{"id":50,"date":"2019-09-22T10:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T10:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/Humanist-Calendar\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2020-08-02T16:01:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T16:01:49","slug":"december","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/december\/","title":{"rendered":"December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Birthdays<\/em>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerforinquiry.net\/paul_kurtz_obituary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Kurtz&nbsp;<\/a>(21st, 1925; d. 2012),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rationalwiki.org\/wiki\/Greta_Christina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Greta Christina&nbsp;<\/a>(31st, 1961)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Founding Dates<\/em>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secular.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Secular Coalition for America<\/a>&nbsp;(3rd, 2002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>12\/5 &#8211; International Volunteer Da<\/strong>y \u2013 mandated by the UN General Assembly, IVD is viewed as a unique chance for volunteers and organizations to celebrate their efforts, to share their values, and to promote their work among their communities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, government authorities and the private sector. Learn more:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/volunteerday\/\" target=\"_blank\">UN.gov<\/a><\/li><li><strong>12\/10 &#8211; International Human Rights Day<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp; In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the&nbsp;Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1950, the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V), inviting all States and interested organizations to observe 10 December of each year as Human Rights Day. Learn more:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/humanrightsday\/\" target=\"_blank\">un.org\/en\/events\/humanrightsday<\/a><ul><li>Read the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/universal-declaration-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>12\/20 &#8211; International Human Solidarity Day <\/strong>\u2013 Established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 2005,  IHSD is an annual celebration to remind governments of their commitments to international agreements in a global effort to keep the fight against poverty.   It&#8217;s a day to raise awareness of the importance of solidarity in order to help eradicate poverty worldwide. Learn more <a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/humansolidarityday\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/humansolidarityday\/<\/a><\/li><li><strong>12\/23 &#8211; Festivus<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 \u201cHappy Festivus\u201d is the traditional greeting associated with a mock holiday featured in the Season 9 episode of&nbsp;<em>Seinfeld<\/em>&nbsp;named \u201cThe Strike\u201d on December 18, 1997. Since then, many people have been inspired by this zany, offbeat holiday that includes a Festivus pole, the \u201cairing of grievances\u201d and the \u201cfeats of strength.\u201d Learn More:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/festivusweb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">festivusweb.com<\/a><\/li><li><strong>12\/23 &#8211; Human Light Celebration<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013Celebrate and express positive humanist ideals and values: Reason, Compassion, Hope, Humanity.&nbsp;Promote a positive vision of a better future \u2014 a future in which all people can identify with each other and try to behave with high moral standards \u2014 a future which people can build by working together for a happy, just and peaceful world. Celebrate human achievements that help build that future. Learn more:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/humanlight.njhn.org\/wp\/\" target=\"_blank\">humanlight.njhn.org\/wp<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birthdays:&nbsp;Paul Kurtz&nbsp;(21st, 1925; d. 2012),&nbsp;Greta Christina&nbsp;(31st, 1961) Founding Dates:&nbsp;Secular Coalition for America&nbsp;(3rd, 2002) 12\/5 &#8211; International Volunteer Day \u2013 mandated&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justgottabe.org\/humanist-calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}