Advocacy Calendar
January 2022
11 Human Trafficking Awareness Day
18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
February 2022
March 2022
2 Ash Wednesday
4 World Day of Prayer (first Friday in March)
8 International Women’s Day
22 World Water Day
April 2022
7 World Health Day
15 Global Day of Action on Military Spending (on or near Tax Day in U.S.)
17 Easter
22 Earth Day
24-26 Ecumenical Advocacy Days (varies each year)
May 2022
1 Immigrant Rights Sunday (first Sunday in May)
7 World Fair Trade Day
15 Nakba Day
June 2022
20 World Refugee Day
26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
July 2022
27 Korea Armistice Day (see Korea Peace Treaty Campaign)
August 2022
6 Hiroshima Day of Remembrance
9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
14 Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula (see Korea Peace Treaty Campaign)
19 World Humanitarian Day
September 2022
18-25 World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel (third week of September)
21 International Day of Peace
October 2021
3 World Communion Sunday (always first Sunday in October)
11 International Day of the Girl
11 Indigenous People’s Day (“Columbus Day”)
16 World Food Day
17-23 Breaking the Silence/Congo Week (always third week in October)
24 United Nations Day (anniversary of the UN Charter)
November 2021
19 World Toilet Day
25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
28 First Sunday of Advent
December 2021
1 World AIDS Day
10 Human Rights Day (anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
18 International Migrants Day
25 Christmas Day