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Diversity Awareness Calendar

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M State welcomes the opportunity to promote diversity and inclusion. This calendar is designed to raise awareness of specific groups, cultures and causes.

January

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthPoverty Awareness Month
1New Year's Day
1Global Family Day/World Peace Day
4World Braille Day
15World Religion Day
16Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
26International Customs Day
27International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthAmerican History Month
All MonthBlack History Month
All MonthCanadian History Month
All MonthHuman Relations Month
14St. Valentine's Day
15Nirvana Day
20World Day of Social Justice
20President's Day

March

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized 
All MonthDevelopmental Disabilities Awareness Month
All MonthGreek-American Heritage Month
All MonthGender Equality Month
All MonthIrish-American Heritage Month
All MonthEthnic Equality Month
All MonthNational Women's History Month
All MonthNational Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
1Mardi Gras
2Ash Wednesday
6Purim
8International Women's Day
8United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
11World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
14Pi Day
16St. Urho Day
16-17Purim
17St. Patrick's Day
20Naw-Ruz
23First Day of Ramadan
25International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

April

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthCommunity Service Month
All MonthEarth Month
All MonthAutism Awareness Month
All MonthArab-American Heritage Month
All MonthTartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month
All MonthCelebrate Diversity Month
2World Autism Awareness Day
5Passover Starts 
7International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
9Easter
13Passover Ends 
14National Day of Silence 
20Youth Homelessness Matters Day
20First Day of Ridvan - Festival of Ridvan
21Advisor Appreciation Day
21Last Day of Ramadan
22Earth Day
28Ninth Day of Ridvan

May

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthNational Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
All MonthHaitian Heritage Month
All MonthIndian Heritage Month
All MonthJewish-American Heritage Month
All MonthMental Health Month
All MonthSouth Asian Heritage Month
All MonthPersonal History Awareness Month
All MonthSpeech and Hearing Awareness Month
All MonthOlder Americans Month
1-2Twelfth Day of Ridvan
4Star Wars Day
5Cinco de Mayo
8-9World War II Remembrance and Reconciliation
21World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22International Day for Biological Diversity
23Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot
28Ascension of Bahau'llah
29Memorial Day

June

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthNational Caribbean American Heritage Month
All MonthLGBT Pride Month
All MonthBlack Music Month
11Race Unity Day
12Loving Day
19Juneteenth
21National Indigenous People's Day
28Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Day

July

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthFrench-American Heritage Month
4Independence Day
4Filipino-American Friendship Day
9The Martyrdom of the Bab
11World Population Day
14Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary
24Pioneer Day
26Disability Independence Day
26-27Tisha B'Av

August

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthNational Civility Month
9International Day of the World's Indigenous People
13International Lefthanders Day
19World Humanitarian Day
23International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
26Women's Equality Day

September

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
9/15-10/15Hispanic Heritage Month
All MonthNational Guide Dog Month
4Labor Day
11Patriot Day
15International Day of Democracy
15-17Rosh Hashanah
16Mexican Independence Day
21International Day of Peace
24-25Yom Kippur
27World Tourism Day
29Sukkot

October

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthBullying Prevention Month
All MonthDomestic Violence Awareness Month
All MonthAIDS Awareness Month
All MonthDown Syndrome Awareness Month
All MonthFamily History Month
All MonthFilipino-American Heritage Month
All MonthItalian-American Heritage Month
All MonthLGBT History Month
All MonthNational Disability Employment Awareness Month
All MonthNational German Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
All MonthNational Work and Family Month
All MonthPolish-American Heritage Month
1German American Heritage Day
2International Day of Non-Violence
10World Mental Health Day
11National Coming Out Day
11National Native American Day
16-17Birth of the Bab in Shirza
16-17Birth of Baha'u'llah
19Spirit Day-Anti Bullying
31Halloween

November

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthNational Native American Heritage Month
All MonthNational American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
1-2Day of the Dead
2Equal Pay Day
9World Freedom Day
11Veterans Day/Armistice Day
13World Kindness Day
16International Day for Tolerance
17International Students' Day
20Transgender Day of Remembrance
23Thanksgiving

December

Day(s)Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All MonthUniversal Human Rights Month
All MonthHIV/AIDS Awareness Month
1World AIDS Day (UN)*
2International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (UN)*
3International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN)*
7-15Hanukkah
10International Human Rights Day (UN)*
25Christmas
26-Jan. 1Kwanzaa
31New Year's Eve