Calendar and Events

AUGUST
  • August 9 - International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

  • August 19 - World Humanitarian Day

  • August 25 - Freshmen Orientation: DICE Summer Reading Discussion of Born a Crime

  • August 26 - Women’s Equality Day

SEPTEMBER

Hispanic Heritage Month

  • September 21 — International Day of Peace

  • September 25-27 — Rosh Hashanah

OCTOBER

  • October 4-5 — Yom Kippur

  • October 10 — National Indigenous Peoples Day

  • October 11 — National Coming Out Day

  • October 24 — Diwali

NOVEMBER

Native American Heritage Month

  • November 1 — All Saints’ Day

  • November 11 — Veterans Day

  • November 19 - International Men’s Day

  • November 24 — Thanksgiving Day

  • November 25 — Native American Heritage Day

  • November 30 — Holocaust Survivor Speaker

DECEMBER

  • December 1 — World AIDS Day

  • December 3 — International Day of Persons with Disabilities

  • December 8 — Mass of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception: Le Choeur Magnificat from St. Mark the Evangelist Parish in Harlem, New York

  • December 10 — International Human Rights Day

  • December 18-26 — Hanukkah

  • December 24 - Nochebuena

  • December 25 — Christmas Day

JANUARY

  • January 1 — New Year’s Day

  • January 6 - Los Reyes Magos

  • January 7 — Orthodox Christmas

  • January 7 - Mayana New Year

  • January 15 - World Religion Day

  • January 16 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Day of Service

  • January 22-23 — Lunar New Year

  • January 26 - Vasant Panchami

  • January 27 — Holocaust Remembrance Day

FEBRUARY

Black History Month

  • February 5 — Lantern Festival

  • February 14 — Valentine’s Day

  • February 20 — Presidents Day

  • February 22 — Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)

MARCH

Women’s History Month

  • March 8 — Holi

  • March 8 — International Women’s Day

  • March 17 — St Patrick’s Day

  • March 21-22 — Nowruz

  • March 22-April 21 — Ramadan

  • March 22 — Hindi New Year

  • March 28 — West Powelton Drummers Performance

  • March 31 — Transgender Day of Visibility

APRIL

Arab-American Heritage Month / Autism Awareness Month

  • April 2 — Autism Awareness Day

  • April 2 — Palm Sunday

  • April 5-13 — Passover

  • April 7 — Good Friday

  • April 9 — Easter

  • April 14 — National Day of Silence (LGBTQ+)

  • April 16 — Orthodox Easter

  • April 21-22 — Eid-al-Fitr / End of Ramadan

MAY

Jewish American Heritage Month / Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

  • May 5 — Cinco De Mayo

  • May 7 — HGP Multicultural Mass

  • May 17 — International Day Against Homophobia

  • May 26 — Buddha Day

  • May 31 — Faculty/Staff Diversity Education Day in Washington, D.C.

JUNE

Pride Month

  • June 19 — Juneteenth

  • June 20 — World Refugee Day

  • June 28 — Eid al-Adha

JULY

  • July 18 — International Nelson Mandela Day