BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.194771@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20190107T185748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T185748Z LOCATION:To Be Determined SUMMARY:International Day of Persons with Disabilities DESCRIPTION:This calendar listing is intended to provide information about the named cultural/religious observation and is not intended as an actua l campus event. If a campus event is associated with this observance\, it will be listed separately on the master calendar.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 Dec ember was established by the International Year for Disabled Persons (198 1). The Day aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues w ith a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and gains to be de rived from the integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect o f the political\, social\, economic and cultural life of their communitie s. The goal of full and effective participation of persons with disabilit ies in society and development was established by the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons\, adopted by the United Nations Genera l Assembly in 1982.\n\n\nRecognizing the Holiday/Festival: A major focus of the Day is practical action to mainstream disability in all aspects of development\, as well as to further the participation of persons with di sabilities in social life and development on the basis of equality. Highl ight progress and obstacles in implementing disability-sensitive policies \, as well as promote public awareness of barriers to the full inclusion of persons with disabilities in the lives of their societies. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p cl ass="MsoNormal"><span>This calendar listing is intended to provide inform ation about the named cultural/religious observation and is not intended as an actual campus event. If a campus event is associated with this obse rvance\, it will be listed separately on the master calendar.<u5:p></u5:p ></span><o:p></o:p></p>\n<p><u5:p></u5:p></p>\n<p>The annual observance o f the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3 December was es tablished by the International Year for Disabled Persons (1981). The Day aims to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and gains to be derived from t he integration of persons with disabilities in every aspect of the politi cal\, social\, economic and cultural life of their communities. The goal of full and effective participation of persons with disabilities in socie ty and development was established by the World Programme of Action conce rning Disabled Persons\, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly i n 1982.</p>\n<p>Recognizing the Holiday/Festival: A major focus of the Da y is practical action to mainstream disability in all aspects of developm ent\, as well as to further the participation of persons with disabilitie s in social life and development on the basis of equality. Highlight prog ress and obstacles in implementing disability-sensitive policies\, as wel l as promote public awareness of barriers to the full inclusion of person s with disabilities in the lives of their societies.</p></body></html> DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191204 SEQUENCE:0 URL: CATEGORIES:Public,Current Students,Faculty,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR