2018 LIST: Awareness Days for Building Brand Buzz & Doing Good
March 8th, 2018 marked the 107th International Women’s Day. Anyone with something to say about gender equality had a chance to raise awareness, throw their opinions into the ring, and generate buzz for their nonprofit, business, personal brand, or community.
And that’s the true power of awareness days -- that you can build on the already generated momentum to do good while building authentic buzz.
There are so many creative ways do just that, and that’s why I decided to put together a list of awareness days in 2018, which I’ll continue to build on throughout the year.
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Awareness Days in 2018
January
National Human Trafficking Awareness Month
15 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
27 - International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
February
Black History Month
4 - World Cancer Day
11-17 - Random Acts of Kindness Week
11 - International Day of Women and Girls in Science
14 - V-Day
18 - World Whale Day 🐳
20 - World Day of Social Justice
Last week - National Eating Disorder Awareness
March
3 - Employee Appreciation Day
8 - International Women’s Day
21 - World Poetry Day
21 - World Down Syndrome Day
21 - International Day of Forests
22 - World Water Day
24 - Earth Hour
April
2 - World Autism Awareness Day
10 - Siblings Day
21 - World Creativity and Innovation Day
22 - Earth Day
23 - World Book Day 📚
29 - International Dance Day 💃🏽
May
Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
12 - Fair Trade Day
25 - National Wine Day 🍷
June
1 - National Donut Day (!!) 🍩
3 - National Cancer Survivors Day
21 - International Day of Yoga
23 - Gay Pride Day
July
18 - Nelson Mandela International Day
30 - World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
August
5 - Friendship Day 👯
8 - International Cat Day 🐱
19 - World Humanitarian Day
19 - National Honey Bee Day 🐝
September
8 - Literacy Day
10 - World Suicide Prevention Day
October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
5 - World Teachers Day ✏️
17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
November
3 - World Kindness Day
12 - 18 - National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
27 - Giving Tuesday
December
1 - World Aids Day
5 - International Volunteers Day
10 - Human Rights Day