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Below is a list of the widely recognized awareness months and day(s) for specific groups, cultures or causes.
January
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
Poverty in America Awareness Month |
|
National Braille Literacy Month |
| 1 |
Global Family Day/World Peace Day |
| 4 |
World Braille Day |
| 7 |
Orthodox Christmas |
| 13 |
Korean American Day |
| 14 |
Orthodox New Year |
| 15 |
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday |
| 15 |
World Religion Day |
| 16 |
Religious Freedom Day |
17
|
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
17
|
Civil Rights Day
|
| 23 |
World Freedom Day |
| 27 |
International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
February
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
American History Month |
|
Black History Month |
|
Canadian History Month |
|
Human Relations Month |
| 1 |
Chinese New Year |
| 1 |
Seol-nal, Korean New Year
|
| 1 |
Tet Nguyen Dan, Vietnamese New Year |
| 1 |
National Freedom Day |
| 1 |
World Interfaith Harmony Day |
| 4 |
Rosa Parks Day |
| 11 |
International Day of Women & Girls in Science |
| 15 |
Parinirvana Day |
| 20 |
World Day of Social Justice |
| 21 |
International Mother Language Day |
| 21 |
Daisy Gatson Bates Day |
| 25 |
Mardi Gras |
| 26 |
Ash Wednesday |
| 28 |
Rare Disease Day |
March
April
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
Community Service Month |
|
Autism Awareness Month |
|
Arab-American Heritage Month |
|
Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month |
|
Celebrate Diversity Month |
| 1 |
Ramadan begins |
| 2 |
World Autism Awareness Day |
| 7 |
International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda |
| 8–16 |
Passover |
| 11 |
National Day of Silence |
| 15 |
Passover begins |
| 15 |
Youth Homelessness Matters Day |
| 16 |
Emancipation Day |
| 20 |
Chinese Language Day |
| 20-21 |
Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) |
| 21 |
Rivdan begins |
| 23 |
Passover ends |
| 23 |
Mimouna begins |
| 23 |
Spanish Language Day |
| 24 |
Mimouna ends |
| 24 |
Orthodox Easter |
| 24 |
International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace History |
| 26 |
Lesbian Visibility Day |
| 28 |
Holocaust Remembrance Day |
| 28 |
Lailatul Qadr (The Night of Power) |
| 30 |
Ramadan ends |
May
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month |
|
Haitian Heritage Month |
|
Indian Heritage Month |
|
Jewish-American Heritage Month |
|
Mental Health Month |
|
South Asian Heritage Month |
|
Personal History Awareness Month |
|
Speech and Hearing Awareness Month |
|
Older Americans Month |
2
|
Ridvan ends
|
| 3 |
Eid al-Fitr |
| 5 |
Cinco de Mayo |
| 5 |
National Day of Prayer |
| 5 |
Yom Ha’atzmaut |
| 22 |
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development |
| 22 |
International Day for Biological Diversity |
| 24 |
Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot |
| 29 |
Ascension of Bahau'llah |
June
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
National Caribbean American Heritage Month |
|
AIDS Awareness Month |
|
LGBT Pride Month |
|
Black Music Month |
| 5 |
Pentecost |
5-6
|
Shavuot
|
| 8 |
Race Unity Day |
| 12 |
Loving Day |
| 15 |
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day |
| 19 |
Juneteenth |
| 20 |
World Refugee Day |
| 21 |
International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice History |
| 26 |
International Day in Support of Victims of Torture History |
July
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
French American Heritage Month |
| 4 |
Filipino-American Friendship Day |
| 8-9 |
Day of Arafat |
| 9-10 |
Eid al-Adha |
10
|
The Martyrdom of the Bab |
| 11 |
World Population Day |
| 24 |
Pioneer Day (Mormon)
|
| 26 |
Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act
|
| 30 |
International Day of Friendship |
August
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| |
Black Business Month |
| |
National Wellness Month |
| |
International Peace Month |
| 1 |
National Minority Donor Awareness Day |
| 1-7 |
National Minority Donor Awareness Week |
| 9 |
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People |
| 13 |
International Lefthanders Day |
| 19 |
World Humanitarian Day |
| 23 |
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
| 26 |
National Women’s Equality Day |
| 25-31 |
National Be Kind to Humankind Week |
| 30 |
National Grief Awarenes Day |
September
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
Hispanic Heritage Month |
|
National Guide Dog Month |
| |
National Suicide Awareness Month |
2
|
National Food Bank Day
|
| 4 |
National Suicide Prevention week begins |
| 5 |
International Day of Charity |
| 7 |
World Duchenne (Muscular Dystrophy) Awareness Day |
| 8 |
International Literacy Day |
| 10 |
World Suicide Prevention Day |
| 12 |
National Native American Day |
| 12 |
National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week begins |
| 15 |
Hispanic Heritage Month begins |
| 15 |
World Afro Day |
| 15 |
International Day of Democracy |
| 15 |
National German Heritage Month begins
|
| 16 |
Mexican Independence Day |
18
|
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day |
| 21 |
International Day of Peace |
| 23 |
National BRAVE Day |
| 23 |
Celebrate Bisexuality Day |
| 23 |
International Day of Sign Languages |
| 24 |
Heritage Day (South Africa) |
| 24 |
Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving |
| 24 |
Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving |
| 25 |
Rosh Hashanah begins |
| 26 |
European Languages Day |
| 26 |
International Week of the Deaf begins
|
27
|
Rosh Hashanah ends |
30
|
International Translation Day
|
October
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
Bullying Prevention Month |
|
Domestic Violence Awareness Month |
|
Down Syndrome Awareness Month |
| |
Dyslexia Awareness Month |
|
Family History Month |
|
Filipino-American Heritage Month |
|
Italian-American Heritage Month |
|
LGBTQIA+ History Month |
|
National Disability Employment Awareness Month |
| |
National Women's Small Business Month |
| |
World Blindness Awareness Month |
| |
Global Diversity Awareness Month |
| |
National Bullying Prevention Month |
|
National Work and Family Month |
|
Polish-American Heritage Month |
| 1 |
International Day of Older Persons |
| 2 |
International Day of Non-Violence |
3
|
National GOE (Growth, Overcome, Empower) Day
|
| 6 |
German American Heritage Day |
| 6 |
World Cerebral Palsy Day |
| 9-16 |
Sukkot |
| 10 |
World Mental Health Day |
| 10 |
World Homeless Day |
| 11 |
National Coming Out Day |
| 15 |
International Day of Rural Women |
| 15 |
Hispanic Heritage Month ends |
| 15 |
National German Heritage Month ends
|
| 15 |
White Cane Safety Day |
| 16 |
Global Dignity Day |
| 16 |
Spirit Day (Bullying Prevention) |
| 17 |
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 17 |
Black Poetry Day |
| 19 |
World Humanitarian Action Day |
19
|
National LGBT Center Awareness Day
|
| 22 |
International Stuttering Awareness Day |
| 24 |
World Dwarfism Awareness Day |
| 25 |
World Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Day |
| 26-27 |
Birth of Baha'u'llah |
November
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
National Native American Heritage Month |
| |
Epilepsy Awareness Month |
| |
National Scholarship Month |
| 1 |
All Saints Day |
| 2 |
All Souls Day |
| 7 |
Birth of the Bab in Shiraz |
| 11 |
Veterans Day/Armistice Day |
| 13 |
World Kindness Day |
| 16 |
International Day for Tolerance |
| 17 |
International Students' Day |
| 20 |
Transgender Day of Remembrance |
| 25 |
International Day of Mourning |
| 25 |
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women |
December
| Day(s) |
Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
|
Universal Human Rights Month |
| |
Learn a Foreign Language Month |
| 1 |
World AIDS Day |
| 2 |
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| 3 |
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
|
| 10 |
International Human Rights Day |
| 10 |
Jane Addams Day |
18
|
International Migrants Day |
| 19 |
Hanukkah begins |
| 20 |
International Human Solidarity Day |
| 25 |
Christmas |
| 26 |
Hanukkah ends |
| 26– Jan 1 |
Kwanzaa |
