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Days to Note:
January 15: MLK Day
January 27: Holocaust Remembrance Day
Days to Note:
February 10: Lunar New Year
February 14: Ash Wednesday
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March 8: International Women's Day
March 11: Ramadan begins (ends April 9th)
March 12: National Equal Pay Day
March 15: International Day to Combat Islamophobia
March 21: World Down Syndrome Day
March 23: Purim (Jewish)
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 24: Palm Sunday (Christian)
March 25: Holi
March 31: Trans Day of Visibility
March 31: Easter
Days to Note:
April 2: World Autism Day
April 9-10: Eid al-Fitr
April 11-17: Black Maternal Health Week
April 22: Passover Begins (ends April 30th)
April 22: Earth Day
April 22nd-28th: Lesbian Visibility Week
April 24: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
April 25: Bring a Kid to Work Day
Days to Note:
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 16: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
Days to Note:
June 12: Loving Day
June 14: Start of Hajj
June 16: Father’s Day
June 18: International Day of Countering Hate Speech
June 19: Juneteenth
June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
June 22: Windrush Day (United Kingdom)
June 26: Anniversary of Marriage Equality
June 27: National PTSD Awareness Day
June 28: Anniversary of Stonewall Riots
Days to Note:
July 1: Canada Day
July 4: Independence Day (United States)
July 7: Al-Hijra begins
July 14: International Non-Binary Peoples Day
July 14: Bastille Day (France)
July 18: Nelson Mandela International Day
July 24: International Self-Care Day
July 25: National Hire a Veteran Day
July 26: Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
July 28: Parents’ Day (USA)
Days to Note:
August 7: National Purple Heart Day
August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
August 19: World Humanitarian Day
August 19: Raksha Bandhan (Hindu festival between brothers/sisters)
August 21: Senior Citizens Day
August 26: Women’s Equality Day
Days to Note:
September 15: Hispanic / Latino/a/x/e Heritage Month Kicks Off
September 18: International Equal Pay Day
September 21: International Day of Peace
September 26: European Day of Languages
September 27: World Tourism Day
Days to Note:
October 2: Rosh Hashanah begins (ends Oct 4th)
October 8: International Lesbian Day
October 10: World Mental Health Day
October 11: National Coming Out Day
October 11: Yom Kippur begins (ends Oct 12th)
October 14: Indigenous Peoples’ Day / Columbus Day
October 15: National Latinx HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
October 16: International Pronouns Day
October 17: Spirit Day (supporting LGBTQIA+ youth)
October 19: National LGBT Center Awareness Day
Last week in October: Asexual Awareness Week
October 26: Intersex Awareness Day
Days to Note:
November 1: Diwali - Hindu Festival of Lights
November 1-2: Día de los Muertos
November 11: Veterans Day
November 17: National ERG Day
November 14: World Diabetes Day
November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 21: Native Women’s Equal Pay Day
November 23: International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
November 28: Thanksgiving
November 29: Native American Heritage Day
Days to Note:
December 1: World HIV and Aids Day
December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 5: International Volunteer Day
December 10: International Human Rights Day
December 25: Christmas
December 25: Hanukkah begins (at sunset, ends Jan 2nd)
December 26: Kwanzaa begins (ends Jan 1st)
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