2014 Diversity Calendar
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2014 Diversity Calendar
January 2014
Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 1 New Years Day http://www.history.com/topics/new-years World Wide 6 Día de los Reyes http://www.inside-mexico.com/ReyesMagos.htm Mexico/ (Three Kings Day/Epiphany) Puerto Rico/ Dominican Republic 14 Makar Sankrant http://www.truthstar.com/articles/makar_sankranti.asp Hindu 14 **Milad un Nabi http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/holydays/miladunnabi.shtml Islamic (birth of the Prophet Muhammad) 18 **Milad un Nabi-Shia http://www.mylearningzone.co.uk/events/milad-un-nabi-shia Islamic 20 Martin Luther King http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkhistory1.html USA Day 21 Our Lady of Altagracia http://ukbookworm.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-8th-dominican-republic-our-lady-of.html Dominican Republic Day 31 Lunar New Year http://www.123chinesenewyear.com China, Taiwan, (Year of the Horse) Vietnam, Singapore, Korea
February 2014 “African American (Black) History Month” Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity March & Lenten Season http://wilstar.com/holidays/lent.htm Christian April Many Filipino families return to the Philippines during this time. 1-27 Las Fiestas de los Carnivales http://www.watchmojo.com/index.php?id=7214 Puerto Rico/ (Carnival Parties) Dominican Republic 1 Imbolc http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/the_wheel_of_the_year/imbolc.asp Pagan 12 Lincoln’s Birthday http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln USA 14 Valentine’s Day http://www.history.com/minisites/valentine International Be mindful that everyone does not celebrate Valentine’s Day 16 *Tu B’Shevat http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3264/jewish/Tu-BShevat.htm Jewish 19 Day of Remembrance http://imdiversity.com/villages/asian/feb-19-japanese-american-internment-day-of-remembrance/ USA 17 President’s Day http://usparks.about.com/library/weekly/aa021499.htm USA 27 Independence Day http://www.hispaniola.com/dominican_republic/info/history.php Dominican Republic
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March 2014 “National Women’s History Month” Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 3 Orthodox Lent http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/pascha/ Christian 5 Ash Wednesday http://www.catholic.org/clife/lent/ashwed.php Christian 8 International http://www.internationalwomensday.com/ International Women’s Day 16 *Purim http://www.holidays.net/purim/ Jewish 17 St. Patrick’s Day http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day Irish 20 Ostara http://www.religionfacts.com/neopaganism/festivals/ostara.htm Pagan 20 Persian New Year http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/edu/naw-ruz.html Iranian Nowruz Bahá’í 21 International Day for http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc.id=975 International Elimination of Racial Discrimination 31 Cesar Chavez Day http://www.cesarchavezholiday.org/ USA
April 2014 “Cultural Diversity Month” Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 6 National Tartan Day http://www.tartanday.org/ Scottish American 13 Palm Sunday http://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/p/Palm_Sunday.htm Christian/Orthodox 13-19 Holy Week http://www.crivoice.org/cyholyweek.html Christian 13-16 Bun Pi Mai -New Year http://goseasia.about.com/od/laos/a/bun_pi_mai.htm Laotian 14 *Pesach/Passover http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/holidaya.html Jewish (begins) 14 Vaisakhi (Sikh New http://www.sgpc.net/festivals/festival.asp Sikh Year) 18 Good Friday http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/238700/Good-Friday/ Christian/Orthodox 20 Easter Sunday http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/easter-sunday Christian 20 Orthodox Easter http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/orthodox-easter-day Eastern Orthodox 20 National Day of http://www.dayofsilence.org/ LGBTQ and Allies Silence 21 First Day of Ridvan http://bahai-library.com/walbridge_encyclopedia_ridvan Bahá’í 28 *Holocaust http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/yomhashoah.html International Remembrance Day 30 Ninth Day of Ridvan http://bahaiteachings.org/celebrating-the-9th-day-of-ridvan Bahá’í 2014 Diversity Calendar
May 2014 “Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month” Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 1 May Day http://iww.org/projects/mayday/origins.shtml International (International Worker’s Day) 1 Beltane’s Day http://deoxy.org/time/sabbats/05-04.htm Pagan 2 Twelfth Day of Ridvan http://www.ulc.org/training-education/guide-to-divinity/24-religious-holidays/191-the-twelfth-day- Bahá’í of-ridvan/ 5 Cinco de Mayo http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm USA/Mexico 10 Mother’s Day http://www.dayformothers.com/around-the-world/mexico.html USA/Mexico (Mexico) Mother’s Day (always May 10th in Mexico) is very important for Mexican families. 11 Mother’s Day http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/mothers-day USA 13 Vesak http://www.buddhanet.net/vesak.htm Buddhist 23 Declaration of the Báb http://www.planetbahai.org/cgi-bin/articles.pl?article=37 Bahá’í 25 Mother’s Day http://www.dr1.com/travel/prepare/holidays.shtml Dominican Republic (Dominican) 26 Memorial Day Holiday http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html USA 29 Ascension of http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31523.asp Bahá’í Baha’u’llah
June 2014 “Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Pride Month” Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 3 *Shavuot http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/609663/jewish/What-is-Shavuot.htm Jewish 8 Pentecost http://www.stpaulskingsville.org/pentecost.htm Christian 12 Filipino Independence http://www.gov.ph/kalayaan/ Filipino Day 15 Father’s Day http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/fathers-day USA 19 Corpus Christi Day http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/corpus-christi Catholic 19 Juneteenth http://www.juneteenth.com/ African American
21 Summer Solstice http://www.wicca-spirituality.com/summer-solstice.html Pagan June 28-July **Ramadan Begins http://islam.about.com/od/ramadan/f/ramadanintro.htm Islamic 27 June LGBT Pride http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/ USA
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July 2014
Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 4 Independence Day http://usa.usembassy.de/holidays-fourth.htm USA 13-15 Obon http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2286.html Japanese Buddhist
27 **Eid-al-Fitr http://en.islamzoom.com/ramadan/the-end-of-ramadan-eid-al-fitr.php Islamic (End of Ramadan) 27 Father’s Day http://dr1.com/travel/prepare/holidays.shtml Dominican Republic (Dominican)
August 2014
Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 6 Hiroshima Day http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/glossary/defhiroshima.htm Japanese 10 Raksha Bandham http://www.raksha-bandhan.com/ Hindu 11 *Tisha B’Av http://www.jewfaq.org/holidayd.htm Jewish 15 Assumption of Mary http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/assumption Christian 17 Janmashtami http://www.swaminarayan.org/festivals/janmashtami/ Hindu 16-19 Restoration Day http://aglobalworld.com/holidays-around-the-world/dominican-republic-restoration-day/ Dominican Republic Aug 19 – Asma • http://mybahaifaith.blogspot.com/2010/08/month-of-asma-names.html Bahá’í Sept 7 • 24 **Laila al-Qadr http://www.sunnah.org/ibadaat/fasting/laylat_ul_qadr.html Islamic 29 Ganesh Chaturthi http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/ganeshchaturthi.htm Hindu
30 Paryushana-Parva http://www.jainuniversity.org/paryushana.aspx Jainism
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September 2014 “National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month (September 15th – October 15th)” Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 1 Labor Day http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htm USA 7 Father’s Day http://www.fathersdaycelebration.com/fathers-day-in-australia.html Australia & New Zealand 7 Grandparents Day http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=31142#axzz2jJAOFRHF USA 8 Moon Festival http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/tet-trung-thu.htm Vietnam, Hong Kong, http://www.regit.com/hongkong/festival/mooncake.htm China, Taiwan 11 Enkutatash (New Year) http://www.tourismethiopia.org/pages/detail/detailfestival.asp Ethiopia 11 Patriot Day http://www.calendar-updates.com/info/holidays/us/patriot.aspx USA (in memory of those who died on 9/11) 16 Independence Day http://www.inside-mexico.com/featureindep.htm Mexico 17 Constitution Day http://www.constitutionday.com/ Dominican Republic 17 Citizenship Day http://www.netglimse.com/holidays/citizenship_day_of_usa/citizenship_day_observances.shtml USA Samvatsari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life -style/Paryushan-Parva-festival-of- Jainism forgiveness/articleshow/3441433.cms? 21 International Day of http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/2010/ USA Peace 24 Our Lady of Mercedes http://aglobalworld.com/holidays-around-the-world/dominican-republic-mercedes-day/ Dominican Republic Day 23 Autumn Equinox http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/september-equinox.html Pagan Dashalakshani-Parvi http://ejainism.com/daslakshan.html Jainism
25-26 *Rosh Hashanah http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm Jewish (New Year) Sept 25 – *Navratri http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=3073 Indian Oct 3 26 National Native http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/native.htm USA American Day 27 Maskal http://my.ort.org.il/givatram/etiopia/TRGIL7.HTML#maskal Ethiopia
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October 2014 “National Disability Employment Awareness Month” “Filipino American History Month” Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 2 Mohandas K. Gandhi http://mkgandhi.org/ Indian Birthday 4 *Yom Kippur (Day of http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/holiday4.html Jewish Atonement) 4 **Eid-al-Adha http://islam.about.com/od/hajj/a/adha.htm Islamic 9-15 *Sukkot http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday5.htm Jewish 11 Dia de la Raza http://zedillo.presidencia.gob.mx/welcome/PAGES/culture/note_12oct.html Latin American Mexican 13 Columbus Day http://www.history.com/topics/columbus-day USA 16 *Shemini Atzeret http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday6.htm Jewish 17 *Simchat Torah http://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/4464/jewish/Simchat-Torah- Jewish 101.htm 20 Birth of the Bab http://www.planetbahai.org/cgi-bin/articles.pl?article=16 Bahá’í 23 Diwali http://hinduism.about.com/od/diwalifestivaloflights/a/diwali.htm Hindu, Jainism, Sikh and Buddhist Oct24-Nov **Muharran http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/muharram-new-year Islamic 23 (Islamic New Year) 31 Halloween http://www.history.com/topics/halloween USA
November 2014 “National American Indian (Native American) Heritage Month” Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 1 Samhain http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/Samhain.htm Celtic 1 All Saints Day http://www.churchyear.net/allsaints.html Anglican & Roman Catholic 1-2 Dia de los Muertos http://www.history.com/topics/halloween-around-the-world Mexico (All Souls Day) 11 Veteran’s Day http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/ USA 12 Birth of Baha’u’llah http://birth-of-baha-u-llah.123holiday.net/ Bahá’í 27 Thanksgiving http://usa.usembassy.de/holidays-thanksgiving.htm USA 3 **Ashura http://www.ashura.com/ Islamic
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December 2014
Date Diversity Event Link Related Ethnicity 6-24 *Hanukkah http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah Jewish 8 Bodhi Day http://doityourself.com/stry/bodhi-day Buddhist 8 Feast of the http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/immaculate-conception Catholic Immaculate Conception 12 Day of Our Lady of http://www.inside-mexico.com/guadalupe.htm Mexico/Catholic Guadalupe 16-24 Simbang Gabi http://www.rcam.org/others/910-guidelines-on-the-celebration-of-simbang-gabi-in-the-archdiocese-of- Filipino/Catholic (Christmas) manila 16-24 Las Posadas http://hispanic-culture-online.com/las-posadas.html Mexico 21 Winter Solstice/ http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/yulethelongestnight/p/Yule_History.htm Pagan Yule 25 Christmas • http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/christmas_history.htm USA
Dec. 26 to Kwanzaa http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml African American Jan. 1, 2014 *Jewish holidays begin at sunset the night before, and go to sunset of the following day. **Muslim holidays are based on actual sighting of the moon and therefore the day may vary.