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Minister Matt Kean highlighted Wear it Purple Day in his inaugural speech to Parliament in 2011. [68] Penny Sharpe submitted a motion to the NSW Upper House of Parliament in 2012, for the group's achievements to be acknowledged. [69] Wear it Purple Day 2014 was acknowledged by the Australian Senate in a motion submitted by Senator Sarah Hanson ...
A purple brooch bearing an inscription pertaining to epilepsy. Purple Day is held annually on March 26. Supporters are encouraged to wear a purple-coloured item of clothing. Purple is the international color for epilepsy and is also a color that symbolizes solitude. [citation needed]
November 17: L.A. Content Day with The Color Purple Cast Promoting the film alongside cast members in Los Angeles, Oprah sported a deep plum jumpsuit by Rivet Utility and passed out matching tote ...
Spirit Day has since become an annual event for LGBTQ people and their allies to wear purple to show their support for the cause. And the need for such a day is still warranted.
Spirit Day is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed on the third Thursday in October. [1] Started in 2010 by Canadian teenager Brittany McMillan, it was initially created in response to a rash of widely publicized bullying-related suicides of gay school students in 2010, including that of Tyler Clementi. [2]
"Start Wearing Purple" is a song by gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, written by frontman Eugene Hütz. The song was packaged as a double single along with " Sally ", and released as the band's second single in February 2006.
The first Purple Hijab Day was celebrated on February 13, 2010. [11] The color purple was chosen because the color purple "is associated with mourning." [ 11 ] People who promote Purple Hijab Day stress that the day is about symbolism, but that "acting in unity will send a strong message for progress in our communities."
World Hijab Day is an annual event founded by Nazma Khan in 2013, [1] taking place on 1 February each year in 140 countries worldwide. [2] Its stated purpose is to encourage women of all religions and backgrounds to wear and experience the hijab for a day and to educate and spread awareness on why hijab is worn. [ 3 ]