diversity newsletter JanuaryPoverty in America Awareness Month Upcoming Events & Diversity Trainings School of Medicine Respect All Workshop- DEI Certificate Program (UNC Office of Inclusive Excellence), 1/7, 10:30 AM- 1 PM https://www.med.unc.edu/inclusion/programs-and-initiatives/dei-certificate-program/ Standard Safe Zone (LGBTQ Center), 1/13, 1-5 PM https://lgbtq.unc.edu/programs/education/safe-zone-training Finding Serenity and Joy Through Collaboration and Compassion: Racial and Health Disparities Affecting People with IDD (Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities), 1/13, 6:30-8 PM https://apps.research.unc.edu/events/index.cfm? event=events.eventDetails&event_key=3AAFA6F518F47FA64D7EFB014E03CC6AE91AD804 Health Care Safe Zone (LGBTQ Center), 1/15, 10 AM-2 PM https://lgbtq.unc.edu/programs/education/safe-zone-training Virtual University/Community Annual MLK Banquet (UNC’s Office for Diversity & Inclusion, MLK University/Community Planning Corporation), Tickets (supporting student scholarships) are 20$, 1/17, 6-7:30 PM https://www.unc.edu/event/university-community-annual-mlk-banquet-virtual/ Odum Institute: Using Qualitative Research to Study Social Justice (NC TraCS, Odum Institute), 1/19, 12-4 PM https://tracs.unc.edu/index.php/calendar/83-other-sponsor/1757-odum-institute-social- justice Diversity in Aging Symposium- Eldercare: Diverse Perspectives and Diverse Needs (UNC Partnerships in Aging Program), 1/20, 1-2:25 PM https://apps.research.unc.edu/events/index.cfm? event=events.eventDetails&event_key=ABCE69C7DD6508B5DF6ED98EC42C74086265B43E Standard Safe Zone (LGBTQ Center), 1/25, 1-5 PM https://lgbtq.unc.edu/programs/education/safe-zone-training 20th Annual African American Cultural Celebration (North Carolina Museum of History, NC African American Heritage Commission), 1/30 https://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/aacc-2021 Safe Zone Continuing Education: Intersex (LGBTQ Center), 2/1, 2-4 PM https://lgbtq.unc.edu/programs/education/safe-zone-training 1 significance to Hindus. Millions of devotees and pilgrims congregate on the banks of the Ganges River to take part in a ritual bathing on various dates through April 27. It is believed that taking a dip in the holy water cleanses devotees of their sins. It is known as the world's largest religious and cultural human gathering. December January 14: Makar Sankranti, a major harvest festival celebrated in various parts of India. January 17: World Religion Day, observed by those of the Diversity Bahá’í faith to promote interfaith harmony and understanding. January 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commemorates the Calendar birth of Martin Luther King Jr., the recipient of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize and an activist for nonviolent social change until his assassination in 1968. January 1: New Year’s Day, the first day of the year according to the modern Gregorian calendar, celebrated January 18-25: The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, within most Western countries. during which Christians pray for unity between all churches of the Christian faith. January 1: Feast Day of St. Basil, a holiday observed by the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorating the death of January 19: Timkat, a holiday observed by Ethiopian Saint Basil the Great. Orthodox Christians who celebrate the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River on Epiphany. January 1: Global Family Day/World Peace Day January 19: World Religion Day January 3: Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, which is celebrated in the Roman Catholic Church, commemorates January 25: Lunar New Year, Also known as the Spring the naming of the child Jesus. Festival or Chinese New Year (more info). January 4: World Braille Day, observed in order to raise January 26: Republic Day of India recognizes the date the awareness of the importance of braille as a means of Constitution of India came into law in 1950, replacing the communication in the full realization of the human rights for Government of India Act of 1935. This day also coincides with blind and partially sighted people. Celebrated on Louis India’s 1930 declaration of independence. Braille’s birthday, the inventor of braille. January 27: The International Day of Commemoration to January 5: Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s birthday, the Tenth Guru remember the victims of the Holocaust. The anniversary of of the Sikhs who initiated the Sikhs as the Khalsa (the pure the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in 1945 and U.N. ones) and is known as the Father of the Khalsa. Holocaust Memorial Day. January 5: Twelfth Night, a festival celebrated by some January 27 (sundown to sundown): Holocaust branches of Christianity that marks the coming of the Remembrance Day, a time to “mourn the loss of lives, Epiphany. celebrate those who saved them, honor those who survived, and contemplate the obligations of the living.” — Former January 6: Epiphany or Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day), a President Barack Obama. holiday observed by Eastern and Western Christians that recognizes the visit of the three wise men to the baby Jesus January 27 (sundown to sundown): Tu B’shevat or Rosh 12 days after his birth. HaShanah La'Ilanot, a Jewish holiday recognizing “The New Year of the Trees.” It is celebrated on the 15th day of the January 6: Christmas, recognized on this day by Armenian Hebrew month of Shevat. In Israel, the flowering of the Orthodox Christians, who celebrate the birth of Jesus on almond tree usually coincides with this holiday, which is Epiphany. observed by planting trees and eating dried fruits and nuts. January 7: Christmas, recognized on this day by Eastern January 28: Mahayana New Year, a holiday celebrated by Orthodox Christians, who celebrate Christmas 13 days later the Mahayana Buddhist branch, on the first full-moon day in than other Christian churches because they follow the Julian January. calendar rather than the Gregorian version of the Western calendar. January 29: Vasant Panchami, the Hindu festival that highlights the coming of spring. On this day, Hindus worship January 13: Lori-Maghi, an annual festival celebrated by the Saraswati Devi, the goddess of wisdom, knowledge, music, Sikhs commemorating the memory of 40 Sikh martyrs. art, and culture. January 14-April 27: Kumbh Mela, a mass pilgrimage event https://www.reachmulticultural.com/2021-diversity- which takes place every 12 years and is of deep religious calendar/ 2 January 2021 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 • New Years Day • Feast Day of St. Basil • Global Family Day/ World Peace Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 • Feast of the Holy • World Braille Day • Guru Gobind Singh • Epiphany or Dia de • Christmas (Eastern Name of Jesus Ji’s birthday los Reyes Orthodox) • Twelfth Night • Christmas (Armenian Orthodox) 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 • Lori-Maghi • Start of Kumbh Mela Makar Sankranti 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 • World Religion Day • Martin Luther King • Timkat Jr. Day • World Religion Day • The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 • Lunar New Year, the • Republic Day of India • Holocaust Remem- • Mahayana New Year • Vasant Panchami Spring Festival or Chi- brance Day nese New Year • Tu B’shevat or Rosh 31 Important terms to keep in mind as we learn about embracing our diversity Diversity Dictionary Anti-Racism—defined as the work of actively opposing racism by advocating for changes in political, economic, and social life. Anti-racism tends to be an individualized approach, and set up in opposition to individual racist behaviors and impacts. Race Forward, “Race Reporting Guide” (2015). Ally—Someone who makes the commitment and effort to recognize their privilege (based on gender, class, race, sexual identity, etc.) and who works in solidarity with oppressed groups in the struggle for justice. OpenSource Leadership Strategies. The dynamic system of power, privilege and oppressions (PDF). Retrieved from http://www.opensourceleadership.com/ documents/DO%20Definitions.pdf Anti-Semitism—Refers to prejudice and/or discrimination against Jews as individuals and as a group. Anti-Semitism is based on stereotypes and myths that target Jews as a people, their religious practices and beliefs and the Jewish State of Israel. Anti-Defamation League. (2013). A brief history of anti-Semitism (PDF). Retrieved from http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/education- outreach/Brief-History-on-Anti-Semitism-A.pdf. Cisgender—Replaces the terms nontransgender or bio man/bio woman to refer to individuals who have a match between the sex they were assigned at birth, their bodies and their gender identity. American Psychological Association - Divisions 16 and 44. (2015). Key terms and concepts in understanding gender diversity and sexual orientation among students [Pamphlet]. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/programs/safesupportive/lgbt/key-terms.pdf. Classism—Any attitude or institutional practice which subordinates people due to income, occupation, education and/or their economic condition. Santa Fe College Office of Diversity. Terms associated with diversity: classism. Retrieved from http://www.sfcollege.edu/diversity/? section=defining_diversity. Cultural appropriation—Theft of cultural elements for one’s own use, commodification, or profit — including symbols, art, language, customs, etc. — often without understanding, acknowledgement or respect for its value in the original culture. Results from the assumption of a dominant culture’s right to take other cultural elements. Colours of Resistance. (n.d.). Cultural appropriation. Retrieved from http://www.coloursofresistance.org/definitions/ culturalappropriation/. 4 Gender binary system—A