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January 2014 Date 1 6 Diversity Event New Years Day Día de los Reyes Link http://www.truthstar.com/articles/makar_sankranti.asp http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/holydays/miladunnabi.shtml Related Ethnicity World Wide Mexico/ Puerto Rico/ Dominican Republic Hindu Islamic http://www.mylearningzone.co.uk/events/milad-­‐un-­‐nabi-­‐shia http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkhistory1.html Islamic USA http://ukbookworm.blogspot.com/2008/05/may-­‐8th-­‐dominican-­‐republic-­‐our-­‐lady-­‐of.html http://www.123chinesenewyear.com Dominican Republic http://www.history.com/topics/new-­‐years http://www.inside-­‐mexico.com/ReyesMagos.htm (Three Kings Day/Epiphany) 14 14 Makar Sankrant **Milad un Nabi (birth of the Prophet Muhammad) 18 20 **Milad un Nabi-­‐Shia Martin Luther King Day Our Lady of Altagracia Day Lunar New Year (Year of the Horse) 21 31 Date Diversity Event Lenten Season March & April February 2014 “African American (Black) History Month” Link http://wilstar.com/holidays/lent.htm Many Filipino families return to the Philippines during this time. Las Fiestas de los Carnivales (Carnival Parties) http://www.watchmojo.com/index.php?id=7214 1 12 14 Imbolc Lincoln’s Birthday Valentine’s Day http://www.thewhitegoddess.co.uk/the_wheel_of_the_year/imbolc.asp 16 19 17 27 *Tu B’Shevat Day of Remembrance President’s Day Independence Day 1-­‐27 http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln http://www.history.com/minisites/valentine Be mindful that everyone does not celebrate Valentine’s Day http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3264/jewish/Tu-­‐BShevat.htm http://imdiversity.com/villages/asian/feb-­‐19-­‐japanese-­‐american-­‐internment-­‐day-­‐of-­‐remembrance/ http://usparks.about.com/library/weekly/aa021499.htm http://www.hispaniola.com/dominican_republic/info/history.php China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Korea Related Ethnicity Christian Puerto Rico/ Dominican Republic Pagan USA International Jewish USA USA Dominican Republic 2014 Diversity Calendar
Date 3 5 8 16 17 20 20 21 31 Date 6 13 13-­‐19 13-­‐16 14 14 18 20 20 20 21 28 30 Diversity Event Orthodox Lent Ash Wednesday International Women’s Day *Purim St. Patrick’s Day Ostara Persian New Year Nowruz International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination Cesar Chavez Day Diversity Event National Tartan Day Palm Sunday Holy Week Bun Pi Mai -­‐New Year *Pesach/Passover (begins) Vaisakhi (Sikh New Year) Good Friday Easter Sunday Orthodox Easter National Day of Silence First Day of Ridvan *Holocaust Remembrance Day Ninth Day of Ridvan March 2014 “National Women’s History Month” Link http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/pascha/ http://www.catholic.org/clife/lent/ashwed.php http://www.internationalwomensday.com/ http://www.holidays.net/purim/ http://www.history.com/topics/st-­‐patricks-­‐day http://www.religionfacts.com/neopaganism/festivals/ostara.htm http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/edu/naw-­‐ruz.html http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc.id=975 http://www.cesarchavezholiday.org/ April 2014 “Cultural Diversity Month” Link Related Ethnicity Christian Christian International Jewish Irish Pagan Iranian Bahá’í International USA http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/holidaya.html Related Ethnicity Scottish American Christian/Orthodox Christian Laotian Jewish http://www.sgpc.net/festivals/festival.asp Sikh http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/238700/Good-­‐Friday/ Christian/Orthodox Christian Eastern Orthodox LGBTQ and Allies http://www.tartanday.org/ http://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/p/Palm_Sunday.htm http://www.crivoice.org/cyholyweek.html http://goseasia.about.com/od/laos/a/bun_pi_mai.htm http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/easter-­‐sunday http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/orthodox-­‐easter-­‐day http://www.dayofsilence.org/ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/yomhashoah.html Bahá’í International http://bahaiteachings.org/celebrating-­‐the-­‐9th-­‐day-­‐of-­‐ridvan Bahá’í http://bahai-­‐library.com/walbridge_encyclopedia_ridvan 2014 Diversity Calendar
Date 1 Diversity Event May Day (International Worker’s Day) May 2014 “Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month” Link http://iww.org/projects/mayday/origins.shtml Related Ethnicity International 1 2 Beltane’s Day Twelfth Day of Ridvan http://deoxy.org/time/sabbats/05-­‐04.htm http://www.ulc.org/training-­‐education/guide-­‐to-­‐divinity/24-­‐religious-­‐holidays/191-­‐the-­‐twelfth-­‐day-­‐
of-­‐ridvan/ Pagan Bahá’í 5 10 Cinco de Mayo Mother’s Day (Mexico) Mother’s Day Vesak Declaration of the Báb Mother’s Day (Dominican) Memorial Day Holiday Ascension of Baha’u’llah http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm USA/Mexico USA/Mexico 11 13 23 25 26 29 Date 3 8 12 Diversity Event *Shavuot Pentecost Filipino Independence Day Father’s Day Corpus Christi Day Juneteenth 15 19 19 21 June 28-­‐July 27 June http://www.dayformothers.com/around-­‐the-­‐world/mexico.html th
Mother’s Day (always May 10 in Mexico) is very important for Mexican families. http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/mothers-­‐day http://www.buddhanet.net/vesak.htm http://www.planetbahai.org/cgi-­‐bin/articles.pl?article=37 http://www.dr1.com/travel/prepare/holidays.shtml
http://www.usmemorialday.org/backgrnd.html http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31523.asp June 2014 “Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Pride Month” Link http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/609663/jewish/What-­‐is-­‐Shavuot.htm http://www.stpaulskingsville.org/pentecost.htm http://www.gov.ph/kalayaan/ http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/fathers-­‐day Summer Solstice **Ramadan Begins http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/corpus-­‐christi http://www.juneteenth.com/ http://www.wicca-­‐spirituality.com/summer-­‐solstice.html http://islam.about.com/od/ramadan/f/ramadanintro.htm LGBT Pride http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-­‐Proclamation-­‐LGBT-­‐Pride-­‐Month/ USA Buddhist Bahá’í Dominican Republic USA Bahá’í Related Ethnicity Jewish Christian Filipino USA Catholic African American Pagan Islamic USA 2014 Diversity Calendar
Date 4 13-­‐15 Diversity Event Independence Day Obon 27 **Eid-­‐al-­‐Fitr (End of Ramadan) 27 Father’s Day (Dominican) July 2014 Link http://usa.usembassy.de/holidays-­‐fourth.htm http://en.islamzoom.com/ramadan/the-­‐end-­‐of-­‐ramadan-­‐eid-­‐al-­‐fitr.php Related Ethnicity USA Japanese Buddhist Islamic http://dr1.com/travel/prepare/holidays.shtml Dominican Republic http://www.japan-­‐guide.com/e/e2286.html Date 6 10 11 15 17 16-­‐19 Aug 19 – Sept 7 24 29 Diversity Event Hiroshima Day Raksha Bandham *Tisha B’Av Assumption of Mary Janmashtami Restoration Day Asma •
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**Laila al-­‐Qadr Ganesh Chaturthi 30 Paryushana-­‐Parva August 2014 Link http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/glossary/defhiroshima.htm http://www.raksha-­‐bandhan.com/ http://www.jewfaq.org/holidayd.htm http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/common/assumption http://www.swaminarayan.org/festivals/janmashtami/ http://aglobalworld.com/holidays-­‐around-­‐the-­‐world/dominican-­‐republic-­‐restoration-­‐day/ http://mybahaifaith.blogspot.com/2010/08/month-­‐of-­‐asma-­‐names.html http://www.sunnah.org/ibadaat/fasting/laylat_ul_qadr.html http://hinduism.about.com/od/festivalsholidays/a/ganeshchaturthi.htm http://www.jainuniversity.org/paryushana.aspx Related Ethnicity Japanese Hindu Jewish Christian Hindu Dominican Republic Bahá’í Islamic Hindu Jainism 2014 Diversity Calendar
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“National Hispanic-­‐Latino Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15 )” Link http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htm http://www.fathersdaycelebration.com/fathers-­‐day-­‐in-­‐australia.html Date 1 7 Diversity Event Labor Day Father’s Day 7 8 Grandparents Day Moon Festival 11 11 Enkutatash (New Year) Patriot Day http://www.regit.com/hongkong/festival/mooncake.htm http://www.tourismethiopia.org/pages/detail/detailfestival.asp http://www.calendar-­‐updates.com/info/holidays/us/patriot.aspx 16 Independence Day http://www.inside-­‐mexico.com/featureindep.htm Mexico 17 17 Constitution Day Citizenship Day http://www.constitutionday.com/ Dominican Republic USA (in memory of those who died on 9/11) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=31142#axzz2jJAOFRHF http://www.adoptvietnam.org/vietnamese/tet-­‐trung-­‐thu.htm http://www.netglimse.com/holidays/citizenship_day_of_usa/citizenship_day_observances.shtml Samvatsari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-­‐style/Paryushan-­‐Parva-­‐festival-­‐of-­‐
forgiveness/articleshow/3441433.cms? 21 International Day of http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/2010/ Peace 24 Our Lady of Mercedes http://aglobalworld.com/holidays-­‐around-­‐the-­‐world/dominican-­‐republic-­‐mercedes-­‐day/ Day 23 Autumn Equinox http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/september-­‐equinox.html 25-­‐26 Sept 25 – Oct 3 26 27 Related Ethnicity USA Australia & New Zealand USA Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan Ethiopia USA Jainism USA Dominican Republic Pagan Dashalakshani-­‐Parvi http://ejainism.com/daslakshan.html Jainism *Rosh Hashanah (New Year) *Navratri http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=3073 Jewish Indian National Native American Day Maskal http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/native.htm USA http://my.ort.org.il/givatram/etiopia/TRGIL7.HTML#maskal Ethiopia 2014 Diversity Calendar
Date 2 4 9-­‐15 11 Diversity Event Mohandas K. Gandhi Birthday *Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) **Eid-­‐al-­‐Adha *Sukkot Dia de la Raza 13 16 17 Columbus Day *Shemini Atzeret *Simchat Torah 20 23 Birth of the Bab Diwali 4 October 2014 “National Disability Employment Awareness Month” “Filipino American History Month” Link http://mkgandhi.org/ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/holiday4.html http://islam.about.com/od/hajj/a/adha.htm http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday5.htm http://zedillo.presidencia.gob.mx/welcome/PAGES/culture/note_12oct.html Oct24-­‐Nov **Muharran 23 (Islamic New Year) 31 Halloween http://www.history.com/topics/columbus-­‐day http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday6.htm http://www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/template_cdo/aid/4464/jewish/Simchat-­‐Torah-­‐
101.htm http://www.planetbahai.org/cgi-­‐bin/articles.pl?article=16 Related Ethnicity Indian Jewish Islamic Jewish Latin American Mexican USA Jewish Jewish http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/muharram-­‐new-­‐year Bahá’í Hindu, Jainism, Sikh and Buddhist Islamic http://www.history.com/topics/halloween USA http://hinduism.about.com/od/diwalifestivaloflights/a/diwali.htm November 2014 “National American Indian (Native American) Heritage Month” Date Diversity Event Link 1 Samhain http://inventors.about.com/od/sstartinventions/a/Samhain.htm 1 All Saints Day http://www.churchyear.net/allsaints.html 1-­‐2 Dia de los Muertos (All Souls Day) Veteran’s Day Birth of Baha’u’llah Thanksgiving **Ashura 11 12 27 3 http://www.history.com/topics/halloween-­‐around-­‐the-­‐world http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/ http://birth-­‐of-­‐baha-­‐u-­‐llah.123holiday.net/ http://usa.usembassy.de/holidays-­‐thanksgiving.htm http://www.ashura.com/ Related Ethnicity Celtic Anglican & Roman Catholic Mexico USA Bahá’í USA Islamic 2014 Diversity Calendar
Date 6-­‐24 8 Diversity Event *Hanukkah Bodhi Day 8 12 16-­‐24 16-­‐24 21 25 Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, 2014 December 2014 Link http://www.history.com/topics/hanukkah http://doityourself.com/stry/bodhi-­‐day Related Ethnicity Jewish Buddhist Feast of the Immaculate Conception Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe Simbang Gabi (Christmas) Las Posadas Winter Solstice/ Yule Christmas •
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/immaculate-­‐conception Catholic Kwanzaa http://www.inside-­‐mexico.com/guadalupe.htm http://www.rcam.org/others/910-­‐guidelines-­‐on-­‐the-­‐celebration-­‐of-­‐simbang-­‐gabi-­‐in-­‐the-­‐archdiocese-­‐of-­‐
manila http://hispanic-­‐culture-­‐online.com/las-­‐posadas.html http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/yulethelongestnight/p/Yule_History.htm Mexico/Catholic http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/christmas_history.htm USA http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml African American *Jewish holidays begin at sunset the night before, and go to sunset of the following day. **Muslim holidays are based on actual sighting of the moon and therefore the day may vary. Filipino/Catholic Mexico Pagan