DEIA Calendar
The DEIA Communications team keeps a calendar of upcoming diversity awareness months and days recognized either nationally or internationally due to their cultural, historical, or religious significance.
Month-Long Events
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Bullying Prevention Month
- Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- Dyslexia Awareness Month
- Filipino American History Month
- Global Diversity Awareness Month
- Italian American Heritage Month
- LGBT History Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- Polish American Heritage Month
Date-Specific Events
- Wednesday, October 1 – Thursday, October 2: Yom Kippur (Jewish)
- Monday, October 6 – Monday, October 13: Sukkot (Jewish)
- Friday, October 10: World Mental Health Day
- Saturday, October 11: National Coming Out Day
- Monday, October 13: Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Monday, October 13: Navy Birthday
- Tuesday, October 14: International Pronouns Day
- Wednesday, October 15: Blind Americans Equality Day and White Cane Awareness Day
- Thursday, October 16: Spirit Day
- Monday, October 20: Diwali
- Wednesday, October 22 – Thursday, October 23: Birth of Bab and Birth of Baha’u’llah – Twin Holy Birthdays (Bahá’í)
- Wednesday, October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
- October 28: National Immigrants Day
Additional Awareness Communications this Month
The DEIA Communications team is sending out individual communications around the following awareness events this month:
- Navy Birthday
- Diwali
- National Immigrants Day