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Cultural Celebrations Month Day Year Celebration January All month 2021 Poverty in America Awareness Month January 1st 2021 New Year's Day January 1st 2021 Global Family Day/ World Peace Day January 4th 2021 World Braille Day January 17th 2021 World Religion Day January 18th 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 26th 2021 International Customs Day January 27th 2021 International Holocaust Remeberance Day February All month 2021 American History Month February All month 2021 Black History Month February All month 2021 Canadian History Month February All month 2021 Human Relations Month February 1st 2021 National Freedom Day February 12th 2021 Chinese New Year February 14th 2021 St. Valentine's Day February 15th 2021 Nirvana Day February 15th 2021 Presidents Day February 16th 2021 Mardi Gras February 17th 2021 Ash Wednesday February 20th 2021 World Day of Social Justice February 25th & 26th 2021 Purim March All month 2021 Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month March All month 2021 Greek‐American Heritage Month March All month 2021 Gender Equality Month March All month 2021 Irish‐American Heritage Month March All month 2021 Ethnic Equality Month March All month 2021 National Women's History Month March All month 2021 National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month March 8th 2021 International Women's Day March 8th 2021 United Nations Day for Women's Rights and Internaitonal Peace March 11th 2021 World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue, and Film March 14th 2021 Pi Day March 16th 2021 St. Urho Day March 17th 2021 St. Patrick's Day March 19th & 20th 2021 Naw‐Ruz (Baha'I New Year) March 21st 2021 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination March 21st 2021 World Down Syndrome Day March 24th 2021 Advisor Appreciation Day March 25th 2021 International Day of Rememberance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade March 31st Equal Pay Day March ‐ April 27th ‐ 4th 2021 Passover April All month 2021 Community Service Month April All month 2021 Earth Day April All month 2021 Autism Awareness Month April All month 2021 Arab‐American Heritage Month April All month 2021 Tartan (Scottish‐American) Heritage Month April All month 2021 Celebrate Diversity Month April 2nd 2021 World Autism Awareness Day April 4th 2021 Easter April 7th 2021 International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda April 8th ‐9th 2021 National Day of Silence April 8th & 9th 2021 Holocaust Remebrance Day (Yom HaShoah) April 12th 2021 Ramadan begins April 15th Youth Homelessness Matters Day April 20th 2021 First Day of Ridvan ‐ Festival of Rivdan April 22nd 2021 Earth Day April 27th & 28th 2021 The Ninth Day of Ridvan May All month 2021 National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month May All month 2021 Haitian Heritage Month May All month 2021 Indian Heritage Month May All month 2021 Jewish‐American Heritage Month May All month 2021 Mental Health Month May All month 2021 South Asian Heritage Month May All month 2021 Personal History Awareness Month May All month 2021 Speech and Hearing Awareness Month May All month 2021 Older Americans Month May 1st 2021 The Twelth Day of Ridvan May 4th 2021 Star Wars Day May 5th 2021 Cinco De Mayo May 8th & 9th 2021 Time of Remebrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost their Lives during WWII May 12th 2021 Ramadan Ends May 13th 2021 Ascension of Bahau'llah May 21st 2021 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development May 22nd 2021 International Day for Biological Diversity May 22nd & 23rd 2021 Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot May 31st 2021 Memorial Day June All month 2021 National Caribbean American Heritage Month June All month 2021 AIDS Awareness Month June All month 2021 LGBT Pride Month June All month 2021 Black Music Month June 12th 2021 Loving Day June 13th 2021 Race Unity Day June 19th 2021 Juneteenth July All month 2021 French‐American Heritage Month July 4th 2021 Independence Day July 4th 2021 Filipino‐American Friendship Day July 9th 2021 The Martyrdom of the Bab July 11th 2021 World Population Day July 17th & 18th 2021 Tisha B'Av July 23rd 2021 Pioneer Day July 26th 2021 Americans with Disabilities Act Signed "Disability Independence Day" August All month 2021 National Civility Day August 9th 2021 International Day of the World's Indigenous People August 13th 2021 Internaional Leftghanders Day August 19th 2021 World Humanitarian Day August 23rd 2021 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition August 26th 2021 Women's Equality Day September All month 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month September All month 2021 National Guide Dog Month September 6th 2021 Labor Day September 6th ‐ 8th 2021 Rosh Hashanah September 11th 2021 Patriot Day September 15th 2021 International Day of Democracy September 15th & 16th 2021 Yom Kippur September 16th 2021 Mexican Independence Day September 19th 2021 International Talk Like a Pirate Day September 20th ‐ 27th 2021 Sukkot September 21st 2021 International Day of Peace September 24th 2021 National Native American Day September 26th 2021 European Languages Day September 27th 2021 World Tourism Day October All month 2021 Bullying Prevention Month October All month 2021 Domestic Violence Awareness Month October All month 2021 Down Syndrome Awareness Month October All month 2021 Family History Month October All month 2021 Filipino‐American Heritage Month October All month 2021 Italian‐American Heritage Month October All month 2021 LGBT History Month October All month 2021 National Disability Employment Awareness Month October All month 2021 National German Heritage Month (Sept. 15th ‐ Oct. 15th) October All month 2021 National Work and Family Month October All month 2021 Polish‐American Heritage Month October 2nd 2021 International Day of Non‐Violence October 6th 2021 German American Heritage Day October 10th 2021 World Mental Health Day October 11th 2021 National Coming Out Day October 15th 2021 White Cane Safety Day October 17th 2021 Spirit Day ‐ Anti Bullying October 17th 2021 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty October 18th 2021 Women in Military Service for the American Memorial Anniversary October 19th World Humanitarian Action Day October 20th 2021 Birth of the Bab in Shiraz October 22nd 2021 International Stuttering Awareness Day October 31st 2021 Halloween November All month 2021 National Native American Heritage Month November All month 2021 National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month November 1st & 2nd 2021 Day of the Dead November 6th & 7th 2021 Birth of the Baha'u'llah November 11th 2021 Veterans Day / Armistice Day November 13th 2021 World Kindness Day November 16th 2021 International Day for Tolerance November 17th 2021 International Students' Day November 20th 2021 Transgender Day of Remembrance November 25th 2021 Thanksgiving November‐ December 28th ‐ 6th 2021 Hanukkah December All month 2021 Universal Human Rights Month December 1st 2021 World AIDS Day December 3rd 2021 International Day for People with Disability December 10th 2021 International Human Rights Day December 20th 2021 International Human Solidarity Day December 25th 2021 Christmas December 26th ‐ Jan. 1st 2021 Kwanzaa December 31st 2021 New Year's Eve.
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