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Diversity Calendar 2021/22
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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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
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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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
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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
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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
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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
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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
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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Ramadan
World Autism Awareness Day
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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
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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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
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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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
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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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
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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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
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
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5 6 7 8 9 10
World Suicide Prevention Day
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12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
Rosh Hashan-ah
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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