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