Calendar and Events
AUGUST
- August 9 - International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
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August 19 - World Humanitarian Day
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August 25 - Freshmen Orientation: DICE Summer Reading Discussion of Born a Crime
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August 26 - Women’s Equality Day
SEPTEMBER
Hispanic Heritage Month
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September 21 — International Day of Peace
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September 25-27 — Rosh Hashanah
OCTOBER
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October 4-5 — Yom Kippur
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October 10 — National Indigenous Peoples Day
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October 11 — National Coming Out Day
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October 24 — Diwali
NOVEMBER
Native American Heritage Month
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November 1 — All Saints’ Day
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November 11 — Veterans Day
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November 19 - International Men’s Day
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November 24 — Thanksgiving Day
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November 25 — Native American Heritage Day
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November 30 — Holocaust Survivor Speaker
DECEMBER
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December 1 — World AIDS Day
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December 3 — International Day of Persons with Disabilities
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December 8 — Mass of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Le Choeur Magnificat from St. Mark the Evangelist Parish in Harlem, New York
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December 10 — International Human Rights Day
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December 18-26 — Hanukkah
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December 24 - Nochebuena
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December 25 — Christmas Day
JANUARY
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January 1 — New Year’s Day
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January 6 - Los Reyes Magos
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January 7 — Orthodox Christmas
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January 7 - Mayana New Year
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January 15 - World Religion Day
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January 16 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Day of Service
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January 22-23 — Lunar New Year
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January 26 - Vasant Panchami
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January 27 — Holocaust Remembrance Day
FEBRUARY
Black History Month
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February 5 — Lantern Festival
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February 14 — Valentine’s Day
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February 20 — Presidents Day
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February 22 — Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
MARCH
Women’s History Month
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March 8 — Holi
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March 8 — International Women’s Day
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March 17 — St Patrick’s Day
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March 21-22 — Nowruz
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March 22-April 21 — Ramadan
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March 22 — Hindi New Year
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March 28 — West Powelton Drummers Performance
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March 31 — Transgender Day of Visibility
APRIL
Arab-American Heritage Month / Autism Awareness Month
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April 2 — Autism Awareness Day
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April 2 — Palm Sunday
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April 5-13 — Passover
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April 7 — Good Friday
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April 9 — Easter
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April 14 — National Day of Silence (LGBTQ+)
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April 16 — Orthodox Easter
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April 21-22 — Eid-al-Fitr / End of Ramadan
MAY
Jewish American Heritage Month / Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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May 5 — Cinco De Mayo
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May 7 — HGP Multicultural Mass
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May 17 — International Day Against Homophobia
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May 26 — Buddha Day
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May 31 — Faculty/Staff Diversity Education Day in Washington, D.C.
JUNE
Pride Month
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June 19 — Juneteenth
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June 20 — World Refugee Day
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June 28 — Eid al-Adha
JULY
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July 18 — International Nelson Mandela Day