Welcome to The National Weather Service Wilmington NC Diversity and EEO Page.
Our office is involved in numerous activities in
these areas...check out some of the details below...
From time to time...we have special theme luncheons to celebrate our diverse office culture. The latest one occurred in celebration of The Cinco
De Mayo Holiday and was orgonized by our diversity focal point...Jessica Neiles.
Click on the picture to get more details...
Over the past year...the office has initiated a comprehensive "targeted outreach" program.
Several visits to rural schools in the outskirts of our county warning area have taken place
with thousands of students reached. Check out the details by
clicking on the picture...
The office has hosted several students from The University of North Carolina at Wilmington as well
as others in the area. Click on the picture to the right to find out more...
Diversity Calender
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The birthday of Louis Braille who was a French educator. He developed the system that uses raised dots
to encode a message.
The birthday of Alvin Ailey...an African American dancer and choreographer. He blended elements of classical
ballet...Afro-Caribbean dance...jazz and modern dance in his work.
The birthday of Carlo Tresca...an Italian/American journalist. He was a lifelong crussader for social and economic
justice and individual rights.
The birthday of Martin Buber...a Jewish Austrian and theologian. Buber developed a theology of
Jewish existentialism that emphasized a strong personal relationship between God and the individual.
The birthday of Bob Marley...a Jamaican musician. He was the most influential star of reggae...a Jamaican form
of popular music that draws on Afro-Caribbean dance and American soul.
February 5 is Constitution Day in Mexico. On this day in 1917...Mexico adopted its first
constitution.
March 1 is the birthday of Blanche Bruce...an African American legislator. Bruce represented
Mississippi in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881.
March 3 is National Day in Morocco. In 1915...Morocco became independent from France and Spain.
Albert Einstein was a Jewish German American and a leading physicist of the twentieth century.
He received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921.
April 6 celebrates Chakri Day in Thailand. This day commemorates the founding of the present
dynasty by King Rama I.
April 8 celebrates the birthday of Ramon Emeterio Betances. Betances was a Puerto Rican
physician...writer...and revolutionary leader.
April 13 celebrates the birthday of Samuel Beckett. Beckette was an Irish playwright and novelist.
Beckett won the 1969 Nobel prize for literature.
May 8 celebrates the birthday of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. Costilla was from Mexico and was
a both a political and military leader. He lead the insurgency against Mexico's rulers in 1810-1811.
On December 2...Advent begins. Advent...which means arrival...begins the Christmas season
and includes the four Sundays before Christmas.
May 11 celebrates the birthday of Irving Berlin. Berlin was a Jewish Russian American. He was a
famous song wirter...writing the lyrics and music to some 1500 songs...including the scores for many
stage and screen comedies.
Madaraka Day Kenya. This marks the day in 1964 that Kenya attained self-rule as a republic
with Jomo Kenyatta as its first president.
On June 17 1944...Iceland declared full independence from Denmark in 1944...becoming the Republic of Iceland.
The Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for “Body of Christ”) is a moveable Christian feast commemorating the Holy Eucharist.
Observed on June7.
July 2 celebrates the birthday of Thurgood Marshall. Marshall was a civil rights leader and
served as the first African American associate justice of the Supreme Court from
1967 to 1991.
July 3 is Independence Day in Algeria. Ruled by the Ottoman Turks since the mid-sixteenth
century and populated mainly by Arabs who introduced Islam as the country's predominant religion,
Algeria became a colony of France in 1848. A war of independence from France began in 1954, and
Algeria became independent in 1962.
July 4 celebrates the birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian military leader. Garibaldi
led the military forces of the revolutionary movement for the unification and independence
of Italy from 1848 to 1867.
August 4 celebrates the birthday of Louis Armstrong, an African American musician and
orchestra leader. Affectionately known as "Satchmo," Armstrong was one of the leading
figures in the history of jazz.
August 2 celebrates the birthday of James Baldwin, an African American writer. In his novels and plays
especially in his essays, Baldwin bore powerful witness to the harsh realities of racial
injustice in the United States.
August 6 celebrates Independence Day in Jamaica. After centuries of British rule, Jamaica
achieved its independence on this day in 1962.
September 4 celebrates the birthday of Richard Wright...the most widely read African
American writer of the early twentieth century. His best known novel is Native Son...
which was written in 1940.
September 7 celebrates the Independence Day for Brazil. On this day in 1822...the son
of Portugal's king...and regent of Brazil...declared Brazil independent of Portugal
and himself Emperor Pedro I.
September 9 marks the day when the People's Republic of China honors Confucius.
October 2 celebrates the birthday of Nat Turner. Turner was a leader of a slave revolt in Virginia.
October 2 marks the celebration of Sukkoth...the first of three holidays celebrated over a nine-day
period...and begins five days after Yom Kippur.
October third celebrates the birthday of John Ross. Ross served as chief of the Cherokee Nation
from 1827...when the tribe established a constitutional government...until his death n 1866.
November 3 celebrates Culture Day in Japan. This public holiday was established in 1948
to promote the appreciation of peace and culture.
November 4 celebrates the birthday of William (Will) Rogers Jr. Will Rogers was an American Indian...Cherokee.
His homespun humor won him national fame and great popularity as a stage and film actor...radio personality...
and writer of a syndicated newspaper column.
November 6 celebrates the birthday of John Sousa. Sousa was a Portuguese American.
He was a composer and band conductor. He wrote a number of marches that by virtue
of their military vigor...tunefulness...and instrumentation brought him the title...
The March King.
On December 2...Advent begins. Advent...which means arrival...begins the Christmas season
and includes the four Sundays before Christmas.
December 3 celebrates the birthday of Joseph Conrad. Conrad was a Polish/British writer.
After spending his youth as a merchant seaman on French and British ships...Conrad settled in
England and began a career as a novelist and short story writer.
December 5 celebrates the birthday of Josef Pilsudski. Pilsudski was a Polish political and
military leader. Born to a Polish family when the territory of historic Poland was divided and
ruled by Germany...Austria-Hungary...and Russia.
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The birthday of Louis Braille who was a French educator. He developed the system that uses raised dots
to encode a message.
The birthday of Alvin Ailey...an African American dancer and choreographer. He blended elements of classical
ballet...Afro-Caribbean dance...jazz and modern dance in his work.
The birthday of Carlo Tresca...an Italian/American journalist. He was a lifelong crussader for social and economic
justice and individual rights.
The birthday of Martin Buber...a Jewish Austrian and theologian. Buber developed a theology of
Jewish existentialism that emphasized a strong personal relationship between God and the individual.
The birthday of Bob Marley...a Jamaican musician. He was the most influential star of reggae...a Jamaican form
of popular music that draws on Afro-Caribbean dance and American soul.
February 5 is Constitution Day in Mexico. On this day in 1917...Mexico adopted its first
constitution.
March 1 is the birthday of Blanche Bruce...an African American legislator. Bruce represented
Mississippi in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881.
March 3 is National Day in Morocco. In 1915...Morocco became independent from France and Spain.
Albert Einstein was a Jewish German American and a leading physicist of the twentieth century.
He received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921.
April 6 celebrates Chakri Day in Thailand. This day commemorates the founding of the present
dynasty by King Rama I.
April 8 celebrates the birthday of Ramon Emeterio Betances. Betances was a Puerto Rican
physician...writer...and revolutionary leader.
April 13 celebrates the birthday of Samuel Beckett. Beckette was an Irish playwright and novelist.
Beckett won the 1969 Nobel prize for literature.
May 8 celebrates the birthday of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla. Costilla was from Mexico and was
a both a political and military leader. He lead the insurgency against Mexico's rulers in 1810-1811.
On December 2...Advent begins. Advent...which means arrival...begins the Christmas season
and includes the four Sundays before Christmas.
May 11 celebrates the birthday of Irving Berlin. Berlin was a Jewish Russian American. He was a
famous song wirter...writing the lyrics and music to some 1500 songs...including the scores for many
stage and screen comedies.
Madaraka Day Kenya. This marks the day in 1964 that Kenya attained self-rule as a republic
with Jomo Kenyatta as its first president.
On June 17 1944...Iceland declared full independence from Denmark in 1944...becoming the Republic of Iceland.
The Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for “Body of Christ”) is a moveable Christian feast commemorating the Holy Eucharist.
Observed on June7.
July 2 celebrates the birthday of Thurgood Marshall. Marshall was a civil rights leader and
served as the first African American associate justice of the Supreme Court from
1967 to 1991.
July 3 is Independence Day in Algeria. Ruled by the Ottoman Turks since the mid-sixteenth
century and populated mainly by Arabs who introduced Islam as the country's predominant religion,
Algeria became a colony of France in 1848. A war of independence from France began in 1954, and
Algeria became independent in 1962.
July 4 celebrates the birthday of Giuseppe Garibaldi, an Italian military leader. Garibaldi
led the military forces of the revolutionary movement for the unification and independence
of Italy from 1848 to 1867.
August 4 celebrates the birthday of Louis Armstrong, an African American musician and
orchestra leader. Affectionately known as "Satchmo," Armstrong was one of the leading
figures in the history of jazz.
August 2 celebrates the birthday of James Baldwin, an African American writer. In his novels and plays
especially in his essays, Baldwin bore powerful witness to the harsh realities of racial
injustice in the United States.
August 6 celebrates Independence Day in Jamaica. After centuries of British rule, Jamaica
achieved its independence on this day in 1962.
September 4 celebrates the birthday of Richard Wright...the most widely read African
American writer of the early twentieth century. His best known novel is Native Son...
which was written in 1940.
September 7 celebrates the Independence Day for Brazil. On this day in 1822...the son
of Portugal's king...and regent of Brazil...declared Brazil independent of Portugal
and himself Emperor Pedro I.
September 9 marks the day when the People's Republic of China honors Confucius.
October 2 celebrates the birthday of Nat Turner. Turner was a leader of a slave revolt in Virginia.
October 2 marks the celebration of Sukkoth...the first of three holidays celebrated over a nine-day
period...and begins five days after Yom Kippur.
October third celebrates the birthday of John Ross. Ross served as chief of the Cherokee Nation
from 1827...when the tribe established a constitutional government...until his death n 1866.
November 3 celebrates Culture Day in Japan. This public holiday was established in 1948
to promote the appreciation of peace and culture.
November 4 celebrates the birthday of William (Will) Rogers Jr. Will Rogers was an American Indian...Cherokee.
His homespun humor won him national fame and great popularity as a stage and film actor...radio personality...
and writer of a syndicated newspaper column.
November 6 celebrates the birthday of John Sousa. Sousa was a Portuguese American.
He was a composer and band conductor. He wrote a number of marches that by virtue
of their military vigor...tunefulness...and instrumentation brought him the title...
The March King.
On December 2...Advent begins. Advent...which means arrival...begins the Christmas season
and includes the four Sundays before Christmas.
December 3 celebrates the birthday of Joseph Conrad. Conrad was a Polish/British writer.
After spending his youth as a merchant seaman on French and British ships...Conrad settled in
England and began a career as a novelist and short story writer.
December 5 celebrates the birthday of Josef Pilsudski. Pilsudski was a Polish political and
military leader. Born to a Polish family when the territory of historic Poland was divided and
ruled by Germany...Austria-Hungary...and Russia.
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Weather Forecast Office, Wilmington NC
2015 Gardner Drive
Wilmington, NC 28405
(910) 762-4289
Page Author:
Web Master's E-mail: ilm.webmaster@noaa.gov
Page Last Modified: May 05, 2008