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The Inclusion Calendar 2021 THE INCLUSION CALENDAR 2021 diversiton it’s all about inclusion The Inclusion Calendar 2021 January Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days 2021 “These so-called bleak Week 1 1 2 3 times are necessary to go through in order to get 1st Mary, Mother of God – Catholic to a much, much better Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Christian place.” David Lynch Gantan-sai (New Year) – Shinto Bank Holiday – England, Wales, Week 2 Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 New Year’s Day/Hogmanay Global Family Day 4th World Braille Day Bank Holiday – Scotland Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon 5th Twelfth Night – Christian 6th Epiphany – Christian Week 3 Feast of the Theophany – Orthodox 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Christian 7th Feast of the Nativity – Orthodox In this year’s calendar Christian we continue our inclusion 10th Baptism of the Lord Jesus – Christian theme but cannot disregard 11th Seijin no hi (Coming of Age Day) Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon the immense impact the – Shinto coronavirus has had right 13th Lohri/Maghi – Hindu, Sikh across the entire World. Week 4 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 14th Old New Year – Orthodox Christian Coronavirus does not Makar Sankranti – Hindu Pongal – Hindu discriminate; anyone can get 17th World Religion Day the virus. 18th Martin Luther King Jnr. Day During this challenging time, Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon 18–25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity people are coming together 19th Timkat – Ethiopian Orthodox Christian 20th Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh – Sikh and are supporting one Week 5 another. We are showing 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 25th Robert Burns Night (Burns Night) that, even in some of the Conversion of Saint Paul – Christian most difficult and tough 27th Holocaust Memorial Day 28th Data Privacy Day times, we can all choose to Thaipusam – Hindu be kind. Helping each other Tu BiShvat – Judaism has been shown to be good 28–30 Mahayana New Year – Buddhist for our own mental health, 31st Birthday of Guru Har Rai – Sikh helping to reduce stress and improving overall wellbeing. January is Cervical Health Awareness Month | Celebration of Life Month | Alcohol Concern Dry January | Thyroid Awareness Month All Jewish holidays begin at sundown Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon on the evening before. diversiton it’s all about inclusion The Inclusion Calendar 2021 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday February Special Days 2021 Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon “Covid-19 offers us a Week 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 great opportunity for 1st World Hijab Day individual and collective 1–7 World Interfaith Harmony Week Imbolc – Lughnassadh – Wicca/Pagan recession. It is a time to Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon go back to the drawing Northern and Southern hemispheres 1–7 UK Race Equality Week board and rewrite the next Week 7 phase of our existence. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2nd Candlemas (Presentation of Christ in the Temple) – Christian The upcoming generation 3rd Setsubun-sai – Shinto has to read about how 4th World Cancer Day we fought this pandemic 9th Safer Internet Day Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon with or without vaccines in 11th International Day of Women and Girls in Science order to overcome similar Week 8 situations during their 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 World Day of the Sick 12th Red Hand Day for Child Soldiers times.” Olawale Danie Chinese New Year – Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon 14th Saint Valentine’s Day Zacchaeus Sunday – Orthodox Christian Week 9 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Autism Sunday 15th International Childhood Cancer Day Parinirvana Day/Nirvana Day – Buddhist 16th Shrove Tuesday – Christian Vasant Panchami – Hindu Random Act 17th Ash Wednesday – Christian of Kindness World Human Spirit Day Call a friend that you 20th World Day of Social Justice haven’t spoken to for 21st Triodion begins – Orthodox Christian a while. 22nd The Chair of Saint Peter – Catholic Christian 25th Intercalary Days begin – Baha’i 26th Purim – Judaism International STAND UP to Bullying Day 27th Magha Puja (Sangha Day) – Buddhist 28th Intercalary Days (end) – Baha’i February is UK National Heart Month | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month | Raynaud’s and Scleroderma Awareness Month All Jewish holidays begin at sundown Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon on the evening before. diversiton it’s all about inclusion The Inclusion Calendar 2021 March Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days 1st Zero Discrimination Day 2021 Saint David’s Day – Christian Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Self Injury Awareness Day (SIAD) International Wheelchair Day Week 10 “It took a pandemic to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nineteen Day Fast begins – Baha’i make me realise that I 3rd World Hearing Day do have a family; that I 7th Meatfare Sunday – Orthodox Christian do have friends; that I do 8th International Women’s Day 11th Lailat al Miraj – Islam Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon have a heart and that I do Maha Shivaratri – Hindu have faith.” 14th Nanakshahi (New Year) – Sikh Week 11 Anthony T. Hincks 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Cheesefare Sunday – Orthodox Christian Mothering Sunday 15th Great Lent begins – Clean Monday – Orthodox Christian 17th Saint Patrick’s Day – Christian Last QuarterBank HolidayNew – Northern Moon Ireland andFirst ROI Quarter Full Moon 18th Global Recycling Day Week 12 19th Saint Joseph’s Day – Christian 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20th Spring Equinox Naw-Rúz (New Year) – Baha’i Ostara – Mabon – Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres Random Act Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon International Day of Happiness of Kindness Norooz (New Year) – Persian/Zoroastrian 21st Sunday of Orthodoxy – Orthodox Tell your family members Week 13 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Christian how much you love and International Day for the Elimination appreciate them. of Racial Discrimination World Down Syndrome Day 22nd World Water Day 24th World TB Day 25th Annunciation to the Theotokos – Orthodox Christian Week 14 29 30 31 The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary – Christian 26th Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zarathushtra) – Zoroastrian 28th Palm Sunday – Christian Passover – Judaism Holika Dahan – Hindu Lailat al Bara’ah – Islam British Summer Time begins 29th Holi – Hindu Hola Mohalla – Sikh March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month | 30th World Bipolar Day UK Marie Curie Cancer Care Great Daffodil Appeal Month 31st International Transgender Day of Visibility All Jewish holidays begin at sundown Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon on the evening before. diversiton it’s all about inclusion The Inclusion Calendar 2021 April Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days 2021 Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon 1st April Fool’s Day Maundy Thursday – Christian “The CEO is of no more Week 14 1 2 3 4 2nd World Autism Awareness Day importance than somebody Good Friday – Christian cleaning the floors or that Bank Holiday – England, Wales, takes a bucket and mops Scotland and Northern Ireland the floors. I think that this is 4th Easter Sunday – Christian a time as a reset where we 5th Easter Monday – Christian really have to re-evaluate Week 15 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bank Holiday – England, Wales, how we treat workers, Northern Ireland and ROI 7th World Health Day how people are paid, how 8th International Romani Day can we get them into a Yom HaShoah – Judaism role where they receive Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon 13th Ramadan begins – Islam an equity as part of their Ugadi/Telugu New Year – Hindu compensation… they have Week 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Songkran (Thai New Year) – Buddhist something that appreciates. Ramayana begins – Hindu All these things I think are 14th Tamil New Year Birth of the Khalsa (Vaisakhi) – Sikh important as we go through Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Yom HaZikaron – Judaism this reset in business.” Mark 15th Yom Ha’Atzmaut – Judaism Cuban – Entrepreneur and 18th Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur – Sikh owner of Dallas Mavericks Week 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Birthday of Guru Angad Dev – Sikh 20th First Day of Ridvan – Baha’i 21st Rama Navami – Hindu 22nd Earth Day Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon 23rd Saint George’s Day – Christian 24th Lazarus Saturday – Orthodox Christian 25th Palm Sunday – Orthodox Christian Week 18 26 27 28 29 30 World Malaria Day Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist – Christian Random Act Mahavir Jayanti – Jain of Kindness 27th Hanuman Jayanti – Hindu Theravada New Year – Buddhist Leave an online review 28th World Day for Health & Safety at Work for your favourite lunch Ninth Day of Ridvan – Baha’i spot or restaurant, telling 30th Holy Friday – Orthodox Christian everyone how great Saint James the Great’s Day they are. April is Autism Awareness Month | Stress Awareness Month | – Orthodox Christian Bowel Cancer Awareness Month | Parkinson’s Awareness Month Lag BaOmer – Judaism All Jewish holidays begin at sundown Last Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon on the evening before. diversiton it’s all about inclusion The Inclusion Calendar 2021 May Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days 2021 1st Beltane – Samhain – Wicca/Pagan Northern and Southern hemispheres Twelfth Day of Ridvan – Baha’i “We have a chance to do Week 18 1 2 2nd Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev – Sikh something extraordinary. Pascha (Easter) – Orthodox Christian As we head out of this 3rd Bank Holiday – England, Wales, pandemic we canLast Quarter New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROI change the world.
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