Diversity awareness calendar
January
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
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All Month |
Poverty in American Awareness Month |
1/1 | New Year's Day |
1/20 | Marthin Luther King, Jr. Day |
1/23 | World Freedom Day |
1/27 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
February
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
---|---|
All Month | American History Month |
All Month | Black History Month |
2/14 | St. Valentine's Day |
2/15 | Nirvana Day |
2/19 | President's Day |
2/20 | World Day of Social Justice |
2/25 | Mardi Gras |
2/26 | Ash Wednesday |
March
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
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All Month | Greek-American Heritage Month |
All Month | Gender Equality Month |
All Month | Irish-American Heritage Month |
All Month | Ethnic Equality Month |
All Month | National Women's History Month |
3/8 | International |
3/9 | United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace |
3/17 | St. Patrick's Day |
3/21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
3/25 | International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
3/31 | Equal Pay Day |
April
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
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All Month | Earth Month |
All Month | Arab-American Heritage Month |
All Month | Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month |
All Month | Celebrate Diversity Month |
4/7 | International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda |
4/8-16 | Passover |
4/8 | Holcaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) |
4/11 | National Day of Silence |
4/12 | Easter |
4/21 | First Day of Rivdan (Festival of Rivdan) |
4/22 | Earth Day |
May
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
---|---|
5/5 | Cinco de Mayo |
5/21 | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
5/24 | Ramadan Begins |
5/25 | Memorial Day |
June
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
---|---|
All Month | National Caribbean American Heritage Month |
All Month | AIDS Awareness Month |
All Month | LGBT Pride Month |
All Month | Black Music Month |
6/8 | Race Unity Day |
6/12 | Loving Day |
6/19 | Juneteenth |
July
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
---|---|
All Month | French-American Heritage Month |
7/4 | Independence Day |
7/26 | Disability Independence Day (Americans with Disability Act signed) |
All Month | Celebrate Diversity Month |
August
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
---|---|
8/9 | International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
8/23 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
8/26 | Women's Equality Day |
September
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
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All Month | Hispanic Heritage Month |
9/7 | Labor Day |
9/11 | Patriot Day |
9/15 | International Day of Democracy |
9/18-20 | Rosh Hashana |
9/21 | International Day of Peace |
9/25 | National Native American Day (4th Friday) |
9/27-28 | Yom Kippur |
October
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
---|---|
All Month | Domestic Violence Awareness Month |
All Month | Filipino-American Heritage Month |
All Month | Italian-American Heritage Month |
All Month | LGBT History Month |
All Month | National Disability Employment Awareness Month |
All Month | Polish-American Heritage Month |
10/2 | International Day of Non-Violence |
10/6 | German American Heritage Day |
10/10 | World Mental Health Day |
10/11 | National Coming Out Day |
10/17 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
10/18 | Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary |
10/30 | Nevada Day (Last Friday) |
10/31 | Halloween |
10/31 | Day of the Dead |
November
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
---|---|
All Month | National Native American Heritage Month |
All Month | National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month |
11/11 | Veterans Day/Armistice Day |
11/16 | International Day for Tolerance |
11/20 | Transgender Day of Remembrance |
11/26 | Thanksgiving |
December
Date | Holiday/Celebration |
---|---|
All Month | Universal Human Rights Month |
12/3 | International Day for People with Disability |
12/10 | International Human Rights Day |
12/10-18 | Hanukkah |
12/25 | Christmas |
12/26-1/1 | Kwanzaa |
12/31 | New Year's Eve |