2019
Office of Diversity January and Equity
Remember that today is never too late to be brand-new
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 New Year’s day *World Wide* 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dia de los Reyes Christmas (Three Kings *Eastern Christian* Day/Epiphany) *Mexico/Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic* Christmas *Armenian Orthodox Christian* 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Makar Sankranti *Hindu* 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 *Tu B’Shevat Our Lady of *Jewish* Altagracia Day World Religion Day *Dominican *Bahá’í* Republic* MLK day *USA* 27 28 29 30 31 2019
Office of Diversity February and Equity African American (Black) History Month Never judge others based on what color their skin is
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Las Fiestas de los Carnivales *Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic* Imbolc *Pagan* 3 4 5 6 7 National Freedom 8 9 Lunar New Year Day (Year of the Pig) *Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist* 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Lincoln’s Birthday Valentine’s Day Susan B. Anthony *USA* *International* Day Nirvana Day *Buddhist* 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 President’s day Day of World Day of Social *USA* Remembrance Justice *USA* 24 25 26 27 28 Ayyám-i-há Independence Day st (Until March 1 ) *Dominican *Bahá’í* Republic*
2019
Office of Diversity March and Equity
National Women’s History Month National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month Feminism is just another word for equality
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Maha Shivratri Shrove Tuesday Ash International *Hindu* *Western Christian* Wednesday/Lent Women’s day *Christian* 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Clean Monday Holy Week *Eastern Christian* (March 14th-20th) *Christian*
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 St. Patrick’s Day Ostara *Purim International Day for *Pagan* *Jewish* Elimination of Racial *Irish* Discrimination Naw Ruz *International* (Bahá’í New Year) *Iranian, Bahá’í* Holi *Hindu* 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 Cesar Chavez Day *USA*
2019
Office of Diversity April and Equity
Autism Awareness Month
If you’re lucky enough to be different, don’t ever change
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 National Tartan Day *Scottish American*
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 National Day of Silence *LGBTQ and Allies*
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Bun Pi Mai -New Year Mahavir Jayanti Holy Thursday *Pesach/Passover First Day of Ridvan (14-16) Palm Sunday *Jain* *Christian* *Jewish* *Bahá’í* *Laotian* *Christian* Good Friday Baisakhi (Sikh New Year) *Christian* *Sikh*
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Easter Sunday Armenian Martyrs’ *Christian* Day
28 29 30 Ninth Day of Ridvan Bahá’í 2019
Office of Diversity May and Equity
Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Beltane’s Day *Holocaust World Press *Pagan* Remembrance Day Freedom Day (Yom Ha’Shoah) Twelfth Day of Ridvan *Bahá’í* *International*
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ramadan May Day *Islamic* (International Worker’s Cinco de Mayo Day) *USA/Mexico* 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Mother’s Day (Always May 10th in Mexico) is very important for Mexican families. *USA* 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Vesak Corpus Christi Day World Day of Declaration of the Báb *Buddhist* *Catholic* Cultural Diversity *Bahá’í*
26 27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day Ascension of Ascension Day Holiday Baha’u’llah *Christian* *USA* *Bahá’í*
2019
Office of Diversity June and Equity Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Pride Month The world was black and white but we were in screaming color
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Laila Al-qadr *Islamic* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Eid Al-fitr World Environment *Shavuot (Until June 6th) Day *Jewish* *Islamic* 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Race Unity Day Filipino Independence Flag Day *Bahá’í* Day *Filipino* Pentecost Loving Day *Christian* Anne Frank Day
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Father’s Day Juneteenth World Refugee Day Summer Solstice *USA* *African American* *Pagan*
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Anniversary of Legalization of Gay marriage in U.S
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2019
Office of Diversity July and Equity
No matter what happens in life, be good to people
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Independence Day *USA*
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Martyrdom of Báb *Bahá’í*
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Dharma Day *Buddhist*
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 * Birthday of Haile ADA Day Selassie *Rastafari* 28 29 30 31
2019
Office of Diversity August and Equity
Nothing safe is worth the drive
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Hiroshima Day International Day of *Tisha B’Av *Japanese* the world’s *Jewish* indigenous peoples Eid al-Adha *Islamic* 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 International Youth Ullambana Assumption of Mary Restoration Day Day (Until August 15th) *Christian* *Dominican *Japanese, Raksha Bandhan Republic* Buddhist* *Hindu*
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 * Senior Citizen Day International Day for Krishna Jayanti the remembrance of *Hindu* the slave trade and its abolition 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Women’s Equality Paryushana Parava Muharram Day (until September *Islamic* 3rd) *Jain* 2019
September Office of Diversity and Equity
National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month (September 15th – October 15th) No particular race is the enemy, Ignorance is the enemy
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Labor Day International Day of *USA* Charity Ganesh Chaturthi *Hindu* 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Grandparents Day Ashura Patriot Day Enkutatash Moon Festival (in memory of those *USA* th *Islamic* who died on 9/11) (New Year) (Until the 15 ) International Literacy *USA* *Ethiopia* *Vietnam, Hong Day Kong, China, Taiwan* 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Mexican Constitution and International Day of Independence Day Citizenship Day Peace *Mexico* *USA* 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Autumn Equinox Our Lady of Mercedes National Native *Pagan* Day American Day Bi-Visibility Day *USA* 29 30 Rosh Hashanah (through October 1st) (New Year *Jewish* *Navaratri (through October 8th) *Hindu*
2019
Office of Diversity October and Equity
LGBT History Month Filipino American History Month National Disability Employment Awareness Month May we end up with a world where everyone can live and love equally
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Mohandas K. Gandhi World Teachers Day Birthday *Indian*
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dussehra Coming Out Day *Hindu* *USA, LGBTQ* *Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) *Jewish* 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 *Sukkot Columbus Day International Day for (through October *USA* the eradication of 20th) Indigenous People’s poverty Day *Jewish* (Native American Day) *Various Native American Cultures* Dia de la Raza Latin American, *Mexican* 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 *Shemini Atzeret *Simchat Torah United Nations Day *Jewish* *Jewish* 27 28 29 30 31 Birth of the Bab Halloween *Bahá’í* *USA* Samhain *Celtic/Wicca/Pagan
2019
November Office of Diversity and Equity National American Indian (Native American) History Month Give me knowledge so I may have kindness for all
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 All Saints Day Dia de los Muertos *Anglican & Roman (All Souls Day) Catholic* *Mexico, Latin America, Spain* 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Election Day **Milad un Nabi (Birth of the Prophet Muhammad)
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Birth of Baha’u’llah Veteran’s Day Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s *Bahá’í* *USA* Birthday *Sikh, Hindu
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 American Education Transgender Day of Week Remembrance (Ends on the 22nd)
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Day of the Covenant Thanksgiving *Bahá’í* *USA/Interfaith*
2019
December Office of Diversity and Equity
Be yourself. There is no one better
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Advent begins International day of *Catholic* Disabled Persons
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Feast of the Human Rights Day Day of Our Lady of Immaculate Guadalupe Conception *Mexico/Catholic* *Catholic* Bodhi Day *Buddhist*
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Bill of Rights Day Simbang Gabi Winter Solstice/Yule (Through the 24th) *Pagan* *Filipino/Catholic* Las Posadas (Through the 24th) *Mexico* 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 *Hanukkah Christmas Eve Christmas Kwanzaa th (Through the 30 ) *All Christian* (Through January 1st) *Jewish* *African American* 29 30 31 Wounded Knee Day New Year’s Eve