USFUCA Days and Weeks
january
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Observed on the third Monday of January each year. Born in 1929, King’s actual birthday is January 15.
International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
(A/RES/60/7) – 27 Jan
february
Black History Month
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
(A/RES/70/212) – 11 Feb
(A/RES/62/10) 20 Feb
march
International Women’s Day 08 Mar
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(A/RES/2142 (XXI)) 21 March
World Poetry Day [UNESCO] (UNESCO 30 C/Resolution 29) – 21 March
International Day of Zero Waste
(A/RES/77/161) – 30 March
april
U.S. National Volunteer Week – an opportunity to recognize the impact of volunteer service and the power of volunteers to tackle society’s greatest challenges, to build stronger communities and be a force that transforms the world. – 16-22 April
International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
(A/RES/58/234) – 07 April
World Creativity and Innovation Day
(A/RES/71/284) – 21 April
International Mother Earth Day
(A/RES/63/278) – 22 April
International Jazz Day (UNESCO 36 C/Resolution 39)
30 Apr
june
(A/RES/2994 (XXVII)) – 05 June
(A/RES/73/250) – 07 June
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
(A/RES/69/293) – 19 June
july
august
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
(A/RES/49/214) – 09 August
(A/RES/54/120) – 12 August
(A/RES/63/139) – 19 August
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO] (29 C/Resolution 40)
23 August
International Day for People of African Descent
(A/RES/75/170) – 31 August
september
International Literacy Day [UNESCO]
(UNESCO 14 C/Resolution 1.441) – 08 September
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
(A/RES/58/220) – 12 September
International Day of Democracy
(A/RES/62/7) – 15 September
(A/RES/74/142) – 18 September
(A/RES/36/67 & ) – 21 September
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
(A/RES/74/209) – 29 September
october
World Habitat Day (A/RES/40/202 A) – 02 October
International Day of Non-Violence (A/RES/61/271) – 02 October
World Teachers’ Day [UNESCO] ((27 C/INF.7)) – 05 October
World Post Day (UPU/1969/Res.C.11) – 09 October
World Mental Health Day [WHO] – 10 October
International Day of the Girl Child (A/RES/66/170) – 11 October
World Food Day [FAO] (A/RES/35/70) – 16 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (A/RES/47/196) – 17 October
United Nations Day (A/RES/168 (II)) – 24 October
november
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (A/RES/68/163) – 02 November
International Week of Science and Peace, (A/RES/43/61) – 9-15 November
World Science Day for Peace and Development (UNESCO 31 C/Resolution 20) – 10 November
International Day for Tolerance [UNESCO] (28 C/Resolution 5.61) – 16 November
Africa Industrialization Day (A/RES/44/237) – 20 November
december
World AIDS Day – 01 December
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (A/RES/317(IV)) – 02 December
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (A/RES/47/3) – 03 December
International Anti-Corruption Day (A/RES/58/4) – 09 December
Human Rights Day (A/RES/423 (V)) – 10 December
International Migrants Day (A/RES/55/93) – 18 December
Arabic Language Day – 18 December
International Human Solidarity Day (A/RES/60/209) – 20 December