| Here is a list of other important celebrations for the Month of October with a brief annotation. |
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| National Stress-Free Family Holidays Month
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| Dec. 1 – 31. The holidays are so fraught with busy schedules that families often miss out on quality time together because outside demands have left them virtually drained. This observance is a reminder for parents to strive for more stress-free holidays for their families. Annually, the month of December. Web: www.parentingwithoutpressure.com |
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| Rosa Parks Day: Anniversary of Arrest
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| Dec.1, 1955. Anniversary of the arrest of Rosa Parks, at Montgomery, AL, for refusing to give up her seat and move to the back of a municipal bus. Her arrest triggered a yearlong boycott of the city bus system and led to legal actions which ended racial segregation in municipal buses throughout the southern US. The event has been called the birth of the modern civil rights movement. Rosa McCauley Parks was born at Tuskegee, AL, Feb. 4, 1913. Web: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0bio-1 |
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| Tolerance Week
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Dec. 1 – 7. The purpose of this week is to promote the importance of tolerance among human beings as a means of reducing bigotry and prejudice toward those of a different religion, race or creed.
Web: http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/wftwarch.pl?120203 |
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| United Nations: World AIDS Day
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Dec. 1. In 1988 the World Health Organization of the united Nations declared Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day, an international day of awareness and education about AIDS. The WHO is the leader in global direction and coordination of AIDS prevention, control, research and education. A program called UN-AIDS was created to bring together the skills and expertise of the World Bank, UNDP, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the WHO to strengthen and expand national capacities to respond to the pandemic www.un.org |
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| Universal Human Rights Month
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Dec. 1 – 31. To disseminate throughout the world information about human rights and distribute copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English and other languages. Web: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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For other celebrations during the month of October, please visit
University of California’s Calendar. |
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| Always remember that your InterAmerican Campus Library is the best place to obtain information on the month’s celebrations. Ask a librarian for assistance. |
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| *Most of the information in this page came from the Chase’s Calendar of Events, 2004, also available in your library. |
MONTHLY CELEBRATIONS 
