12/26/2022–01/01/2023
Awareness Events 2022 CW 52
Including Hour of Peace, and others.
This weekly post provides information about individual awareness days as well as ongoing awareness weeks.
Each of these awareness events provides a possible topic for a story in Your Voice Matters. Please take the list as an inspiration, not a limitation.
👉 We writers have the opportunity to reach people. And this is the very vision of Your Voice Matters publication.
01/01/2023–01/07/2023 🥑 Diet Resolution Week (US)
“It is never too late to start eating healthy. Making a change in our diet can go a long way when it comes to increasing our quality of life and having more energy as we get older. It improves our physical health and our overall mental wellbeing.”
12/26/2022
👫 Day of Goodwill (SA)
“The day after Christmas is celebrated as Day of Goodwill on December 26 in South Africa. […] The holiday also gives citizens a chance to give back to society through volunteer work and charity affairs that are organized.”
📝 Thank You Note Day (US)
“Think thank you notes don’t exist these days? Think again… […] Put your phone down, dust off your stationary, and get to writing.”
12/27/2022
🕵️♀️ Anniversary of Benazir Bhutto’s Death (PK)
“The day aims to honor the Pakistani politician who was assassinated in a terrorist attack on December 27, 2007. […] Her death affected the entire world since she was the first-ever female leader of a Muslim nation. Her life was spent fighting for democracy and women’s rights.”
🔬 International Day of Epidemic Preparedness (Int.)
“The truth is, the world has been infected with numerous epidemics in history. However, mankind still managed to survive by finding ways to curb the spread of viruses. But, don’t you think a great number of lives can be saved if nations are already prepared for a deadly epidemic/pandemic to strike?”
🐾 Visit the Zoo Day (US)
“Zoos are typically home to a range of species and function as protective shelters for the animals housed within them.”
12/28/2022
📞 Call a Friend Day (US)
“Checking emails, answering texts, responding to Facebook notifications, and other tech-based tasks can fill up our lives and actually make us feel less connected to the people we’re spending all our time connecting with! […] reach out with a phone call and connect, voice to voice, with a good friend.”
12/31/2022
🙏 World Peace Meditation Day (Int.)
“It is commonly known that when people are at peace with themselves, they are more likely to seek out and build peaceful relationships in their community and country. Even in those parts of the world that are affected by war, meditation can help those affected by violence to overcome their loss and avoid being negatively affected by the events taking place around them.”
01/01/2023
☮️ Universal Hour of Peace (Int.)
“Today, countries invest in developing sophisticated and lethal weapons that can obliterate entire cities in a blast. Universal Hour of Peace seeks to convince people everywhere that peace is more sustainable than violence, and less expensive.”
