Diversity 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
- ALS Awareness Month
- Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Month
- Haitian Heritage Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- National Military Appreciation Month
- Older Americans Month
Date-Specific Events
- Sunday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo
- Sunday, May 5: Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
- Sunday, May 5: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day
- Thursday, May 16: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- Friday, May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- Monday, May 20: Armed Forces Day
- Tuesday, May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- Wednesday, May 22 and Thursday, May 23: Declaration of the Bab (Bahá’í)
- Thursday, May 23: Vesak (Buddhism)
- Monday, May 27 and Tuesday, May 28: Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í)
- Monday, May 27: Memorial Day
Upcoming Online and In-Person Educational Events
The UMass President’s Office DEIA team will host the following event for Mental Health Awareness Month:
- Wednesday, May 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Reducing Stress & Anxiety Workshop. In person at the Westborough office.
More information will follow in an upcoming event communication.