DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2015
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January
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Special Days
2015
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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Dalai Lama
Week 2
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Week 3
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Diversity Perspectives
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Diversity in the workplace Diversity is about lasting relationships not first impressions.
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January is Cervical Health Awareness Month | Celebration of Life Month | National Glaucoma Awareness Month New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian Feast of Saint Basil - Orthodox Christian Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto New Year’s Day / Hogmany - Secular Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Bank Holiday - Scotland Mawlid un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) - Islam Twelfth Night - Christian Mahayana New Year - Buddhist Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh - Sikh Epiphany - Christian Feast of the Theophany - Orthodox Christian Dia de los Reyes - Christian Christmas Day - Orthodox Christian Christmas Day - Ethiopian Rastafari Human Trafficking Awareness Day Baptism of Jesus - Christian Maghi - Sikh Saint Hilary’s Day - Christian Makar Sankranti - Hindu Seijin Shiki (Adults Day) - Shinto 18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian World Religion Day - Bahá'í Timkat - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Martin Luther King Day Vasant Panchami - Hindu Saint Paul’s Day - Christian World Religion Day Robert Burns Night (Burns Night) Australia Day Holocaust Memorial Day Birthday of Guru Har Rai - Sikh
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February
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We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.
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Triodion begins - Orthodox Christian Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith 2nd Candlemas - Christian Imbolc - Lughnassad - Wicca/Pagan Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic Christian Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Anglican Christian 3rd Setsubun-sai - Shinto 4th Tu BiShvat - Judaism 8th Parinirvana - Nirvana Day - Buddhist 11th Our Lady of Lourdes - Christian 12th Darwin Day 14th Saint Valentine's Day - Christian 15th Nirvana Day - Buddhist, Jain Transfiguration Sunday - Christian Meatfare Sunday - Orthodox Christian 17th Shrove Tuesday - Christian 18th Ash Wednesday - Christian 19th Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist 20th World Day of Social Justice 22nd Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian 23rd Clean Monday - Great Lent begins - Orthodox Christian 26th Intercalary Days (begin) - Bahá'í 1st
Stephen R. Covey Week 6
Week 7
Diversity Perspectives Week 8
Diversity in the workplace Diversity is about not putting people into boxes – but if you must – at least allow them to move from one box to another.
Special Days
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February is World Cancer Awareness Month | Youth Leadership Month | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
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March
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2015
Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all. Kahlil Gibran
Diversity in the workplace
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Week 9
Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian Intercalary Days (end) - Bahá'í Saint David's Day - Christian 2nd Nineteen Day Fast (start) - Bahá'í 5th Purim - Judaism Magha Puja Day - Buddhist 6th Holi - Hindu Hola Mohalla - Sikh 8th International Womens Day - Secular 13th L. Ron Hubbard Birthday - Scientology 17th Saint Patrick's Day - Christian Maha Shivaratri - Hindu Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland and ROI 19th Saint Joseph's Day - Christian 20th Ostara - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Mabon - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphere International day of Happiness 21st Naw Ruz - Bahá'í Norooz - Persian/Zoroastrian New Year - Hindu International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Secular 22nd World Water Day 23rd World Meteorological Day 25th Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian 26th Khordad Sal - Zoroastrian 28th Ramanavami - Hindu Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra - Zoroastrian 29th Palm Sunday - Christian 30th British Summertime begins (BST) 1st
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Diversity Perspectives
Special Days
Week 12
Week 13
Diversity management is the skill of knowing and playing to peoples' strengths.
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31 March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month | International Women's Month New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
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April
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2015
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
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William James
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Diversity Perspectives Week 17
Diversity in the workplace Spiritual diversity - what's it all about?
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April is Autism Awareness Month | Stress Awareness Month | Bowel Cancer Awareness Month New Moon
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Full Moon
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April Fools Day Maundy Thursday - Christian World Autism Awareness Day Good Friday - Christian 3rd Mahavir Jayanti - Jain Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Pesach (Passover) - Judaism 4th Therevadin New Year - Buddhist Hanuman Jayanti - Hindu Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian Holy Saturday - Christian Easter Sunday - Christian 5th Easter Monday - Christian 6th Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Northern Ireland and ROI World Health Day - Secular 7th International Romani Day 8th 12th Pascha (Easter) - Orthodox Christian 13th Vaisakhi - New Year - Sikh 15th Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian Yom Hazikaron - Judaism 16th Yom HaShoah - Judaism 18th Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur - Sikh Birthday of Guru Angad Dev - Sikh 21st First Day of Ridvan - Bahá'í 22nd Earth Day - Secular 23rd Saint George's Day - Christian Yom Ha'Atzmaut - Judaism 27th Shakespeare Day 29th Ninth Day of Ridvan - Bahá'í 1st 2nd
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May
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Special Days
2015
When you are grateful fear disappears and abundance appears.
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Anthony Robbins
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Diversity Perspectives Week 21
Diversity in the workplace We do not exist in a vacuum but with and through others. We are dependent upon others for our presence. This is the humbling nature of diversity for whoever those others are or whatever those others may be, we need them.
Week 22
May is National Stroke Awareness Month| Family Wellness Month | Mental Health Awareness Month New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
Beltane - Wicca/Pagan Ridvan- Twelth Day - Bahá'í Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh World Press Freedom Day 3rd Visakha Puja - Buddha Day 4th - Buddhist Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Lag B'Omer - Judaism 7th National Day of Prayer - Interfaith World Red Cross Day 8th Europe Day of the European Union 9th 12th International Nurses Day - Secular 13th Lailat al Miraj - Islam 14th Ascension Day - Christian 15th International Day of Families 17th International Day Against Homophobia - Secular 21st World Day for Cultural Diversity Dialogue and Development - Secular 22nd International Day for Biological Diversity 23rd Declaration of the Bab - Bahá'í Birthday of Guru Amar Das - Sikh 24th Pentecost - Christian Shavuot - Judaism 25th Spring Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 29th Ascension of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'í International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers - Secular 31st Pentecost - Orthodox Christian Trinity Sunday - Christian World No Tobacco Day 1st 2nd
diversiton leading the world in diversity
June
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2015
We’re all just walking each other home.
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Ram Dass
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1st 4th 5th
Week 24
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Diversity Perspectives Week 25
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Diversity in the workplace Disability is really a mis-spelling. ‘This ability’ is how it was originally used.
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June is National Cancer Survivors Day | Gay & Lesbian Pride Month | Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month | National Smile Month New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
Bank Holiday - ROI International Children's Day Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Agression Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian World Environment Day - Secular Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian All Saints - Orthodox Christian Trooping the Colour - Bank Holiday - Scotland World Blood Donor Day - Secular Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - Secular Ramadan begins - Islam New Church Day - Swedenborgian Christian Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic Christian World Refugee Day - Secular Father's Day - UK Summer Solstice Litha - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Yule - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphere Saints Peter and Paul's Day - Christian
diversiton leading the world in diversity
July
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2015
If you don’t find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.
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Mahatma Gandhi Week 27
Week 28
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Diversity Perspectives
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Diversity in the workplace Diversity reminds us that we are all unique and special. There is only one of us, never to be repeated again in the history of the universe.
Week 30
July is National Ice Cream Month | Make a Difference to Children Month | Family Reunion Month New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
Asalha Puja day - Buddhist Independence Day - U.S.A. Birthday of Guru Hargobind 5th - Sikh 11th Martyrdom of the Bab - Bahá'í World Population Day - Secular 12th Orangemen's Day Battle of the Boyne - Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland 13th Ullambana (Obon) - Buddhist Laylat al Qadr - Islam 17th International Justice Day 19th Eid-Ul-Fitr - Islam 22nd Saint Mary Magdalene - Christian 23rd Birthday of Guru Har Krishen - Sikh Birthday of Haile Selassie I - Rastafari 24th Pioneer Day - Mormon 26th Parent's Day - Secular 28th Tish'a B'av - Judaism 30th International Day of Friendship 4th
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August
Monday
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Special Days
2015 Our own life has to be our message.
Week 30
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Thich Nhat Hanh
Week 31
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Diversity Perspectives Week 33
Diversity in the workplace Mankind – let's live up to our name.
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31 August is Women’s Small Business Month | What will be your Legacy Month | Black Business Month New Moon
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Lughnasadh - Lammas - Pagan Fast in honor of Mother of Jesus - Orthodox Christian Lammas - Christian Summer Bank Holiday - Scotland and ROI Transfiguration - Christian International Day of the World’s Indigenous People - Secular International Youth Day Obon - Shinto Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian Dormition of the Theotokos - Orthodox Christian Birthday of Marcus Garvey - Rastafari Women’s Equality Day Raksha Bandhan - Hindu Beheading of John the Baptist - Christian Summer Bank Holiday - England, Wales and Northern Ireland
diversiton leading the world in diversity
September
Monday
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Friday
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Special Days
2015 You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.
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C. S. Lewis
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Diversity Perspectives
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Diversity in the workplace 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.
Week 39
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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | People Skills Month | Women’s Friendship Month New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
Ecclesiastical year begins - Orthodox Christian Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian International Literacy Day Ethiopian New Year - Rastafari The Triumph of the Cross - Christian International Day of Democracy - Secular Rosh Hashanah - Judaism Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu World Alzheimer’s Day - Secular International Day of Peace Paryushana Parva - Jain Waqf al Arafa - Hajj - Islam Eid-Ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day - Islam Yom Kippur - Judaism Autumn Equinox Mabon - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Ostara - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphere Yule - Wicca/Pagan World Maritime Day Meskel - Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Sukkot - Judaism Michaelmas - Saint Michael and All Angels - Christian
diversiton leading the world in diversity
October
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2015
Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.
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Plato
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Diversity Perspectives Week 42
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Diversity in the workplace Diversity allows us to celebrate that which is not perfect, a work in progress or the person who doesn’t live up to our high expectations.
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October is Black History Month (UK) | Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Down Syndrome Awareness Month New Moon
First Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
Special Days
International Day of Older Persons - Secular 2nd Feast of the Guardian Angels - Christian International Day of Non Violence - Secular Saint Francis Day - Catholic 4th Christian World Teachers' Day 5th Shemini Atzeret - Judaism World Habitat Day 8th Simchat Torah - Judaism 9th World Post Day Birthday of Guru Ram Das - Sikh 10th World Mental Health Day - Secular 13th Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith Navaratri - Hindu 14th Al - Hijira - Islam 15th International Day of Rural Women 16th World Food Day - Secular Simchat Torah - Judaism 17th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - Secular 20th Birth of the Bab - Bahá'í 21st Installation of the scriptures as Gukru Granth - Sikh 22nd Dussera - Hindu 23rd Ashura - Islam 24th United Nations Day 26th Reformation Day - Protestant Christian British Summer time ends (BST) - UK Bank Holiday - ROI 31st Milvian Bridge Day - Christian All Hallow's Eve - Christian Samhain (Hallowe'en) - Pagan 1st
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November
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2015
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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Diversity in the workplace Diversity allows each of us to be a bit different, not to conform and to chart our own way.
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30 November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month | Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month | Inspirational Role Models Month New Moon
First Quarter
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All Saints’ Day - Christian All Souls’ Day - Catholic Christian Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I - Rastafari Samhain Beltane - Wicca/Pagan Remembrance Sunday Armistice Day - Interfaith Diwali - Hindu Diwali - Jain Diwali - Sikh Birth of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'í World Kindess Day - Secular New Year - Jain World Diabetes Day - Secular Nativity Fast begins - Orthodox Christian International Men's Day Universal Children's Day Christ the King - Christian Guru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - Sikh International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib - Sikh Ascension of Abdu'l Baha - Bahá'í Advent Sunday - Christian Bank Holiday - Scotland Saint Andrew’s Day - Christian
diversiton leading the world in diversity
December
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Special Days
2015
You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.
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Zig Ziglar
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Diversity Perspectives Week 51
Diversity in the workplace 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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December is National Drink Driving Prevention Month | Spiritual Literacy Month| Write to a Friend month New Moon
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World AIDS Day - Secular International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - Secular International Day of Persons 3rd with Disabilities - Secular International Volunteer Day 5th for Economoc and Social Development - Secular Saint Nicholas Day - Christian 6th Hanukkah - Judaism 7th Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) - Buddhist 8th Feast of the Immaculate Conception - Catholic Christian International Anti-Corruption Day 9th 10th Human Rights Day 12th Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic Christian 18th Posades Navidenas - Christian (16th - 25th) International Migrants Day - Secular 20th International Human Solidarity Day 22nd Winter Solstice Litha - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphere Yule - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Yule - Christian 24th Mawlid un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) - Islam Christmas Eve - Christian 25th Christmas Day - Christian Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI 26th Saint Stephen's Day - Christian Boxing Day - Secular 27th Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) - Zoroastrian 28th Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian Bank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Holy Innocents - Christian 31st Watch Night - Christian New Year's Eve
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