Nationally Recognized Months and Holidays
Your organization can celebrate holidays and nationally recognized months as a way to increase DEI awareness in your organization.
Below is a list of these opportunities; your team members or ERGs can develop creative ways to share information about these important days and months and is a good way to build camaraderie within your team. The list below may not be exhaustive and companies are encouraged to focus on areas that best support their employees.
January
- 1 – New Year’s Day
- 4 – World Braille Day
- 3rd Monday – MLK Day
- 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance
February
- Black History Month
March
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- Ethnic Equality Month
- Gender Equality Month
- Women’s History Month
- First Friday – Employee Appreciation Day
- 8 – International Women’s Day
- 25 – International Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
April
- Arab American Heritage Month
- Autism Awareness Month
- Celebrate Diversity Month
- National Minority Health Month
- 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
May
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Military Appreciation Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
- 5 – Cinco de Mayo
- 17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
- 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- Last Monday – Memorial Day
June
- Immigrant Heritage Month
- LGBT Pride Month
- 18 – Autistic Pride Day
- 19 – Juneteenth
July
- Disability Pride Month
- Self-Care Month
- 4th – Independence Day
August
- Black Business Month
- 26 – Women’s Equality Day
September
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
- First Monday – Labor Day
- 5-11 – National Suicide Prevention Week
October
- Bullying Prevention Month
- Filipino American History Month
- Italian American Heritage and Culture Month
- LGBT History Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- National Hispanic Heritage Month
- Polish American Heritage Month
- 10 – World Mental Health Day
November
- American Indian Heritage Month
- Native American Alaska Native Heritage Month
- Thanksgiving
- 11 – Veteran’s Day
- 20 – Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 2nd week – Transgender Awareness Week
December
- Universal Human Rights Month
- 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities/ International Day for People with Disability
- 25 – Christmas
- 26 – Kwanzaa
Jewish Holidays
(dates vary annually)
- Hanukkah
- Passover
- Purim
- Rosh Hashanah (High Holiday)
- Sukkot
- Yom Kippur (High Holiday)
Christian Holidays
(dates vary annually)
- Ash Wednesday
- Easter
- Good Friday
Other
(dates vary annually)
- Chinese New Year
- Eid Al-Fitr
- Eid Al-Adha
- Ramadan