Inclusive Calendar
The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to continue our Inclusive Calendar. The A&S Inclusive Calendar will be shifting from Calendar year to UC Fiscal year, to accomidate this shift we have decided to release version 1.5., with version 2 being released later this spring.
This calendar is intended to highlight holidays, holy days, celebrations and remembrances from all over the world so that we can mark and embrace the moments that matter to each of us.
January is Cervican Cancer Awareness Month, National Blood Donor Month, National Mentoring Month, Poverty in America Awareness Month, and Slavery & Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
- 1/1: New Year’s Day
- 1/4: National Braille Day
- 1/7: Eastern Orthodox Christmas
- 1/14: Orthodox New Year
- 1/15: Makar Sankranti & World Religion Day
- 1/16: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- 1/22: Chinese New Year
- 1/24: International Day of Education
- 1/27: International Holocaust Remembrance
February is Black History Month and American Heart Month, National Cancer Prevention Month and Senior Independence Month
- 2/1 -2 Imbolc*
- 2/2: Groundhog Day
- 2/5-6: Tu Bishvat**
- 2/7: Safer Internet Day
- 2/14: Valentines Day
- 2/15: Nirvana Day
- 2/17-18: Lailat al Miraj***
- 2/18: Maha Shivaratri
- 2/19: Day of Remembrance
- 2/20: President's Day & World Day of Social Justice
- 2/21: Mardi Gras
- 2/22: Ash Wednesday
- 2/24: Festival of Ayyam-i-Ha Begins****
*Observed evening of 2/1 - evening 2/2
**Observed evening of 2/5 - evening of 2/6
***Observed evening of 2/17 - evening 2/18
****Multi-day festival
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, Ethnic Equality Month, Gender Equality Month, Greek-American Heritage Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, National Colon Cancer Awareness Month, National Kidney Month, National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness and Education Month, and National Women’s History Month.
- 3/1: International Women of Color Day
- 3/1: 3/6-7: Purium*
- 3/8: Holi & International Women’s Day
- 3/8-10: Hola Mohalla**
- 3/14: Pi Day
- 3/15: Equal Pay Day
- 3/17: St. Patrick’s Day
- 3/21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Ostara (Spring Equinox) & World Down Syndrome Day
- 3/21-22: Naw-Ruz ***
- 3/23: Ramadan begins****
- 3/25: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- 3/31: Transgender Day of Visibility
*Observed evening of 3/6 - evening of 3/7
**2-day festival
***Observed evening of 3/21 - evening of 3/22
****Observed evening of 3/23 - evening 4/21
April is Arab-American Heritage Month, Autism Awareness Month, Celebrate Diversity Month, Earth Month, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and National Volunteer Month.
- 4/2: Palm Sunday & World Autism Awareness Day
- 4/4: Mahavir Jayanti
- 4/5: Passover begins*
- 4/6: National Tartan Day
- 4/7: Good Friday
- 4/9: Easter & Orthodox Palm Sunday
- 4/13: Passover ends*
- 4/14: Orthodox Good Friday, National Day of Silence & Vaisakhi
- 4/16: Orthodox Easter
- 4/17-18: Yom Hashoah**
- 4/18: Laylat al-Qadr
- 4/20: Ridvan begins***
- 4/21: Ramadan ends****
- 4/21-22: Eid al-Fitr*****
- 4/22: Earth Day
- 4/27-29: Gathering of Nations
*Observed evening of 4/16 - evening of 4/13
**Observed evening of 4/17 - evening of 4/18
***Observed evening of 4/20 - evening of 5/2
****Observed evening of 3/23 - evening 4/21
*****Observed evening of 4/21 - evening of 4/22
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, Older Americans Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, ALS Awareness Month, Haitian Heritage Month, and Indian Heritage Month.
- 5/1: Beltane
- 5/2: Ridvan Ends*
- 5/5: Cinco De Mayo & Vesak
- 5/8: (Summer) Classes Begin
- 5/17: International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia & Transphobia
- 5/21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- 5/23-24: Declaration of the Báb**
- 5/25-27: Shavuot***
- 5/26: Birthday of Gautama Buddha
- 5/28-29: Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh****
- 5/29: Memorial Day
*Observed evening of 4/20 - evening of 5/2
**Observed evening of 5/23 - evening of 5/24
***Observed evening of 5/25 - evening 5/27
****Observed evening 5/28 - evening of 5/29
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, Black Music Month, Caribbean American Heritage Month, and LGBTQIAA+ Pride Month.
- 6/11: Race Unity Day
- 6/12: Loving Day
- 6/16: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
- 6/19: Juneteenth
- 6/20: World Refugee Day
- 6/24: Litha (Summer Solstice)
- 6/26: Hajj Begins* & LGBT Equality Day
- 6/28-29: Eid al-Adha**
*Observed evening of 6/26 - evening of 7/1
**Observed evening of 6/28 - evening of 6/29
July is French-American Heritage Month.
- 7/1: Hajj Ends*
- 7/4: Independence Day
- 7/9: Martyrdom of the Bab
- 7/11: World Population Day
- 7/18: Mandela Day
- 7/18-19: Al-Hijra**
- 7/24: Pioneer Day
- 7/26: National Disability Independence Day
- 7/26-27: Tish'a B'Av***
- 7/30: International Day of Friendship
*Observed evening of 6/26 - evening of 7/1
**Observed evening of 7/18 - evening of 7/19
***Observed evening of 7/26 - evening of 7/27
Look for Volume 2 late Spring 2023.
Looking for Volume 1, you can download Volume 1 here.
Don't see your celebration?
Let us know so we can include it in Vol. 2, submit your celebration today!