Diversity Calendar
2012/2013
Notes: Starred (*) holy days begin at sunset of the date listed and go to sunset of the following day.
Due to regional and cultural differences, the holidays listed may be celebrated on different dates by individuals of the same faith.
Muslim holidays are based on actual sighting of the moon and therefore the day may vary.
September 2012
Hispanic Heritage Month
11
16
16‐18*
17‐Oct 20
19
20
23
25*
30
30*‐Oct. 7
Enkutatash (New Year)
Mexican Independence Day
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
Hajj
Ganesh Chaturthi
Paryushana Parva
Mabon
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Tet Trung Thu (Vietnam)
Moon Festival (Hong Kong, China,
http://www.rastaites.com/news/hearticals/ethiopianworldfederation/enkutatash.htm
Taiwan)
http://www.inside‐mexico.com/featureindep.htm
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/isla1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi
http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~malaiya/paryushan.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabon_%28Wicca%29#Mabon
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/holiday4.html
http://www.familyculture.com/holidays/tettrungthu.htm
http://www.regit.com/hongkong/festival/mooncake.htm
http://www.pbs.org/hiddenkorea/chusok.htm
Chu­Sok (Korea)
Sukkot
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday5.htm
Ethiopian
Mexican
Jewish
Islamic
Hindu
Jain
Neo‐Pagan
Jewish
Vietnam, Hong Kong,
China, Taiwan, Korea
Jewish
October 2012
Cultural Diversity Month/Coming Out Month/Filipino American History Month
7*
8*
8
11
12
20*
25*
31
Shemini Atzeret
Simchat Torah
Indigenous People’s
Day/Columbus Day
National Coming Out Day
Día de la Raza
Birth of the Báb
Eid ul Adha (Feast of Sacrifice)
Halloween
31
Samhain
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday6.htm
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday6.htm
http://www.homemadejam.org/rethinking‐columbus.html
Jewish
Jewish
European American
http://www.hrc.org/ncod/
http://www.lasculturas.com/aa/aa100800a.php
http://www.planetbahai.org/cgi‐bin/articles.pl?article=16
http://www.religioustolerance.org/isl_feast.htm
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween
Keep in mind that not all families view Halloween positively.
http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usaz&c=holidays&id=12905
LGBTQ and allies
Latin America, Mexican
Bahá'i
Islamic
USA
Neo‐Pagan
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November 2012
Native American Heritage Month
All Saint’s Day
http://www.churchyear.net/allsaints.html
Anglican & Roman
Catholic
Día de los Muertos
Veterans Day
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
Diwali
http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/
http://bahai.org/
http://hinduism.about.com/od/diwalifestivaloflights/a/diwali.htm
Mexican
USA
15
22
Al­Hijra (Muharram)
Thanksgiving
23*
Ashura
http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/holidays/hijra.htm
http://www.oyate.org/resources/shortthanks.html
Keep in mind that not all families view Thanksgiving positively.
http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/holidays/ashura.htm
1
1&2
11
11*
13
Bahá'i
Hindu, Jain, Sikh and
Buddhist
Islamic
European American
Islamic
December 2012
8
8
8‐16*
12
15
16‐24
21
25
26‐ Jan 1
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)
Feast of the Immaculate
Conception
Hanukkah
Day of Our Lady of
Guadalupe
Simbang Gabi (Christmas)
Las Posadas
Winter Solstice/Yule
Christmas
Kwanzaa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/beliefs/immaculateconcept
ion.shtml
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/default_cdo/jewish/Chanukah.htm
http://www.inside‐mexico.com/guadalupe.htm
Buddhist
Catholic
http://www.filipinocatholicministry.org/simbang_gabi.html
http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/2816‐las‐posadas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_the_Year
http://www.history.com/minisites/christmas/
http://www.history.com/topics/kwanzaa‐history
Filipino Catholic
Mexican
Neo‐Pagan
Christian
African American
Jewish
Mexican Catholic
January 2013
1
6
New Years Day
Día le los Reyes (Three Kings
http://new‐years‐day.com/new‐years‐history.htm
http://www.inside‐mexico.com/ReyesMagos.htm
International
Mexican Christian
http://www.mlkday.gov/
USA
Day/Epiphany)
21
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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February 2013
African American History Month
1
10
Imbolc(g)
Lunar New Year (Year of the
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbolc
http://www.asianamericanbooks.com/lny_ch_a.htm#general
Snake)
14
Valentine’s Day
18
19
President’s Day Holiday
Day of Remembrance
http://www.history.com/minisites/valentine/
Be mindful that not all of our students celebrate Valentine’s Day
http://usparks.about.com/library/weekly/aa021499.htm
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?displaypage=output.cfm&file_id=9464
Neo‐Pagan
China, Taiwan, Viet‐
nam, Singapore, Korea
International
USA
USA
March 2013
Women’s History Month
8
13
13‐Mar 30
Internatn’l Women’s Day
Ash Wednesday
Lenten Season
17
St. Patrick’s Day
18
20
20
21
21
Orthodox Lent
Persian New Year
Ostara
Nowruz
International Day for
Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
Palm Sunday
Holy Week
Pesach/Passover
Good Friday
Easter Sunday
César Chávez Day
24
24‐30
25*‐Apr 2
29
31
31
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
http://christianity.about.com/od/holidaytips/qt/whatisashwednes.htm
http://wilstar.com/holidays/lent.htm
Many Filipino families return to the Philippines during this time.
http://www.history.com/minisites/stpatricksday/
http://www.irishclub.org/irwk.htm
http://www.goarch.org/en/ourfaith/pascha/
International
Christian
Christian
Irish
http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=usma&c=holidays&id=1991
Orthodox Christian
Iranian
Neo‐Pagan
http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/edu/naw‐ruz.html
Bahá'i
http://www.hrea.org/index.php?doc_id=975
International
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/palm_wc.html
http://www.crivoice.org/cyholyweek.html
http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/easter‐sunday
http://www.ufw.org/_page.php?menu=research&inc=history/07.html
Christian/Orthodox
Christian
Jewish
Christian/Orthodox
Christian
USA
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/0317_050317_nowruz.html
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April 2013
Holocaust Remembrance Month
6
7*
13
National Tartan Day
Holocaust Remembrance
Day
Bun Pi Mai (New Year)
14
20
20*
29*
30*
Vaisakhi
National Day of Silence
First Day of Ridván
Ninth Day of Ridván
Beltane
http://www.tartanday.org/
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/yomhashoah.html
Scottish American
International
http://goseasia.about.com/od/laos/a/bun_pi_mai.htm
Begins on the first full moon in April
http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Vaisakhi
http://www.dayofsilence.org/
http://bahai‐library.org/encyclopedia/ridvan.html
http://bahai‐library.org/encyclopedia/ridvan.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane
Laotian
Sikh
LGBTQ and Allies
Bahá'i
Bahá'i
Neo‐Pagan
May 2013
Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month
1
May Day (Internatn'l Worker’s
http://www.iww.org/projects/mayday/origins.shtml
International
2*
5
5
10
Twelfth Day of Ridván
Orthodox Easter
Cinco de Mayo
Mother’s Day
Bahá'i
23*
14*
19
17
27
29*
Declaration of the Báb
Shavuot
Pentecost
Vesak
Memorial Day Holiday
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
http://bahai‐library.org/encyclopedia/ridvan.html
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/easter1.html
http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm
http://www.bajainsider.com/baja‐life/holidays/mothersdaymexico.html
Mother’s Day (always May 10th in Mexico) is very important for Mexican families.
http://www.planetbahai.org/cgi‐bin/articles.pl?article=37
http://www.holidays.net/shavuot/
http://www.stpaulskingsville.org/pentecost.htm
http://www.buddhanet.net/vesak.htm
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyseneca/memorial.htm
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31523.asp
Day)
Eastern Orthodox
USA/Mexican
Mexican
Bahá'i
Jewish
Christian
Buddhist
USA
Bahá'i
June 2013
Gay & Lesbian Pride Month
12
12
Philippine Independence
Day
Loving Day
http://www.msc.edu.ph/centennial/independence.html
Filipino
http://www.lovingday.org/
USA
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19
21
25
Juneteenth
Summer Solstice/Litha
17th of Tammuz
http://www.juneteenth.com/
http://www.wicca‐spirituality.com/summer‐solstice.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_of_Tammuz
African American
Neo‐Pagan
Jewish
July 2013
9
15*
13‐15
22
23
Ramadan
Tisha B’Av
Obon
Dharma Day
Birthday of Haile Selassie
http://www.colostate.edu/orgs/MSA/events/Ramadan.html
http://www.jewfaq.org/holidayd.htm
http://www.buddhistchurch.com/events/Obon.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/holydays/dharma.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Selassie_I
Islamic
Jewish
Japanese Buddhist
Buddhist
Rastafarian
August 2013
1
9
12
28
Lughnasadh (Lammas)
Eid­al­Fitr (End of Ramadan)
International Youth Day
Krishna Jayanti
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/holydays/lughnasadh.shtml
http://www.islamicity.com/ramadan/Eid_default.shtml
http://social.un.org/index/Youth/InternationalYouthDay.aspx
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/hinduism/holydays/janamashtami.shtml
Neo‐Pagan
Islamic
International
Hindu and Sikh
Note: Starred (*) holy days begin at sunset of the date listed and go to sunset of the following day.
Due to regional and cultural differences, the holidays listed may be celebrated on different dates by individuals of the same faith.
Muslim holidays are based on actual sighting of the moon and therefore the day may vary.
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