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 |
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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 |
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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
April
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
November
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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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 |
December