Inclusive Calendar
The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to reveal our first ever Inclusive Calendar. 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 National Mentoring Month, Poverty in America Awareness Month, and Slavery & Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
- 1/1New Year’s Day
- 1/4:National Braille Day
- 1/7: Eastern Orthodox Christmas
- 1/14: Makar Sankranti
- 1/16: World Religion Day
- 1/17: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- 1/18: Mahayana New Year
- 1/24: International Day of Education
- 1/27: International Holocaust Remembrance
Febraury is Black History Month and American Heart Month.
- 2/1 : Chinese New Year
- 2/8: Safer Internet Day
- 2/14: Valentines Day
- 2/15: Nirvana Day
- 2/20: World Day of Social Justice
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: National Women of Color Day
- 3/1: Mardi Gras
- 3/1: Maha Shivaratri
- 3/2: Ash Wednesday
- 3/8: International Women’s Day
- 3/14: Pi Day
- 3/15: Equal Pay Day
- 3/16-17: Purim
- 3/17: St. Patrick’s Day
- 3/18: Holi
- 3/21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 3/21: World Down Syndrome Day
- 3/20-21: Naw-Ruz
- 3/25: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- 3/31: Transgender Day of Visibility
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: Ramadan begins
- 4/2: Autism Awareness Day
- 4/6: National Tartan Day
- 4/10: Palm Sunday
- 4/15: Passover begins
- 4/15 : Good Friday
- 4/17: Easter
- 4/20: Ridvan begins
- 4/22: Earth Day
- 4/23: Passover ends
- 4/23: National Day of Silence
- 4/27-28: Yom Hashoah
- 4/28-30: Gathering of Nations
- 4/29: Laylat al-Qadr
- 4/30: Ramadan ends
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, Black Music Month, Caribbean American Heritage Month, and LGBTQIAA+ Pride Month.
- 6/8: Race Unity Day
- 6/12: Loving Day
- 6/19: Juneteenth
- 6/20: World Refugee Day
- 6/24: Pride Day
July is French-American Heritage Month.
- 7/4: Independence Day
- 7/7: The Hajj
- 7/9: Eid al-Adha
- 7/9 : Martyrdom of the Bab
- 7/11: World Populace Day
- 7/18: International Nelson Mandela Day
- 7/24: Pioneer Day
- 7/26: National Disability Independence Day
- 7/29: Al-Hijra
- 7/30: International Day of Friendship
August is International Civility Month.
- 8/7: Purple Heart Day
- 8/9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
- 8/15: Feast of the Assumption
- 8/18 -19: Krishna Janmashtami
- 8/19: World Humanitarian Day
- 8/26: Women’s Equality Day
September is Hispanic Heritage Month- check out our National Hispanic Heritage Month challenge, National Recovery Month, and Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
- 9/5: Labor Day
- 9/11: Patriot Day
- 9/15: International Day of Democracy
- 9/16: Mexican Independence Day
- 9/21: International Day of Peace
- 9/22: American Business Women’s Day
- 9/25: Rosh Hashanah begins
- 9/26: Navratri begins
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Dsylexia Awareness Month, Emotional Wellness Month, Filipino American History Month, German-American Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Italian-American Heritage Month, and LGBT History Month.
- 10/2: International Day of Nonviolence
- 10/4: Yom Kippur begins
- 10/9: Sukkot begins
- 10/10: World Mental Health Day
- 10/10: National Indigenous Peoples’ Day
- 10/11: National Coming Out Day
- 10/15: White Cane Safety Day
- 10/20: Birth of Guru Granth
- 10/22: International Stuttering Awareness Day
- 10/24: Diwali
- 10/26: Birth of Baha’u’llah
- 10/31: Halloween
November is National Native American Heritage Month.
- 11/1-2: Dia de los Muertos
- 11/1: All Saints’ Day
- 11/2: National Stress Awareness Day
- 11/9: World Freedom Day
- 11/9: World Adoption Day
- 11/11: Veterans Day
- 11/13: World Kindness Day
- 11/16: National Day for Tolerance
- 11/19: International Men’s Day
- 11/20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 11/20: Universal Children’s Day
- 11/24: Thanksgiving
- 11/26: Day of the Covenant
- 11/28: Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha
December is HIV/AIDS Awareness Month and Universal Human Rights Month.
- 12/1: World AIDS Day
- 12/3: International Day for People with Disabilities
- 12/5: International Volunteer Day
- 12/9: Genocide Prevention Day
- 12/10: International Human Rights Day
- 12/18: Hanukkah begins at sunset
- 12/25: Christmas
- 12/26: Kwanzaa begins
- 12/31: New Year’s Eve
Don't see your celebration?
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