2021 Office of January Diversity and Equity “Where there is love there is life”- Gandhi Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 New Year’s Day *Worldwide* 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dia de los Reyes Christmas (Three Kings *Eastern Christian* Day/Epiphany) *Mexico/Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic* Christmas *Armenian Orthodox Christian* 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Makar Sankranti *Hindu* 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 World Religion Day MLK day Bodhi Day Our Lady of Altagracia *Bahá’í* *USA* *Buddhist* Day *Dominican Republic* 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 *Tu B’Shevat *Jewish* 31 2021 Office of Diversity February and Equity African American (Black) History Month “Black history is American history”- Morgan Freeman Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 National Freedom Day Imbolc *Pagan* 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Lunar New Year (Year of the Ox) *Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist* Lincoln’s Birthday *USA* 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Valentine’s Day Susan B. Anthony Day Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday/Lent Day of Remembrance World Day of Social *International* Nirvana Day *Western Christian* *Christian* *USA* Justice *Buddhist* President’s day *USA* 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 24 25 26 27 28 29 Ayyám-i-há Independence Day (Until February 28th) *Bahá’í* *Dominican Republic* Purim *Jewish* 2021 Office of Diversity March and Equity National Women’s History Month National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month “Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings”- Cheris Kramarae Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 International Maha Shivratri Women’s day *Hindu* 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Clean Monday St. Patrick’s Day Naw Ruz Ostara (Bahá’í New Year) *Eastern Christian* *Irish* *Iranian, Bahá’í* *Pagan* 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 International Day for *Pesach/Passover Elimination of Racial (March 27- April 4) Discrimination *Jewish* *International* 28 29 30 31 Holi Cesar Chavez Day *Hindu* *USA* Holy Week (March 28 - April 3) *Christian* Palm Sunday *Christian* 2021 Office of Diversity April and Equity Autism Awareness Month “I am different, not less”- Temple Grandin Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 Holy Thursday Good Friday *Christian* *Christian* 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Easter Sunday National Tartan Day *Christian* *Scottish American* 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ramadan Baisakhi (April 12 - May 11) (Sikh New Year) *Sikh* *Islamic* Boun Pi Mai -New Year (14-16) *Laotian* 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 First Day of *Holocaust National Day of Silence Armenian Martyrs’ Day Remembrance Day (Yom *LGBTQ and Allies* Ridvan Ha’Shoah) *Bahá’í* *International* 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mahavir Jayanti Ninth Day of Ridvan *Jain* Bahá’í 2021 Office of Diversity May and Equity Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month "In a time of destruction, create something."- Maxine Hong Kingston Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Twelfth Day of Ridvan *Bahá’í* May Day (International Worker’s Day) Beltane’s Day *Pagan* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 World Press Cinco de Mayo Vesak *Buddhist* Freedom Day *USA/Mexico* Lailat Al-Qadr *Islamic* 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ascension Day Mother’s Day *USA* *Christian* Eid Al-fitr *Islamic* 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 *Shavuot World Day of Cultural Declaration of the Báb (May 16 - May 18) Diversity *Bahá’í* *Jewish* 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Pentecost Ascension of Baha’u’llah *Christian* *Bahá’í* 30 31 Memorial Day Holiday *USA* 2021 Office of Diversity June and Equity Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Pride Month “Never be bullied into silence”- Harvey Fierstein Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Corpus Christi Day World Environment *Catholic* Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Race Unity Day Filipino Independence Day Loving Day *Bahá’í* Anne Frank Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Flag Day Juneteenth *African American* 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Father’s Day Anniversary of *USA* Legalization of Gay World Refugee Day marriage in U.S Summer Solstice *Pagan* 27 28 29 30 2021 Office of Diversity July and Equity “The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven”- Robert Downey Jr. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independence Day Martyrdom of the *USA* Báb *Bahá’í* 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 *Tisha B’Av *Jewish* 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Eid al-Adha Birthday of Haile Dharma Day *Islamic* Selassie *Buddhist* *Rastafari* 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ADA Day 2021 Office of Diversity August and Equity “I’m intimidated by the fear of being average”- Taylor Swift Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hiroshima Day *Japanese* 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 International Day of the Muharram International Youth world’s indigenous *Islamic* Day peoples Ganesh Chaturthi *Hindu* 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Assumption of Mary Restoration Day Ashura Senior Citizen Day *Dominican Republic* *Christian* *Islamic* 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Raksha Bandhan Women’s Equality *Hindu* Day Ullambana *Japanese, Buddhist* 29 30 31 Krishna Janmashtami *Hindu* September 2021 Office of Diversity and Equity National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month th th (September 15 – October 15 ) “If you have a dream, don’t let anybody take it away”- Selena Quintanilla Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Paryushana Parava (September 4-11) *Jain* 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 International Day of Labor Day International Patriot Day (in memory of those who Charity *USA* Literacy Day died on 9/11) Rosh Hashanah *USA* (September 6 - 8) Enkutatash *Jewish* (New Year) *Ethiopia* 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Grandparents Day *Yom Kippur Mexican Constitution and (Day of Atonement) Independence Day Citizenship Day *USA* *Jewish* *Mexico* *USA* 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Sukkot International Day of Autumn Equinox Bi-Visibility Day National Native (September 20 - 27) Peace *Pagan* American Day *Jewish* Moon Festival *USA* *Vietnam, Hong Kong, Our Lady of China, Taiwan* Mercedes Day 26 27 28 29 30 Shemini Atzeret Simchat Torah (September 27 - 29) *Jewish* *Jewish* 2021 Office of Diversity October and Equity LGBT History Month Filipino American History Month National Disability Employment Awareness Month "I think being gay is a blessing, and it's something I am thankful for” Anderson Cooper Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Mohandas K. Gandhi Birthday *Indian* 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 World Teachers Day Navaratri (October 6 - 14) *Hindu* 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Columbus Day Dussehra *USA* *Hindu* Indigenous People’s Day *Various Native American Cultures* Coming Out Day *USA, LGBTQ* 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 International Day for the Milad un Nabi eradication of poverty (Birth of the Prophet Muhammad) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 United Nations Day 31 Halloween *USA* Dia de los Muertos (October 31 - November 2) * Latin America, Spain* November 2021 Office of Diversity and Equity National American Indian (Native American) History Month “We will be known forever by the tracks we leave”- Dakota tribe Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Samhain Election Day Birth of the Bab *Celtic/Wicca/Pagan *Bahá’í* All Saints Day *Anglican & Roman Catholic* 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Birth of Baha’u’llah Veteran’s Day *Bahá’í* *USA* 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 American Education Guru Nanak’s Transgender Day of Week Birthday Remembrance (November 14 - 20) *Sikh, Hindu* 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Thanksgiving *USA/Interfaith* Day of the Covenant *Bahá’í* 28 29 30 Advent begins (November 28 - December 24th) *Catholic* Hanukkah (Until December 6th) *Jewish* 2021 December Office of Diversity and Equity “Have courage and be kind”- Cinderella Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 International day of Disabled Persons 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Feast of the Immaculate Human Rights Day Conception *Catholic* 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Day of Our Lady of Bill of Rights Day Simbang Gabi Guadalupe (December 16 - 24) *Filipino/Catholic* *Mexico/Catholic* Las Posadas (Through the 24th) *Mexico* 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Winter Solstice/Yule Christmas Eve Christmas *Pagan* *All Christian* 26 27 28 29 30 31 Kwanzaa Wounded Knee Day New Year’s Eve (Through January 1st) *African American* .