DEIB 2024 Calendar
Resources HomeJANUARY
- 1 New Year's Day, Gatan-sai, Last day of Kwanzaa
- 4 World Braille Day
- 6 Feast of the Epiphany
- 7 Coptic Orthodox Christmas
- 14 Orthodox New Year
- 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- 21 World Religion Day
- 24 Tu Bishvat
- 27 Holocaust Remembrance Day
FEBRUARY
- 1 National Freedom Day, Imbolc
- 2 Candlemas
- 3 Setsubun-sai
- 4 Rosa Parks Day
- 7 Lailat al Miraj
- 10 Lunar New Year
- 14 Ash Wednesday, Lent (Feb 14 - Mar 28)
- 15 Parinirvana/ Nirvana Day
- 16 National Caregivers Day
- 20 World Day of Social Justice
- 24 Magha Puja Day
- 26 - 29 Festival of Ayyam-i-Ha
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
Black History Month
MARCH
- 8 Int. Women's Day, Maha Shiravatri
- 10 First Day of Ramadan
- 13 First Day of Deaf History Mont
- 14 National Equal Pay Day
- 19 Saint Joseph's Day, Ostar
- 20 Naw Ruz
- 21 World Down Syndrome Awareness Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 23-24 Purim
- 24 Palm Sunday, Hol
- 25 Int. Day of Rememberance of Victims of Slavery, Hola Mohalla
- 28 Maundy Thursday
- 29 Good Friday
- 31 Easter, International Transgender Visibility Day
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
- National Developmental Disability Awareness Month
- National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
- Women's History Month
- Gender Equality Month
- Ethnic Equality Month
- Greek-American Heritage Month
- Irish-American Heritage Month
- Deaf History Month (3/13 - 4/15)
- Ramadan (3/10 - 4/19)
APRIL
- 2 World Autism Awareness Day
- 5 Asian American & Pacific Islander Women's Equal Pay Day
- 6 Laylat al Qadr, International Asexuality Day
- 7 Feast of Divine Mercy
- 8 Annunciation Day
- 9 Eid al-Fitr
- 12 National Day of Silence
- 13 Vaisakhi
- 22 Earth Day, Passover
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
- Autism Acceptance Month
- Celebrate Diversity Month
- Arab American Heritage
- National Deaf History Month
- Ramadan (3/10 - 4/19)
MAY
- 1 Beltae
- 5 Cinco de Mayo, Pascha, Yom HaSho'ah
- 9 Ascenion Day
- 15 Birthday of Buddha
- 16 Global Accessibility Awarness Day
- 17 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
- 21 World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue & Development
- 22 Harvey Milk Day, Declaration of the Bab
- 23 Vesak
- 24 Pansexual Visibility Day
- 26 Trinity Sunday
- 27 Memorial Day
- 29 Ascension of the Baha'u'llah
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
- Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Older American's Month
- Haitian Heritage Month
JUNE
- 9 Race Unity Day
- 11 Shavuot
- 12 Loving Day
- 13 Ascension Day
- 14 The Haij
- 15 Native American Citizenship Day, LGBTQ+ Equal Pay Day Awareness Day
- 16 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib Eid al-Adha
- 19 Juneteenth
- 20 Litha, Summer Solstice
- 21 National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada
- 30 All Saints Day
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
- Immigrant Heritage Month
- Caribbean American Heritage Month
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month
JULY
- 4 Independence Day
- 9 Martyrdom of the Bab
- 11 World Population Day
- 14 International Non-Binary People's Day
- 18 Nelson Mandela International Day
- 24 Pioneer Day
- 26 National Disability Independence Day
- 27 Black Women's Equal Pay Day
- 30 International Day of Friendship
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
- Disability Pride Month
- National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
- French-American Heritage Month
AUGUST
- 1 Lughnasad
- 9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People
- 12 Tisha B'Av
- 15 Mother's Equal Pay Day
- 19 Raksha Bandhan
- 25 Arbaeen
- 26 Women's Equality Day, Krishna Janmashtami
SEPTEMBER
- 2 Labor Day
- 14 World Suicide Prevention Day
- 15 Mawlid, First Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month
- 17 First Day of Pitru Paksha
- 18 International Equal Pay Day
- 21 International Day of Peace
- 22 Mabon
- 23 Bisexual Visibility Day
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
- National Hispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)
- National Recovery Month
- National Suicide Awareness Month
- Pitru Paksha (9/17-10/2)
OCTOBER
- 2 Rosh Hashanh
- 3 Navratri
- 5 Latina's Equal Pay Day
- 10 World Mental Health Day
- 11 Yom Kippur, National Coming Out Day
- 12 Dussehra
- 14 National Indigenous People's Day in the U.S.
- 16 Sukkot, International Pronouns Day
- 23 Shemini Atzeret
- 24 Simchat Torah
- 26 Intersex Awareness Day
- 31 Halloween, Samhain
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
- Global Diversity Awareness Month
- LGBT History Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- Polish-American Heritage Month
- Italian-American Heritage Month
- German-American Heritage Month
- Filipino-American Heritage Month
NOVEMBER
- 1 Samhain, Dia de los Muertos, Diwali, All Saints Day
- 2 All Souls Day, Gujarati New Year, Birthday of the Bab
- 3 Birthday of the Baha'u'llah
- 11 Veterans Day
- 15 Birthday of the Guru Nanak Ji
- 16 International Day for Tolerance
- 19 International Day for Men's Day
- 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- 28 Thanksgiving
- 29 Native American Heritage Day
- 30 Native American Women's Equal Pay Day
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
- National Native American Heritage Month
- National Family Caregivers Month
DECEMBER
- 1 World AIDS Day, First day of Advent
- 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
- 3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- 8 Bodhi Day, Feast of Immaculate Conception
- 9 Genocide Prevention Day
- 10 International Human Rights Day
- 21 Yule
- 25 Christmas, Hanukkah
- 26 Boxing Day, Kwanzaa
MONTH LONG/MULTI-WEEK RECOGNITIONS
- HIV/AIDS Awareness Month
- Advent (12/1 - 12/24)