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This calendar is intended to help raise awareness and understanding for various groups, cultures, or causes.

AUGUST 2024

 

American Artist Appreciation Month

 

Black Business Month

 

National Civility Month

 

National Wellness Month

1 Lughnasadh | Lammas (Paganism | Wiccan) 
9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
12-13 Tisha B'Av  (Judaism)
13 International Lefthanders Day
15 Feast of the Assumption of Mary  (Christian | Catholic) 
19 World Humanitarian Day
23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
26 Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
26 Women’s Equality Day |

SEPTEMBER 2024

  Civil Service Month
  Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
  National Guide Dog Month
  National Suicide Prevention Month
Aug 31- 7 Paryushan (Jain)
2 Labor Day 
11

Patriot Day

15 - 16 Mawlid-al-Nabi (Islam)
21 International Day of Peace
22 Autumn Equinox | Mabon (Pagan | Wiccan)
22 Native American Day 
26 European Languages Day

OCTOBER 2024

  Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  Bullying Prevention Month
  Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  Filipino-American Heritage Month
  Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15)
  Italian-American Heritage Month
  LGBT History Month
  National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  National German Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15)
  Polish-American Heritage Month
2-4 Rosh Hashanah (Judaism)
2 International Day of Non-Violence
3-12 Navratri (Hindu)
6 German American Heritage Day
9 National Indigenous People’s Day
10 World Mental Health Day 
11 National Coming Out Day
15 White Cane Awareness Day
11-12 Yom Kippur (Judaism)
20 Birth of the Bab (Baháʼí)
16-23 Sukkot (Judaism)
17 Spirit Day
22 International Stuttering Awareness Day
23-25 Shemini Atzeret (Judaism)
24-25 Simchat Torah (Judaism) 
31 Halloween 

NOVEMBER 2024

  National American Indian & Alaskan Native Heritage Month
  National Native American Heritage Month
1 Samhain (Pagan | Wiccan)
1 All Saints' Day (Christian | Catholic)
1 Diwali (Hindu | Jain) 
1-2 Día de los Muertos
2 All Souls’ Day (Catholic)
9 World Freedom Day
11 Veterans Day / Armistice Day
12 Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baháʼí)
13 World Kindness Day
16 International Day for Tolerance
17 International Students' Day 
20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
24 Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (Sikh)
24 Feast of Christ the King (Catholic) 
27 Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (Sikh) 
27-28 Ascension of ’Abdu’l-Bahá (Baháʼí) 
28 Thanksgiving 
29 Native American Heritage Day

DECEMBER 2024

  AIDS Awareness Month
  Universal Human Rights Month
1 World AIDS Day
1-24 Advent Season (Christian)
2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 Feast of St. Francis Xavier (Christian)
3 International Day for People with Disability
8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian | Catholic)
25-Jan 2 Hanukkah (Judaism)
20 International Human Solidarity Day 
21 Winter Solstice | Yule (Pagan | Wiccan)
25 Christmas Day (Christian) 
26-Jan 1 Kwanzaa

JANUARY 2025

1 Global Family Day 
1 Solemnity of Mary Mother of God (Christian) 
1-3 Gantan-sai (Shinto) 
4 World Braille Day
6 Epiphany Day (Christian)
7 Christmas Day (Christian | Orthodox)
7 Bodhi Day (Buddhist)
14 Mahayana New Year (Buddhist) 
14 Makar Sankranti (Hindu) 
19 World Religion Day 
20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
20 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Sikh) 
21 National Day of Racial Healing 
24 International Day of Education 
27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day 
29 Lunar New Year 

FEBRUARY 2025

  Black History Month
  American Heart Month
  Ethnic Equality Month
1 Imbolic | Candlemas (Pagan | Wiccan)
1 National Freedom Day
1 World Hijab Day 
14 St. Valentine’s Day 
17 Presidents’ Day 
20 World Day of Social Justice 
21 Mardi Gras (Christian) 
21 International Mother Language Day
26 Maha Shivaratri (Hindu) 

MARCH 2025

  Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  Gender Equality Month
  Greek-American Heritage Month
  Irish-American Heritage Month
  National Multiple Sclerosis Education & Awareness Month
  National Women’s History Month
1-30 Ramadan (Islam) 
5 Ash Wednesday (Christian) 
5 All Women’s Equal Pay Day
8 International Women’s Day 
11 World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue & Film 
14 Pi Day 
14 Purim (Judaism) 
15 Ramakrishna Jayanti (Hindu) 
17 St. Patrick’s Day
20 Naw-Ruz (Bahá’í New Year) 
20 Nowruz
19-23 Spring Equinox | Ostara (Pagan | Wiccan) 
21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 
25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery & the Transatlantic Slave Trade 
25 Feast of Annunciation (Christian | Catholic) 
27 Laylatul Qadr (Islam)
29-30 Eid al-Fitr (Islam) 
31 International Transgender Day of Visibility 

APRIL 2025

  Earth Month
  Autism Awareness Month
  SWANA & Arab-American Heritage Month
  Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month
  Celebrate Diversity Month
6 Rama Navami (Hindu)
7 International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
11 National Day Of Silence 
12-22 Passover (Judaism) 
13 Palm Sunday (Christian | Eastern Orthodox) 
14 Vaisakhi (Sikh)
16 Youth Homelessness Matters Day 
17 Holy Thursday (Christian | Eastern Orthodox) 
18 Good Friday (Christian) 
20 Easter (Christian) 
20 Pascha (Christian | Eastern Orthodox) 
20-May 2 First Day of Ridvan - Festival of Ridvan (Baháʼí) 
22 Earth Day 
23-24 Yom HaShoah (Judaism) 

MAY 2025

  National Asian American Pacific American Heritage Month
  Haitian Heritage Month
  Indian Heritage Month
  Jewish-American Heritage Month
  Mental Health Awareness Month
  South Asian Heritage Month
  Speech & Hearing Awareness Month
1 Beltane | May Eve (Pagan | Wiccan) 
5 Cinco de Mayo 
11 Mother’s Day 
12 Vesak (Buddhist) 
17 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia 
21 World Day for Cultural Diversity 
22-23 Declaration of the Bab (Baháʼí) 
26 Memorial Day 
27-28 Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh (Baháʼí)
29 Feast of the Ascension (Christian)

JUNE 2025

  National Caribbean American Heritage Month
  African American Music Appreciation Month
  LGBTQ+ Pride Month
  Immigrant Heritage Month
1-3 Shavuot (Judaism)
6-7 Eid-ul-Adha (Islam)
8 Pentecost (Christian)
8 Race Unity Day
12 Loving Day 
15 Trinity Sunday (Christian) 
15

Father’s Day 

16 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh) 
19 Corpus Christi Sunday (Christian)
19 Juneteenth
20 World Refugee Day
20-22 Summer Solstice | Litha (Pagan | Wiccan) 
21 National Indigenous Peoples’ Day 

JULY 2025

 

French-American Heritage Month

4 American Independence Day
4 Filipino-American Friendship Day
5-6 Ashura (Islam)
7 International Peace & Love Day 
9 The Martyrdom of the Bab (Bahá’i)
11 Naadam Holiday 
11 World Population Day
18 Nelson Mandela Day 
24 Feast of St. Charbel Makhlouf (Christian | Maronite)
26 National Disability Independence Day
30 International Day of Friendship 
31 Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Christian)