2021 diversity calendar - wcsu.edu
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January
“Where there is love there is life”- Gandhi
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2
New Year’s Day *Worldwide*
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dia de los Reyes
(Three Kings Day/Epiphany) *Mexico/Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic* Christmas *Armenian Orthodox Christian*
Christmas *Eastern Christian*
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Makar Sankranti
*Hindu*
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 World Religion Day *Bahá’í*
MLK day *USA*
Bodhi Day *Buddhist*
Our Lady of Altagracia Day *Dominican Republic*
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 *Tu B’Shevat
*Jewish*
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February
African American (Black) History Month “Black history is American history”- Morgan Freeman
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6
National Freedom Day Imbolc *Pagan*
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Lunar New Year
(Year of the Ox) *Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist* Lincoln’s Birthday *USA*
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Valentine’s Day *International*
Susan B. Anthony Day Nirvana Day *Buddhist* President’s day *USA*
Shrove Tuesday *Western Christian*
Ash Wednesday/Lent *Christian*
Day of Remembrance *USA*
World Day of Social Justice
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28 24 25 Ayyám-i-há (Until February 28th) *Bahá’í* Purim *Jewish*
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27 Independence Day *Dominican Republic*
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March
National Women’s History Month National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month “Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings”- Cheris Kramarae
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 International
Women’s day
Maha Shivratri *Hindu*
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Clean Monday
*Eastern Christian*
St. Patrick’s Day *Irish*
Naw Ruz (Bahá’í New Year) *Iranian, Bahá’í*
Ostara *Pagan*
21 International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination *International*
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26 27 *Pesach/Passover (March 27- April 4) *Jewish*
28 29 30 31 Holi *Hindu* Holy Week (March 28 - April 3) *Christian* Palm Sunday *Christian*
Cesar Chavez Day *USA*
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April
Autism Awareness Month “I am different, not less”- Temple Grandin
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3
Holy Thursday *Christian*
Good Friday *Christian*
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Easter Sunday *Christian*
National Tartan Day *Scottish American*
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ramadan
(April 12 - May 11) *Islamic*
Baisakhi (Sikh New Year) *Sikh* Boun Pi Mai -New Year (14-16) *Laotian*
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19 20 First Day of Ridvan *Bahá’í*
21 *Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Ha’Shoah) *International*
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23 National Day of Silence *LGBTQ and Allies*
24 Armenian Martyrs’ Day
25 26 27 28 29 30 Mahavir Jayanti *Jain*
Ninth Day of Ridvan Bahá’í
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May
Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month
"In a time of destruction, create something."- Maxine Hong Kingston Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1 Twelfth Day of Ridvan
*Bahá’í* May Day (International Worker’s Day) Beltane’s Day *Pagan* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
World Press Freedom Day
Cinco de Mayo *USA/Mexico*
Vesak *Buddhist* Lailat Al-Qadr *Islamic*
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Mother’s Day *USA*
Ascension Day *Christian* Eid Al-fitr *Islamic*
16 *Shavuot (May 16 - May 18) *Jewish*
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21 World Day of Cultural Diversity
22 Declaration of the Báb *Bahá’í*
23 Pentecost *Christian*
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28 Ascension of Baha’u’llah *Bahá’í*
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31 Memorial Day Holiday *USA*
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June
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Pride Month “Never be bullied into silence”- Harvey Fierstein
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3
Corpus Christi Day *Catholic*
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5 World Environment Day
6 7 8
Race Unity Day *Bahá’í*
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12 Filipino Independence Day Loving Day Anne Frank Day
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14 Flag Day
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19 Juneteenth *African American*
20 Father’s Day *USA* World Refugee Day Summer Solstice *Pagan*
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26 Anniversary of Legalization of Gay marriage in U.S
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July
“The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven”- Robert Downey Jr.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independence Day *USA*
Martyrdom of the Báb *Bahá’í*
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 *Tisha B’Av
*Jewish* 18
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Eid al-Adha *Islamic*
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23 Birthday of Haile Selassie *Rastafari*
24 Dharma Day *Buddhist*
25 26 ADA Day
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August
“I’m intimidated by the fear of being average”- Taylor Swift
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Hiroshima Day *Japanese*
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 International Day of the
world’s indigenous peoples
Muharram *Islamic* Ganesh Chaturthi *Hindu*
International Youth Day
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Assumption of Mary *Christian*
Restoration Day *Dominican Republic*
Ashura *Islamic*
Senior Citizen Day
22 Raksha Bandhan *Hindu* Ullambana *Japanese, Buddhist*
23 24 25 26 Women’s Equality Day
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30 Krishna Janmashtami *Hindu*
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September
National Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month (September 15th – October 15th) “If you have a dream, don’t let anybody take it away”- Selena Quintanilla
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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3 4 Paryushana Parava (September 4-11) *Jain*
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 International Day of Charity
Labor Day *USA* Rosh Hashanah (September 6 - 8) *Jewish*
International Literacy Day
Patriot Day (in memory of those who died on 9/11) *USA* Enkutatash (New Year) *Ethiopia*
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Grandparents Day *USA*
*Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) *Jewish*
Mexican Independence Day *Mexico*
Constitution and Citizenship Day *USA*
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20 Sukkot (September 20 - 27) *Jewish*
21 International Day of Peace Moon Festival *Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan*
22 Autumn Equinox *Pagan*
23 Bi-Visibility Day
24 National Native American Day *USA* Our Lady of Mercedes Day
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26 27 28 29 30 Shemini Atzeret
(September 27 - 29) *Jewish*
Simchat Torah *Jewish*
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October
LGBT History Month Filipino American History Month National Disability Employment Awareness Month
"I think being gay is a blessing, and it's something I am thankful for” Anderson Cooper
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2
Mohandas K. Gandhi Birthday *Indian*
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 World Teachers Day Navaratri
(October 6 - 14) *Hindu*
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Columbus Day
*USA* Indigenous People’s Day *Various Native American Cultures* Coming Out Day *USA, LGBTQ*
Dussehra *Hindu*
17 International Day for the eradication of poverty
18 Milad un Nabi (Birth of the Prophet Muhammad)
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24 25 26 27 28 29 30 United Nations Day
31 Halloween *USA* Dia de los Muertos (October 31 - November 2) * Latin America, Spain*
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November
National American Indian (Native American) History Month “We will be known forever by the tracks we leave”- Dakota tribe
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6
Samhain *Celtic/Wicca/Pagan All Saints Day *Anglican & Roman Catholic*
Election Day Birth of the Bab *Bahá’í*
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Birth of Baha’u’llah *Bahá’í*
Veteran’s Day *USA*
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 American Education Week (November 14 - 20)
Guru Nanak’s Birthday *Sikh, Hindu*
Transgender Day of Remembrance
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25 Thanksgiving *USA/Interfaith* Day of the Covenant *Bahá’í*
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28 29 30
Advent begins (November 28 - December 24th) *Catholic*
Hanukkah (Until December 6th) *Jewish*
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December
“Have courage and be kind”- Cinderella
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4
International day of Disabled Persons
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Feast of the Immaculate
Conception *Catholic*
Human Rights Day
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe *Mexico/Catholic*
Bill of Rights Day Simbang Gabi (December 16 - 24) *Filipino/Catholic* Las Posadas (Through the 24th) *Mexico*
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21 Winter Solstice/Yule *Pagan*
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24 Christmas Eve
25 Christmas *All Christian*
26 27 28 29 30 31
Kwanzaa (Through January 1st) *African American*
Wounded Knee Day
New Year’s Eve
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