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Diversity Calendar 2016

January

Monday

Tuesday

Joseph Campbell

Week 1

Week 2

4

5

A S Week 3

Week 4

Diversity Perspectives

Diversity Champion Question Time

Week 5

11 18 25

12

19

26

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

6

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1

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10th 11th

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27

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20th 21st 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month I Cervical Health Awareness Month I National Mentoring Month I National Blood Donor Month I Celebration of Life Month Last Quarter

1st

6th

Have you clear objectives and a plan to promote inclusion and respect in 2016?

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2016

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

31st

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 Temple Day - Buddhist Bank Holiday – Scotland World Braille Day Twelfth Night – Christian Birthday of Guru Gobindh Singh - Sikh Epiphany – Christian Feast of the Theophany – Orthodox Christian Dia de las Reyes - Christian Christmas Day – Orthodox Christian Christmas Day – Ethiopian Rastafari Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian Seijin no hi (Coming of Age Day) - Shinto Human Trafficking Awareness Day Saint Hiliary's Day - Christian Maghi - Sikh Makar Sankranti - Hindu World Religion Day – Baha'i 18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian Martin Luther King Jnr. Day Timkat – Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Saint Agnes Day - Christian 24-27 Mahayana New Year – Buddhist Tu BiShvat begins at sundown - Jewish Robert Burns Night (Burns Night) Saint Paul's Day – Christian Australia Day Holocaust Memorial Day Saint Thomas Aquinas Day – Christian Data Privacy Day Birthday of Guru Har Rai - Sikh

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February

Monday

2016

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. Dale Carnegie

Tuesday

Week 1

1

2

Week 2

8

9

15

16

Week 4

Diversity Perspectives

Diversity Champion Question Time

Week 5

22

23

29

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

3

4

5

6

7

10

11

12

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17

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28

3rd 4th 7th

9th 10th 11th 12th 14th 15th 20th 26th

February is Black History Month I National Heart Month I Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month I Raynaud's and Scleroderma Awareness Month Last Quarter

1st 2nd

8th

Have you identified your main diversity challenges?

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Special Days

E L P M

A S Week 3

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

Saint Brigid of Kildare – Celtic Christian Candlemas – Christian Imbolc – Lughnassacci – Wicca/Pagan Presentation of Christ in the Temple – Christian Setsubun-sai – Shinto Saint Blaise Day - Christian World Cancer Day Four Chaplains Sunday – Interfaith Transfiguration Sunday - Christian Chinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist Shrove Tuesday – Christian Ash Wednesday - Christian Our Lady of Lourdes - Christian Triodion begins – Orthodox Christian Darwin Day Saint Valentine's Day Nirvana Day – Buddhist - Jain World Day of Social Justice Intercalary Days (begin) - Baha'i

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March

Monday

2016

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Special Days

E L P M 1st

Get out of your own way… Stop the paralysis by analysis… Dream your dream… Then wake up and bring it to life! Steve Maraboli

1

Week 1

Week 2

7

8

Week 3

14

15

Week 4

21

22

Week 5

28

29

A S

Diversity Perspectives

Diversity Champion Question Time

2

3

4

5

6

9

10

11

12

13

16

17

18

19

20

23

24

25

26

27

30

31

What resources have you committed to meeting your diversity and inclusion priorities this year?

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March is Prostrate Cancer Awareness Month I Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month I American Red Cross Month I Save your Vision Month I Women's History Month I Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month Last Quarter

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

Zero Discrimination Day - Secular Saint David's Day Intercalary Days (end) - Baha'i 2nd Nineteen Day Fast (start) - Baha'i 3rd World Book Day (UK) 5th Saint Piran's Day - Christian 6th Mothering Sunday Orthodox Sunday – Orthodox Christian Meatfare Sunday – Orthodox Christian 7th Maha Shivaratri – Hindu 8th International Women's Day 13th Cheesefare Sunday – Orthodox Christian L. Ron Hubbard Birthday - Scientology 14th Clean Monday – Orthodox Christian 17th Saint Patrick's Day – Christian Bank Holiday – Northern Ireland and ROI 19th Saint Joseph's Day 20th Palm Sunday – Christian Spring Equinox Ostara - Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere Mabon - Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere 21st Naw-Rúz (New Year) - Baha'i Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – Secular World Down Syndrome Day 22nd World Water Day 23rd Magha Puji (Sangha Day) – Buddhist Holi – Hindu Purim begins at sundown - Judaism 24th Maundy Thursday - Christian Hola Mohalla – Sikh 25th Good Friday – Christian Annunciation to the Theotokos Orthodox Christian Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 26th Holy Saturday - Christian 27th Easter Sunday - Christian 28th Easter Monday – Christian Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Northern Ireland and ROI Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) - Zoroastrian

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April

Monday

Tuesday

Mahatma Gandhi

4

5

Week 3

11

12

Week 4

18

19

Week 5

25

26

A S

Diversity Perspectives

Diversity Champion Question Time

Friday

1

Week 1

Week 2

Thursday

Saturday

Sunday

2

3

6

7

8

9

10

13

14

15

16

17

20

21

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23

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27

28

29

30

How is diversity used as a strategic tool for fostering innovation, creative problem solving and building a competitive advantage?

April is Autism Awareness Month I Alcohol Awareness Month I Stress Awareness Month I Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

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Last Quarter

Special Days

E L P M

2016

You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

1st 2nd 4th

April Fools Day World Autism Awareness Day Annunciation of the Lord – Catholic Christian 7th World Heath Day - Secular 8th New Year – Hindu International Romani Day 14th Vaisakhi New Year - Sikh 15th Ramanavami - Hindu 18th Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur – Sikh Birthday of Guru Angad Dev - Sikh 19th Mahavir Jayanti – Jain 21st First Day of Ridvan - Baha'i 22nd Therevadin New Year – Buddhist Hanuman Jayanti – Hindu Pesach (Passover) begins at sundown – Judaism Earth Day 23rd Saint George's Day – Christian Lazarus Saturday – Orthodox Christian Shakespeare Day Lord's Evening Meal – Jehovah's Witness Christian 24th Palm Sunday – Orthodox Christian 28th World Day for Health & Safety at Work 29th Ninth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i Good Friday – Orthodox Christian 30th Saint James the Great Day – Orthodox Christian

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May

Monday

Tuesday

2

3

Week 3

9

10

Week 4

16

17

Week 5

23

24

30

31

A S

Elisabeth Kubler Ross

Diversity Perspectives

Diversity Champion Question Time

Who is responsible for managing diversity?

Week 6

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

1

Week 1

Week 2

Thursday

4

5

6

7

8

11

12

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18

19

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25

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27

28

29

May is Action on Stoke Month I Mental Health Awareness Month I Family Wellness Month I Cystic Fibrosis Month I Hepatitis Awareness Month

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Last Quarter

Special Days

E L P M

2016

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

1st

Pascha (Easter) – Orthodox Christian Beltane – Wicca/Pagan 2nd Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Twelth Day of Ridvan - Baha'i Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh 3rd World Press Freedom Day 5th Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) – Judaism Lailat al Miraj – Islam Ascension Day - Christian 8th World Red Cross Day 11th Yom HaZikaron (Israeli Memorial Day) - Judaism 12th Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) – Judaism International Nurses Day - Secular 13th Our Lady of Fatima – Catholic Christian 15th Visakha Puja – Buddha Day – Buddhist Pentecost – Christian International Day of Families 17th International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - Secular 21st World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – Secular Lailat al Bara'ah - Islam 22nd International Day for Biological Diversity Trinity Sunday - Christian 23rd Birthday of Guru Amar Das – Sikh Declaration of the Báb - Baha'i Lailal al Bara'a - Islam 26th Lag B'Omer – Judaism Corpus Christi – Catholic Christian 29th Ascension of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers - Secular 30th Spring Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 31st World No Tobacco Day

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June

Monday

Tuesday

2016

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin.

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

6

7

A S Week 3

Week 4

Diversity Perspectives

2

3

4

5

Week 5

13

20 27

14 21

28

8

9

10

11

12

15

16

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19

5th 6th

11th 14th 16th 17th

22

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26

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20th

29

30

24th 26th 29th

June is Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Month I Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Awareness Month I LGBT Pride Month I Men's Health Awareness Month I Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month I National Hospice Month (UK) Last Quarter

4th

9th

Have you Equality, Diversity and Respect policies?

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Special Days

1st 3rd

Week 2

Question Time

Thursday

E L P M 1

Week 1

Nelson Mandela

Diversity Champion

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

International Children's Day Sacred Heart of Jesus – Catholic Christian International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Agression World Environment Day Bank Holiday – ROI Ramadan begins - Islam Ascension of Jesus – Orthodox Christian Saint Columba of Iona – Celtic Christian Shavuot begins at sundown - Judaism Trooping the Colour World Blood Donor Day Guru Arjan Dev martyrdom - Sikh World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought Father's Day Pentecost – Orthodox Christian World Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day World Refugee Day Summer Solstice Litha – Wicca/Pagan (northern hemisphere) Yule – Wicca/Pagan (southern hemisphere) Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Christian All Saints – Orthodox Christian Feast of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

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July

Monday

Tuesday

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Week 1

4

5

Week 3

11

12

Week 4

18

19

Week 5

25

26

Week 2

A S

Diversity Perspectives

Diversity Champion Question Time

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

1

2

3

6

7

8

9

10

13

14

15

16

17

20

21

22

23

24

27

28

29

30

31

What are you doing this month to address gender, race and cultural challenges in your organisation?

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

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Last Quarter

Special Days

E L P M

2016

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

2nd 4th 5th 7th 9th 11th

Laylat al Qadr - Islam Independence Day Birthday of Guru Hargobind - Sikh Eid al Fitr – Islam Martyrdom of the Báb - Baha'i Saint Benedict Day – Catholic Christian 11th World Population Day - Secular 12th Orangemen's Day Bank Holiday – Northern Ireland 13th Obon (Ulambana) – Buddhist - Shinto 15th Saint Vladimir the Great Day – Orthodox Christian 17th International Justice Day 19th Asalha Puja (Dharma Day) - Buddhist 22nd Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene - Christian 23rd Birthday of Guru Har Krishen - Sikh Birthday of Emperor Haile Selassi - Rastafari 24th Pioneer Day – Mormon Christian Parent's Day - Secular 25th Saint James the Great Day - Christian 28th World Hepatitis Day 30th International Day of Friendship

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August

Monday

2016

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. George F. Burns

Tuesday

Week 1

1

2

Week 2

8

9

Week 3

15

16

Week 4

22

23

Week 5

Diversity Champion Question Time

29

30

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

3

4

5

6

7

10

11

12

13

14

17

18

19

20

21

24

25

26

27

28

31

How are staff held accountable for diversity?

August is Health & Safety Month I National Immunizations Awareness Month/Black Business Month I Children's Eye Health & Safety Month

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Last Quarter

Sunday

Special Days

E L P M

A S

Diversity Perspectives

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

1st

Summer Bank Holiday – Scotland and ROI Lammas – Christian Lughnassad – Imbolc – Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres Fast in honour of Holy Mother of Lord Jesus – Orthodox Christian 6th Transfiguration of the Lord – Orthodox Christian 9th International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - Secular 12th International Youth Day 14th Tish'a B'av – Jewish 15th Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary – Catholic Christian Dormition of the Theotokos – Orthodox Christian Obon (Bon) - Buddhist 18th Raksha Bandhan - Hindu 19th World Humanitarian Day 22nd Queenship of Mary – Catholic Christian 25th Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu 29th Summer Bank Holiday – England, Wales and Northern Ireland Beheading of Saint John the Baptist - Christian

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September

Monday

Tuesday

Napoleon Hill

1

Week 1

Week 2

5

6

Week 3

12

13

Week 4

19

20

Week 5

26

27

A S

Diversity Perspectives

Diversity Champion Question Time

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

2

3

4

7

8

9

10

11

14

15

16

17

18

21

22

23

24

25

28

29

30

What is your Organisation's business case for diversity?

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September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month I Childhood Cancer Awareness Month I International Blood Cancer Awareness Month I World Alzheimer's Month Last Quarter

Special Days

E L P M

2016

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

1st

Ecclesiastical year begins – Orthodox Christian 5th Ganesh Chaturthi – Hindu International Day of Charity 6th Paryushan Parva - Jain 8th Nativity of Virgin Mary – Christian International Literacy Day 10th Waqf al Arafa (Hajj Day) – Islam World Suicide Prevention Day 11th Eid al Adha – Islam Ethiopian New Year - Rastafari 14th The Triumph of the Cross - Christian 15th Anant Chaturdashi - Hindu International Day of Democracy – Secular 21st International Day of Peace World Alzheimer's Day 22nd Autumn Equinox Mabon – Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere Ostata – Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere 27th Meskel – Ethiopian Orthodox Christian 28th International Right to Know Day Freedom from Hunger Day 29th Michaelmas – Saint Michael and All Angels – Christian

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October

Monday

Tuesday

2016

Enlightenment is understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and nobody you have to be except exactly who you're being right now. Neale Donald Walsch

3

4

A S Week 3

Week 4

Diversity Perspectives

Diversity Champion

Week 5

Question Time

Is training in diversity, equality and respect an integral component of staff development?

Week 6

10

17 24

11

18 25

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

5

6

7

1

2

8

9

12 19

13 20

14 21

15 22

16

23

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4th

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13th 15th 16th 17th 18th 20th

26

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28th 29th 30th 31st

31

Last Quarter

1st

5th 9th 10th

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

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Special Days

E L P M

Week 1

Week 2

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

Navaratri – Hindu International Day of Older Persons Muharram New Year – Islam International Day of Non Violence – Secular Feast of the Guardian Angels – Christian Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown – Jewish Saint Francis Day – Catholic Christian Blessing of the Animals – Christian World Teachers' Day Birthday of Guru Ram Das Sikh Thanksgiving (Canada) – Interfaith World Mental Health Day - Secular Dasara – Hindu Ashura – Islam Yom Kippur begins at sundown – Jewish World Sight Day International Day of Rural Women Sukkot begins at sundown – Jewish World Food Day International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Saint Luke, Apostle & Evangelist - Christian Birth of the Báb - Baha'i Installation of the Scriptures of Guru Granth Sahib – Sikh Shemini Atzeret begins at sundown – Jewish Simchat Torah begins at sundown – Jewish United Nations Day Milvian Bridge Day - Christian World Stroke Day Diwali – Deepavali – Hindu, Sikh, Jain All Hallows Eve – Christian Samhain (Halloween) - Pagan Reformation Day – Protestant Christian New Year - Jain Bank Holiday - ROI

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November

Monday

2016

You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.

Tuesday

Week 2

7

8

A S Week 3

Week 4

Diversity Perspectives

Question Time

Friday

Saturday

2

3

4

5

Week 5

14 21

28

15 22

29

9

10

11

12

Special Days

6

16

17

18

19

2nd

20

11th 12th 13th 14th

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27

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30

25th 26th 27th 28th 30th

November is Epilepsy Awareness Month I Lung Cancer Awareness Month I Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month Last Quarter

13

5th 9th

Do you regularly quantify the benefits of diversity and promote the organization's successes?

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Sunday

1st

Teresa of Avila

Diversity Champion

Thursday

E L P M

1

Week 1

Wednesday

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

All Saints Day – Christian Samhain – Beltane – Wicca/Pagan northern and southern hemispheres All Souls Day – Christian Coronation of Emperor Hailie Selassie I - Rastafari Guy Fawkes Night Dedication of the Lateran Basilica – Catholic Christian Armistice Day – Interfaith Birthday of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i Remembrance Sunday World Kindness Day Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib – Sikh World Diabetes Day – Secular Nativity Fast begins – Orthodox Christian International Men's Day Christ the King – Christian Universal Children's Day Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur – Sikh Thanksgiving – Interfaith USA International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Day of the Covenant - Baha'i Advent Sunday - Christian Ascension of Abdul'l-Baha - Baha'i Saint Andrew's Day – Christian Bank Holiday – Scotland

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December

Monday

Tuesday

Brian Tracy

1

Week 1

5

6

A S

Diversity Champion Question Time

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Special Days

2

3

4

1st 2nd 3rd 6th 8th

Week 2

Diversity Perspectives

Thursday

E L P M

2016

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

Wednesday

Week 3

12

13

Week 4

19

20

Week 5

26

27

7

8

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11

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18

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25

9th 10th 12th 16th 18th 20th 21st

24th 25th

28

29

30

31

Is there a clear leadership commitment to diversity at all levels in your organisation?

26th

27th

December is Universal Human Rights Month I Spiritual Literacy Month

28th 30th 31st

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Last Quarter

New Moon

First Quarter

Full Moon

World AIDS Day International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - Secular International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Secular Saint Nicholas Day Feast of the Immaculate Conception – Christian Rohatsu (Bodhi Day) - Buddhist International Anti-Corruption Day Human Rights Day Mawlid an Nabi – Islam Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Catholic Christian Posadas Navidenas – Hispanic Christian (16th – 25th) International Migrants Day - Secular International Human Solidarity Day Winter Solstice Yule – Wicca/Pagan northern hemisphere Litha – Wicca/Pagan southern hemisphere Yule - Christian Christmas Eve – Christian Chanukah begins at sundown – Jewish (24th December – 1st January) Christmas Day – Christian Feast of the Navtivity – Orthodox Christian Saint Stephen's Day – Christian Boxing Day – Secular Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet) Zarathushtra - Zoroastrian Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI Holy Innocents - Christian Feast of the Holy Family – Catholic Christian New Year's Eve Watch Night - Christian

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