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
- Monday, September 1, 2025 – Tuesday, September 30, 2025: National Guide Dog Month
- Monday, September 15, 2025 - Wednesday, October 15, 2025: Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx Heritage Month
Date-Specific Events
- Monday, September 1: Labor Day
- Thursday, September 4 – Friday, September 5: Eid Milad ul-Nabi (Islam)
- Sunday, September 7: Brazil’s Independence Day
- Tuesday, September 16: Mexican Independence Day
- Thursday, September 18: Air Force Birthday
- Thursday, September 18: National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
- Sunday, September 21: International Day of Peace
- Monday, September 22 – Sunday, September 28: International Week of the Deaf
- Monday, September 22 – Thursday, October 2: Navratri (Hindu)
- Monday, September 22 – Wednesday, September 24: Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)
- Tuesday, September 23: International Day of Sign Languages
- Tuesday, September 30: National Day of Remembrance for Indian Boarding Schools
Additional Awareness Communications this Month
The DEIA Communications team is sending out individual communications around the following awareness events this month:
- UMass Cancer Walk
- Hispanic, Latino, and Latinx Heritage Month
- Air Force Birthday