Peace Holidays & Commemorations 2008-2009
There are many holidays commemorating peace and justice related events and issues. What follows is an incomplete list of some of them. If you would like to add a day to this list, please use the ‘Contact’ page to submit the information.
SEPTEMBER
9/06- Birth of Jane Addams (1860)www.janeaddamspeace.org
9/11- September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
9/17- U.S. Constitution Adopted www.constitutioncenter.org
9/21- U.N.’s International Day of Peace www.internationaldayofpeace.org
OCTOBER
10/02- Birth of Mahatma Gandhi (1869)
10/04- St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day
10/05-10/11 National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week www.pacerkidsagainstbullying.org
10/06- Birth of Fannie Lou Hamer (1917) www.beejae.com/hamer.htm
10/08- Indigenous Peoples’ Day (on October 12, 1492 the indigenous peoples of Americas discover Columbus)
10/24- United Nations Day (U.N. Charter implemented 1945) www.un.org
10/31- UNICEF Day www.unicef.org/voy/
NOVEMBER
11/04- Election Day www.lwv.org
11/08- Birth of Dorothy Day (1897)
11/11- Veteran’s/Remembrance Day www.veteransforpeace.org
11/12- Birth of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815) http://womenshistory.about.com/library/
11/27- Thanksgiving Day- Close the School of the Americas Action Day
DECEMBER
12/01- Rosa Park Arrested (1955) http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/index.htm
12/10- Human Rights Day www.hrea.org
12/14- Ratification of the Bill of Rights (1791) www.bordc.org/resources
12/18- Slavery Abolished in the U.S. (1865) www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/teachers/index.html
JANUARY
1/19- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/20- Presidential Inauguration
FEBRUARY (African-American History Month)
2/14- Birth of Frederick Douglass
2/15- Birth of Susan B. Anthony
MARCH (Women’s History Month)
3/8- International Women’s Day
3/10- U.N. Human Rights Commission recognizes C.O. to military service as a human right
3/14- Birth of Albert Einstein
3/30- 15th Amendment to the Constitution gives African American men the right to vote (1870)
APRIL
4/8- Birth of Paul Robeson (1898)
4/22- Earth Day
MAY (Labor History month)
5/01- Birth of Mother Jones
5/10- Nelson Mandela inaugurated President of S. Africa
5/15- Juila Ward Howe bgeins Mother’s Day for peace
5/17- Brown v. Board of education outlaws segregation in public education (1954)
5/19- Birth of Malcolm X
5/22- Birth of Harvey Milk
5/25- Memorial Day
JUNE
6/12- Birth of Anne Frank
6/26- U.N. Charter signed by delegates from 50 nations
6/27- Birth of Emma Goldman
6/30- Lesbian and Gay Pride Day