Diversity, Equity Inclusion & Belonging Calendar of Events 2023
Create a culture of trust, support, and belonging in your organization to make it authentically inclusive.
If you would like to create awareness, host a speaking engagement, training, workshop or any other related event for your team as part of your DEIB strategy on the occasion of any of the following -please send us an email to [email protected]
See 2023 dates and observances by month.
January
- Poverty in America Awareness Month
- Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month
- January 1 — New Year’s Day
- January 4 — World Braille Day
- January 7 — Mahayana New Year
- January 14 — Old/Orthodox New Year
- January 15 — Makar Sankranti
- January 16 — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 17 — National Day of Racial Healing
- January 22 — Lunar New Year
- January 22 — Tết
- January 27 — International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February
- Black History Month
- February 5-6 — Tu b’shevat
- February 17 — National Caregivers Day
- February 18 — Maha Shivratri
- February 20 — World Day of Social Justice
- February 21 — Mardi Gras
- February 22 — Ash Wednesday
March
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- Irish-American Heritage Month
- Women’s History Month
- March 3 — Employee Appreciation Day
- March 6 — Purim
- March 6 — Makha Bucha Day
- March 8 — Holi
- March 8 — International Women’s Day
- March 13 — Deaf History Month begins
- March 13-19 — Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- March 14 — Equal Pay Day
- March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day
- March 21 — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (United Nations)
- March 22 — Ramadan begins
- March 25 — International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery
- March 31 — International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
- Arab-American Awareness Month
- Autism Acceptance Month
- Diversity Month
- April 2 — Palm Sunday
- April 2 — World Autism Awareness Day
- April 5 — Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day
- April 5 — Passover begins
- April 7 — World Health Day
- April 7— Good Friday
- April 9 — Easter
- April 13 — Passover ends
- April 14 — Vaisakhi
- April 15 — Deaf History Month ends
- April 20 — Ramadan ends*
- April 21 — Eid al Fitr*
May
- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Haitian Heritage Month
- Jewish-American Heritage Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
- May 5 — Cinco de Mayo
- May 5 — Visakha Bucha Day
- May 14 — Mother’s Day
- May 17 — International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
- May 21 — World Day for Cultural Diversity
- May 29 — Memorial Day
June
- National Caribbean American Heritage Month
- Pride Month
- June 12 — Loving Day
- June 15 — LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day
- June 18 — Father’s Day
- June 19 — Juneteenth
- June 19 — National Indigenous Peoples Day
- June 26 — The Hajj begins
- June 27 — Helen Keller’s Birthday
- June 28 — Pride Day
- June 28-29 — Eid al-Adha
July
- Disability Pride Month
- French American Heritage Month
- July 1 — The Hajj ends
- July 18 — South Asian Heritage Month begins
- July 18-19 — Islamic New Year
- July 26 — Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary
August
- August 9 — International Day of Indigenous People
- August 17 — South Asian Heritage Month ends
- August 26 — Women’s Equality Day
September
- Suicide Prevention Month
- September 4 — Labor Day
- September 11 — National Day of Service
- September 15 — Hispanic Heritage Month begins
- September 15-17 — Rosh Hashanah
- September 16 — Mexican Independence Day
- September 19 — Ganesh Chaturthi
- September 20 — HeForShe movement anniversary
- September 22 — American Indian Day
- September 24-25 — Yom Kippur
- September 28 — Anant Chaturdash
- September 28 — National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
October
- LGBTQ History Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- Polish-American Heritage Month
- October 9 — National Indigenous Peoples Day
- October 10 — World Mental Health Day
- October 11 — National Coming Out Day
- October 15 — Hispanic Heritage Month ends
November
- Military Family Month
- National Native American Heritage Month
- November 1 — Military Family Appreciation Day
- November 1-2 — Día de los Muertos
- November 11 — Veterans Day
- November 12 — Diwali
- November 13-19 — Transgender Awareness Week
- November 16 — International Day for Tolerance
- November 17 — International ERG Day
- November 20 — Transgender Day of Remembrance
- November 30 — Native Women’s Equal Pay Day
December
- Universal Human Rights Month
- December 1 — World AIDS Day
- December 3 — International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 7-15 — Hanukkah
- December 8 — Latina’s Equal Pay Day
- December 10 — International Human Rights Day
- December 16-24 — Las Posadas
- December 21 — Winter Solstice
- December 25 — Christmas
- December 26-January 1 — Kwanzaa
