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JANUARY

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NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH
SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFIC PREVENTION MONTH
POVERTY IN AMERICA AWARENESS MONTH
NATIONAL BLOOD DONOR MONTH
THYROID AWARENESS MONTH
CERVICAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH

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1 NEW YEAR'S DAY
1 GANTAN-SAI
3 MAHAYANA NEW YEAR
4 WORLD INTROVERT DAY
4 WORLD BRAILLE DAY
5 TWELFTH NIGHT
6 MIND & BODY WELLNESS DAY
6 EPIPHANY
7 COPTIC ORTHODOX CHRISTMAS
13 MAGHI
14 MAKAR SANKRANTI
15 NATIONAL BAGEL DAY
18 WORLD RELIGION DAY
19 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
21 THANK YOUR MENTOR DAY
24 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EDUCATION
24 NATIONAL COMPLIMENT DAY
27 HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

FEBRUARY

BLACK HISTORY MONTH
AMERICAN HEART HEALTH MONTH
NATIONAL CANCER PREVENTION MONTH

1 NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY
1 INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK BEGINS
2 IMBOLC
2 RHEUMATOID AWARENESS DAY
4 ROSA PARKS DAY
4 WORLD CANCER AWARENESS DAY
7 GO RED FOR WOMEN DAY (HEART HEALTH)
8 INTERNATIONAL EPILEPSY DAY
14 VALENTINE'S DAY
15 NIRVANA DAY
15 MAHA SHIVARATRI
15 CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS DAY
16 NATIONAL INNOVATION DAY
17 LUNAR NEW YEAR
17 RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS DAY
17 MARDI GRAS
18 ASH WEDNESDAY
18 RAMADAN BEGINS
19 JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION REMEMBRANCE DAY

MARCH
 

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
COLON CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AWARENESS MONTH
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH
GREEK AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

 

2 PURIM
3 MAGHA PUJA DAY 
4 HOLI
4 HOLA MOHALLA
6 EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION DAY
8 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
17 SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
19 CHAITRA NAVRATRI BEGINS
19 EID
20 VERNAL EQUINOX DAY
20 OSTARA
21 WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY
21 INTERNATIONAL NOWRUZ DAY
21 INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
25 VICTIMS OF SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL REMEMBRANCE DAY
27 CHAITRI NAVRATRI ENDS
29 PALM SUNDAY
31 INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY
31 MAHAVIR JAYANTI

APRIL
 

CELEBRATE DIVERSITY MONTH
ARAB AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH
EARTH MONTH
CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH
WORLD AUSTISM AWARENESS
TESTICULAR CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

 

1 PASSOVER BEGINS
2 WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY
3 GOOD FRIDAY
5 EASTER
7 WORLD HEALTH DAY
9 PASSOVER ENDS
10 NATIONAL DAY OF SILENCE
13 VAISAKHI
20 RIDVAN
22 EARTH DAY
22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS' DAY
24 GATHERING OF NATIONS
24 ARBOR DAY
28 SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK DAY
30 BELTANE

MAY
 

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
ASIAN AMERICAN & PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
ALS AWARENESS MONTH
LUPUS AWARENESS MONTH
HAITIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
INDIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
OLDER AMERICANS MONTH
SOUTH ASIAN AMERICANS HERITAGE MONTH
NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH

 

1 INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY
1 VISAKHA PUJA DAY
3 SMALL BUSINESS WEEK
5 CINCO DE MAYO
5 TEACHER APPRECIATION DAY
7 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
10 MOTHER'S DAY
16 ARMED FORCES DAY
17 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF AWARENESS TO PREVENT HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA AND BIPHOBIA
20 INTERNATIONAL HR DAY
21 ACCESSIBILITY AWARENESS DAY
24 BUDDHA DAY
25 MEMORIAL DAY
30 WORLD MS DAY

JUNE
 

PRIDE MONTH
ALZHEIMER'S AND BRAIN HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH
CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
MEN'S HEALTH MONTH

 

5 WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
9 RACE UNITY DAY
12 LOVING DAY
14 WORLD BLOOD DONOR DAY
15 FATHER'S DAY
16 PHI CHI THETA BIRTHDAY
19 JUNETEENTH
20 WORLD REFUGEE DAY
21 SUMMER SOLSTICE
21 LITHA
25 WORLD VITILIGO DAY
27 NATIONAL SUNGLASSES DAY
28 PRIDE DAY

JULY
 

FRENCH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH

 

4 INDEPENDENCE DAY
10 MARTYRDOM OF THE BAB
11 WORLD POPULACE DAY
14 NON-BINARY PEOPLE'S DAY
18 NELSON MANDELA DAY
24 PIONEER DAY
26 ADA CELEBRATION DAY
27 MUHARRAM
29 ASALHA PUJA DAY

AUGUST
 

NATIONAL CIVILITY MONTH
NATIONAL WELLNESS MONTH

 

1 LUGHNASADH
2 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FRIENDSHIP
7 PURPLE HEART DAY
9 INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY
19 WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY
21 SENIOR CITIZENS DAY
27 OBON
26 WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY

SEPTEMBER
 

HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH
SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH
OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
PCOS AWARENESS MONTH
PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

 

5 KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI
5 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CHARITY
7 LABOR DAY
8 PARYUSHAN PARV/PASLAKSHAN
10 WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY
11 PATRIOT'S DAY
11 ROSH HASHANAH
15 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY
16 MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
17 CONSTITUTION DAY
18 INTERNATIONAL EQUAL PAY DAY
18 NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY
20 YOM KIPPUR
21 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
21 WORLD GRATITUDE DAY
22 MABON
22 AUTUMN EQUINOX
22 AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S DAY
23 BI PEOPLE'S VISIBILITY DAY
25 SUKKOT
25 NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN DAY

OCTOBER
 

BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
FILIPINO AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
ITALIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH
NATIONAL WORK AND FAMILY MONTH
POLISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
FAMILY HISTORY MONTH
ADHD AWARENESS MONTH
DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH

 

2 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NONVIOLENCE
2 SUKKOT ENDS
2 SIMCHAT TORAH
10 WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY
11 NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY
12 NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY
15 SPIRIT DAY
16 BOSSES' DAY
20 DUSSEHRA
22 INTERNATIONAL STUTTERING AWARENESS DAY
26 INTERSEX AWARENESS DAY
31 HALLOWEEN
31 SAMHAIN

NOVEMBER
 

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH

 

1 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
1 ALL SAINTS' DAY
2 ALL SOULS' DAY
4 STRESS AWARENESS DAY
8 DIWALI
8 BANDI CHHOR DIVAS
9 WORLD FREEDOM DAY
9 WORLD ADOPTION DAY
10 BIRTH OF THE BAB
11 BIRTH OF BAHU'U'LLAH
11 VETERANS DAY
13 WORLD KINDNESS DAY
16 INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE
19 INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY
20 TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
20 UNIVERSAL CHILDREN'S DAY
24 GURU NANAK JAYANTI
25 DAY OF THE COVENANT
26 THANKSGIVING
28 ASCENSION OF ABDU'L-BAHA

DECEMBER

HIV/AIDS AWARENESS MONTH
UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONTH

1 WORLD AIDS DAY
3 INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
4 HANNUKAH BEGINS
5 INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY
9 INTERNATIONAL GENOCIDE PREVENTION DAY
12 HANUKKAH BEGINS
21 WINTER SOLSTICE
21 YULE
25 CHRISTMAS
26 KWANZAA
31 NEW YEAR'S EVE