Holidays and Heritage Days
The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is pleased to recognize cultural and religious holidays as well as heritage months throughout the year. For a list of religious holidays, please view Campus Ministry's calendar.
To view a folder with heritage month awareness resources and graphics, visit Sharepoint.
Fall 2024
September
- September Heritage Month Observances:
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- Latine Heritage Month: September 15 to October 15
- Mid-Autumn Festival: September 17
- Bi Visibility Day: September 23
October
- October Heritage Month Observances:
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- LGBTQ+ History Month
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- Filipino American History Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- Italian Heritage Month
- Rosh Hashanah Jewish Holiday: October 2-4
- Indigenous Peoples’ Day: October 9
- Coming Out Day: October 11
- Yom Kippur Jewish Holiday: October 11-12
- Intersex Awareness Day: October 26
November
- November Heritage Month Observances:
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- Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month
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- Ignatian Heritage Month
- Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead): November 1-2
- Veteran’s Day: November 11
- Transgender Awareness Week: November 13-19
- Transgender Day of Remembrance: November 20
- Thanksgiving: November 28
December
- World AIDS Day: December 1
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities: December 3
- International Human Rights Day: December 10
- Feast Day of Our Lady Guadalupe: December 12
- Las Posadas: December 16-24
- Christmas Eve: December 24
- Christmas: December 25
- Hanukkah: December 25-January 2
- Kwanzaa: December 26-January 1
- New Year’s Eve: December 31
Spring 2025
January
- New Year’s Day: January 1
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 20
- National Day of Racial Healing: January 25
- Holocaust Remembrance Day: January 27
- Lunar New Year: January 29
February
- February Heritage Month Observances:
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- Black History Month
- World Day of Social Justice: February 20
- Presidents Day: February 20
- Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras: February 21
- Ramadan: February 28-March 30
March
- March Heritage Month Observances:
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- Women’s History Month
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- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
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- Deaf History Month: March 13-April 15
- Ash Wednesday: March 5
- International Women’s Day: March 8
- St. Patrick’s Day: March 17
- Neurodiversity Celebration Week: March 18-24
- Purim: March 13-14
- Holi: March 14
- Eid-al-Fitr/End of Ramadan: March 29-30
- International Transgender Day of Visibility: March 31
April
- April Heritage Month Observances:
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- Arab-American Heritage Month
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- Autism Awareness Month
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- National Deaf History Month
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- Celebrate Diversity Month
- World Autism Awareness Day: April 2
- Easter: April 20
- Passover begins: April 12
- Earth Day: April 22
- Passover ends: April 20
- Yom HaShoah: April 23-24
May
- May Heritage Month Observances:
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- ALS Awareness Month
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- Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month
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- Haitian Heritage Month
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- Indian Heritage Month
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- Jewish-American Heritage Month
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- Mental Health Awareness Month
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- Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
- Mother’s Day: May 11
- International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia: May 17
- World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development: May 21
- Memorial Day: May 26
Summer 2025
June
- June Heritage Month Observances:
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- LGBTQIA+ Pride Month
- Father’s Day: June 15
- Juneteenth: June 19
July
- July Heritage Month Observances:
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- Disability Pride Month
- International Non-Binary Peoples Day: July 14
- Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act: July 26
August
- World Indigenous People’s Day: August 9
- Women’s Equality Day: August 26
The Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is pleased to recognize cultural and religious holidays as well as heritage months throughout the year. For a list of religious holidays, please view Campus Ministry's calendar.
To view a folder with heritage month awareness resources and graphics, visit Sharepoint.