Diversity & Inclusion Calendar for 2024-25
Use this calendar to plan programming and events at Midland University that support inclusion. Please note that this calendar is intended to be a starting point for recognizing heritage months and identity acknowledgments, but is not exhaustive of the multitude of opportunities that exist.
When selecting dates for meetings and events, please consider religious observances.
Download the 2024-25 Diversity & Inclusion Calendar PDFSeptember 2024
- Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month – Observed September 15 – October 15
October 2024
- LGBTQ+ History Month
- October 2: Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset- nightfall Oct 4
- October 9: Indigenous People’s Day
- October 11: National Coming Out Day
- October 11: Yom Kippur “Day of Atonement” begins sunset – nightfall Oct 12
November 2024
- National Native American Heritage Month
- November 1: Diwali, the festival of lights
- November 8: First Generation College Students Day
- November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
December 2024
- December 1: World AIDS Day
- December 1: Advent begins
- December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities Day
- December 21: Yule Winter Solstice
- December 25: Christmas Day
- December 25: Hanukkah begins sunset – nightfall January 2
- December 26 – January 1: Kwanzaa
January 2025
- January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 29: Lunar New Year (Explanation of history)
February 2025
- Black History Month
- February 1: National Freedom Day
- February 5: National Girls and Women in Sports Day
March 2025
- Women’s History Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- March 1: Ramadan starts
- March 5: Ash Wednesday
- March 8: International Women’s Day
- March 29-31: Ramadan concludes
- March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility
April 2025
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- April 12: Passover begins sunset – nightfall April 20
- April 13-19: Holy Week
- April 13: Palm Sunday
- April 20: Easter Sunday
- April 24: Holocaust Remembrance Day
May 2025
- Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
June 2025
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
- June 19: Juneteenth
July 2025
- Disability Pride Month
To have your efforts included in our monthly promotional materials for each month, please submit events to cammarano@midlandu.edu.