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Johns Hopkins University 2021 Multicultural Calendar JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 2021 MULTICULTURAL CALENDAR The Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion is proud to present the 2021 MULTICULTURAL CALENDAR, a guide to the holidays and commemorative months observed by our dynamic community of patients, families, faculty members, staff members and students from a multitude of cultures, ethnicities and faiths. 2021 MULTICULTURAL CALENDAR january february JANUARY 1 New Year’s Day 6 Epiphany (Three Kings Day) 7 Orthodox Christmas Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 14 Makar Sankranti 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 20 Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 FEBRUARY National African American History Month 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) 12–14 Losar Baha’i 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 15 Presidents Day 17 Ash Wednesday (Lent Begins for Western Christianity) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 25–26 Purim Jewish 25–28 Ayyám-i-Há Baha’i 31 MARCH National Women’s History Month march april 1–19 Month of Fast Baha’i 11 Maha Shivaratri Hindu 15 Clean Monday (Lent Begins for Eastern Orthodox Churches) Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 17 St. Patrick’s Day 20 Nowruz/Naw-Ruz 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 20 Taoist Festival honoring the Shen of Water, East and Spring 27 Memorial Day Jehovah’s Witnesses 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 27–4/4 Passover Jewish 28 Palm Sunday 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 28 Tao-te Tien-tsun (High Pure One) 28–29 Holi Hindu 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 31 Transgender Day of Visibility 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 APRIL 2 Good Friday/Holy Friday 4 Easter (Western Christianity) 4 Qingming Festival Chinese 8–9 Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) 12–5/11 Ramadan (Month of Fasting) Islam may june 13 Ugadi/Gudi Padwa Hindu 14 Vaisakhi Sikh/Hindu 19–5/1 Festival of Ridvan Baha’i Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa MAY 1 1 2 3 4 5 Jewish American Heritage Month National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Beltane Wiccan 2 Easter (Greek/Eastern Orthodox) 5 Cinco de Mayo Mexican Heritage 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12–13 Eid-al-Fitr Islam 15 Armed Forces Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 16–18 Shavuot Jewish 23 Declaration of the Báb Baha’i 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 23 Pentecost (Western Christianity) 26 Visakha Puja Buddhist 30 31 28 Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh Baha’i 31 Memorial Day JUNE july august Caribbean American Heritage Month Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month 14 Dragon Boat Festival Chinese Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 19 Juneteenth (Emancipation and End of Slavery) 20 Pentecost (Eastern Orthodox) 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 21 Taoist Festival Honoring Shang-Ti 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 JULY 4 Independence Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 Martyrdom of the Báb Baha’i 19–20 Eid-al-Adha Islam 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 AUGUST 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 9–10 Al-Hijra/Muharram Islam New Year 11 Thiru Aadi Pooram Hindu 15 Dormition of the Theotokos 18–19 Ashura Islam 22 Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) Hindu september october 30 Krishna Janmashtami Hindu SEPTEMBER Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 6 Labor Day 6–8 Rosh Hashanah Jewish 1 2 3 4 1 2 8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 15–16 Yom Kippur Jewish 15–10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month 20–22 Sukkot Jewish 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 21 Chinese Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival 22 Mabon (Autumnal Equinox) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 22 Taoist Festival honoring Shen of Winds, West, Autumn 27–29 Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah Jewish 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 OCTOBER 31 German American Heritage Month Italian American Heritage Month and Inclusion © 2021 | [email protected] Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity Johns National Disability Employment Awareness Month Polish American Heritage Month november december 6–14 Navratri Hindu 14 Double Ninth Festival Chinese 15 Vijayadashami Hindu Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 31–11/1 Samhain Gaelic NOVEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 National Native American Heritage Month 1 All Saints’ Day 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1–2 Día de los Muertos Mexican Heritage 3–4 Diwali (Indian Festival of Lights) Indian 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 5–7 Twin Holy Days Baha’i 11 Veterans Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance 25 Day of the Covenant 25 Thanksgiving Day 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 American Indian Heritage Day 28 Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Baha’i 28–12/6 Hanukkah Jewish 28–12/24 Advent 28–1/6 Nativity Fast * Date may vary due to local or regional customs. Johns Hopkins Health System paydate Dietary accommodations may be necessary. Johns Hopkins University paydate DECEMBER Scheduling accommodations may be necessary. Bold, blue: Johns Hopkins Health System holidays Multiday 21 Dongzhi Festival Bold, italics: primary religious holidays 21 Yalda (Winter Solstice) The heritage months listed in this calendar are federally recognized. 21–1/1 Yule (Winter Solstice) Wiccan DIV2011054 23 HumanLight If there are other holidays and/or observances you would like to see represented in future calendars, please contact the Office of Diversity and 25 Christmas Day Christian Inclusion at 844-JHD-VRSTY (844-543-8778) or [email protected]. 26–1/1 Kwanzaa .
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