness Month
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
Plato
Navaratri - HinduAl - Hijira - Islam
Dussera - HinduAshura - IslamUnited Nations DayReformation Day - Protestant ChristianBritish Summer time ends (BST) - UKBank Holiday - ROIMilvian Bridge Day - ChristianAll Hallow's Eve - ChristianSamhain (Hallowe'en)���������
Diversity Perspectives
Diversity in the workplace
Diversity allows us to celebratethat which is not perfect, a work in progress or the personwho doesn’t live up to our highexpectations.
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November Special Days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Diversity Perspectives
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All Saints’ Day - ChristianAll Souls’ Day - Catholic Christian Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I - RastafariSamhain Beltane - Wicca/PaganRemembrance SundayArmistice Day - InterfaithDiwali - HinduDiwali - JainDiwali - Sikh Birth of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'íWorld Kindess Day - SecularNew Year - JainWorld Diabetes Day - Secular Nativity Fast begins - OrthodoxChristianInternational Men's Day Universal Children's DayChrist the King - ChristianGuru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom- SikhInternational Day for the Eliminationof Violence against Women
Ascension of Abdu'l Baha - Bahá'í Advent Sunday - ChristianBank Holiday - ScotlandSaint Andrew’s Day - Christian
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November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month | Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month | Inspirational Role Models Month
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Diversity in the workplace
Diversity allows each of us to be a bit different, not to conform and to chart our own way.
How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
Vincent Van Gogh
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Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh
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December Special Days
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World AIDS Day - Secular International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - SecularInternational Day of Personswith Disabilities - SecularInternational Volunteer Dayfor Economoc and SocialDevelopment - SecularSaint Nicholas Day - ChristianHanukkah - JudaismRohatsu (Bodhi Day) - BuddhistFeast of the Immaculate Conception - Catholic ChristianInternational Anti-Corruption DayHuman Rights DayFeast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic ChristianPosades Navidenas - Christian (16th - 25th)International Migrants Day - SecularInternational Human Solidarity DayWinter Solstice Litha - Wicca/Pagan - southernhemisphereYule - Wicca/Pagan - northernhemisphereYule - ChristianMawlid un Nabi (Birthday of theProphet Muhammad) - IslamChristmas Eve - ChristianChristmas Day - ChristianBank Holiday - England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROISaint Stephen's Day - ChristianBoxing Day - Secular Zarathosht Diso (Death of ProphetZarathushtra) - ZoroastrianFeast of the Holy Family - CatholicChristianBank Holiday - England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROIHoly Innocents - ChristianWatch Night - Christian New Year's Eve
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Spiritual Literacy Month| Write to a Friend month
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Inclusion requires sharing. It means giving something to others – time, support or resources, so that we can all engage fully in our world.
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Zig Ziglar
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