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2016-Teach Peace Now Peace Calendar
Here are the events listed on the Teach Peace Now 2016 Calendar with relevant links to history of each event and suggested activities.
January
Jan 1 Global Family Day: One Day for Peace
Jan 18-22 No Name Calling Week
Jan 18 Martin Luther King Day of Service
Jan 27 United Nations Holocaust Memorial Day
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February
Feb 1 National Freedom Day: Commemorating the 13th Amendment*
Feb 21 UNESCO International Mother Language Day
Feb 27 Perseverance Day Celebrating Victories Toward Peace
Feb 24 Pink Shirt Day
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March
*National Women’s History Month*
March 8 United Nations International Women’s Day
March 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March 22 United Nations World Water Day
March 31 Caesar Chavez Day
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April
*National Child Abuse Prevention Month*
April 7 National Day of Hope Against Child Abuse
Apr 11 Day of Silence Fight for LGBT Youth
Apr 22 Earth Day
Apr 28 YWCA Stand Against Racism Day
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May
*Asian Pacific, Haitian, Jewish-American, & South Asian Heritage Month*
May 1 International Workers Day
May 3 UNESCO World Press Freedom Day
May 4th Yom Hashoah Holocaust Memorial Day
May 9 Fair Trade Day
May 11 Mother’s Day of Peace
May 15 United Nations International Day of Families
May 21 UNESCO Diversity Day
May 31 WHO No Tobacco Day
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June
June 20 UN World Refugee Day
June 23 United Nations Public Service Day
June 26 United Nations End Torture Day
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July
July 7 Coop Day
July 11 World Population Day
July 17 International Justice Day
July 24 Parents Day
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August
August 6 Hiroshima Day
August 7 Forgiveness Day
August 9 International Indigenous Peoples Day
August 12 United Nations International Youth Day and Civil Rights Day
August 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & Its Abolition
Aug 26 National Women’s Equality Day:Commemorating the 19th Amendment
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September
Sept 8 International Literacy Day
Setp 15 International Day of Democracy
Sept 21 – International Day of Peace
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October
Oct 2 – International Day of Non-Violence
Oct 4 Reconciliation Day
Oct 5 World Day of Bullying Prevention
Oct 5 – World Habitat Day
Oct 11 International Day of the Girl
Oct 9 -15 LGBT Ally Week
Oct 14 Native American Day
Oct 16 – World Food Day
Oct 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct 24 – United Nations Day
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November
*Native American Heritage Month*
Nov 9 Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Nov 16 International Day of Tolerance
Nov 14 – 18 Anti Bullying Week UK
4th Thursday Thanksgiving USA
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December
Dec 10 International Human Rights Day
Dec 20 International Human Solidarity Day
Dec 21 National Homeless Remembrance Day
Dec 31 Universal Hour of Peace 11:30 PM – 12:30 AM
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Other Calendars
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