PTC 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.

 

January
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
4 World Braille Day
16 World Religion Day
17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month American History Month
All Month Black History Month
All Month Canadian History Month
1 Chinese New Year
14 St. Valentine's Day
15 Nirvana Day
20 World Day of Justice
21 President's Day
March
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
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
1 Mardi Gras
2 Ash Wednesday
8 International Women's Day
8 United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
11 World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
14 Pi Day
15 Equal Pay Day
16 St. Urho Day
16-17 Purim
17 St. Patrick's Day
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21 World Down Syndrome Day
21 Naw-Ruz (Baha'i New Year)
25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
April
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
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
2 Ramadan Begins
7 International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
15-23 Passover
17 Easter
20 Youth Homelessness Matters Day
21 First Day of Ridvan--Festival of Ridvan
22 Earth Day
27-28 Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
29 The Ninth Day of Ridvan
May
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
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
1-2 The Twelfth Day of Ridvan
2 Ramadan Ends
5 Cinco de Mayo
8-9 Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost their Lives during WWII
21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22 International Day for Biological Diversity
23 Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot
29 Ascension of Bahau'llah
30 Memorial Day
June
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month National Caribbean American Heritage Month
All Month AIDS Awareness Month
All Month LGBT Pride Month
All Month Black Music Month
8 Race Unity Day
12 Loving Day
19 Juneteenth
July
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month French-American Heritage Month
4 Independence Day
4 Filipino-American Friendship Day
9 The Martyrdom of the Bab
11 World Population Day
14 Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary
17-18 Tisha B'Av
24 Pioneer Day
26 Americans with Disabilities Act Signed "Disability Independence Day"
August
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month National Civility Month
9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People
13 International Lefthanders Day
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
All Month Hispanic Heritage Month
All Month National Guide Dog Month
5 Labor Day
15 International Day of Democracy
16 Mexican Independence Day
21 International Day of Peace
23 National Native American Day
25-27 Rosh Hashanah
26 European Languages Day
27 World Tourism Day
October
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month AIDS 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 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
1 German American Heritage Day
2 International Day of Non-Violence
4-5 Yom Kippur
9-16 Sukkot
10 World Mental Health Day
11 National Coming Out Day
15 White Cane Safety Day
17 Spirit Day - Anti Bullying
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
17-18 Birth of the Bab in Shiraz
22 International Stuttering Awareness Day
26-27 Birth of Baha'u'llah
31 Halloween
November
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month National Native American Heritage Month
All Month National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
1-2 The Day of the Dead
2 Equal Pay Day
9 World Freedom Day
11 Veterans Day/Armistice Day
13 World Kindness Day
16 International Day of Tolerance
17 International Students' Day
20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
24 Thanksgiving
December
Day(s)          Group, Culture or Cause Recognized
All Month Universal Human Rights Month
1 World AIDS Day
3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities
10 International Human Rights Day
18-26 Hanukkah
20 International Human Solidarity Day
25 Christmas
26-Jan. 1 Kwanzaa
31 New Year's Eve