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Category: Civil Rights, Philanthropy and Human Rights


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Pink Shirt Day to End Bullying (CA): Febru...

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Bullying is a major problem in Canadian schools, workplaces, homes, and over the Internet. The event takes place on the last Wednesday of February. The idea for wearing Pink Shirts to end bully started...

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Liberation Day (KW)(1991): February 26

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Marking the anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait from Iraq by coalition forces: February 26, 1991. This is a national holiday in Kuwait.

January

Independence Day (DO)(1844): February 27

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Independence Day marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Dominican Republic from Haitian occupation, February 27, 1844. This is a national holiday in the Dominican Republic.

January

NGO, World Non-Government Organization Day...

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An NGO is any organization that it is citizen based, independent from government influence and is not-for-profit. Doctors without Borders is one well known example. An NGO can be large or a small grassroo...

January

Peace Corps Week (1961): February 27 - Mar...

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Cupcake Day, Ntl. (CA): February 28

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Peace Memorial Day (TW)(1947): February 28

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On February 27 and 28th, 1947, Taiwanese students rose up against Republic of China's government. A massacre ensued with somewhere between 18,000 and 28,000 killed by the government. This anniversary mar...

January

Public Sleeping Day: February 28

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Equal Pay Day for Women (DE): March 7

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Equal Pay Day in Germany is how many days a man would have to work without pay to reach what a woman earns for the same job each year. This is a statistical representation that illustrate the gap between...

January

Equal Pay Day for Women 2020 (US): March 1...

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Equal Pay Day was originated by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages.

January

AIDS, Zero Discrimination Day: March 1

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Eisner, Will Eisner Week (1917): March 1-7

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Will Eisner Week is an annual celebration promoting comics, graphic novel literacy, free speech and the legacy of Will Eisner (March 6, 1917 - January 3, 2005). Eisner pioneered the use of graphic novels...

January

Heroes' Day, Ntl. (PY)(1870): March 1

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Ideas Month, Intl.: March

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This month is a time to come together to solve problems. International Ideas Month encourages people from different cultures to share ideas and solutions to some of the world's toughest problems.

January

Independence Day (BA)(1992): March 1

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Independence Day in the Balkan nation of Bosnia and Herzegovina marks the anniversary of March 1, 1992, the day the nation asserted by vote its independence from the Yugoslavia. This is a national holiday...

January

Israel Apartheid Weeks, Intl. (Varies by C...

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Created in 2004 as End Israeli Apartheid and Segregation Week, this awareness and advocacy campaign has become a worldwide phenomena with events throughout the globe in most major cities. The event became...

January

Mustache March: March

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Mustache March is a cultural movement and fundraiser for a variety of causes. Men grow mustaches for the month of March and collect charitable donations for the MACC Fund. The MACC Fund, Midwest Athletes...

January

Peace Corps Day, Ntl. (1961): March 1

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Peace Corp National Day of Action is designed to raise awareness of the Peace Corp and lobby for funding and support from the US Congress. It falls during National Peace Corp Week on the anniversary of th...

January

Red Cross, American Month: March

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Samiljol (KR/KP)(1919): March 1

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In 1919, the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese occupation. At the time, Seoul was the only capital city, and the people of Korea had grown weary of the now ten-year occupation. On March 1, 1919, the ent...

January
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