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    Important Dates & Holidays

    Centering Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Schools


    *Note: This document DOES NOT include religious holidays

    January
    Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

    1st: Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary

    3rd Monday in January is Martin Luther King Junior Day

    February
    Black History Month

    Early February: Lunar New Year

    4th: Rosa Parks Day

    6th: International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

    12th: International Day of Action on Women’s Health

    14th: Frederick Douglas Day

    March
    Women’s History Month, National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, National
    Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month

    5th: Boston Massacre Day

    8th: International Women’s Day

    10th: Harriet Tubman Day, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

    16th: Publication of 1st Black Newspaper in America

    21st: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, World Down Syndrome Day

    31st: Cesar Chavez Holiday, International Transgender Day of Visibility

    Late March: National LGBT Health Awareness Week


    April
    Celebrate Diversity Month, Autism Awareness Month, Arab American Heritage Month, STI
    Awareness Month

    Early April: Day of Silence

    2nd: World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD)

    15th: Jackie Robinson Day

    16th: Emancipation Day

    26th: Lesbian Visibility Day

    30th: El Día de los Niños

    May
    Mental Health Awareness Month, Asain American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month

    9th: National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day

    10th: Dia de las Madres

    17th: Anniversary of the School Desegregation Ruling, International Day Against Homophobia,
    Transphobia and Biphobia

    3rd Sunday: Malcolm X Day

    24th: Pansexual and Panromantic Visibility Day

    25th: African Liberation Day

    30th: World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Day

    June
    2SLGBTQIA+ Pride Month

    2nd Sunday: “Odunde Festival” or African New Year, National Children’s Day

    12th: Loving Day

    15th: Native American Citizenship Day


    19th: Juneteenth

    23rd: International Widows Day

    26th: U.S. Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage Anniversary

    28th: Stonewall Riots Anniversary

    July
    18th: Nelson Mandela International Day

    26th: Disability Independence Day

    August
    9th: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

    26th: Women’s Equality Day

    Septemeber
    September 15–October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

    16th: Mexican Independence Day

    22nd: American Business Women’s Day

    Bisexual Awareness Week begins the Sunday before Celebrate Bisexuality Day

    23rd: Celebrate Bisexuality Day

    October
    National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    September 15–October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month

    1st: Jerry Rescue Day

    2nd: Thurgood Marshall was sworn into the Supreme Court

    11th: National Coming Out Day

    12th: Spanish National Day

    Second Monday: Indigenous People’s Day


    15th: International Day of Rural Women

    16th: World Food Day

    17th: Black Poetry Day

    20th: Spirit Day

    26th: Intersex Awareness Day

    23rd-29th: Asexual Awareness Week

    29th: The day National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded

    November
    National Native American Heritage Month

    2nd: Día de los Muertos

    8th: Intersex Day of Remembrance

    20th: Transgender Day of Remembrance

    25th: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

    November 25 to December 10: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

    December
    November 25 to December 10: 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

    1st Full Week of December: Inclusive Schools Week

    1st: Rosa Parks Day (Ohio and Oregon)

    2nd: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

    3rd: International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD)

    6th: Día de la Con­stitu­ción

    8th: Pansexual/Panromantic Pride Day

    10th: International Human Rights Day

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