DEI CALENDAR

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January 2024

National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Poverty in America Awareness Month
1 – New Year’s Day
4 – World Braille Day
15 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
16 – National Day of Racial Healing
27 – Holocaust Remembrance Day

February 2024

Black History Month

1 – National Freedom Day

10 – Lunar New Year

13 – Mardi Gras

14 – Ash Wednesday

15 – Parinirvana Day

19 – Japanese American Interment Camp Remembrance Day

March 2024

Women’s History Month

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

Greek American Heritage Month

Irish American Heritage Month

8 – International Women’s Day

8 – Maha Shivarati (Hindu)

11 – Ramadan Begins

17 – Saint Patrick’s Day

19 – International Nowruz Day

20 – Vernal Equinox Day

23 – Purim

24 – Palm Sunday

25 – Holi (Hindu)

25 – Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade Remembrance Day

29 – Good Friday

31 – Easter

31 – Transgender Visibility Day

April 2024

Arab-American Heritage Month

Autism Awareness Month

Celebrate Diversity Month

Earth Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Volunteer Month

2 – World Autism Awareness Day
5 – Laylat al-Qadr (Muslim)
7 – World Health Day
9 – Eid-al-Fitr/End of Ramadan (Muslim)
12 – National Day of Silence (LGBTQ+)
21 – Start of Ridvan (Baha’i)
22 – Passover begins (Jewish)
22 – Earth Day
24 – Administrative Professionals Day
28 –World Day for Safety and Health at Work
30 – Passover ends

May 2024

ALS Awareness Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Indian Heritage Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
National Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Older Americans Month
South Asian American Heritage Month
National Military Appreciation Month
4 – National Day of Prayer

5 – Cinco de Mayo
5 – Yom Hashoah (Jewish)
12 – Mother’s Day

17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
19 – Malcolm X’s Birthday

20 – International Human Resources Day
21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
23 – Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i)
26 – Arbor Day
26 – Buddha’s Birthday

29 – Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
27 – Memorial Day

June 2024

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Black Music Month
National Caribbean American Heritage Month
Pride Month (LGBTQ+)
5 – World Environment Day
9 – Race Unity Day
12 – Loving Day
16 – Eid al-Adha (Muslim)
16 – Father’s Day
19 – Juneteenth
20 – World Refugee Day
20 – Litha (Pagan), Summer Solstice
23 – Public Service Day
27 – Helen Keller Day
28 – Pride Day (LGBTQ+)

July 2024

Disability Pride Month
French-American Heritage Month
4 – Independence Day
7 – Al-Hijra begins (Muslim)
9 – Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)
11 – World Populace Day
14 – Bastille Day
18 – International Nelson Mandela Day
24 – Pioneer Day (Mormon)
24 – International Self-Care Day
26 – National Disability Independence Day (commemorates the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act)
28 – Parents’ Day
30 – International Day of Friendship

August 2024

National Civility Month
7 – Purple Heart Day
9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
13 – Left-Handers Day
19 – World Humanitarian Day
21 – Senior Citizens Day
26 – Women’s Equality Day
26 – Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
31 – International Day of People of African Descent

September 2024

National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15 – 10/15)
National Substance Use Recovery Month
National Guide Dog Month
Suicide Prevention Month

2 – Labor Day
5 – International Day of Charity
10 – World Suicide Prevention Day
10 – Grandparents’ Day
11 – Patriot Day
15 – International Day of Democracy
16 – Mexican Independence Day
18 – International Equal Pay Day
20 – HeForShe
21 – International Day of Peace
21 – World Gratitude Day
22 – American Business Women’s Day
26 – HR Appreciation Day
27 – National Native American Day

October 2024

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Bullying Prevention Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Filipino-American Heritage Month
German-American Heritage Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
LGBTQ History Month
National Work and Family Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
Family History Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
2 – International Day of Nonviolence
2 – Rosh Hashanah begins (Jewish)
3 – Navrati begins (Hindu)
10 – World Mental Health Day
11 – National Coming Out Day (LGBTQ+)
11 – Yom Kippur (Jewish)
14 – National Indigenous Peoples’ Day     16 – Sukkot (Jewish)
16 – Bosses’ Day
19 – Spirit Day (LGBTQ+ anti-bullying)
19 – International Pronouns Day
20 – Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
20 – Sikh Holy Day (birth of Guru Granth)
21 – Waste Reduction Week
22 – International Stuttering Awareness Day
31 – Halloween
31 – Diwali (Hindu)

November 2024

National Native American Heritage Month
Diabetes Awareness Month
1 – Dia de Muertos
1 – All Saints’ Day (Roman Catholic)
1 – National Stress Awareness Day
2 – All Souls’ Day
5 – Election Day
9 – World Freedom Day
9 – World Adoption Day
11 – Remembrance Day
11 – Veterans Day
12 – Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
13 – World Kindness Day
16 – International Day for Tolerance
19 – International Men’s Day
20 – Transgender Day of Remembrance
20 – World Children’s Day (Human Rights, U.N.)
24 – Native American Heritage Day
25 – Day of the Covenant (Baha’i)
27 – Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha (Baha’i)
28 – Thanksgiving

December 2024

HIV/AIDS Awareness Month
Universal Human Rights Month
1 – World AIDS Day
3 – International Day for People with Disabilities
3 – Giving Tuesday
5 – International Volunteer Day
7 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
9 – International Genocide Prevention Day
10 – International Human Rights Day
18 – International Migrants Day
21 – Yule (Pagan), Winter Solstice
25 – Christmas (Christian)
25 – Hanukkah begins at sunset (Jewish)
26 – Kwanzaa week Begins
31 – New Year’s Eve