To build a supportive and inclusive workplace culture, leaders must incorporate DEI into aspects of employees’ daily routines! A diversity and inclusion calendar is one great way to nurture and celebrate DEI in your organization. Celebrations and opportunities to socialize with peers make employees feel like part of a community.
How a DEI calendar can help:
- It provides a cost-effective resource to promote awareness of inclusion throughout your organization.
- Promotes cultural and social awareness of the diverse people in our lives, both at work and in society.
- Supports the conscious planning and execution of DEI training initiatives.
- Ensures everyone has equal access and inclusion in the workplace (and at home.)
- Encourages self-learning and personal development.
- Prevents performative diversity initiatives (Think: “rainbow washing”) that don’t make meaningful contributions.
- Increases your credibility.
Creating welcoming workplaces is a year-round initiative. We put together a year-long diversity and inclusion calendar for 2033. It includes religious holidays, heritage months, and monthly diversity program themes. Take note of the following professional, cultural, religious, and secular holidays as you build out your workplace DEI calendar.
If you’re ready to take steps toward meaningful action on DEI, contact our experts at The Orenda Collective by calling 813-384-7630 or visiting https://theorendaco.com/.
January 2023
Month-Long Observances –
National Mentoring Month
Poverty in America Awareness Month
Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month
January 1 – New Year’s Day
January 1 – Emancipation Proclamation
January 4 – Louis Braille’s birthday/National Braille Day
January 6 – Feast of the Epiphany (Christian)
January 13 – Maghi (Sikh)
January 13 – Korean American Day
January 15 – World Religion Day
January 15 – Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
January 16 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 22 –Lunar New Year (Chinese)
January 24 – International Day of Education
January 27 – International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Victims of the Holocaust (United Nations)
February 2023
Month-Long Observances –
Black History Month
American Heart Month
February 1 – National Freedom Day
February 4 — Rosa Parks Day
February 8 — Safer Internet Day
February 11 – International Day of Women & Girls in Science
February 13 – International Epilepsy Day
February 14 – Frederick Douglass’ birthday observed
February 14 – Valentine’s Day
February 15 – Nirvana Day/Parinirvana (Buddhist)
February 15 – International Childhood Cancer Day
February 18 – Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
February 20 – World Day of Social Justice
February 20 – Family Day (Canadian)
February 21 – Mardi Gras
February 22 – Ash Wednesday (Christian)
February 22 – Lent begins (Christian)
March 2023
Month-Long Observances –
Women’s History Month
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Ethnic Equality Month
Gender Equality Month
Greek-American Heritage Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
National Colon Cancer Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness & Education Month
Lent (February 22 – April 6)
March 3 – Employee Appreciation Day
March 6 – Purim (Jewish)
March 8 – International Women’s Day
March 8 – Holi (Hindu)
March 10 – Harriet Tubman’s birthday observed
March 15 – Equal Pay Day
March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day (Irish)
March 21 – World Down Syndrome Day
March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (United Nations)
March 21 – Naw-Ruz (Baha’i New Year)
March 22 – Ramadan begins (Islamic)
March 23 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 31 – International Transgender Day of Visibility (LGBTQ+)
April 2023
Month-Long Observances –
Arab-American Heritage Month Autism Awareness Month
Diversity Month
Earth Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Volunteer Month
April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
April 6 – Lent ends (Christian)
April 5–13 – Passover (Jewish)
April 9 – Easter (Christian)
April 17 – Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic)
April 18 – Yom Hashoah (Jewish)
April 20 – Start of Ridvan (Baha’i)
April 21 – Eid-al-Fitr / Ramadan ends (Islamic)
April 22 – Earth Day
April 27–29 – Gathering of Nations (Native American)
May 2023
Month-Long Observances –
Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) Heritage Month
Indian Heritage Month
South Asian American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
Older Americans Month
ALS Awareness Month (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
May 5 – Cinco de Mayo (Mexican)
May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 23 – Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i)
May 29 – Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
May 26 – Buddha’s Birthday (Buddhist)
May 29 – Memorial Day
June 2023
Month-Long Observances –
LGBT Pride Month
Caribbean American Heritage Month
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Black Music Month
June 2 – Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
June 12 – Loving Day
June 12 / Second Sunday in June – National Puerto Rican Day Parade
June 19 – Juneteenth
June 20 – World Refugee Day
June 21 – Litha, Summer Solstice (Pagan)
June 26 – The Hajj, annual pilgrimage to Mecca, begins (Islamic)
For tips on celebrating June’s diversity days, visit our blog: https://theorendaco.com/2022/06/dei-june.
July 2023
Month-Long Observances –
French-American Heritage Month
July 1 – The Hajj ends (Islamic)
July 4 – Independence Day (USA)
July 9 – Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)
July 11 – World Populace Day
July 18 – International Nelson Mandela Day
July 18–19 – Al-Hijri (Islamic New Year — beginning the evening of the 18th)
July 24 – Pioneer Day (Mormon)
July 26 – National Disability Independence Day
July 30 – International Day of Friendship
August 2023
August 7 – Purple Heart Day
August 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (United Nations)
August 13 – Left-Handers Day
August 15 – Feast of the Assumption (Roman Catholic)
August 17 – Marcus Garvey Day (Jamaican)
August 19 – World Humanitarian Day (United Nations)
August 21 – Senior Citizens Day
August 22 – American Business Women’s Day
August 26 – Women’s Equality Day
September 2023
Month-Long Observances –
National Recovery Month
National Guide Dog Month
Suicide Prevention Month
September 4 – Labor Day
September 5 – International Day of Charity
September 6-7 – Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
September 15 – National Hispanic Heritage Month begins (September 15 – October 15)
September 20 – HeForShe
September 15–17 – Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
September 21 – International Day of Peace
September 23 – Autumnal Equinox
September 24–25 – Yom Kippur (Jewish)
September 29 – Sukkot (Jewish)
October 2023
Month-Long Observances –
Global Diversity Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
LGBTQ History Month
National Work and Family Month
Bullying Prevention Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National Polish American Heritage Month
Filipino-American Heritage Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
German-American Heritage Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
October 2 – International Day of Nonviolence
October 9 – Indigenous People’s Day (Formerly Columbus Day)
October 10 – World Mental Health Day
October 11 – National Coming Out Day (LGBTQ+)
October 12 – World Sight Day
October 15 – National Hispanic Heritage Month ends (September 15 – October 15)
October 15 – Navrati begins (Hindu)
October 16 – Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
October 16 – Waste Reduction Week
October 17 – Spirit Day(LGBTQ+)
October 20 – Birth of Guru Granth (Sikh)
October 22 – International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 25 – Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
October 31 – Halloween
Visit our blog for tips on celebrating October’s diversity days and Global Diversity Awareness Month: – https://theorendaco.com/2022/10/global-diversity-awareness-month-in-october.
November 2023
Month-Long Observances –
National American Heritage Month
Movember
November 1 – All Saints’ Day, All Souls Day, Día de Los Muertos
November 9 – World Freedom Day
November 9 – World Adoption Day
November 11 – World Kindness Day
November 11 – Veterans Day
November 12 – Diwali (Hindu)
November 16 – International Day for Tolerance (United Nations)
November 16 – Dutch American Heritage Day
November 19 – International Men’s Day
November 20 – Universal Children’s Day (United Nations))
November 23 – Thanksgiving
November 20 – Transgender Day of Remembrance (LGBTQ+)
November 25 – Day of the Covenant (Baha’i)
November 27 – Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha (Baha’i)
December 2023
Month-Long Observances –
HIV/AIDS Awareness Month
Universal Human Rights Month
December 3 – International Day for People with Disabilities
December 1 – World AIDS Day
December 3 – International Day of Persons with Disabilities (United Nations)
December 10 – International Humans Rights Day
December 16–24 – Las Posadas (Mexican)
December 7–15 – Hanukkah (Jewish)
December 22 – Winter Solstice/Yule
December 25 – Christmas
December 26 – Boxing Day
December 26 – Kwanzaa week (African Customs & Cultures)
December 31 – New Year’s Day
Visit our blog for tips on planning inclusion end-of-year and holiday celebrations: https://theorendaco.com/2022/11/tips-for-planning-an-inclusive-end-of-year-work-party#contact.
We hope you’ve found this calendar useful in your quest for DEI. For expert advice on diversity, equity, and inclusion, contact The Orenda Collective at 813-384-7630 or visit https://theorendaco.com/.
