Celebrations & Awareness Days

The following calendar listes various Group & Cultural Awareness Days. Please vist the Traditions & Religious Observations calendar for dates associated with those celebrations.

January

All Month

Poverty in America Awareness Month

1st

New Year's Day

1st

Global Family Day/World Peace Day

4th

World Braille Day

19th

World Religion Day

20th

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

23rd

World Freedom Day

25th

Chinese New Year

26th

International Customs Day

27th

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February

All Month

American History Month

All Month

Black History Month

All Month

Canadian History Month

All Month

Human Relations Month

14th

St. Valentine's Day

15th

Nirvana Day

19th

Presidents Day

20th

World Day of Social Justice

25th

Mardi Gras

28th/29th

Rare Disease Month

This awareness month occurs on the 29th in non-leap years & the 28th on leap years

March

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

8th

International Women's Day

8th

United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace

11th

World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film

14th

Pi Day

16th

St. Urho day

17th

St. Patrick's Day

21st

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21st

World Down Syndrome Day

21st

Naw-Ruz (Baha'i New Year)

25th

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

31st

Advisor Appreciation Day

31st

Equal Pay Day

April

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

2nd

World Autism Awareness Day

7th

International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda

11th

National Day of Silence

15th

Youth Homelessness Matters Day

20th-21st

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)

22nd

Earth Day

May

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

4th

Star Wars Day

5th

Cinco de Mayo

8th

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost their Lives during WWII

21st

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

22nd

International Day for Biological Diversity

25th

Memorial Day

June

All Month

National Caribbean American Heritage Month

All Month

AIDS Awareness Month

All Month

LGBTQ+ Pride Month

All Month

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness

All Month

Black Music Month

8th

Race Unity Day

12th

Loving Day

19th

Juneteenth

July

All Month

French-American Heritage Month

4th

Independence Day

4th

Filipino-American Friendship Day

11th

World Population Day

24th

Pioneer Day

26th

Americans with Disabilities Act Signed "Disability Independence Day"

August

All Month

National Civility Month

9th

International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

13th

International Lefthanders Day

19th

World Humanitarian Day

23rd

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition

26th

Women’s Equality Day

September

All Month

Hispanic Heritage Month

All Month

National Guide Dog Month

7th

Labor Day

11th

Patriot Day

12th

National Native American Day

15th

International Day of Democracy

16th

Mexican Independence Day

19th

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

21st

International Day of Peace

26th

European Languages Day

27th

World Tourism Day

October

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

LGBTQ+ 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

2nd

International Day of Non-Violence

6th

German American Heritage Day

10th

World Mental Health Day

11th

National Coming Out Day

15th

White Cane Safety Day

16th

Spirit Day–Anti Bullying

17th

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

18th

Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary

19th

World Humanitarian Action Day

22nd

International Stuttering Awareness Day

31st

Halloween

31st

Day of the Dead

November

All Month

National Native American Heritage Month

All Month

National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month

11th

Veterans Day/Armistice Day

13th

World Kindness Day

16th

International Day for Tolerance

17th

International Students' Day

20th

Transgender Day of Remembrance

26th

Thanksgiving

December

All Month

Universal Human Rights Month

1st

World AIDS Day

3rd

International Day for People with Disability

10th

International Human Rights Day

20th

International Human Solidarity Day

31st

New Year's Eve

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