M State welcomes the opportunity to promote diversity and inclusion with its Diversity Awareness Calendar. These days and months are designated to raise awareness of specific groups, cultures and causes.
January
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month |
Poverty Awareness Month |
| 1 |
New Year's Day |
| 1 |
Global Family Day/World Peace Day |
| 4 |
World Braille Day |
| 15 |
World Religion Day |
| 16 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| 26 |
International Customs Day |
| 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 |
| All Month |
Human Relations Month |
| 14 |
St. Valentine's Day |
| 15 |
Nirvana Day |
| 20 |
World Day of Social Justice |
| 20 |
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 |
| 6 |
Purim |
| 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 |
| 16 |
St. Urho Day |
| 16-17 |
Purim |
| 17 |
St. Patrick's Day |
| 20 |
Naw-Ruz |
| 23 |
First Day of Ramadan |
| 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 |
| 5 |
Passover Starts |
| 7 |
International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda |
| 9 |
Easter |
| 13 |
Passover Ends |
| 14 |
National Day of Silence |
| 20 |
Youth Homelessness Matters Day |
| 20 |
First Day of Ridvan - Festival of Ridvan |
| 21 |
Advisor Appreciation Day |
| 21 |
Last Day of Ramadan |
| 22 |
Earth Day |
| 28 |
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 |
Twelfth Day of Ridvan |
| 4 |
Star Wars Day |
| 5 |
Cinco de Mayo |
| 8-9 |
World War II Remembrance and Reconciliation |
| 21 |
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
| 22 |
International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 23 |
Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot |
| 28 |
Ascension of Bahau'llah |
| 29 |
Memorial Day |
June
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month |
National Caribbean American Heritage Month |
| All Month |
LGBT Pride Month |
| All Month |
Black Music Month |
| 11 |
Race Unity Day |
| 12 |
Loving Day |
| 19 |
Juneteenth |
| 21 |
National Indigenous People's Day |
| 28 |
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Day |
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 |
| 24 |
Pioneer Day |
| 26 |
Disability Independence Day |
| 26-27 |
Tisha B'Av |
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 |
| 9/15-10/15 |
Hispanic Heritage Month |
| All Month |
National Guide Dog Month |
| 4 |
Labor Day |
| 11 |
Patriot Day |
| 15 |
International Day of Democracy |
| 15-17 |
Rosh Hashanah |
| 16 |
Mexican Independence Day |
| 21 |
International Day of Peace |
| 24-25 |
Yom Kippur |
| 27 |
World Tourism Day |
| 29 |
Sukkot |
October
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month |
Bullying Prevention Month |
| All Month |
Domestic Violence Awareness Month |
| All Month |
AIDS 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 |
| 10 |
World Mental Health Day |
| 11 |
National Coming Out Day |
| 11 |
National Native American Day |
| 16-17 |
Birth of the Bab in Shirza |
| 16-17 |
Birth of Baha'u'llah |
| 19 |
Spirit Day-Anti Bullying |
| 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 |
Day of the Dead |
| 2 |
Equal Pay Day |
| 9 |
World Freedom Day |
| 11 |
Veterans Day/Armistice Day |
| 13 |
World Kindness Day |
| 16 |
International Day for Tolerance |
| 17 |
International Students' Day |
| 20 |
Transgender Day of Remembrance |
| 23 |
Thanksgiving |
December
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month |
Universal Human Rights Month |
| All Month |
HIV/AIDS Awareness Month |
| 1 |
World AIDS Day (UN)* |
| 2 |
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (UN)* |
| 3 |
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN)* |
| 7-15 |
Hanukkah |
| 10 |
International Human Rights Day (UN)* |
| 25 |
Christmas |
| 26-Jan. 1 |
Kwanzaa |
| 31 |
New Year's Eve |
