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January

National Mentoring Month

National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month 2021

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 Kwanzaa

New Year’s Day

Solemnity of Mary

World Introvert Day

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 World Braille Day Día de los Reyes, Three

Kings Day, or Epiphany

The Frontline Mass Calls: Learn, Connect, Act

Russian Orthodox Christmas

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Korean American Day

The Frontline Mass Calls: Learn, Connect, Act

Maghi

Makar Sankranti

Old New Year or Orthodox New Year

National Religious Freedom Day

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 World Religion Day Martin Luther King, Jr.

Day

MLK Jr. Marade

Bodhi Day

Inauguration Day

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 International Day of

Education Tu B’Shevat

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Tu B’Shevat

31

This calendar is not all encompassing and hoping to grow in inclusion. For additions to this holiday, observances, and local cultural events calendar (or suggestions for modification), please submit them to this form: https://bit.ly/2DAdL2C

https://www.mentoring.org/campaigns/national-mentoring-month/

https://hopeforjustice.org/national-slavery-and-human-trafficking-prevention-month/

http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/

https://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm

https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/liturgical-year/christmas/christmas-january-1

https://www.introvertday.org/

https://brailleworks.com/what-is-world-braille-day/

http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/christmas/epiphany-three-kings.htm

http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/christmas/epiphany-three-kings.htm

https://www.mobilize.us/thefrontline/event/362431/


https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/orthodox-christmas-when-why-how-russia-celebrate-date-14-january-greek-greece-catholic-church-a7512666.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/orthodox-christmas-when-why-how-russia-celebrate-date-14-january-greek-greece-catholic-church-a7512666.html

https://nationaltoday.com/korean-american-day/



https://www.allaboutsikhs.com/sikh-festivals/the-sikh-festivals-maghi

https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/makar-sankranti-1389613751-1

https://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/old-new-year/

https://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/old-new-year/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-religious-freedom-day-2020/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-religious-freedom-day-2020/

https://www.bahaiblog.net/2019/01/what-is-world-religion-day/

https://thekingcenter.org/about-dr-king/

https://thekingcenter.org/about-dr-king/

http://www.drmartinlkingjrchc.org/index.php/marade

https://thebuddhistnerd.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/what-is-bodhi-day/

https://www.aoc.gov/what-we-do/programs-ceremonies/inauguration

https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/event/international-day-of-education/2021-01-24/

https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/event/international-day-of-education/2021-01-24/

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3264/jewish/15-Shevat.htm

https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/international-holocaust-remembrance-day

https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/international-holocaust-remembrance-day

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3264/jewish/15-Shevat.htm

https://bit.ly/2DAdL2C

February

Black History & Heritage Month 2021


1 2 3 4 5 6 National Freedom Day

Imbolc

Imbolc

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Chinese New Year or

Lunar New Year

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 St. Valentine’s Day President’s Day Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday

Lent

Lent Lent Lent

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Lent Lent Lent Lent Lent

Purim

Lent

Purim

Lantern Festival

Lent

28 Lent


https://time.com/4197928/history-black-history-month/

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/es/pa/es_pa_free_1.html

https://wicca.com/pagan-holidays/imbolc.html

https://wicca.com/pagan-holidays/imbolc.html

https://chinesenewyear.net/

https://chinesenewyear.net/

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=159

https://www.govinfo.gov/features/presidents-day

https://uproxx.com/life/what-is-mardi-gras-2019/2/

https://www.catholic.org/lent/ashwed.php

http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/what-is-lent-and-why-does-it-last-forty-days









https://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/645309/jewish/What-Is-Purim.htm


https://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/645309/jewish/What-Is-Purim.htm

https://chinesenewyear.net/lantern-festival/




March

March 13 – April 15: Deaf History Month

National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month

Women’s History Month

Irish-American Heritage Month

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

2021


1 2 3 4 5 6 Lent Lent Lent Lent Lent Lent

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Lent Lent

International Women’s Day

Lent Lent Lent

Maha Shivaratri

Lent Lent

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Lent

Daylight Saving Time

Lent

Lent Lent

St. Patrick’s Day

Lent Lent Lent

Spring Equinox or Ostara

Naw-Rúz or Bahá’í New Year

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Lent

Naw-Rúz or Bahá’í New Year

Nowruz, Persian New Year, or Iranian New Year

Lent

Nowruz, Persian New Year, or Iranian New

Year

Lent Lent Lent Lent Lent

Earth Hour

Passover

28 29 30 31 Lent

Passover

Palm Sunday

Holi

Lent

Passover

Holi

Lent

Passover

Lent

Passover

Cesar Chavez Day

International Transgender Day of Visibility


https://www.nad.org/2012/03/16/celebrate-deaf-history-month-march-13-april-15-2012/54/

https://msfocus.org/Get-Involved/MS-Awareness-Month

https://womenshistorymonth.gov/

http://irishamericanheritagemonth.com/

https://nacdd.org/ddam/









https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

https://www.internationalwomensday.com/




https://www.mahashivratri.org/mahashivaratri-festival.html




http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/




https://www.beliefnet.com/love-family/holidays/st-patricks-day/did-you-know-st-patricks-day-has-christian-origins.aspx




http://wiccaliving.com/wiccan-calendar-ostara-spring-equinox/

https://bahaiteachings.org/welcome-to-the-bahai-new-year-naw-ruz





https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-you-need-to-know-nowruz-persian-new-year











https://www.earthhour.org/

https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/default_cdo/aid/109747/jewish/Passover.htm



https://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/palm-sunday.htm

https://www.holifestival.org/



https://www.holifestival.org/





http://www.cesarchavezholiday.org/index.html

https://www.hrc.org/news/human-rights-campaign-honors-international-transgender-day-of-visibility

https://www.hrc.org/news/human-rights-campaign-honors-international-transgender-day-of-visibility


April

Autism Awareness Month

Arab American Heritage Month

March 13 – April 15: Deaf History Month

2021


1 2 3 Lent

Passover

Lent

Passover

World Autism Awareness Day

Good Friday

Lent

Passover

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Passover

Qingming or Tomb-Sweeping Day

Easter

National Tartan Day Rwanda Genocide Commemoration

Yom Hashoah or Holocaust

Remembrance Day

Yom Hashoah or Holocaust

Remembrance Day

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Ramadan

International Day for Monuments and Sites

Ramadan

Patriot’s Day

First Day of Ridvan

Ramadan

First Day of Ridvan

Ramadan Ramadan

Earth Day

Ramadan

Day of Silence

Ramadan

25 26 27 28 29 30 Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan

Ninth Day of Ridvan

Ramadan

Ninth Day of Ridvan

Ramadan Ramadan

Twelfth Day of Ridvan

Beltane


https://www.autism-society.org/get-involved/national-autism-awareness-month/

https://www.arabamerica.com/celebrating-national-arab-american-heritage-month/

https://www.nad.org/2012/03/16/celebrate-deaf-history-month-march-13-april-15-2012/54/





https://www.un.org/en/observances/autism-day

https://www.un.org/en/observances/autism-day

https://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/good-friday.htm




https://www.thoughtco.com/tomb-sweeping-festival-687518

https://www.thoughtco.com/tomb-sweeping-festival-687518

https://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/the-meaning-of-easter-faq.htm

https://us.walkersshortbread.com/blog/article/celebrate-national-tartan-day/

https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/04/1036211

https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/04/1036211

https://www.hebcal.com/holidays/yom-hashoah






https://ing.org/ramadan-information-sheet/







https://www.icomos.org/en/focus/18-april-international-day-for-monuments-and-sites

https://www.icomos.org/en/focus/18-april-international-day-for-monuments-and-sites


https://www.farmersalmanac.com/patriots-day-31108

https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-festival-paradise-first-day-ridvan


https://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-festival-paradise-first-day-ridvan



https://www.earthday.org/


https://www.glsen.org/day-silence





https://bahaiteachings.org/celebrating-the-9th-day-of-ridvan


https://bahaiteachings.org/celebrating-the-9th-day-of-ridvan



https://bahaiteachings.org/exile-and-exuberance-the-12th-day-of-ridvan

https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/beltane


May

Jewish American Heritage Month

Haitian Heritage Month

Mental Health Month

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Older Americans Month

2021


1 Twelfth Day of Ridvan

Beltane

Ramadan

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan

Cinco de Mayo

Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan

World Ovarian Cancer Day

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan Ramadan

Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Shavuot Shavuot

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia,

and Biphobia

Haitian Flag Day Declaration of the Báb

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Declaration of the Báb African Liberation Day Vesak Day or Buddha

Day Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh

30 31 Memorial Day


https://www.jewishheritagemonth.gov/

https://www.haitianproject.org/features-and-news/2019/5/2/happy-haitian-heritage-month

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-is-state-mind/201805/may-is-mental-health-month-4mind4body

https://asianpacificheritage.gov/

https://acl.gov/oam/history

https://bahaiteachings.org/exile-and-exuberance-the-12th-day-of-ridvan

https://www.goddessandgreenman.co.uk/beltane






https://www.npr.org/2019/05/05/720376183/the-real-history-of-cinco-de-mayo




https://ovariancancerday.org/

https://ovariancancerday.org/





https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/eid-al-fitr-2019-190603070303923.html

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/eid-al-fitr-2019-190603070303923.html

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/609663/jewish/What-Is-Shavuot-Shavuos.htm

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/609663/jewish/What-Is-Shavuot-Shavuos.htm

https://may17.org/about/



http://www.haitiantreasures.com/HT_IMAGES/HT_haitian_flag.day1.htm

https://www.bahai.us/events/holy-days/


https://africanliberationday.net/

https://www.un.org/en/observances/vesak-day

https://www.un.org/en/observances/vesak-day





http://www.usmemorialday.org/?page_id=2


June

LGBTQIA+ Pride Month 2021


1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Russia Day

Dragon Boat Festival

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival Juneteenth

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Summer Solstice or

Litha

27 28 29 30


https://www.loc.gov/lgbt-pride-month/about/

https://russianlife.com/stories/online/how-to-celebrate-russia-day/

https://www.travelchinaguide.com/essential/holidays/dragon-boat/facts.htm



https://www.juneteenth.com/history.htm

http://wiccaliving.com/wiccan-calendar-litha-summer-solstice/

http://wiccaliving.com/wiccan-calendar-litha-summer-solstice/


July

2021


1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Independence Day Martyrdom of the Báb Martyrdom of the Báb

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Tisha B’Av

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Tisha B’Av Remembering Aurora

Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Disability Independence

Day


https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/july-4th

https://bahaiteachings.org/remembering-the-martyrdom-of-the-bab

https://bahaiteachings.org/remembering-the-martyrdom-of-the-bab

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/144575/jewish/What-Is-Tisha-BAv.htm

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/144575/jewish/What-Is-Tisha-BAv.htm

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/remembering-the-12-victims-of-the-aurora-theater-shooting-7-years-later

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/eid-al-adha-2019-when-date-holiday-uae-saudi-arabia-islam-festival-a9027196.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/eid-al-adha-2019-when-date-holiday-uae-saudi-arabia-islam-festival-a9027196.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/06/19/415436391/independence-day-for-americans-with-disabilities

https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-history-dept/2015/06/19/415436391/independence-day-for-americans-with-disabilities


August

2021


1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Al-Hijra Al-Hijra

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 International Day for the

Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its

Abolition

Women’s Equality Day

29 30 31 Krishna Janmashtami Krishna Janmashtami


https://www.newsweek.com/five-things-know-about-islamic-hijri-new-year-1115452

https://www.newsweek.com/five-things-know-about-islamic-hijri-new-year-1115452

https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/slavetraderemembranceday




https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/resources/commemorations/womens-equality-day/

http://www.krishnajanmashtami.com/

http://www.krishnajanmashtami.com/


September

Hispanic Heritage Month: September 15 through October 15

2021


1 2 3 4 Paryushana Paryushana

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Paryushana Paryushana

Labor Day

Rosh Hashanah

Paryushana

Rosh Hashanah

Paryushana

Rosh Hashanah

Paryushana

Ganesh Chaturthi

Paryushana

Ganesh Chaturthi

Remembrance of September 11th, 2001

Enkutatash

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Yom Kippur Yom Kippur

El Día de Independencia

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 International Week of

the Deaf International Week of

the Deaf

Sukkot

International Week of the Deaf

Sukkot

Chung-ch’iu or Mid-Autumn Moon Festival


Sukkot

Autumnal Equinox


Sukkot

Bi Visibility Day


Sukkot


Sukkot

26 27 28 29 30 Sukkot Sukkot

Shemini Atzeret

Shemini Atzeret

Simchat Torah

Simchat Torah


https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/

http://pluralism.org/religions/jainism/the-jain-experience/paryushan-and-the-festival-of-forgiveness/




https://www.dol.gov/general/laborday/history

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4762/jewish/What-Is-Rosh-Hashanah.htm






https://www.learnreligions.com/ganesh-chaturthi-1770187


https://www.learnreligions.com/ganesh-chaturthi-1770187

https://www.biography.com/news/911-anniversary-facts

https://www.biography.com/news/911-anniversary-facts

https://kaett.com/en/ethiopia/festivals-and-holidays/enkutatash-festividad-de-ano-nuevo/

https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/yom-kippur-day-atonement

https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/yom-kippur-day-atonement

https://www.peacecorps.gov/mexico/stories/d%C3%AD-de-la-independencia-en-m%C3%A9xico-mexico-independence-day/

http://wfdeaf.org/get-involved/wfd-events/international-week-deaf/




https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4784/jewish/What-Is-Sukkot.htm




https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mid-autumn-festival-east-asia-harvest-moon-celebrate-when-is-it-mooncakes-lanterns-a8552276.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mid-autumn-festival-east-asia-harvest-moon-celebrate-when-is-it-mooncakes-lanterns-a8552276.html




https://www.learnreligions.com/all-about-mabon-the-autumn-equinox-2562286




https://bivisibilityday.com/about/









https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4464/jewish/What-Is-Shemini-Atzeret-Simchat-Torah.htm





October

Hispanic Heritage Month

National Arts & Humanities Month

Polish American Heritage Month

Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

LGBTQIA+ History Month

Filipino American History Month 2021


1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Day of German Unity Sharad Navaratri Sharad Navaratri Sharad Navaratri

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sharad Navaratri Sharad Navaratri

National Coming Out Day

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Sharad Navaratri Sharad Navaratri Sharad Navaratri Sharad Navaratri

Dussehra

Dussehra

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Mawlid al-Nabi Mawlid al-Nabi

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

31 Halloween

Samhain


https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov/

https://www.americansforthearts.org/events/national-arts-and-humanities-month

http://www.polishamericancenter.org/heritmo.htm

https://www.italianheritagemonth.com/

https://www.dol.gov/odep/topics/ndeam/

https://lgbthistorymonth.com/

http://fanhs-national.org/filam/about/

https://www.studying-in-germany.org/german-unity-day/

https://www.hindutsav.com/navratri/





https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day

https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day

https://www.uua.org/racial-justice/dod/indigenous-day





https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/wisdom/article/dussehra-vijayadashami

https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/wisdom/article/dussehra-vijayadashami

http://pluralism.org/religions/islam/the-muslim-experience/birthday-of-the-prophet-mawlid-al-nabi/

http://pluralism.org/religions/islam/the-muslim-experience/birthday-of-the-prophet-mawlid-al-nabi/

https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween

https://www.circlesanctuary.org/index.php/celebrating-the-seasons/celebrating-samhain


November

National Native American Heritage Month

Panamanian Independence Month 2021


1 2 3 4 5 6 Samhain

All Saints’ Day

Día de los Muertos

Día de los Muertos

All Souls’ Day

US General Election Day

Diwali or Festival of Lights



Birth of the Báb

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Diwali or Festival of

Lights

Birth of the Báb

Daylight Saving Time Birth of Bahá'u'lláh


Birth of Bahá'u'lláh

Veterans Day

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Transgender Day of

Remembrance

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Thanksgiving

Day of the Covenant

Day of the Covenant Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

28 29 30 Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-

Bahá

Chanukah

Chanukah Chanukah


https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/

https://www.barefootpanama.com/independence-month/

https://www.circlesanctuary.org/index.php/celebrating-the-seasons/celebrating-samhain

https://www.catholic.org/saints/allsaints/

https://dayofthedead.holiday/

https://dayofthedead.holiday/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/all-souls-day_n_581a47aee4b01a82df646d20

https://www.history.com/news/why-is-election-day-a-tuesday-in-november

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/diwali-2014-what-is-the-festival-of-lights-and-how-is-it-celebrated-9810212.html






https://www.bahaiblog.net/bahai-calendar/about-the-birth-of-the-bab/



https://www.bahaiblog.net/bahai-calendar/about-the-birth-of-the-bab/

http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/

https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullah



https://bahaiteachings.org/bahaullah

https://www.defense.gov/explore/story/article/1675470/5-facts-to-know-about-veterans-day/

https://www.glaad.org/tdor

https://www.glaad.org/tdor

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/us/thanksgiving-myths-fact-check.html

https://bahaiteachings.org/whats-day-covenant-bahais-celebrate

https://bahaiteachings.org/whats-day-covenant-bahais-celebrate

https://www.bpl.org/blogs/post/the-origins-and-practices-of-holidays-day-of-the-covenant-and-ascension-of-abdul-baha/




https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hannukah




December

2021


1 2 3 4 Chanukah

World AIDS Day

Chanukah

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

Chanukah

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Chanukah

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Chanukah Chanukah

Finland Independence Day

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Bodhi Day International Human Rights Day

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Our Lady of Guadalupe

Day Las Posadas Las Posadas Las Posadas

World Arabic Language Day

International Migrants Day

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Las Posadas Las Posadas Las Posadas

Yule Winter Solstice

Las Posadas Las Posadas Las Posadas

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

26 27 28 29 30 31 Kwanzaa Kwanzaa Kwanzaa Kwanzaa Kwanzaa Kwanzaa

New Year’s Eve



https://www.worldaidsday.org/


https://www.un.org/en/observances/slavery-abolition-day

https://www.un.org/en/observances/slavery-abolition-day


https://www.un.org/en/events/disabilitiesday/

https://www.un.org/en/events/disabilitiesday/




https://herfinland.com/finnish-independence-day/

https://herfinland.com/finnish-independence-day/

https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day.htm

https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/national-pearl-harbor-remembrance-day.htm

https://thebuddhistnerd.wordpress.com/2016/12/08/what-is-bodhi-day/

https://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/

https://www.un.org/en/events/humanrightsday/

https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/our-lady-of-guadalupe-feast-day-facts-celebration-ideas-5946

https://www.catholiccompany.com/getfed/our-lady-of-guadalupe-feast-day-facts-celebration-ideas-5946

https://www.spanish.academy/blog/the-latin-american-tradition-of-las-posadas/



https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldarabiclanguageday

https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/worldarabiclanguageday

https://www.un.org/en/observances/migrants-day

https://www.un.org/en/observances/migrants-day




https://wicca.com/pagan-holidays/yule.html




https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/christmaseve.shtml

https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/25th.shtml







https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/12/holiday-eves-why-do-we-celebrate-christmas-eve-and-new-years-eve-but-not-other-eves.html


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