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The
Celebration of Ramadan
Ramadan is a special month of the year for over one billion Muslims
throughout the world. It is a time for inner reflection, devotion
to God, and self-control. Muslims think of it as a kind of tune-up
for their spiritual lives. There are as many meanings of Ramadan
as there are Muslims.
 Eleanor
Roosevelt
It is the anniversary of Eleanor Roosevelt's birthday on October
11, 1884. Eleanor was one of the most remarkable and most highly
respected people of the 20th Century. She was passionately committed
to the ideals of American democracy and promoted those values throughout
the world.
Resources
Guide
to National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October marks Disability Employment Awareness Month, a federally
recognized designation that calls attention to the issues people
with disabilities face, particularly in employment. Roughly 70 percent
of people with disabilities are unemployed. Events for the month,
whose theme is "Win with Ability," will include various
seminars and proclamations throughout the country, culminating with
Disability Mentoring Day on Oct. 24.
Americans
with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law
on July 26, 1990. ADA gives civil rights protections to individuals
with disabilities similar to those provided to individuals on the
basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age and religion. It
guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in
public accommodations, employment, transportation, State and local
government services, and telecommunications.
Michigan
Department of Career Development Disability and Rehabilitation
This site contains information on Michigan Rehabilitation
Services (MRS), Disability Assistance for Businesses, Independent
Living Services, MRS Locations Across Michigan, Disability Legislation,
Michigan Rehabilitation Council (MRC), and more...
EEOC
– US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
This site contains information for employers as well as
employees. It covers Laws, Regulations and Policy Guidance, Federal
Sector Information, Statistics, Technical Assistance and Training
Programs, and more...
US
Department of Justice – ADA Home Page
This site contains information for businesses, Media Materials
including CD-ROM and Technical Specifications, Toll-Free ADA Information
Line, Enforcement, Latest Status Report: Enforcing the ADA -- October
- December 2001, Certification of State and Local Building Codes,
ADA Mediation Program and ADA Resources.
US
Commission on Civil Rights
The United States Commission on Civil Rights (Commission)
is an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding agency of the executive
branch established under the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The Commission
has the following mandate: Investigate complaints alleging that
citizens are being deprived of their right to vote by reason of
their race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, or national origin,
or by reason of fraudulent practices and more...
Social
Security Administration Office of Disability
Program Information, Applying for Benefits, Benefits Issues,
Health Insurance, Disability Report Form Guide, For Health Professionals
Disability Evaluation Book Now On-line! And more...
Disability
Direct
The scope of DisabilityDirect.gov is comprehensive and currently
includes, Children and Youth, Choice and Self-Determination, Civil
Rights and Protections, College and Adult Education, Disability
Statistics, Emergency Preparedness, Employers' Resource, Employment,
Health, Housing, Income Support, Media Resource, Recreation and
Travel, Self-Employment, Tax Credits and Deductions, Technology,
Transportation and more...
The
Work Site
The Work Site Mission is to promote the employment of Social
Security beneficiaries with disabilities by designing policies that
make work pay, Promoting research and program innovation, Educating
the public about programs and services that facilitate entry into
the workforce, Partnering with other public and private groups to
remove employment barriers for people with disabilities. Find out
all about the ticket to work and work incentives improvement act
of 1999. Learn about initiatives, activities, and programs in your
state that can help people with disabilities who want to work.
Disability
and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC)
The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation
Research (NIDRR) has established ten regional centers to provide
information, training, and technical assistance to employers, people
with disabilities, and other entities with responsibilities under
the ADA. The centers act as a "one-stop" central, comprehensive
resource on ADA issues in employment, public services, public accommodations,
and communications. Each center works closely with local business,
disability, governmental, rehabilitation, and other professional
networks to provide ADA information and assistance, placing special
emphasis on meeting the needs of small businesses. Programs vary
in each region, but all centers provide the following, Technical
Assistance, Education and Training, Materials, Dissemination, Information
and Referral, Public Awareness, Local Capacity Building, more...
November
is National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month
This celebration of Native American heritage has roots in efforts
at the turn of the 20th century to recognize the significant contributions
the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the
United States. Starting as a day of recognition in 1916 in some
states, then becoming Native Awareness Week in 1976, the celebration
expanded to a month in 1990 and has been signified by Presidential
Proclamation every November since 1994.
Hispanic
Heritage Month
September
15 to
October 15 |
Celebrate
Hispanic Heritage Month
Cultural
Interest
Hispanic
Organizations
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From Blackburn, Bonnie & Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Oxford Companion to the Year, Oxford University Press 1999
Kightly, Charles, The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore, Thames & Hudson 1987
Names of the Month to the Northern Tribes
Aleuts: month after hunting month
Ugric Ostiaks: Walking month (men can go home on foot while the ice remains)
Yeneseik Ostiaks: Winter month
Tatars: Great cold month
Karagasses; Sable month (people begin to trap sable)
Buriats: Milch moon
Ostiak Samoyeds: Tax month (month when the tax, i.e. the reindeer is caught) or Thumb Month (because the light is so short women can only make the thumb of a glove in 1 day)
Yurak Samoyeds: Sand month (because the wind drives the snow like sand)
Samoyed: Great month of darkness
Yakuts: Month in which the foals are shut up (so the mares can be milked)
Eskimos: time to bring in winter stores
Lower Yukon delta: Mush-ice forms
South of Yukon delta: Velvet shedding
Tlinkit, Wrangell, AK: Moon when all creatures go into their dens
Spencer Bridge band of Thompson Indians, BC: Going in time (people enter their winter houses)
Nilsson, Martin P, Primitive Time-Reckoning, Oxford University Press 1920
Names of the Month of the European Peoples
Macedonia: sowing month, St Andrews (from his feast on the 30th)
Albania: month of St Andrew
Basque: sowing month
Lithuania: frost month
Slovakia: leaf-fall, time when the goat ruts
Ruthenia: winter month
Bulgaria: kindling of the wheel
Germany: leaf-fall, second autumn month, winter month, month of rime, month of winds, month of dirt, hard month, slaughtering month, full month, wolf month, acorn month
Denmark: slaughter month
Lapland: month when the male reindeer are powerless (the month before is rutting month), Advent month
Nilsson, Martin P, Primitive Time-Reckoning, Oxford University Press 1920
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