I Love to Listen Day (“Listening Day”) is observed around the world each year on May 16th. 2021 marks the 16th year of celebrating the power of listening.
This is not a day of silence. Established in 2005, Listening Day provides a globally shared date for all humanity to commit to building a culture where listening is a core value.
Too often the world celebrates speaking, reading, and writing and forgets our first communication and relationship skill, listening. I Love to Listen Day is the premier international listening day that strengthens the ideals of listening around the world.
The 2021 Listening Day celebration activity theme is poetry. The poem “Today I Will Listen” was written to celebrate I Love to Listen Day. It was written in English is translated into 16 languages and interpreted in Brail, American Sign language, and with a talking drum.
Joins us on May 16th by reciting, recording, reflecting, and sharing this poem or creating your own.
