DEI Holidays, Events and Observances

January

  • Poverty in America Awareness Month
  • Third Sunday in January: World Religion Day
  • January 4: World Braille Day
  • January 7: Christmas (Eastern Orthodox)
  • January 7: Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)
  • January 16, 2022 (third Sunday in January): World Religion Day
  • Third Monday in January: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • January 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February

  • Black History Month
  • February 1: National Freedom Day
  • February 1: Chinese New Year
  • February 14: Valentine’s Day
  • February 15: Parinirvana Day (Nirvana Day - Buddhist)
  • February 20: World Day of Social Justice

March

  • National Women’s History Month
  • Ethnic Equality Month
  • Gender Equality Month
  • March 1: Mardi Gras (day before Ash Wednesday)
  • March 2: Ash Wednesday
  • First Friday in March: Employee Appreciation Day
  • March 8: International Women’s Day
  • March 16: Purim
  • March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
  • March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

April

  • Celebrate Diversity Month
  • Autism Awareness Month
  • National Volunteer Month
  • National Arab American Heritage Month
  • Stress Awareness Month
  • 3rd week of April: National Volunteer Week
  • April 2: World Autism Awareness Day
  • April 2: Ramadan begins
  • April 7: World Health Day
  • April 10: Palm Sunday
  • April 15: Passover begins
  • April 17: Easter
  • April 22: Earth Day
  • April 23: National Day of Silence

May

  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
  • Jewish American Heritage Month
  • Mental Health Awareness Month
  • Older Americans Month
  • May 5: Cinco de Mayo
  • May 12: Ramadan ends
  • May 13: Eid al-Fitr
  • May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
  • May 22: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
  • May 30: Memorial Day

June

  • LGBT Pride Month
  • Immigrant Heritage Month
  • June 12: Loving Day
  • June 19: Juneteenth
  • June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day
  • June 28: Pride Day

July

  • Social Wellness Month
  • July 4: Independence Day
  • July 10: Eid al-Adha (falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah of the Islamic calendar and lasts for four days)
  • July 11: World Population Day
  • July 14: Bastille Day
  • July 18: Nelson Mandela International Day
  • July 26: National Disability Independence Day
  • July 30: International Day of Friendship

August

  • August 5: Tisha B'Av (the ninth day of the month of Av (which month coincides with July and/or August)
  • August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
  • August 15: India Independence Day
  • August 17: Marcus Garvey Day
  • August 26: Women’s Equality Day
  • August 31: Ganesh Chatuthi

September

  • Hispanic Heritage Month
  • First Monday in September: Labor Day
  • Fourth Friday in September: National Native American Day (California and Nevada)
  • September 26: European Day of Languages

October

  • Global Diversity Awareness Month
  • LGBT History Month
  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • October 2: Gandhi Jayanti
  • October 4: Yom Kippur
  • October 10: World Mental Health Day
  • October 11: National Coming Out Day
  • October 16: World Food Day
  • October 24: Diwali

November

  • National Native American Heritage Month
  • Fourth Friday in November: Native American Heritage Day
  • November 11: Veteran's Day

December

  • December 1: World AIDS Day
  • December 10: International Human Rights Day
  • December 16 - December 24: Las Posadas
  • December 18 - December 26: Hanukkah (always on the 25th day of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar)
  • December 25: Christmas
  • December 26 to January 1: Kwanzaa