Diversity Awareness Calendar 2024
Below is a list of the widely recognized awareness months and day(s) for a specific group, culture or cause. These awareness months and day(s) are intended to help raise awareness and understanding for the group, culture or cause, not trivialize. We encourage you to research and learn more about each awareness day.
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | Poverty in America Awareness Month |
| 1 | New Year's Day |
| 1 | Global Family Day/World Peace Day |
| 1 | Emancipation Proclamation Day |
| 4 | World Braille Day |
| 6 | Feast of the Epiphany |
| 7 | Eastern Orthodox Christmas |
| 15 | Makar Sankranti |
| 15 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| 21 | World Religion Day |
| 26 | International Customs Day |
| 27 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | American History Month |
| All Month | Black History Month |
| All Month | Canadian History Month |
| All Month | Ethnic Equality Month |
| All Month | Human Relations Month |
| 10 | Chinese New Year |
| 13 | Mardi Gras |
| 14 | St. Valentine's Day |
| 14 | Ash Wednesday |
| 15 | Nirvana Day |
| 19 | Presidents Day |
| 20 | World Day of Social Justice |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month |
| All Month | Gender Equality Month |
| All Month | Greek-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | Irish-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month |
| All Month | National Women's History Month |
| 8 | International Women's Day |
| 8 | United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace |
| 10 | Ramadan Begins |
| 11 | World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film |
| 12 | Equal Pay Day |
| 14 | Pi Day |
| 16 | St. Urho day |
| 17 | St. Patrick's Day |
| 18 | Eastern Orthodox Beginning of Lent |
| 20 | Now-Ruz (Baha'i New Year) |
| 21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| 21 | World Down Syndrome Day |
| 23-24 | Purim |
| 25 | Holi |
| 29 | Good Friday |
| 31 | Easter |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | Arab-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | Autism Awareness Month |
| All Month | Celebrate Diversity Month |
| All Month | Community Service Month |
| All Month | Earth Month |
| All Month | Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month |
| 2 | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 7 | International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda |
| 9 | Ramadan Ends |
| 12 | National Day of Silence |
| 13 | Vaisakhi |
| 17 | Youth Homelessness Matters Day |
| 20 | First Day of Ridvan |
| 21 | Advisor Appreciation Day |
| 22 | Earth Day |
| 22-30 | Passover |
| 25-27 | Gathering of Nations |
| 29 | The Ninth Day of Ridvan |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | Haitian Heritage Month |
| All Month | Indian Heritage Month |
| All Month | Jewish-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | Mental Health Month |
| All Month | National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month |
| All Month | Older Americans Month |
| All Month | Personal History Awareness Month |
| All Month | South Asian Heritage Month |
| All Month | Speech and Hearing Awareness Month |
| 2 | The Twelfth Day of Ridvan |
| 4 | Star Wars Day |
| 5 | Cinco de Mayo |
| 5 | Eastern Orthodox Easter |
| 5-6 | Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) |
| 8 | Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost their Lives during WWII |
| 9 | Ascension Day |
| 9 | Eid al-Fitr |
| 17 | International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia |
| 21 | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
| 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 22-23 | Declaration of the Bab |
| 27-28 | Ascension of Bahau'llah |
| 27 | Memorial Day |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | Black Music Month |
| All Month | LGBT Pride Month |
| All Month | National Caribbean American Heritage Month |
| 2 | Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 |
| 9 | Race Unity Day |
| 11 | Puerto Rican Day Parade |
| 11-13 | Shavuot |
| 12 | Loving Day |
| 14-19 | Hajj |
| 15 | Holy Day of Arafah |
| 16-20 | Eid al-Adha |
| 19 | Juneteenth |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | French-American Heritage Month |
| 4 | Independence Day |
| 4 | Filipino-American Friendship Day |
| 8-9 | The Martyrdom of the Bab |
| 7 | 1st of Muharram |
| 7-8 | Al-Hijri/Islamic New Year |
| 11 | World Population Day |
| 17 | 10th of Muharram |
| 24 | Pioneer Day |
| 26 | Americans with Disabilities Act Signed "Disability Independence Day" |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | National Civility Month |
| 9 | International Day of the World’s Indigenous People |
| 12-13 | Tisha B'Av |
| 13 | International Lefthanders Day |
| 15 | Feast of the Assumption |
| 19 | World Humanitarian Day |
| 23 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
| 26 | Women’s Equality Day |
| 8/31-9/7 | Paryushan |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) |
| All Month | National Guide Dog Month |
| All Month | National Recovery Month |
| 2 | Labor Day |
| 6 | Ganesh Chaturthi Festival |
| 11 | Patriot Day |
| 15 | International Day of Democracy |
| 16 | Mexican Independence Day |
| 19 | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 20 | HeForShe Day |
| 21 | International Day of Peace |
| 22 | Autumnal Equinox |
| 27 | National Native American Day |
| 26 | European Languages Day |
| 27 | World Tourism Day |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | AIDS Awareness Month |
| All Month | Breast Cancer Awareness Month |
| 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 | Global Diversity Awareness 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 |
| All Month | National Work and Family Month |
| All Month | Polish-American Heritage Month |
| 2 | International Day of Non-Violence |
| 2-4 | Rosh Hashanah |
| 6 | German American Heritage Day |
| 9 | Stop Bullying Day |
| 10 | World Mental Health Day |
| 11 | National Coming out Day |
| 11-12 | Yom Kippur |
| 14 | Indigenous Peoples' Day |
| 15 | White Cane Safety Day |
| 15-16 | Birth of the Prophet Muhammad |
| 16-23 | Sukkot |
| 17 | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 17 | Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary |
| 17 | Spirit Day |
| 22 | International Stuttering Awareness Day |
| 23-25 | Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah |
| 31 | Halloween |
| 31 | Day of the Dead |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | Movember Month |
| All Month | National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month |
| All Month | National Native American Heritage Month |
| 1 | Diwali |
| 2 | Birth of the Báb |
| 3 | Birth of Bahá’u’lláh |
| 9 | World Freedom Day |
| 11 | Veterans Day / Armistice Day |
| 16 | World Kindness Day |
| 16 | Dutch-American Heritage Day |
| 17 | International Day of Tolerance |
| 20 | International Day of Remembrance |
| 28 | Thanksgiving |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|---|---|
| All Month | Universal Human Rights Month |
| 1 | World AIDS Day |
| 3 | International Day for People with Disability |
| 10 | International Human Rights Day |
| 16-24 | Las Posadas |
| 20 | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 22 | Winter Solstice/Yule |
| 21 | Christmas |
| 12/25-1/2 | Hanukkah |
| 12/26-1/1 | Kwanzaa |
| 31 | New Year's Eve |
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