Diversity and Inclusion Calendar for 2023-24
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 an Accessible PDF of the 2023-24 CalendarAugust 2023
- August 28: 60th anniversary of MLK’s “I Have a Dream Speech”
September 2023
- Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month – Observed September 15 – October 15
- September 15: Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset- nightfall September 17
- September 24: Yom Kippur “Day of Atonement” begins sunset – nightfall September 25
October 2023
- LGBTQ+ History Month
- October 9: Indigenous People’s Day
- October 11: National Coming Out Day
November 2023
- National Native American Heritage Month
- November 8: First Generation College Students Day
- November 12: Diwali, the festival of lights
- November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
December 2023
- December 1: World AIDS Day
- December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities Day
- December 3: Advent begins
- December 7: Chanukah begins at sunset – nightfall December 15
- December 21: Yule Winter Solstice
- December 25: Christmas Day
- December 26-January 1: Kwanzaa
January 2024
- January 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February 2024
- Black History Month in the United States and Canada
- February 1: National Freedom Day
- February 7: National Girls and Women in Sports Day
- February 10: Lunar New Year (explanation of history)
March 2024
- Women’s History Month
- National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- March 8: International Women’s Day
- March 11: Ramadan starts
- March 24 – March 30: Holy Week
- March 24: Palm Sunday
- March 31: Easter Sunday
- March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility
April 2024
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- April 22: Passover begins at sunset – nightfall April 30
May 2024
- Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- May 6: Holocaust Remembrance Day
June 2024
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
- June 19: Juneteenth
July 2024
- Disability Pride Month
To have your efforts included in our monthly promotional materials for each month, please submit events to cammarano@midlandu.edu.