M State welcomes the opportunity to promote diversity and inclusion with its Diversity Awareness Calendar. These days and months are designated to raise awareness of specific groups, cultures and causes.
January
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
Poverty Awareness Month |
1 |
New Year's Day |
1 |
Global Family Day/World Peace Day |
4 |
World Braille Day |
17 |
World Religion Day |
18 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
23 |
World Freedom Day |
26 |
International Customs Day |
27 |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
February
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
American History Month |
All Month |
Black History Month |
All Month |
Canadian History Month |
All Month |
Human Relations Month |
12 |
Chinese New Year |
14 |
St. Valentine's Day |
15 |
Nirvana Day |
15 |
President's Day |
16 |
Mardi Gras |
17 |
Ash Wednesday |
20 |
World Day of Social Justice |
March
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month |
All Month |
Greek-American Heritage Month |
All Month |
Gender Equality Month |
All Month |
Irish-American Heritage Month |
All Month |
Ethnic Equality Month |
All Month |
National Women's History Month |
All Month |
National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month |
2 |
Homelessness Awareness Day |
8 |
International Women's Day |
11 |
World Day of Muslim Culture |
14 |
Pi Day |
16 |
St. Urho Day |
17 |
St. Patrick's Day |
19 |
Naw-Ruz |
21 |
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
21 |
World Down Syndrome Day |
25 |
Purim |
25 |
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
27 |
Passover Begins |
31 |
Transgender Day of Visibility |
April
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
Community Service Month |
All Month |
Earth Month |
All Month |
Autism Awareness Month |
All Month |
Arab-American Heritage Month |
All Month |
Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month |
All Month |
Celebrate Diversity Month |
2 |
World Autism Awareness Day |
4 |
Easter |
4 |
Passover ends |
7 |
International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda |
8 |
Holocaust Remembrance Day |
12 |
Ramadan begins |
13 |
Equal Pay Day |
20 |
First Day of Rivdan |
22 |
Earth Day |
23 |
National Day of Silence |
May
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month |
All Month |
Haitian Heritage Month |
All Month |
Indian Heritage Month |
All Month |
Jewish-American Heritage Month |
All Month |
Mental Health Month |
All Month |
South Asian Heritage Month |
All Month |
Personal History Awareness Month |
All Month |
Speech and Hearing Awareness Month |
All Month |
Older Americans Month |
5 |
Cinco de Mayo |
8 |
World War II Remembrance and Reconciliation |
12 |
Ramadan ends |
21 |
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
23 |
Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot |
27 |
Ascension of Bahau'llah |
31 |
Memorial Day |
June
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
National Caribbean American Heritage Month |
All Month |
AIDS Awareness Month |
All Month |
LGBT Pride Month |
All Month |
Black Music Month |
All month |
Race Unity Month |
12 |
Loving Day |
19 |
Juneteenth |
July
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
French-American Heritage Month |
4 |
Independence Day |
4 |
Filipino-American Friendship Day |
9 |
The Martyrdom of the Bab |
11 |
World Population Day |
17 |
Tisha B'Av |
26 |
Disability Independence Day |
August
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
National Civility Month |
9 |
International Day of the World's Indigenous People |
19 |
World Humanitarian Day |
23 |
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
26 |
Women's Equality Day |
September
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
Hispanic Heritage Month |
All Month |
National Guide Dog Month |
6 |
Labor Day |
6 |
Rosh Hashana starts |
11 |
Patriot Day |
15 |
Yom Kippur |
15 |
International Day of Democracy |
16 |
Mexican Independence Day |
20 |
Sukkot begins |
21 |
International Day of Peace |
24 |
National Native American Day |
October
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
Bullying Prevention Month |
All Month |
Domestic Violence Awareness Month |
All Month |
Down Syndrome Awareness Month |
All Month |
Family History Month |
All Month |
Filipino-American Heritage Month |
All Month |
Italian-American Heritage Month |
All Month |
LGBT History Month |
All Month |
National Disability Employment Awareness Month |
All Month |
National German Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) |
All Month |
National Work and Family Month |
All Month |
Polish-American Heritage Month |
2 |
International Day of Non-Violence |
6 |
German American Heritage Day |
10 |
World Mental Health Day |
11 |
National Coming Out Day |
15 |
White Cane Safety Day |
16 |
Spirit Day -Anti Bullying |
17 |
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
18 |
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary |
19 |
World Humanitarian Action Day |
20 |
Birth of the Bab in Shiraz |
22 |
International Stuttering Awareness Day |
31 |
Halloween |
31 |
Day of the Dead |
November
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
National Native American Heritage Month |
All Month |
National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month |
9 |
World Freedom Day |
11 |
Veterans Day/Armistice Day |
13 |
World Kindness Day |
17 |
International Students' Day |
20 |
Transgender Day of Remembrance |
25 |
Thanksgiving |
28 |
Hannukkah Starts |
December
Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
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All Month |
Universal Human Rights Month |
1 |
World AIDS Day |
3 |
International Day for People with Disabilities |
10 |
International Human Rights Day |
20 |
International Human Solidarity Day |
25 |
Christmas |
26 |
Kwanzaa starts |
31 |
New Year's Eve |