National Handwashing Awareness Week is the first full week of December, a yearly observance sponsored by the Henry the Hand Foundation, emphasizing that proper handwashing is a simple yet powerful way to prevent illnesses like flu, colds, and COVID-19, especially during cold & flu season. It encourages everyone to adopt key habits, like washing hands when dirty and […]
Human Rights Day is observed annually around the world on 10 December. It commemorates the anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being - regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other […]
International Animal Rights Day is observed annually on December 10th, the same day as Human Rights Day, to highlight that all sentient beings deserve respect, freedom from suffering, and inherent rights, not just utility to humans. Established in 1998 by the animal rights group Uncaged, this day calls for global action against animal cruelty and exploitation, advocating […]
Narrated by Lily Gladstone, BRING THEM HOME (Aiskótáhkapiyaaya) chronicles a decades-long initiative by members of the Blackfoot Confederacy to bring wild buffalo (Blackfeet: iinnii) back to the Blackfeet Reservation. A thriving wild buffalo population would not only reconnect Blackfeet with a central part of their heritage, spirituality, and identity but would also provide economic opportunities […]
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