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. See below for several diversity dates to be aware of in the month of May.
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
- Monday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo
- Monday, May 5: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day
- Monday, May 12: Vesak (Buddhism)
- Thursday, May 15: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- Saturday, May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- Tuesday, May 20: Armed Forces Day
- Wednesday, May 21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- Thursday, May 22 – Wednesday, May 24: Declaration of the Bab (Bahá’í)
- Monday, May 26 – Memorial Day
- Tuesday, May 27 – Wednesday, May 28: Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Bahá’í)