Diversity Awareness Calendar - Equity, Inclusion and Sustainability Office

Diversity Awareness Calendar

Below is a list of the widely recognized awareness months and day(s) for a specific group, culture or cause. These awareness months and day(s) are intended to help raise awareness and understanding for the group, culture or cause, not trivialize.

January

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	Poverty in America Awareness Month
1	New Year's Day
1	Global Family Day/World Peace Day
4	World Braille Day
19	World Religion Day
20	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
23	World Freedom Day
25	Chinese New Year
26	International Customs Day
27	International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	American History Month
All Month	Black History Month
All Month	Canadian History Month
All Month	Human Relations Month
14	St. Valentine's Day
15	Nirvana Day
19	Presidents Day
20	World Day of Social Justice
25	Mardi Gras
26	Ash Wednesday

March

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
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
All Month	National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
8	International Women's Day
8	United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
9–10	Purim
11	World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
14	Pi Day
16	St. Urho day
17	St. Patrick's Day
21	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21	World Down Syndrome Day
21	Naw-Ruz (Baha'i New Year)
25	International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
31	Advisor Appreciation Day
31	Equal Pay Day

April

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	Community Service Month
All Month	Earth Month
All Month	Autism Awareness Month
All Month	Arab-American Heritage Month
All Month	Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month
All Month	Celebrate Diversity Month
2	World Autism Awareness Day
7	International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
8–16	Passover
11	National Day of Silence
12	Easter
15	Youth Homelessness Matters Day
20	First Day of Ridvan—Festival of Ridvan
20–21	Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
22	Earth Day
29	The Ninth Day of Ridvan

May

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
All Month	Haitian Heritage Month
All Month	Indian Heritage Month
All Month	Jewish-American Heritage Month
All Month	Mental Health Month
All Month	South Asian Heritage Month
All Month	Personal History Awareness Month
All Month	Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
All Month	Older Americans Month
2	The Twelfth Day of Ridvan
4	Star Wars Day
5	Cinco de Mayo
8	Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost their Lives during WWII
21	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22	International Day for Biological Diversity
23	Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot
24	Ramadan Begins
25	Memorial Day
29	Ascension of Bahau'llah

June

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	National Caribbean American Heritage Month
All Month	AIDS Awareness Month
All Month	LGBT Pride Month
All Month	Black Music Month
8	Race Unity Day
12	Loving Day
19	Juneteenth

July

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	French-American Heritage Month
4	Independence Day
4	Filipino-American Friendship Day
9	The Martyrdom of the Bab
11	World Population Day
24	Pioneer Day
26	Americans with Disabilities Act Signed "Disability Independence Day"
29–30	Tisha B'Av

August

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	National Civility Month
9	International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
13	International Lefthanders Day
19	World Humanitarian Day
23	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
26	Women’s Equality Day

September

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	Hispanic Heritage Month
All Month	National Guide Dog Month
7	Labor Day
11	Patriot Day
12	National Native American Day
15	International Day of Democracy
16	Mexican Independence Day
18–20	Rosh Hashanah
19	International Talk Like a Pirate Day
21	International Day of Peace
26	European Languages Day
27–28	Yom Kippur
27	World Tourism Day

October

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	Bullying Prevention Month
All Month	Domestic Violence Awareness Month
All Month	Down Syndrome Awareness Month
All Month	Family History 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	National German Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
All Month	National Work and Family Month
All Month	Polish-American Heritage Month
2	International Day of Non-Violence
2–9	Sukkot
6	German American Heritage Day
10	World Mental Health Day
11	National Coming Out Day
15	White Cane Safety Day
16	Spirit Day–Anti Bullying
17	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18	Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary
19	World Humanitarian Action Day
20	Birth of the Bab in Shiraz
22	International Stuttering Awareness Day
31	Halloween
31	Day of the Dead

November

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	National Native American Heritage Month
All Month	National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
11	Veterans Day/Armistice Day
12	Birth of Baha'u'llah
13	World Kindness Day
16	International Day for Tolerance
17	International Students' Day
20	Transgender Day of Remembrance
26	Thanksgiving
28–Dec. 6	Hanukkah

December

Day(s)	Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month	Universal Human Rights Month
1	World AIDS Day
3	International Day for People with Disability
10	International Human Rights Day
20	International Human Solidarity Day
25	Christmas
26–1	Kwanzaa
31	New Year's Eve