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Cultural Observances and Causes Calendar

Cultural Observances and Causes Calendar

We’ve compiled a calendar of cultural observances and causes to bridge the gap so we can come together and understand what holds value for others. See something we’re missing? Email us at dei@rcbc.edu.

  • Poverty in America Awareness Month
  • New Year's Day
  • Global Family Day/World Peace Day
  • World Braille Day
  • Christian: Epiphany
  • Hindu: Makar Sankranti or Maghi
  • World Religion Day
  • National Day of Racial Healing
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • World Freedom Day
  • Chinese New Year (coincides with the lunar calendar, falls on different dates each year, typically between January 21 - February 21)
  • International Customs Day
  • International Holocaust Remembrance Day

 

  • American History Month
  • Black History Month
  • Canadian History Month
  • Human Relations Month
  • Chinese New Year (coincides with the lunar calendar, falls on different dates each year, typically between January 21 - February 21)
  • St. Valentine's Day
  • Buddhist: Parinirvana or Nirvana Day
  • Presidents Day
  • World Day of Social Justice
  • Mardi Gras
  • Christian: Ash Wednesday

  • Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  • Greek-American Heritage Month
  • Gender Equality Month
  • Irish-American Heritage Month
  • Ethnic Equality Month
  • National Women's History Month
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
  • International Women's Day
  • United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
  • Purim
  • World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
  • Pi Day
  • St. Urho day
  • St. Patrick's Day
  • United Nations: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
  • World Down Syndrome Day
  • Naw-Ruz (Baha'i New Year)
  • Jewish: Passover
  • Hindu: Holi

  • Community Service Month
  • Autism Awareness Month
  • Arab-American Heritage Month
  • Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month
  • Diversity Month
  • People with Disabilities: World Autism Awareness Day
  • Christian: Easter
  • International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
  • Buddhist: Buddha’s Birth
  • Islamic: Ramadan
  • Youth Homelessness Matters Day
  • Baháʼí Faith First Day of Ridvan—Festival of Ridvan
  • Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)

  • National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  • Haitian Heritage Month
  • Indian Heritage Month
  • Jewish-American Heritage Month
  • Mental Health Month
  • South Asian Heritage Month
  • Personal History Awareness Month
  • Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
  • Older Americans Month
  • Cinco de Mayo
  • Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost their Lives during WWII
  • LGBTQ+: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
  • World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
  • International Day for Biological Diversity
  • Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot
  • Ramadan Begins
  • Memorial Day
  • Ascension of Baha'u'llah

  • National Caribbean American Heritage Month
  • AIDS Awareness Month
  • LGBT Pride Month
  • Black Music Month
  • Race Unity Day
  • Juneteenth

  • French-American Heritage Month Independence Day
  • Filipino-American Friendship Day
  • The Martyrdom of the Bab
  • World Population Day
  • Islamic: The Hajj
  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Pioneer Day
  • Americans with Disabilities Act Signed "Disability Independence Day"
  • Tisha B'Av

  • National Civility Month
  • International Day of the World’s Indigenous
  • Islamic: Al-Hijri (New Year)
  • Roman Catholic: Feast of the Assumption
  • World Humanitarian Day
  • International Day
  • Women’s Equality Day
  • Hindu: Janmashtami (Birth of Lord Krishna)

  • National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
  • National Recovery Month
  • Jewish: Rosh Hashanah
  • Labor Day
  • Hindu: Ganesh Chaturthi
  • Patriot Day
  • National Native American Day
  • International Day of Democracy
  • Mexican Independence Day
  • Rosh Hashanah
  • Women: HeForShe
  • International Day of Peace
  • Autumnal Equinox
  • Yom Kippur

  • Bullying Prevention Month
  • Global Diversity Awareness Month
  • Down Syndrome Awareness Month
  • Family History Month
  • Filipino-American Heritage Month
  • Italian-American Heritage Month
  • LGBT History Month
  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • National German Heritage Month
  • Polish-American Heritage Month
  • International Day of Non-Violence
  • Sukkot
  • German American Heritage Day
  • People with Disabilities: World Mental Health Day
  • National Coming Out Day
  • United States: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
  • White Cane Safety Day
  • Spirit Day–Anti Bullying
  • International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
  • World Humanitarian Action Day
  • International Pronouns Day
  • Birth of the Bab in Shiraz
  • LGBTQ+: Spirit Day
  • International Stuttering Awareness Day
  • Halloween
  • Day of the Dead

  • National Native American Heritage Month & Alaska Native Heritage Month
  • Men’s Health Awareness Month
  • Hindu: Diwali
  • Veterans Day/Armistice Day
  • Birth of Baha'u'llah
  • World Kindness Day
  • International Day for Tolerance
  • Dutch American Heritage Day
  • International Students' Day
  • Thanksgiving

 

  • Universal Human Rights Month
  • World AIDS Day
  • International Day for People with Disability
  • International Human Rights Day
  • Hanukkah
  • Mexico: Las Posadas
  • International Human Solidarity Day
  • Winter Solstice/Yule
  • Christmas
  • Kwanzaa
  • New Year’s Eve