The Public Issues Calendar collects together observances in the year when Christians and those across wider society might focus their attention on certain movements towards peace and justice. Not all of these occasions are necessarily marked by JPIT or our associated churches: their inclusion is not an indication of endorsement.
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December
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January
11 Human Trafficking Awareness Day
18–25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
24 International Day of Education
28 World Leprosy Day | England & Wales | Scotland
February
5-11 Race Equality Week
6 International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM
11 Church Action on Poverty Sunday
20 World Day of Social Justice
March
1 World Day of Prayer | Scotland | England & Wales
5 International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness
15 International Day to Combat Islamophobia
21 UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
25 UN International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
30 International Day of Zero Waste
31 International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
28 International Workers’ Memorial Day
May
12–18 Christian Aid Week
13 Mental Health Awareness Week
17 Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
17 Endangered Species Day
June
2 Environment Sunday
Tbc Fair Tax Week
10–18 Great Big Green Week
14–23 Refugee Festival Scotland
17-23 Learning Disability Week
17–23 Refugee Week
26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
August
9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
22 International Day commemorating the victims of acts of violence based on religion or belief
23 International Day for Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
September
1 Sept–4 Oct Creation Time, Creationtide or Season of Creation
8 Education Sunday (England & Wales)
9–22 Fairtrade Fortnight
10 World Suicide Prevention Day
15-22 Disability Awareness Week
16–23 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel
21 UN International Day of Peace
22 Peace Sunday
12 Disability Awareness Sunday
26 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
October
1 International Day of Older Persons
2 International Day of Non-Violence
Tbc Good Money Week
2–8 Challenge Poverty Week (Scotland)
8–14 Prisons Week (England & Wales)
8–15 Week of Prayer for World Peace
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17–23 Challenge Poverty Week (England & Wales)
20 Freedom Sunday [end slavery]
November
6 International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians
6–12 Living Wage Week
12–19 Interfaith Week | England & Wales | Scotland
19–25 Prisoners Week Scotland
19 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
20 International Transgender Day of Remembrance
25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
December
2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
9 International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide
20 International Human Solidarity Day
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