DIVERSITY CALENDAR 2024-2025


Below is a year-long diversity and inclusion calendar for 2024-2025 school year, which includes religious holidays, celebrations, heritage months, monthly diversity themes, and more. This is not an exhaustive list of all the celebrations and holidays from around the world. Please contact the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Wellbeing (DEIW) if you have any questions.

List of 70 events.

  • Aug
    26

    Women's Equality Day

    On August 26th, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted which prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
  • Sep
    1

    National Deaf Awareness Month

  • Sep
    2

    Labor Day

    A celebration to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the contributions of laborers to the development of the United States. 
     
  • Sep
    15

    National Hispanic Heritage Month

    National Hispanic Heritage Month (Theme: Driving Prosperity, Power and Progress in America): celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. (The Library of Congress, 2022) 

    (Theme: Driving Prosperity, Power and Progress in America): celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. (The Library of Congress, 2022)  
  • Sep
    17

    Chuseok

    Also known as Korean Thanksgiving Day, is one of the most important and festive holidays of the year. On this day, a full harvest moon appeared in the sky and families gathered to enjoy time together and give thanks to their ancestors for the plentiful harvest. (asiasociety.org)  
  • Sep
    17

    Mid-Autumn Festival

    Also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar.  
  • Sep
    23

    International Day Of Sign Language

    This day marks the birth of an advocacy organization, which has as one of its main goals, the preservation of sign languages and Deaf culture as pre-requisites to the realization of the human rights of deaf people. (United Nations, 2022)  
  • Oct
    1

    Global Diversity Awareness Month

    A reminder of the positive impact a diverse culture of people can have on society.  
  • Oct
    1

    LGBTQIA+ History Month

    October was selected because it coincides with National Coming Out Day on October 11 and because it is the month of the first March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979. (American Psychological Association 2014)  
  • Oct
    2

    Rosh Hashanah

    (Sundown to sundown) Jewish New Year. 
  • Oct
    10

    World Mental Health Day

    an international day for global mental health education, awareness, and advocacy against social stigma. (World Health Organization)  
  • Oct
    11

    National Coming Out Day

    To raise awareness of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community and its civil rights movement. (American Psychological Association 2014)  
  • Oct
    11

    Yom Kippur

    The Day of Atonement is a 25-hour solemn fast day, during which Jewish people pray, seek forgiveness, and a fresh start both with God. (Chabad.org, 2019) 
  • Oct
    14

    Indigenous People's Day

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes the Indigenous communities that have lived in the Americas for thousands of years. (NYTimes, 2022)  
  • Oct
    16

    Sukkot

    A seven-day Jewish fall harvest meant to bring families, friends, and communities together. The holiday also commemorates the 40 years that Jews spent in the desert after escaping slavery in Egypt. 
  • Oct
    17

    Spirit Day (LGBTQIA + Anti-Bullying Awareness)

    Wear purple to suppoet LGBTQIA+ youth and speak out against bullying
  • Oct
    19

    International Pronouns Day

    To raise awareness and educate people about respecting personal pronouns.  
  • Oct
    31

    Diwali

    (Hindu, Jain, Sikh - 5 day festival of light)

     “festival of lights” celebrates the triumph of light over dark, good over evil, and the blessings of victory, freedom, and enlightenment.  
  • Oct
    31

    Halloween

    The evening before All Saints' Day became a holy, or hallowed, eve and thus Halloween. (CNN)  
  • Nov
    1

    Dia de los Muertos

    A two-day holiday that reunites the living and dead. Families create ofrendas (Offerings) to honor their departed family members who have passed. (https://dayofthedead.holiday/)  
  • Nov
    1

    National Native American Heritage Month

    What started at the turn of the century as an effort to gain a day of recognition for the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S., has resulted in a whole month being designated for that purpose. (The Library of Congress) November  
  • Nov
    11

    Veteran's Day

    For honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. 
  • Nov
    19

    International Men's Day

    A global awareness day for many issues that men face, including parental alienation, abuse, homelessness, suicide, and violence, celebrated annually on November 19. (Internationalmensday.com) 
  • Nov
    20

    International Transgender Day of Remembrance

    An annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. (glaad.org) 
  • Nov
    28

    Thanksgiving

    (in the United States)
  • Nov
    29

    Native American Heritage Day

    We celebrate Indigenous peoples past and present and rededicate ourselves to honoring Tribal sovereignty, promoting Tribal self-determination, and upholding the United States' solemn trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal Nations. (United States Census Bureau, 2022)  
  • Dec
    1

    Advent

    The period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas.  
  • Dec
    3

    International Day of Persons with Disabilities

    Aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society (United Nations)  
  • Dec
    8

    Bohdi

    (Buddhist holiday) The day that Siddhartha Gautama achieved enlightenment through meditation. 
  • Dec
    10

    International Human Rights Day

    The world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (United Nations).  
  • Dec
    21

    Winter Solstice

  • Dec
    25

    Christmas Day

    Christmas Day is a Christian holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ. Although the actual date of Christ’s birth is unknown, it has been celebrated on December 25 since the 4th century. Christmas is also extensively celebrated by non-Christians as a seasonal holiday, on which popular traditions such as gift-giving, feasting, and caroling take place.
  • Dec
    25

    Hanukkah

    The eight-day Jewish celebration known as Hanukkah or Chanukah commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, where Jews had risen up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors in the Maccabean Revolt. Hanukkah, which means “dedication” in Hebrew, begins on the 25th of Kislev on the Hebrew calendar and usually falls in November or December.
    Hanukkah 2024 begins on the evening of Wednesday, December 25 and ends at sundown on Thursday, January 2, in 2025
  • Dec
    26

    Kwanzaa

    To honor the ancestors, affirm the bonds between them, and to celebrate African and African American culture. 
  • Jan
    6

    Epiphany

    Celebrated in France, Epiphany celebrates the date of the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus. On that day, the three Wise Men, guided by the Star of Bethlehem, arrived from the East, bearing gifts for the divine Infant.
  • Jan
    20

    Martin Luther King Day

     Is an official day of service and celebrates the civil rights leader’s life and legacy. (AmeriCorps) 
  • Jan
    27

    International Holocaust Remembrance Day

    To honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism.  
  • Jan
    29

    Lunar New Year

    A celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. (National Museum of Asian Arts)  
  • Feb
    1

    Black History Month

    Theme: The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans, and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people. Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. 
  • Feb
    1

    National Freedom Day

    Marks the anniversary of the signing of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which officially abolished slavery nationwide.  
  • Feb
    12

    Lantern Festival

    Also called Shang Yuan Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar, during the full moon.  
  • Feb
    14

    Valentine's Day

  • Feb
    17

    President's Day

  • Feb
    17

    Random Acts of Kindness Day

    "It's just a day to celebrate kindness and the whole pay it forward mentality", said Tracy Van Kalsbeek. 
  • Mar
    1

    National Disability Awareness Month

  • Mar
    1

    Women's History Month

  • Mar
    4

    Mardi Gras

    The Carnival celebration, beginning on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany. 
  • Mar
    8

    International Women's Day

    The purpose of the day is to uphold women's achievements, recognize challenges, and focus greater attention on women's rights and gender. (United Nations)  
  • Mar
    14

    Holi

    (Sundown to sundown) Is celebrated to welcome in spring, and also is seen as a new beginning where people can release all their inhibitions and start fresh.  
  • Mar
    17

    St. Patrick's Day

    The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, and, by extension, celebrates the heritage and culture of the Irish. 
  • Mar
    20

    International Day of Happiness

    Aims to make people around the world realize the importance of happiness in their lives. (United Nations General Assembly)  
  • Mar
    21

    International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

     (UN 1966) Focuses on the urgency of combating racism and racial discrimination 75 years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). (United Nations) 
  • Mar
    21

    Nowruz

    Nowruz is a very ancient holiday. It is believed to have originally been a Zoroastrian celebration, and it certainly became the most important holiday in that religion. But today, it is kept by people of various religious beliefs as a “spring holiday”. 
  • Mar
    28

    Ramadan

    Ramadan for the year 2025 starts on the evening of Friday, February 28th lasting 30 days and ending at sundown on Saturday, March 29. Islamic holidays always begin at sundown and end at sundown the following day/days ending the holiday or festival. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.
  • Apr
    1

    Arab American Heritage Month

  • Apr
    1

    Celebrate Diversity Month

    By celebrating differences and similarities during this month, organizers hope that people will get a deeper understanding of each other.  
  • Apr
    11

    Day of Silence

    An annual day of action organized by GLSEN to spread awareness about the effects of the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning students. (Glsen.org)  
  • Apr
    12

    Passover

    Passover (Pesach) commemorates the emancipation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. (Chabad.org) 
  • Apr
    13

    Palm Sunday

  • Apr
    18

    Good Friday

    A Christian holy day observing the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.  
  • Apr
    20

    Easter

    Easter Also known as Resurrection Sunday, is principal festival of the Christian church, which celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion. 
  • Apr
    22

    Earth Day

  • Apr
    29

    Eid al-Fitr

     Breaking the Ramadan Fast.  
  • May
    1

    Asian American Pacific Islander Month

    Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage (AAPI) Month is an annual celebration that recognizes the historical and cultural contributions of people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent to the United States. AAPI Heritage Month 2025 takes place from Thursday, May 1 to Saturday, May 31. 
  • May
    1

    Jewish American Heritage Month

    Celebrates the contributions Jewish Americans have made to America since they first arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654. 
  • Jun
    1

    LGBTQ Pride Month

  • Jun
    19

    Juneteenth

    On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln emancipated enslaved Africans in America, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas with news of freedom. (https://nmaahc.si.edu) 
  • Jun
    28

    Pride Day

    This day celebrates the June 28, 1969, Stonewall Riots. Disability Pride Month  
  • Jul
    1

    Disability Pride Month

  • Jul
    4

    Independence Day

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