D&I Calendar

I’m here to help you keep track of monthly, weekly, and daily celebrations/awareness events related to diversity and inclusion. Use this site to take note of the following professional, cultural, religious, and secular holidays as you build out your workplace DE&I calendar. Keep reading to learn more.

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A LIST BUT NOT A

TO-DO LIST

This page is intended to be a resource and a guide. While the list is intended to be comprehensive, it is not a to-do list.

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2025

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION CALENDAR

Professional, cultural, religious, and secular holidays are important to people in your personal and work life. By being aware of these important dates, you can help create a sense of belonging in your workplace.

Keep scrolling to find the full list of monthly and individual dates.

Here’s the full list.

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Note: multi-day observances are based on Eastern Standard Time (EST)/Pacific Standard Time (PST)

    • Dry January

    • Poverty in America Awareness Month

    • Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

    • Kwanzaa ends - January 1

      Hanukkah ends - January 2

    • New Year's Day - January 1

    • World Braille Day - January 4

    • Korean American Day - January 13

    • Maghi - January 14

    • Mahayana New Year - January 14

    • Makar Sankranti - January 14

    • Orthodox New Year - January 14

    • World Religion Day - January 19

    • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - January 20

    • National Day of Racial Healing - January 21

    • International Day of Education - January 24 

    • International Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27

    • Lunar New Year - January 29

    • Tết - January 29

    • Black History Month

    • Ethnic Equality Month

    • Tu b'shevat - (Evening of) February 12 – 13

    • International Epilepsy Day - February 10

    • International Day of Women & Girls in Science - February 11

    • Safer Internet Day - February 11

    • Magha Puja Day - February 12

    • Makha Bucha Day - February 12

    • Nirvana Day - February 15

    • Family Day (Canada) - February 17

    • Presidents' Day (US) - February 17

    • World Day of Social Justice - February 20

    • National Caregivers Day - February 21

    • Maha Shivaratti - February 26

    • Ramadan begins - (Evening of) February 28 - March 30

    • Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

    • Gender Equality Month

    • Greek American Heritage Month

    • Irish American Heritage Month

    • Multiple Sclerosis Awareness and Education Month

    • Women's History Month

    • Purim - (Evening of) March 13 – 14

    • Baháʼí Naw-Rúz - (Evening of) March 19 – 20

    • Navaratri begins - March 30 – April 7

    • Ramadan ends - March 30

    • Mardi Gras - March 4

    • Ash Wednesday - March 5

    • Employee Appreciation Day - March 7

    • International Women's Day - March 8

    • Equal Pay Day - March 12

    • Holi - March 14

    • St. Patrick's Day - March 17

    • International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN) - March 21

    • World Down Syndrome Day - March 21

    • International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery (UN) - March 25 

    • Laylat al-Qadr - March 27

    • National Vietnam War Veterans Day - March 29

    • César Chávez Day - March 31

    • International Transgender Day of Visibility - March 31

    • Arab American Awareness Month

    • Armenian Heritage Month

    • Autism Awareness Month

    • Celebrate Diversity Month

    • National Child Abuse Prevention Month

    • National Deaf History Month

    • Navaratri ends – April 7

    • Passover - (Evening of) April 12 – 20

    • Riḍván begins - (Evening of) April 20 – May 2

    • Yom HaShoah - (Evening of) April 23 – 24

    • World Autism Day - April 2

    • National Tartan Day - April 6

    • World Health Day - April 7

    • Day of Silence - April 11

    • Palm Sunday - April 13

    • Vaisakhi - April 14

    • Maundy Thursday - April 17

    • Good Friday/Orthodox Good Friday - April 18

    • Easter/Orthodox Easter - April 20

    • Earth Day - April 22

    • Administrative Professionals Day - April 23

    • Lesbian Visibility Day - April 26

    • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awareness Month

    • Asian American and Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month

    • Haitian Heritage Month

    • Indian Heritage Month

    • Jewish American Heritage Month

    • Mental Health Awareness Month

    • Military Appreciation Month

    • National Speech-Language-Hearing Month

    • Older Americans Month

    • Women’s Health Month

    • Riḍván ends - May 2

    • The Declaration of the Báb - (Evening of) May 22 – 23

    • Asian Pacific Islander (API) Women's Equal Pay Day - May 3

    • Cinco de Mayo - May 5

    • Military Spouse Appreciation Day - May 9

    • Mother's Day - May 11

    • International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia - May 17

    • Victoria Day (Canada) - May 19

    • World Day for Cultural Diversity - May 21

    • Memorial Day (US) - May 26

    • Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

    • Black Music Month

    • Caribbean American Heritage Month

    • Pride Month

    • Hajj - (Evening of) June 4 – 9

    • Eid al-Adha - (Evening of) June 6 – 7

    • World Environment Day - June 5

    • Race Unity Day - June 8

    • Loving Day - June 12

    • Father's Day - June 15

    • International Day for Countering Hate Speech - June 18

    • Juneteenth - June 19

    • Summer Solstice Day - June 20

    • World Refugee Day - June 20

    • National Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Canada) - June 21

    • St-Jean-Baptiste Day - June 24

    • International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and/or Gender Expansive, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and Two-spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) Pride Day - June 28

    • Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Mental Health Awareness Month

    • Disability Pride Month

    • French American Heritage Month

    • South Asian Heritage Month begins - July 17 – August 17

    • Ashura - (Evening of) July 5 – 6

    • Martyrdom of the Báb - (Evening of) July 8 – 9

    • Hijri New Year - (Evening of) June 26 – 27

    • Canada Day (Canada) - July 1

    • National Crown Day (US) - July 3

    • Independence Day (US) - July 4

    • Muharram - July 6

    • World Population Day - July 11

    • Bastille Day (France) - July 14

    • International Non-Binary Peoples Day - July 14

    • Nelson Mandela International Day - July 18

    • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Anniversary - July 26

    • National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day - July 27

    • National Parents' Day - July 27

    • International Day of Friendship - July 30

    • National Civility Month

    • South Asian Heritage Month ends - August 17

    • Transgender History Month

    • Tisha B'Av - (Evening of) August 2 – 3

    • Purple Heart Day - August 7

    • International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - August 9

    • Raksha Bandhan - August 9

    • Krishna Janmashtami - August 16

    • Marcus Garvey Day - August 17

    • World Humanitarian Day - August 19

    • Senior Citizens Day - August 21

    • Women's Equality Day - August 26

    • International Day for People of African Descent - August 31

    • Hispanic Heritage Month begins - September 15 – October 15

    • National Guide Dog Month

    • Suicide Prevention Month

    • Rosh Hashanah - (Evening of) September 22 – 24

    • Labor Day - September 1

    • International Day of Charity - September 5

    • National Day of Service and Remembrance - September 11

    • Patriot Day (US) - September 11

    • International Day of Democracy - September 15

    • Mexican Independence Day - September 16

    • HeforShe Movement Anniversary (UN) - September 20

    • International Day of Peace - September 21

    • World Alzheimer’s Day - September 21

    • World Gratitude Day - September 21

    • American Business Women’s Day - September 22

    • Native American Day - September 26

    • National Public Lands Day - September 27

    • National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Canada) - September 30

    • Breast Cancer Awareness Month

    • Bullying Prevention Month

    • Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    • Family History Month

    • Filipino American History Month

    • German American Heritage Month

    • Hispanic Heritage Month ends - October 15

    • Islamic Heritage Month

    • Italian American Heritage Month

    • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and/or Gender Expansive, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and Two-spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) History Month

    • National Disability Employment Awareness Month

    • National Work and Family Month

    • Polish American Heritage Month

    • Yom Kippur - (Evening of) October 1 – 2

    • Sukkot - (Evening of) October 6 – 13

    • International Day of Nonviolence (UN) - October 2

    • World Sight Day (UN) - October 9

    • World Mental Health Day - October 10

    • National Coming Out Day - October 11

    • Indigenous Peoples’ Day - October 13

    • Thanksgiving Day (Canada) - October 13

    • International Pronouns Day - October 15

    • Boss's Day - October 16

    • Spirit Day (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and/or Gender Expansive, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and Two-spirit (LGBTQIA2S+) anti-bullying) - October 16

    • Diwali - October 20

    • International Stuttering Awareness Day - October 22

    • Alzheimer's Awareness Month

    • Diabetes Awareness Month

    • Movember (awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide)

    • National Caregivers Month (US)

    • National Veterans and Military Families Month

    • Native American Heritage Month

    • Día de los Muertos - November 1 – 2

    • Transgender Awareness Week - November 13 – 19

    • Day of the Covenant - (Evening of) November 24 – 25

    • Ascension of Abdu'l-Baha - (Evening of) November 27 – 28

    • All Saints Day (FR) - November 1

    • National Stress Awareness Day - November 5

    • World Adoption Day - November 9

    • World Freedom Day - November 9

    • Veterans Day - November 11

    • International Day for Tolerance (UN) - November 16

    • International Employee Resource Groups (ERG) Day - November 17

    • International Men’s Day - November 19

    • Transgender Day of Remembrance - November 20

    • World Children’s Day (UN) - November 20

    • Thanksgiving (US) - November 27

    • Native American Heritage Day - November 28

    • Native Women's Equal Pay Day - November 30

    • Universal Human Rights Month

    • Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Awareness Month

    • Hanukkah - December 14 – 22

    • Las Posadas - December 16 – 24

    • Yule Winter Solstice (Northern Hemisphere) - December 21 – 22

    • Kwanzaa - December 26, 2025 – January 1, 2026

    • Rosa Parks Day - December 1

    • World AIDS Day - December 1

    • Giving Tuesday - December 2

    • International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD) - December 3

    • Saint Nicholas Day - December 6

    • Bodhi Day - December 8

    • Feast of the Immaculate Conception - December 8

    • International Genocide Prevention Day - December 9

    • International Human Rights Day - December 10

    • Feast of Our Lady Guadalupe - December 12

    • Christmas - December 25

    • Boxing Day - December 26

    • New Year’s Eve - December 31

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