Diversity awareness calendar
January
| Date | Holiday/Celebration |
|---|---|
| All Month | Poverty in American Awareness Month |
| 1/1 | New Year's Day |
| 1/4 | World Braille Day |
| 1/6 | Three Kings Day |
| 1/17 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| 1/22 | Lunar New Year |
| 1/27 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
February
| Date | Holiday/Celebration |
|---|---|
| All Month | Black History Month |
| 2/14 | St. Valentine's Day |
| 2/15 | Nirvana Day |
| 2/21 | Mardi Gras |
| 2/20 | World Day of Social Justice |
| 2/20 | President's Day |
| 2/22 | Ash Wednesday |
March
| Date | Holiday/Celebration |
|---|---|
| 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 | National Women's History Month |
| 3/8 | International Women's Day |
| 3/8 | Holi Festival of Colors |
| 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 | International Transgender Day of Visibility |
| 3/13-4/15 | Deaf History Month |
April
| Date | Holiday/Celebration |
|---|---|
| All Month | Earth Month |
| All Month | Arab-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month |
| All Month | Celebrate Diversity Month |
| All Month | Autism Awareness Month |
| 4/2 | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 4/5-4/14 | Passover |
| 4/7 | International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda |
| 4/9 | Easter |
| 4/14 | National Day of Silence |
| 4/22 | Earth Day |
| 4/20-5/2 | Ridván (Festival of Ridván) |
May
| Date | Holiday/Celebration |
|---|---|
| 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 Awareness Month |
| 5/5 | Cinco de Mayo |
| 5/21 | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
| 5/29 | Memorial Day |
June
| Date | Holiday/Celebration |
|---|---|
| All Month | National Caribbean American Heritage Month |
| All Month | LGBTQIA2+ Pride Month |
| All Month | Black Music Month |
| All Month | Immigrant Heritage Month |
| 6/11 | 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) |
| 7/18-8/17 | South Asian Heritage 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 |
|---|---|
| 9/4 | Labor Day |
| 9/15 | International Day of Democracy |
| 9/18 | International Equal Pay Day |
| 9/21 | International Day of Peace |
| 9/22 | National Native American Day (4th Friday) |
| 9/15-17 | Rosh Hashanah |
| 9/24-25 | Yom Kippur |
| 9/15-10/15 | Hispanic Heritage Month |
October
| Date | Holiday/Celebration |
|---|---|
| All Month | Domestic Violence Awareness Month |
| All Month | Filipino-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | Italian-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | LGBTQIA2+ History Month |
| All Month | National Disability Employment Awareness Month |
| All Month | Polish-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | Global Diversity Awareness Month |
| All Month | AIDS Awareness Month |
| 10/2 | International Day of Non-Violence |
| 10/6 | German American Heritage Day |
| 10/9 | National Indigenous Peoples Day |
| 10/10 | World Mental Health Day |
| 10/11 | National Coming Out Day |
| 10/17 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 10/17 | Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary |
| 10/27 | Nevada Day (Last Friday of Oct.) |
| 10/31 | Halloween |
| 10/31-11/2 | Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos |
November
| Date | Holiday/Celebration |
|---|---|
| All Month | National Native American Heritage Month |
| All Month | National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month |
| 11/1 | Day of the Dead / Dia de los Muertos Observed |
| 11/11 | Veterans Day/Armistice Day |
| 11/12 | Diwali |
| 11/16 | International Day for Tolerance |
| 11/20 | Transgender Day of Remembrance |
| 11/23 | Thanksgiving |
| 11/24 | Native American Heritage Day |
December
| Date | Holiday/Celebration |
|---|---|
| All Month | Universal Human Rights Month |
| 12/3 | International Day for People with Disability |
| 12/10 | International Human Rights Day |
| 12/7-15 | Hanukkah |
| 12/25 | Christmas |
| 12/26-1/1 | Kwanzaa |
| 12/31 | New Year's Eve |