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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: 
    • Latine Heritage Month: September 15 to October 15  
  • Mid-Autumn Festival: September 17 
  • Bi Visibility Day: September 23  

October 

  • October Heritage Month Observances: 
    • LGBTQ+ History Month 
    • 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: 
    • Native American and Indigenous Heritage Month  
    • 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: 
    • 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: 
    • Women’s History Month  
    • Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month  
    • 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: 
    • Arab-American Heritage Month  
    • Autism Awareness Month  
    • National Deaf History Month  
    • 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:  
    • ALS Awareness Month  
    • Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month 
    • Haitian Heritage Month  
    • Indian Heritage Month  
    • Jewish-American Heritage Month  
    • Mental Health Awareness Month  
    • 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: 
    • LGBTQIA+ Pride Month 
  • Father’s Day: June 15 
  • Juneteenth: June 19 

July 

  • July Heritage Month Observances: 
    • 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.