The President's Office DEIA Team recognizes various diversity awareness months and days throughout the calendar year through communications, discussions, and events. This calendar is intended as a reference point for anyone interested in planning a DEIA event as well as anyone interested in learning about the various awareness events that happen nationally and internationally.

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Anyone at the President's Office can suggest a Diversity Awareness Event. Feel free to contact the President's Office DEIA Team with an event request.

Calendar of Awareness Months and Days

  • National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
  • January 1 - New Year’s Day
  • January 1 - Kwanzaa ends
  • January 4 - World Braille Day
  • January 7 - Christmas (Eastern Orthodox)
  • January 17 - World Religion Day (Baha’i)
  • January 18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • January 18-20 - Mahāyāna New Year (Buddhist - Mahāyāna branch)
  • January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
  • Black History Month
  • February 1 - National Freedom Day
  • February 1 - Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger)
  • February 4 - Rosa Parks Day
  • February 7 - National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • February 15 - Parinirvana Day or Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
  • February 15 - Susan B. Anthony Day
  • February 16 - Māgha Pūjā (Buddhism)
  • February 19 - Day Of Remembrance Of Japanese American Incarceration During World War II
  • Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  • Greek-American Heritage Month
  • Irish-American Heritage Month
  • National Women’s History Month
  • March 1 - Maha Shivarati (Hindu)
  • March 1 - Mardi Gras
  • March 2 - Ash Wednesday (Christian)
  • March 8 - International Women’s Day
  • March 10 - Harriet Tubman Day
  • March 10 - National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • March 13-19 - Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
  • March 15 - Equal Pay Day
  • March 16-17 - Purim (Jewish)
  • March 18 - Holi (Hindu)
  • March 18-24 - Higan (Buddhism - Japanese sects)
  • March 20 - National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • March 21 - National Single Parent Day
  • March 21-22 - Nowruz
  • March 25 - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • March 31 - International Transgender Day of Visibility
  • Arab, Middle Eastern, and North African American Heritage Month 
  • Autism Acceptance Month
  • National Volunteer Month
  • Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month
  • April 2 - Ramadan begins (Muslim)
  • April 10 - Palm Sunday (Christian)
  • April 15 - Good Friday (Christian)
  • April 15-22 - Pesach (Jewish)
  • April 17 - Easter (Christian)
  • April 18 - National Transgender HIV Testing Day
  • April 21 - Start of Rivdan (Baha’i)
  • April 23 - National Day of Silence (LGBTQIA+)
  • April 27-28 - Yom Hashoah (Jewish)
  • April 29 - Laylat al-Qadr (Muslim)
  • ALS Awareness Month
  • Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month
  • Haitian Heritage Month
  • Indian Heritage Month
  • Jewish-American Heritage Month
  • Mental Health Month
  • Older Americans Month
  • May 2 - Ramadan ends (Muslim)
  • May 2-3 - Eid al-Fitr (Muslim)
  • May 5 - Cinco de Mayo
  • May 6 - Vesak (Buddhism)
  • May 17 - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
  • May 19 - Global Accessibility Awareness Day
  • May 19 - National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • May 21 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
  • May 24 - Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i)
  • May 25 - Africa Day
  • May 29 - Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
  • May 31 - Memorial Day
  • Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
  • Black Music Month
  • National Caribbean American Heritage Month
  • National Immigrant Heritage Month
  • Pride Month (LGBTQIAA+)
  • June 5 - HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day
  • June 8 - Race Unity Day
  • June 12 - Loving Day
  • June 18 - Autistic Pride Day
  • June 19 - Juneteenth
  • June 21 - Summer Solstice (Pagan)
  • June 24 - Pride Day (LGBTQIAA+) (varies by city and country)
  • June 27 - National HIV Testing Day
  • Disability Pride Month
  • French-American Heritage Month
  • July 4 - Independence Day
  • July 9 - Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)
  • July 9-10 - Eid al-Adha (Muslim)
  • July 14 - Bastille Day
  • July 18 - Nelson Mandela International Day
  • July 24-25 - Pioneer Day (Mormon)
  • July 26 - National Disability Independence Day
  • July 29-30 - Hijri New Year (Muslim)
  • August 9 - International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
  • August 11 - Rakhi
  • August 13-15 - Obon (Buddhism)
  • August 18-19 - Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
  • August 26 - Women’s Equality Day
  • August 29 - National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
  • Hispanic Heritage Month
  • National Guide Dog Month
  • September 6 - Labor Day
  • September 16 - Mexican Independence Day
  • September 18 - National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
  • September 21 - International Day of Peace
  • September 25-27 - Rosh Hashanah (Jewish)
  • September 26 - Navratri begins (Hindu)
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • Bullying Prevention Month
  • Disability History Month
  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • Down Syndrome Awareness Month
  • Filipino-American Heritage Month
  • Italian-American Heritage Month
  • LGBTQ History Month
  • Polish-American Heritage Month
  • Family History Month
  • October 2 - International Day of Nonviolence
  • October 4-5 - Yom Kippur
  • October 5 - Navrati ends (Hindu)
  • October 7-8 - Eid Milad ul-Nabi (Muslim)
  • October 9-16 - Sukkot (Jewish)
  • October 10 - World Mental Health Day
  • October 10 - Indigenous Peoples’ Day
  • October 11 - National Coming Out Day (LGBTQIAA+)
  • October 15 - White Cane Safety Day (Blind awareness)
  • October 15 - National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
  • October 17 - Spirit Day (LGBTQIAA+ anti-bullying)
  • October 19 (Third Wednesday of October) - International Pronouns Day
  • October 20 - Birth of Guru Granth (Sikh)
  • October 22 - International Stuttering Awareness Day
  • October 24 - Diwali (Hindu)
  • October 25-26 - Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
  • October 26-27 - Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
  • October 31 - Halloween
  • National Native American Heritage Month
  • November 1-2 - Día de Muertos
  • November 9 - World Freedom Day
  • November 11 - Veterans Day
  • November 13-19 - Transgender Awareness Week
  • November 19 - International Men’s Day
  • November 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance
  • November 25-26 - Day of the Covenant (Baha’i)
  • November 25 - Thanksgiving
  • November 25 - National Day of Mourning
  • November 28-29 - Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha (Baha’i)
  • Universal Human Rights Month
  • December 1 - World AIDS Day
  • December 3 - International Day for People with Disabilities
  • December 8 - Bodhi Day (Buddhism)
  • December 18-26 - Hanukkah (Jewish)
  • December 21 - Yule Winter Solstice (Pagan)
  • December 25 - Christmas (Christian)
  • December 26 - Kwanzaa begins
  • December 31 - New Year’s Eve