JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 2020 MULTICULTURAL CALENDAR
The Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion is proud to present the 2020 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. 2020 MULTICULTURAL CALENDAR january february JANUARY 1 New Year’s Day 2 Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti 6 Epiphany (Three Kings Day) Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 7 Orthodox Christmas 15 Makar Sankranti 1 2 3 4 1 20 Martin Luther King Jr. Day 25 Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FEBRUARY 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 National African American History Month 17 Presidents Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 21 Maha Shivaratri Hindu 26 Ash Wednesday (Lent Begins for Western Christianity) 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 26–29 Ayyám-i-Há Baha’i 29–3/19 Month of Fast Baha’i
MARCH National Women’s History Month march april 2 Clean Monday (Lent Begins for Eastern Orthodox Churches) 5 Tao-te Tien-tsun (High Pure One) Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 9–10 Purim Jewish 9–10 Holi Hindu 17 St. Patrick’s Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 19–20 Nowruz/Naw-Ruz (Iranian New Year) (Baha’i/Iranian) 21 Taoist Festival honoring the Shen of Water, East and Spring 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 25 Ugadi/Gudi Padwa Hindu 31 Transgender Day of Visibility 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 APRIL 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4 Qingming Festival Chinese 5 Palm Sunday 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 7 Memorial Day Jehovah’s Witnesses 8–16 Passover 10 Good Friday/Holy Friday 12 Easter (Western Christianity) 13 Vaisakhi Sikh/Hindu 19 Easter (Greek/Eastern Orthodox) may june 19–5/1 Festival of Ridvan Baha’i 21 Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) 23–5/23 Ramadan (Month of Fasting) Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa MAY 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Beltane Wiccan 5 Cinco de Mayo Mexican Heritage 7 Visakha Puja 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 16 Armed Forces Day 23 Declaration of the Báb Baha’i 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 23–24 Eid-al-Fitr Islam 25 Memorial Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 28 Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh Baha’i 28–30 Shavuot Jewish 31 31 Pentecost (Western Christianity) JUNE july august Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month Caribbean-American Heritage Month 7 Pentecost (Eastern Orthodox) 19 Juneteenth (Emancipation and End of Slavery) Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 21 Taoist Festival Honoring Shang-Ti 25 Dragon Boat Festival Chinese 1 2 3 4 1 JULY 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 Independence Day 9 Martyrdom of the Báb Baha’i 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 24 Thiru Aadi Pooram Hindu 30–31 Eid-al-Adha Islam 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 AUGUST 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 Raksha Bandhan (Rakhi) Hindu 11 Krishna Janmashtami Hindu 30 31 15 Dormition of the Theotokos 19–20 Al-Hijra/Muharram Islam New Year september october 28–29 Ashura Islam SEPTEMBER 7 Labor Day Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 15–10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month 18–20 Rosh Hashanah Jewish 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 22 Mabon (Autumnal Equinox) 23 Taoist Festival honoring Shen of Winds, West, Autumn 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 27–28 Yom Kippur Jewish 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 OCTOBER Italian American Heritage Month 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Polish American Heritage Month National Disability Employment Awareness Month German American Heritage Month 1 Chinese Celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival 2–4 Sukkot Jewish Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Diversity and Inclusion © 2020 | [email protected] 9–11 Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah Jewish 17–19 Twin Holy Days Baha’i november december 17–26 Navratri Hindu 25 Double Ninth Festival Chinese 25 Vijayadashami Hindu 31–11/1 Samhain Gaelic Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 31–11/2 Día de los Muertos Mexican Heritage 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 NOVEMBER National Native American Heritage Month 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 All Saints’ Day 11 Veterans Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13–14 Diwali (Indian Festival of Lights) Indian 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 26 Thanksgiving Day 27 American Indian Heritage Day 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 27 Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Baha’i 28–1/6 Nativity Fast 29–12/24 Advent
DECEMBER * Date may vary due to local or regional customs. Johns Hopkins Health System pay date 10–18 Hanukkah Jewish Dietary accommodations may be necessary. Johns Hopkins University pay date 21 Yalda (Winter Solstice) 21 Dongzhi Festival Scheduling accommodations may be necessary. Bold, blue: Johns Hopkins Health System holidays Multiday 21 Yule (Winter Solstice) Wiccan Bold, italics: primary religious holidays 23 HumanLight The heritage months listed in this calendar are federally recognized. 25 Christmas Day Christian 26–1/1 Kwanzaa If there are other holidays and/or observances you would like to see represented in future calendars, please contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 844-JHD-VRSTY (844-543-8778) or [email protected].