Events Calendar 2011
If you wish to add an event to our calendar please email us ssdv@acon.org.au
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MARCH 2011
8th - International Women’s Day. 100th anniversary.
17th - SOAAR forum for Greater Western Sydney service providers. Addressing the needs of people of diverse sex, sexuality and gender (eg. gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer) experiencing intimate partner violence.
18th - National Day of Action against Bullying & Violence
21st - Harmony Day http://www.harmony.gov.au/harmony-day/
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APRIL 2011
15th - Day of Silence. On the National Day of Silence hundreds of thousands of students in the US take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in their schools. http://dayofsilence.org
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MAY 2011
5th - National Day to Remember. Candlelighting to remember those who have died as result of domestic or family violence.
17th - IDAHO. International Day Against Homophobia. For more info about 2010 IDAHO activities in Australia see http://www.lgbthealth.org.au/IDAHO
26th - National Sorry Day - National Sorry Day is an Australia-wide observance. This day gives people the chance to come together and share the steps towards healing for the Stolen Generations, their families and communities. Stolen generations refer to Indigenous Australians who were forcibly removed from their families and communities.
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JUNE 2011
NSW DV awareness week (2011 dates to be confirmed).
14th-20th - Men’s Health Week.
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JULY 2011
3rd-11th - NAIDOC week http://www.naidoc.org.au/
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SEPTEMBER 2011
SSDVI conference, Sydney, Australia – more details to come! To register interest, email ssdv@acon.org.au
21st - UN International Day of Peace
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OCTOBER 2011 - GLBT History Month and Mental Health Month
2nd - International Day of Non-Violence
8th - International Lesbian Day
11-12th - International Coming Out Day
15th - Wear it Purple Day (first 2010) - The idea of the campaign is to encourage as many people as possible to make and wear a purple arm band to show support for LGBT teens and to raise awareness of LGBT Youth suicide. The particular hope is to get lots of school and uni students involved. The Wear it Purple Event is organised by a group of Sydney teenagers impacted by LGBT suicide and wanting to make a difference.
Check out their website on: http://wearitpurple.org/
26th - Intersex Awareness Day
Last Friday of October - Reclaim The Night
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NOVEMBER 2011
8th - International Intersex Solidarity Day
20th - Transgender Day of Remembrance – Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to transphobia. It was founded by Gwendolyn Ann Smith to honour Rita Hester whose murder in 1998 kicked off the "Remembering Our Dead" web project and a candelight vigil in San Fransisco in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass memorials in hundreds of cities around the world.
25th - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
25th - White Ribbon Day - White Ribbon Day was created by a group of Canadian men in 1991 after a massacre of fourteen women in Montreal. They began the White Ribbon Campaign to urge men to speak out against violence against women. In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly declared November 25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) and the white ribbon has become the symbol for the day. The aim of the day is to prevent violence against women and to change attitudes and behaviours that support or excuse violence against women. http://www.whiteribbonday.org.au
25th - Beginning of 16 days of Activism against Gender Violence.
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DECEMBER 2011
1st - Red Ribbon Appeal/World AIDS Day
10th - International Human Rights Day