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2021 DIVERSITY CALENDAR A project of Borough President Donovan Richards Jr.’s Queens General Assembly

Delegates: Seema Ahmed, Queens Community House * Julio Batista, Community Board 9 & Association of Mutual Help and Solidarity (AAMUS) * Ronald Britt, Rosedale Civic Association * Victor Dadras, Community Board 11 & Douglaston Local Development Corporation * Yangchen Dolma, Adhikaar * Somnath Ghimire, Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL) * Kristen Gonzalez, Community Board 4 & Western Queens Community Land Trust * Lara Gregory, Esq., Foundation for Filipino Artists, Inc. (FFAI) & Legal Good * Josette Grippo, Esq., Rockaway Women for Progress * Lourdes Villanueva Hartrick, Community Board 13 & Bellerose Commonwealth Civic Association * Gail Johnson, DYCD Neighborhood Advisory Board (NAB) – Queens District 14 & Community Serenity Garden * Kwangsoo Kim, Korean American Youth Foundation * Father Mike Lopez, Hungry Monk Food Pantry * Kevin Ly, Community Board 6 & Forest Hills Asian Association * Yves Mompoint, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity * Toyin Omolola, DSI International, Inc. * Neil Rosenblatt, Forest Hills High School & Reform Temple of Forest Hills * Lobsang Salaka, Community Board 3 & United Sherpa Association * Umila Singh, Action Team at Jahajee Sisters * Rajan Thapaliya, Rotary International * Vanessa Ventola, Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) Organizing Committee & Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Queens (UUCQ) Alumni: Rokeya Akhter, New American Women’s Forum of New York * Sila Asa, Community Board 11 & Turkish Cultural Center of Queens * Jagir Singh Bains, Community Board 8 & Sikh Cultural Society * Aida A. Bartolome, Foundation of Filipino Artists, Inc. (FFAI) * Carolyn E. Brown, Community Board 8 * Chris Brown, Martin Luther School * Latchman Budhai, Community Board 9 & 102nd Precinct Community Council & Federation of Hindu Mandirs * Jim Burke, Out Rockaway * Robert Cermeli, Community Board 5 * Rosemary Ciulla Frisone, Community Board 10 & Italian Heritage & Culture Committee, St. John’s University * Bess DeBetham, Community Board 13 * Adjoa Esinam Gzifa, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. * Enita Iskhakova, Bukharian Jewish Union * Laura James, Community Board 11 * Joyce H. Julian, Community Board 3 * Richard Khuzami, Community Board 1 & Old Astoria Neighborhood Association * Eva Kornacka, Polonians Organized to Minister to Our Community (POMOC, Inc.) * Naomi Krikhely, LMSW Licensed Social Worker * Eric Mouchette, Esq., My Brother and Sister’s Keeper * Sandra Isabel Moya, Latin American Community Advocate * Stephanie Mulcock, Esq., Cidadao Global * Yvonne H. Plummer, Certified Ombudsman, CID-NY * Mohamed Z. Safie, Community Board 9 * Lucy Schilero, Community Board 4 & CURSC * Harbachan Singh, Esq., Community Board 8 & Sikh American Friendship Foundation * Evgenia Soldatos, Esq., Association for Greek American Professional Women (AGAPW) * Sergio Toxqui, TREA (Teens for Racial & Ethnic Awakening) * Mirna Velasquez, Advocate for Labor Rights, Immigration & Social Justice * Nasimun “Nini” Wahed, Bangladeshi Community Advocate * Semonti Wahed, Srijinology, Inc. * Linna Yu, Community Board 7 & New York Chinese American Association Advisors: Dr. Paul Engel, Flushing Jewish Community Council (FJCC) & Queens/Long Island Community Services (QLICS) * Dr. Madhulika Khandelwal, Asian/American Center and Urban Studies Department, Queens College, CUNY * Andrew P. Jackson/Sekou Molefi Baako, Board of Trustees, Queens Library * Joyce Moy, Esq., Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI), CUNY * John Y. Park, Korean American Community Empowerment Council JANUARY 2021 2021 SEPTEMBER 2021 1 Independence Day (Haiti) 1 Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month 6 (U.S.) ends (U.S.) begins (U.S.) 7/8  (begins at sundown New Year’s Day (U.S.) Jewish American Heritage Month the day before) (Jewish) 6 Day (Armenian) begins (U.S.) 7 Independence Day (Brazil) (Christian) (U.S.) 15 Hispanic Heritage Month begins (U.S) 7 Christmas Day (Orthodox) 2 (Orthodox) Independence Day (Costa Rica, 18 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 5 (Mexico) El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, (U.S. – observed) 8 V-E Day (Europe) Nicaragua) 20 Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti (Sikh) 9 Mother’s Day (U.S.) 16 Independence Day (Mexico) 27  International Holocaust (Russia)  (begins at sundown the day Remembrance Day 10 Jerusalem Day (Jewish) before) (Jewish) 28 Tu B’Shevat (begins at sundown the 13 Ascension Day (Christian) 17 Citizenship Day/Constitution Day (U.S.) day before) (Jewish) Eid al-Fitr (begins at sundown 18 Independence Day (Chile) Mahayana New Year (Buddhist) the day before) (Muslim) 20-22 Chuseok (Korea) 14/15 Independence Day (Paraguay) 21-27  (begins at sundown the day FEBRUARY 2021 15 Armed Forces Day (U.S.) before) (Jewish) 17/18  (begins at sundown 22 begins (U.S) 1 begins (U.S.) the day before) (Jewish) 28 Sh’mini Atzeret (begins at sundown 2 (U.S.) 23 (Christian) the day before) (Jewish) 12 Lincoln’s Birthday (U.S.) 26 Independence Day 29  (begins at sundown the (Year of the Ox) (Democratic Republic of Georgia) day before) (Jewish) 14 Valentine’s Day (U.S.) Independence Day (Guyana) 15 President’s Day (U.S.) Wesak () (Buddhist) 16 (U.S.) OCTOBER 2021 31 (U.S.) 17 (Christian) 1 Italian American Heritage Month begins 25 Fast of Esther (Jewish) (U.S) 26  (begins at sundown the day JUNE 2021 6 German-American Day (German) before) (Jewish) 1 Caribbean American Heritage Month 10 Independence Day (Cuba) 27 Independence Day (Dominican Republic) begins (U.S.) 11 (U.S.) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender 19  al-Nabi (the Prophet’s birthday) MARCH 2021 Pride Month begins (U.S) (begins at sundown the day before) 12 Independence Day (Philippines) (Muslim) 1 Greek-American Heritage Month 14 (U.S.) 24 United Nations Day begins (U.S.) 19 (U.S.) 31 (U.S.) Irish-American Heritage Month 20 Father’s Day (U.S.) begins (U.S.) begins (U.S.) Women’s History Month (U.S.) NOVEMBER 2021 8 International Women’s Day 1 All Saints Day (Christian) 14 Daylight Savings Time begins (U.S.) JULY 2021 National Native American Heritage 17 St. Patrick’s Day (Christian) 1 Canada Day (U.S.) Month begins 19 St. Joseph’s Day (Christian) 4 American Independence Day 2 Dia de los Muertos (Mexican, Christian) 20 begins (U.S) 5 Independence Day (Venezuela) 3 Independence/Separation Day (Panama) 21 (Persian New Year) 9 Independence Day (Argentina) 4 /Deepavali (Hindu, Sikh) 25 Independence Day (Greece) 18 Fast of Tisha B’av (begins at 7 Daylight Savings Time ends (U.S.) 26 Independence Day (Bangladesh) sundown the day before) (Jewish) 11 Independence Day () 27  – first evening (begins at sun- 19 Day of Arafat (begins at sundown the (U.S.) down) (Jewish) day before) (Muslim) 19 Birth of Guru Nanak (Sikh) 28 -Phagwah (Hindu) 20 Eid al-Adha (begins at sundown 25 Day (U.S.) (Christian) the day before) (Muslim) 28 Advent 1st Day (Christian) Independence Day (Colombia) Chanukah (first candle is lit after APRIL 2021 28 Independence Day (Peru) sundown) (Jewish) 1 Holy Thursday (Christian) 2 (Christian) AUGUST 2021 DECEMBER 2021 4 Easter Sunday (Christian) 6 Independence Day (Bolivia) 6 Chanukah (ends at nightfall) (Jewish) Passover ends at nightfall (Jewish) Independence Day (Jamaica) 8 Bodhi Day (Buddhist) 13  (begins at sundown the day 9 V-J Day (U.S.) 10 Universal Human Rights Day before) (Muslim) 10 Independence Day (Ecuador) 21 Winter begins (U.S) 14 Baisahki (Sikh) Muharram- (begins at 24 (Christian) 15 Independence Day (Israel) sundown the day before) (Muslim) 25 Christmas Day (Christian) 21 Ram Navami (Hindu) 14 Independence Day (Pakistan) 26 Kwanzaa begins (U.S.) 22 (U.S.) 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 31 New Year’s Eve (U.S.) (Christian) Watch Night (Christian) Independence Day/Liberation Day (South Korea) 19 (begins at sundown the day before) (Muslim) 22 (Hindu) 25 Independence Day (Uruguay) 29/30 Janmashtami (Hindu) 31 Independence Day (Trinidad and Tobago)

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