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Diversity Awareness Calendar

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.

April

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Arab-American Heritage Month
All Month Autism Acceptance Month
All Month Celebrate Diversity Month
All Month Community Service Month
All Month  National Humor Month
All Month Sexual Assault Awareness Month
All Month Tartan(Scottish American) Heritage Month
4/2 World Autism Awareness Day
4/12 National Day of NO Silence
4/17 Youth Homelessness Matters Day

May

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month
All Month Haitian Heritage Month
All Month Indian Heritage Month
All Month Jewish-American Heritage Month
All Month Mental Health Awareness Month
All Month National Foster Care Month
All Month Personal History Awareness Month
All Month Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
All Month South-Asian Heritage Month
5/5 Cinco de Mayo
5/12-5/15 National Women's Health Week
5/21 World Day for Cultural Divesity for Dialogue & Development
5/27 Memorial Day

June

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Black Music Month
All Month LGBTQ+ PRIDE Month
All Month National Caribbean American Heritage Month
6/19 Juneteenth

July

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Disability Pride Month

August

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month National Civility Month
8/9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People
8/19 World Humanitarian Day
8/23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
8/26 Women's Equality Day

September

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Campus Safety Awareness Month
9/15 - 10/15 National Hispanic Heritage Month
9/15 - 10/15 National German Heritage Month
9/21 International Day of Peace

October

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Bullying Prevention Month
All Month Domestic Violence Awareness Month
All Month Filipino-American Heritage Month
All Month LGBTQ History Month
All Month Family History Month
Ends 10/15 National German Heritage Month
Ends 10/15 National Hispanic Heritage Month
All Month National Disability Employee Awareness Month
All Month Polish American Heritage Month
10/2 International Day of Non-Violence
10/10 World Mental Health Day
10/11 National Coming Out Day
10/14 Indigenous Peoples Day

November

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Men's Health Awareness Month
All Month Native American Heritage Month
11/8 National First-Generation Day
11/9 World Freedom Day
11/11 Veterans Day
11/13 World Kindness Day
11/16 International Day of Tolerance
11/20 Transgender Day of Remembrance

December

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Universal Human Rights Month
12/1 World AIDS Day
12/3 International Day for People with Disability
12/10 Human Rights Day

January

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Poverty in America Awareness Month
1/4 World Braille Day
1/19 World Religion Day
1/20 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/26 International Customs Day
1/27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
1/29 Lunar New Year

February

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Black History Month
All Month Canadian History Month
All Month Human Relations Month
All Month  National Time Management Month
2/4 Rose Parks Day
2/12 Lantern Festival

March

Day(s) Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Ethnic Quality Month
All Month Greek-American History Month
All Month Irish American History Month
All Month National Ethics Awareness Month
All Month National Women's History Month
3/8 International Women's Day
3/31 International Transgender Day of Visibility

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade