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THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT
THE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION CALENDAR
 
The Third Circuit Court Diversity and Inclusion Team's Mission Statement: 
"We appreciate our common connection and respect our diverse and unique human experiences. We move forward as an inclusive organization as we provide accessible and equal justice."
 
The Court's Diversity & Inclusion Team strives to ensure the values of its diverse bench, staff, and court users are acknowledged and reflected in our delivery of service as well as our work environment.
 
In that spirit, the team creates and shares a monthly list of various holidays and observations along with some celebration suggestions. We invite our work community and the community at large to contribute.
 
March 2020
 
Employee Appreciation Day
   March 6
World Day of Prayer
   March 6
International Women's Day
   March 8
Nat'l Plant a Flower Day
   March 12
Nat'l Potato Chip Day
   March 14
Freedom of Information Day
   March 16
St. Patrick's Day
   March 17


 
National Employee Appreciation Day - First Friday in March
 
History: According to David Nuualiitia "Employee Appreciation Day first arrived on calendars in 1995. One of Recognition Professionals International's founding Board members, Bob Nelson, together with his publishing company, Workman Publishing, created Employee Appreciation Day as a way of focusing the attention of all employers, in all industries on employee recognition."
 
Though the holiday is still gaining in adoption in the U.S. and abroad, like Boss's Day, Employee Appreciation Day has become an opportunity for managers, company leadership and HR to remember the importance of appreciating employees.
 
 

World Day of Prayer
 
World Day of Prayer is a worldwide, ecumenical movement of Christian women of many traditions who come together to observe a common day of prayer each year, and who, in many countries, have a continuing relationship in prayer and service.
 
The motto of World Day of Prayer is "Informed Prayer and Prayerful Action."
 
DateFriday, March 6th
 


International Women's Day
 
International Women's Day is a day for us to join voices with people around the world and shout our message for equal rights loud and clear: "Women's rights are human rights!"
 
We celebrate all women, in all their diversities. We embrace their facets and intersections of faith, race, ethnicity, gender or sexual identity, or disability. We celebrate those who came before us, those who stand beside us now, and those who will come after.
 
Date: March 8th

 

National Plant a Flower Day
 
Each year this day is dedicated to the planting of flowers and looking forward to the spring season.
 
Date: March 12, 2020
 


National Potato Chip Day
 
America's #1 snack food is recognized each year on March 14th.
 
Founder: George Crum, August 24, 1853
 
How to observe: Grab a bag of potato chips!
 
Sources:  
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-potato-chip-day-march-14/
 


Freedom of Information Day
 
Freedom of Information (FOI) Day is an annual event on or near March 16, the birthday of James Madison, who is widely regarded as the Father of the Constitution and the foremost advocate for openness in government.
 
History: Freedom of Information Day is dedicated to that very concept, with the Freedom of Information Act being enacted on July 4th, 1966 and coming into effect a year from that date. It declared that every person has the right to get information to federal agency records that are not protected by one of nine exemptions, or special law enforcement record exclusions.
 
 


St. Patrick's Day
 
Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385-461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.
 
The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.
 
Date: March 17th
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