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
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Bullying Prevention Month
- Dyslexia Awareness Month
- Disability History Month
- Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- Filipino American History Month
- Global Diversity Awareness Month
- Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx Heritage Month
- Italian American Heritage Month
- Polish American Heritage Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Date-Specific Events
- Monday, October 9: Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Wednesday, October 11: National Coming Out Day
- Friday, October 13: Navy Birthday
- Sunday, October 15: Blind Americans Equality Day and White Cane Awareness Day
- Sunday, October 15 – Saturday, October 21: Navratri (Hindu)
- Monday, October 16 – Tuesday, October 17: Birth of Bab and Birth of Baha’u’llah – Twin Holy Birthdays (Bahá’í)
- Wednesday, October 18: International Pronouns Day
- Friday, October 20: Spirit Day
- Friday, October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
- Saturday, October 28: National Immigrants Day
Additional Awareness Events this Month
The DEIA Communications team will send out individual communications around the following awareness events this month:
- LGBT History Month
- World Mental Health Day (Tuesday, October 10)
Share Family Recipes and Stories for National Immigrants Day
Contribute to our Family Recipe Project for our 2nd year of honoring National Immigrants Day.
In 1987, on the 101st anniversary of the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October 28 as National Immigrants Day. It is celebrated as a moving reminder of what makes America unique among other nations. While it is not an official U.S. Holiday, Immigrants Day is an acknowledgement that the United States has more immigrants than any other nation.
Whether your family just arrived or has been here for generations, we all contribute to our unique American culture, often described as a melting pot or a stew. Nowhere is that idea more apparent than on our dining room tables.
In that spirit, the DEIA Team would like to hear from you. Do you have a family recipe you would like to share? If so, please submit a recipe by Tuesday, October 24.
You will also have the option to submit a family story about that recipe.
Explore last year’s submissions on our Family Recipe Project site.