DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2015 - University of Warwick · diversiton Diversity Calendar 2015 leading the...

DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2015

What could depict diversity better thana WBS Ensemble play, the snapshot perfectly encapsulates the international experience of studying at theUniversity of Warwick.

Overall winner - Mehak Saluja”

“

Diversity Calendar 2015diversitonleading the world in diversity

Warwick Graduation 2014

October Special Days

...And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. ...

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.Thomas Edison

Diversity Perspectives (70)

Week 40

Week 41

Week 42

Week 43

Week 44

International Day of Older Persons - SecularFeast of the Guardian Angels- ChristianInternational Day ofNon- Violence - SecularWaqf al Arafa - Hajj Day - IslamNavaratri - Hindu (ends)Dussera - Hindu

Saint Francis Day - CatholicChristian Yom Kippur - Judaism

Eid al Adha

Sukkot - Judaism (9th - 15th)

Tabernacles (Succoth)Birthday of Guru Ram Das- Sikh

World Mental HealthDay - Secular

Saint Edward's Day - Christian Thanksgiving - Canada - Interfaith

Hoshanah Rabbah - JudaismAl-Hijira - IslamShemini Atzeret - JudaismWorld Food Day - Secular Simchat Torah - JudaismWorld Day to OvercomeExtreme Poverty - SecularBirth of the Bab - Bahá'í

Installation of the scriptures

as Gukru Granth - Sikh

Diwaii - Deepavali - Hindu/Jainism/Sikh

Jain New Year - JainismUnited Nations DayHijra New Year - IslamReformation Day - Protestant ChristianBritish Summer time ends (BST) - UKMilvian Bridge Day - ChristianAll Hallow's Eve - Christian

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

8th9th

10th

12th13th

15th

16th

17th

20th

23rd

24th

25th26th

28th31st

October is Black History Month (UK) | Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Down Syndrome Awareness Month

New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

2014 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

17 1816 19

Diversity in the workplace

Diversity allows us to celebratethat which is not perfect, a work in progress or the personwho doesn’t live up to our highexpectations.

Disability Interest Group Meeting

Equality and Diversity NetworkMeeting

*Dyspraxia Awareness week 12th-18th

* for more information please visit: http://www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/

Equality and Diversity CommitteeMeeting

The Coventry and Warwickshire Mind Wellbeing Resource Bus will beon campus between 10-3pm

22nd


Warwick Family Fun day 2014 and Warwick’s School Holiday scheme

November Special Days

Success is a state of mind.If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Dr. Joyce Brothers



Week 44

Week 45

Week 46

Week 47

Week 48

All Saints’ Day - ChristianAll Souls’ Day - Catholic Christian Coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I - RastafariAshura - Islam*Dyslexia Awareness week 3rd- 9th Birthday of Guru Nanak - SikhDignity at Warwick Day Armistice Day - Interfaith Birth of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'íWorld Kindess Day - SecularWorld Diabetes Day - Secular Shichigosan - ShintoWinter Lent - Orthodox Christians (start) International Day for ToleranceSaint Hilda’s Day - ChristianUniversal Children’s Day - UNChrist the King - Christian Niinamese - ShintoGuru Tegh Bahadur Martyrdom - SikhWinter Lent - Orthodox Christians (end) Day of the Convenant - Bahá'íThe Coventry and Warwickshire Mind Wellbeing Resource Bus will beon campus between 10-3pmThanksgiving - Interfaith USAAscension of the Abdu'l - Baha - Bahá'í Saint Andrew’s Day - Christian Advent Sunday - Christian

1st2nd

3rd

6th7th11th12th13th14th15th

16th17th20th23rd

24th

25th

26th

27th28th

30th

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month | Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month | Inspirational Role Models Month


1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

2014


Diversity allows each of us to be a bit different, not to conform and to chart our own way.

* for more information please visit: http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/get-involved-and-fundraising/dyslexia-awareness-week.html


Varsity Ice Hockey – Warwick vs Coventry

December Special Days

Never look back unless youare planning to go that way.Henry David Thoreau


Week 49

Week 50

Week 51

Week 52

Week 53

Bank Holiday - ScotlandWorld AIDS Day - Secular International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - SecularInternational Day of Personswith Disabilities - SecularInternational Volunteer Dayfor Economoc and SocialDevelopment - SecularSaint Nicholas Day - ChristianFeast of the Immaculate Conception - Catholic ChristianRohatsu - Bodhi Day - BuddhistHuman Rights DayFeast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic ChristianSaint Lucy’s Day - ChristianPasadas Navidenas - Christian (start)Hanukkah (16th-24th) - JudaismThe Coventry and Warwickshire Mind Wellbeing Resource Bus will beon campus between 10-3pmInternational Migrants Day - SecularWinter SolsticeLitha - Wicca/Pagan - southernhemisphereYule - Wicca/Pagan - northernhemisphereYule - ChristianChristmas Eve - ChristianChristmas Day - ChristianBank Holiday - England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROISaint Stephen's Day - ChristianBoxing Day - Secular Zarathosht Diso - ZoroastrianBank Holiday - England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROIHoly Innocents - ChristianWatch Night - Christian Hogmany / New Year's Eve

1st

2nd

3rd

5th

6th8th

10th12th

13th

16th

18th

21st

24th25th

26th

28th31st

December is National Drink Driving Prevention Month | Spiritual Literacy Month| Write to a Friend month



29 30 31

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28


Inclusion requires sharing. It means giving something to others – time, support or resources, so that we can all engage fully in our world.


Law Students on the Multi-Cultural Scholar programme – This highly successful programme will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in 2015.


Diversity is about lasting relationships not first impressions.

2015January Special Days


Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Mary, Mother of God - CatholicChristianFeast of Saint Basil - OrthodoxChristianGantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto New Year’s Day / Hogmany- SecularBank Holiday - England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROIBank Holiday - ScotlandMawlid un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad) - IslamTwelfth Night - ChristianMahayana New Year - BuddhistBirthday of Guru Gobind Singh- Sikh Epiphany - ChristianFeast of the Theophany - OrthodoxChristianDia de los Reyes - ChristianChristmas Day - Orthodox Christian Christmas Day - Ethiopian RastafariHuman Trafficking Awareness DayDisability Interest Group MeetingBaptism of Jesus - ChristianMaghi - Sikh Saint Hilary’s Day - ChristianMakar Sankranti - HinduSeijin Shiki (Adults Day) - Shinto 18-25 Week of Prayer for ChristianUnity - ChristianWorld Religion Day - Bahá'íTimkat - Ethiopian OrthodoxChristianMartin Luther King DayEquality and Diversity Network MeetingVasant Panchami - Hindu Saint Paul’s Day - ChristianWorld Religion DayRobert Burns Night (Burns Night)Australia DayHolocaust Memorial DayBirthday of Guru Har Rai - Sikh

1st

2nd3rd

5th

6th

7th

11th12th

13th

14th15th18th

19th

21st

24th25th

26th27th31st

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month |Celebration of Life Month | National Glaucoma Awareness Month



1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 11

12 13 14

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 31

My religion is very simple.My religion is kindness.

Dalai Lama

30

16 17

10

15 18


Student Market held in Warwick’s Piazza


Diversity is about not putting people into boxes – but if youmust – at least allow them tomove from one box to another.

February Special Days


Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9


February is World Cancer Awareness Month | Youth Leadership Month | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month


1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28

2015

We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey.

Stephen R. Covey

19

Triodion begins - Orthodox ChristianFour Chaplains Sunday - InterfaithCandlemas - ChristianImbolc - Lughnassad - Wicca/Pagan Saint Brighid of Kildare - Celtic ChristianPresentation of Christ inthe Temple - Anglican ChristianSetsubun-sai - Shinto

Tu BiShvat - Judaism Parinirvana - Nirvana Day- BuddhistOur Lady of Lourdes - ChristianDarwin DaySaint Valentine's Day - ChristianNirvana Day - Buddhist, JainTransfiguration Sunday - ChristianMeatfare Sunday - Orthodox ChristianShrove Tuesday - ChristianAsh Wednesday - Christian

World Religion Day - Bahá'íChinese New Year - Confucian, Daoist, BuddhistWorld Day of Social JusticeCheesefare Sunday - OrthodoxChristianClean Monday - Great Lent begins- Orthodox ChristianIntercalary Days (begin) - Bahá'í

1st

2nd

3rd

4th8th

11th

12th14th

15th

17th18th

19th

20th22nd

23rd

26th

Equality and Diversity CommitteeMeeting

University Mental Health & Wellbeing Day – Student Union Atrium


Warwick fused 3, held at Butterworth Hall


Diversity management is theskill of knowing and playing to peoples' strengths.

March Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Special Days


Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian Intercalary Days (end) - Bahá'íSaint David's Day - ChristianNineteen Day Fast (start) - Bahá'í Purim - Judaism Magha Puja Day - BuddhistHoli - HinduHola Mohalla - SikhInternational Womens Day - SecularL. Ron Hubbard Birthday- ScientologySaint Patrick's Day - Christian Maha Shivaratri - Hindu Bank Holiday - Northern Ireland and ROISaint Joseph's Day - ChristianOstara - Wicca/Pagan - northernhemisphere Mabon - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphereInternational day of Happiness Naw Ruz - Bahá'í Norooz - Persian/ZoroastrianNew Year - HinduInternational Day for theElimination of RacialDiscrimination - SecularWorld Water DayWorld Meteorological DayAnnunciation of the BlessedVirgin Mary - ChristianKhordad Sal - ZoroastrianRamanavami - HinduBirth of Prophet Zarathushtra - Zoroastrian Palm Sunday - ChristianBritish Summertime begins (BST)

1st

2nd5th

6th

8th

13th

17th

19th20th

21st

22nd23rd25th

26th28th

29th30th

March is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month | International Women's Month


1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31Week 14

2015

Your daily life is your templeand your religion. When youenter into it take with you your all.

Kahlil Gibran

18


Go Global is an initiative to get all students thinking globally, it is in partnership with the International O�ce and Students’ Union


6 7 8 9 11 12

13 14 15

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30

17 1816 19

April Special Days


Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

April Fools DayMaundy Thursday - ChristianWorld Autism Awareness DayGood Friday - ChristianMahavir Jayanti - JainBank Holiday - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland Pesach (Passover) - JudaismTherevadin New Year - BuddhistHanuman Jayanti - HinduLazarus Saturday - Orthodox ChristianHoly Saturday - ChristianEaster Sunday - Christian Easter Monday - ChristianBank Holiday - England, Wales, Northern Ireland and ROIWorld Health Day - SecularInternational Romani DayPascha (Easter) - Orthodox ChristianVaisakhi - New Year - Sikh Birthday of Guru Nanak - Sikh Hola Mohalla - Sikh Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness ChristianYom Hazikaron - Judaism Yom HaShoah - Judaism Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur - SikhBirthday of Guru AngadDev - SikhFirst Day of Ridvan - Bahá'íEarth Day - SecularDisability Interest Group Meeting Saint George's Day - ChristianYom Ha'Atzmaut - JudaismShakespeare DayEquality and Diversity NetworkMeetingNinth Day of Ridvan - Bahá'í

1st2nd

3rd

4th

5th6th

7th8th12th13th14th

15th

16th18th

21st22nd

23rd

27th29th

April is Autism Awareness Month | Stress Awareness Month | Bowel Cancer Awareness Month


2015


Spiritual diversity - what's it all about?

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.William James

1 2 3 4 5

10


Goal! How sport can bring people from all around the world together.

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 10

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 3130

9

May Special Days


Week 18

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

Beltane - Wicca/Pagan Ridvan- Twelth Day - Bahá'í Birthday of Guru Arjan Dev - Sikh World Press Freedom DayVisakha Puja - Buddha Day - BuddhistBank Holiday - England, Wales,Scotland, Northern Ireland and ROIDeaf Awareness week 6th -12thLag B'Omer - JudaismNational Day of Prayer - InterfaithWorld Red Cross DayEurope Day of the European Union*Mental Health Awareness week 11th -17thInternational Nurses Day- SecularLailat al Miraj - Islam Ascension Day - ChristianEquality and Diversity CommitteeMeetingInternational Day of FamiliesInternational Day AgainstHomophobia - SecularWorld Day for Cultural DiversityDialogue and Development- SecularInternational Day for Biological DiversityDeclaration of the Bab - Bahá'íBirthday of Guru Amar Das - SikhPentecost - ChristianShavuot - Judaism Spring Bank Holiday - England,Wales, Scotland and Northern IrelandAscension of Baha'u'llah - Bahá'í International Day of United NationsPeacekeepers - SecularPentecost - Orthodox ChristianTrinity Sunday - ChristianWorld No Tobacco Day

1st2nd

3rd4th

6th7th

8th9th11th

12th

13th14th15th

17th

21st

22nd

23rd

24th

25th

29th

31st May is National Stroke Awareness Month| Family Wellness Month | Mental Health Awareness Month




We do not exist in a vacuumbut with and through others. We are dependent upon others for our presence. This isthe humbling nature of diversityfor whoever those others are or whatever those others maybe, we need them.

When you are grateful feardisappears and abundanceappears.

Anthony Robbins

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

* for more information please visit: http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/mentalhealthawarenessweek/


Muslim Spoken Word and Poetry at the Warwick Students Art Festival.


Disability is really a mis-spelling. ‘This ability’ is how it was originally used.

June Special Days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday


Week 22

Week 23

Week 24

Week 25

Week 26

Bank Holiday - ROIInternational Children's DayLailat al Bara'ah - Islam International Day of InnocentChildren Victims of AgressionCorpus Christi - Catholic ChristianWorld Environment Day - SecularCorpus Christi - Catholic ChristianAll Saints - Orthodox ChristianTrooping the Colour - Bank Holiday - ScotlandWorld Blood Donor Day - SecularMartyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev- Sikh World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought- SecularRamadan begins - IslamNew Church Day- Swedenborgian ChristianSacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic ChristianWorld Refugee Day - Secular Father's Day - UKSummer Solstice - Litha - Wicca/Pagan - northernhemisphere Yule - Wicca/Pagan - southernhemisphereSaints Peter and Paul's Day - Christian

1st

4th

5th

7th14th

16th

17th

18th19th

20th

21st

24th

29th

June is National Cancer Survivors Day | Gay & Lesbian Pride Month | Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month | National Smile Month


29 30

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

2015

We’re all just walking eachother home.

Ram Dass


Graduation Ceremony


Diversity reminds us that we are all unique and special. There is only one of us, neverto be repeated again in the history of the universe.

July Special Days



Week 26

Week 27

Week 28

Week 29

Week 30

Asalha Puja day - BuddhistIndependence Day - U.S.A.Birthday of Guru Hargobind - SikhMartyrdom of the Bab - Bahá'íWorld Population Day - SecularOrangemen's DayBattle of the Boyne - Bank Holiday - Northern IrelandUllambana (Obon) - BuddhistLaylat al Qadr - Islam International Justice DayEid-Ul-Fitr - IslamEquinoxOstara - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Mabon - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphereSaint Mary Magdalene - ChristianBirthday of Guru Har Krishen - SikhBirthday of Haile Selassie I- RastafariPioneer Day - Mormon Parent's Day - SecularTish'a B'av - JudaismInternational Day of Friendship

4th

5th

11th

12th

13th

17th19th20th

22nd23rd

24th26th28th30th

July is National Ice Cream Month | Make a Difference to Children Month | Family Reunion Month


1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

2015

If you don’t find God in thenext person you meet, it isa waste of time looking forhim further.

Mahatma Gandhi


pictured just before she "walked" into the Arts Centre grounds

August Special Days


Week 30

Week 31

Week 32

Week 33

Week 34


Lughnasadh - Lammas - Pagan Fast in honor of Mother of Jesus - Orthodox ChristianLammas - ChristianSummer Bank Holiday - Scotlandand ROITransfiguration - ChristianInternational Day of the World’sIndigenous People - SecularInternational Youth DayObon - Shinto Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - ChristianDormition of the Theotokos- Orthodox ChristianBirthday of Marcus Garvey - Rastafari Women’s Equality DayRaksha Bandhan - HinduBeheading of John the Baptist - Christian Summer Bank Holiday - England, Wales and Northern Ireland

1st

3rd

6th9th

12th14th15th

17th

26th29th30th

31st

August is Women’s Small Business Month | What will be your Legacy Month | Black Business Month



Mankind – let's live up to our name.

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

2015

31Week 35

Our own life has to be ourmessage.

Thich Nhat Hanh


What could depict diversity better than a WBS Ensemble play, the snapshot perfectly encapsulates the international experience of studying at the University of Warwick. Overall winner - Mehak Saluja


Diversity is dynamic – for as we grow our diversity changes.Our diversity flows through life with us – reflecting who and what we are, right now.

September Special Days


Week 35

Week 36

Week 37

Week 38

Week 39

Ecclesiastical year begins - Orthodox ChristianKrishna Janmashtami - Hindu Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary - ChristianInternational Literacy DayEthiopian New Year - RastafariThe Triumph of the Cross - ChristianInternational Day of Democracy - SecularRosh Hashanah - JudaismGanesh Chaturthi - HinduWorld Alzheimer’s Day - SecularInternational Day of PeaceParyushana Parva - JainWaqf al Arafa - Hajj - IslamEid-Ul-Adha - Sacrifice Day- IslamYom Kippur - Judaism Autumn Equinox Mabon - Wicca/Pagan - northern hemisphere Ostara - Wicca/Pagan - southern hemisphere Yule - Wicca/PaganWorld Maritime DayMeskel - Ethiopian OrthodoxChristian Sukkot - JudaismMichaelmas - Saint Michael and All Angels - ChristianThe Coventry and Warwickshire Mind Wellbeing Resource Bus will beon campus between 10-3pm

1st

6th8th

11th14th

15th

18th21st

23rd

24th

28th

29th

30th

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month | People Skills Month | Women’s Friendship Month



1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30

2015

You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

C. S. Lewis

Diversity Partners 2015

Incorporating T N G and Inbiz

NHSImperial College HealthcareNHS Trust

London Borough of

Redbridge

element I4

NHS Foundation TrustNHSUniversity College London Hospitals

North East LondonNHS Foundation Trust

NHS

AiredaleNHS Foundation Trust

NHS

East Kent Hospitals UniversityNHS Foundation Trust

NHS

WolverhamptonHomes

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2015THE UK’S

LEADING & MOST

TRUSTED DIVERSITY

CALENDAR

THE UK’S

LEADING & MOST

TRUSTED DIVERSITY

CALENDAR

240+ IMPORTANT DATES,

HOLY DAYS, FESTIVALS,

SPECIAL EVENTS AND

BANK HOLIDAYS

240+ IMPORTANT DATES,

HOLY DAYS, FESTIVALS,

SPECIAL EVENTS AND

BANK HOLIDAYS

DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2015 - University of Warwick · diversiton Diversity Calendar 2015 leading the...

Documents

Transcript of DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2015 - University of Warwick · diversiton Diversity Calendar 2015 leading the...