Plan With DEI Observances in Mind

When planning meetings and events, it is helpful to be aware of upcoming or overlapping religious, cultural, societal, political and other DEI-related holidays. While wide-reaching, the following calendars of DEI-related holidays capture most of the celebrations within the United States and Canada as well as globally recognized holidays but does not capture every holiday recognized around the world.

2024 DEI-Related Holidays

  • National Mentoring Month
  • Poverty in America Awareness Month
  • Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month
  • 1-Jan: New Year’s Day
  • 7-Jan: Coptic Orthodox Christmas
  • 13-Jan: Maghi (Sikh)
  • 15-Jan: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • 21-Jan: World Religion Day
  • 24-Jan: International Day of Education
  • 25-Jan: Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)
  • 26-Jan: International Customs Day
  • 27-Jan: International Holocaust Remembrance Day 
  • Black History Month
  • 1-Feb: National Freedom Day
  • 4-Feb: Rosa Parks Day
  • 6-Feb: Safer Internet Day
  • 10-Feb: Chinese New Year (2024: Year of the Dragon)
  • 11-Feb: International Day of Women & Girls in Science 
  • 12-Feb: International Epilepsy Day 
  • 13-Feb: Mardi Gras
  • 14-Feb: Ash Wednesday
  • 14-Feb: Valentine’s Day
  • 15-Feb: Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
  • 15-Feb: International Childhood Cancer Day
  • 19-Feb: Family Day (Canada)
  • 20-Feb: World Day of Social Justice
  • 21-Feb: National Braille Day
  • Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
  • Ethnic Equality Month
  • Gender Equality Month
  • Greek-American Heritage Month
  • Irish-American Heritage Month
  • National Women’s History Month
  • 1-Mar: Employee Appreciation Day
  • 8-Mar: Maha Shivarati (Hindu)
  • 8-Mar: International Women’s Day
  • 8-Mar: Holi (Hindu)
  • 10-Mar: Ramadan begins (Islam)
  • 14-Mar: Pi π Day
  • 17-Mar: St. Patrick’s Day
  • 19-Mar: Persian New Year (Nowruz)
  • 21-Mar: World Down Syndrome Day
  • 23-Mar: Purim (Jewish)
  • 23-Mar: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • 24-Mar: Palm Sunday (Christian)
  • 29-Mar: Good Friday (Christian)
  • 31-Mar: Easter (Christian)
  • 31-Mar: International Transgender Day of Visibility
  • Arab-American Heritage Month
  • Autism Awareness Month
  • Celebrate Diversity Month
  • Earth Month
  • National Volunteer Month
  • 2-Apr: World Autism Awareness Day
  • 6-Apr: Laylat al-Qadr (Muslim)
  • 10-Apr: Eid-al-Fitr/End of Ramadan (Muslim)
  • 11-Apr: Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID)
  • 12-Apr: National Day of Silence (LGBTQ+)
  • 21-Apr: Start of Ridvan (Baha’i)
  • 21-Apr: National Volunteer Week
  • 22-Apr: Earth Day
  • 22-Apr: Passover begins (Jewish)
  • 30-Apr: Passover ends (Jewish)
  • Haitian Heritage Month
  • Indian Heritage Month
  • Jewish-American Heritage Month
  • Mental Health Month
  • National Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month
  • Older Americans Month
  • South Asian American Heritage Month
  • 5-May: Cinco de Mayo
  • 5-May: Yom Hashoah (Jewish)
  • 17-May: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
  • 20-May: Victoria Day (Canada)
  • 21-May: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
  • 22-May: Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i)
  • 27-May: Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
  • 27-May: Memorial Day (U.S.)
  • National Caribbean American Heritage Month
  • Pride Month (LGBTQ+)
  • 5-Jun: World Environment Day
  • 9-Jun: Race Unity Day
  • 12-Jun: Loving Day
  • 16-Jun: Eid al-Adha (Muslim)
  • 19-Jun: Juneteenth
  • 20-Jun: World Refugee Day
  • 21-Jun: National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
  • 21-Jun: Litha, Summer Solstice (Pagan)
  • 24-Jun: St-Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec)
  • Pride Day (LGBTQ+) - Day varies by city and country
  • French-American Heritage Month
  • 1-Jul: Canada Day (Canada)
  • 4-Jul: Independence Day (U.S.) 
  • 6-Jul: Muharram Islamic New Year
  • 9-Jul: Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)
  • 11-Jul: World Populace Day
  • 14-Jul: Bastille Day
  • 18-Jul: International Nelson Mandela Day
  • 24-Jul: Pioneer Day (Mormon)
  • 26-Jul: National Disability Independence Day (commemorates the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act)
  • 30-Jul: International Day of Friendship
  • National Civility Month
  • 7-Aug: Purple Heart Day
  • 9-Aug: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
  • 13-Aug: Left-Handers Day
  • 17-Aug: Marcus Garvey Day (Jamaican)
  • 19-Aug: World Humanitarian Day
  • 21-Aug: Senior Citizens Day
  • 22-Aug: American Business Women’s Day
  • 26-Aug: Women’s Equality Day
  • 26-Aug: Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
  • Hispanic Heritage Month
  • Suicide Prevention Month
  • 2-Sep: Labor Day
  • 5-Sep: International Day of Charity
  • 11-Sep: Patriot Day (U.S.A.)
  • 15-Sep: International Day of Democracy
  • 16-Sep: Mexican Independence Day
  • 21-Sep: International Day of Peace
  • 21-Sep: World Gratitude Day
  • 27-Sep: National Native American Day
  • 30-Sep: National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (Canada)
  • 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
  • 2-Oct: Rosh Hashanah begins (Jewish)
  • 2-Oct: International Day of Nonviolence
  • 10-Oct: World Sight Day
  • 10-Oct: World Mental Health Day
  • 11-Oct: Yom Kippur (Jewish)
  • 11-Oct: National Coming Out Day (LGBTQ+)
  • 14-Oct: National Indigenous Peoples’ Day (United States)
  • 14-Oct: Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
  • 14-Oct: Waste Reduction Week
  • 15-Oct: Navrati begins (Hindu)
  • 16-Oct: Sukkot (Jewish)
  • 16-Oct: Bosses’ Day
  • 17-Oct: Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
  • 17-Oct: Spirit Day (LGBTQ+ anti-bullying)
  • 20-Oct: Sikh Holy Day (birth of Guru Granth)
  • 22-Oct: International Stuttering Awareness Day
  • 25-Oct: Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
  • 31-Oct: Halloween
  • National Native American, American Heritage Month
  • Nov-1 and Nov-2: Dia de Muertos
  • 1-Nov: All Saints’ Day (Roman Catholic)
  • 1-Nov: Diwali (Hindu)
  • 2-Nov: All Souls’ Day
  • 9-Nov: World Freedom Day
  • 9-Nov: World Adoption Day
  • 11-Nov: Remembrance/Veterans Day
  • 13-Nov: World Kindness Day
  • 16-Nov: International Day for Tolerance
  • 19-Nov: International Men’s Day
  • 20-Nov: Transgender Day of Remembrance
  • 20-Nov: Universal Children’s Day (Human Rights, U.N.)
  • 24-Nov: Day of the Covenant (Baha’i)
  • 26-Nov: Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha (Baha’i)
  • 28-Nov: Thanksgiving (U.S.)
  • 29-Nov: Black Friday
  • Universal Human Rights Month
  • 2-Dec: Cyber Monday
  • 3-Dec: International Day for People with Disabilities
  • 5-Dec: International Volunteer Day
  • 9-Dec: International Genocide Prevention Day
  • 10-Dec: International Human Rights Day
  • 21-Dec: Yule Winter Solstice (Pagan)
  • 25-Dec: Christmas (Christian)
  • 25-Dec: Hanukkah begins at sunset (Jewish)
  • 26-Dec: Kwanzaa week (Celebration of African Customs & Cultures)
  • 26-Dec: Boxing Day
  • 31-Dec: New Year’s Eve