What does this calendar mean?
The following calendar lists various Group & Cultural Awareness Days. If you are looking for the dates associate with different holidays, traditions, or religious observations choose this link.
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
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