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
- Arab American and Middle Eastern and North African American Heritage Month
- Autism Acceptance Month
- Deaf History Month
- National Volunteer Month
- Scottish-American Heritage Month
Date-Specific Events
- Friday, April 11: LGBTQIA+ Day of Silence
- Saturday, April 12 – Sunday, April 20: Passover (Judaism)
- Saturday, April 12: The Fast of the First Born (Judaism)
- Sunday, April 13: Palm Sunday (Christian - Western)
- Sunday, April 13 – Wednesday, April 16: Pi Mai (Lao New Year)
- Sunday, April 13 – Tuesday, April 15: Songkran (Thai New Year)
- Sunday, April 13 – Wednesday, April 16: Thingyan (Myanmar's New Year)
- Monday, April 14 – Wednesday, April 16: Choul Chnam Thmey (Cambodian New Year)
- Monday, April 14: Vaisakhi (Sikhism, Hinduism)
- Thursday, April 17: Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day
- Friday, April 18: Good Friday (Christian - Western)
- Sunday, April 20: Easter (Christian - Western)
- Wednesday, April 23 – Thursday, April 24: Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
Additional Communications
The DEIA Communications team is sending out individual communications around the following awareness events this month:
- Eid al-Fitr Gathering – Wednesday, April 9 at 2:00 p.m.
- Lowell to hold vigil on April 17 for the 50th Anniversary of Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day