Diversity & Inclusion Celebrations

Spring 2026
Are there any other spring celebrations or awareness occasions you observe in your family or culture? Please feel free to share with us: odi@johnson.cornell.edu

January
Poverty in America Awareness Month
Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month
National Mentoring Month
1 New Year’s Day
1 Feast Day of St. Basil (Eastern Orthodox)
1 Gantan-Sai (Shinto)
3 Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Roman Catholic)
3 Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)
4 UN World Braille Day
5 Twelfth Night (Christian)
5 Guru Gobind Singh Gurpurab (Sikh)
6 Epiphany/Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day)
7 Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christian Christmas
12 Coming of Age Day (Japan)
13 Maghi/Lohri (Sikh)
14 Orthodox Christian New Year
14 Makar Sankranti (Hindu)
15-16 Lailat al Miraj (Muslim)
18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
18 World Religion Day (Baha’i)
19 Timkat (Ethiopian Orthodox Christian)
19 Martin Luther King Jr. Day
20 Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Sikh)
23 Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
24 Union of Romanian Principalities (Romanian Unification Day)
24 International Day of Education
26 Republic Day (India)
26 Australia Day
26 International Customs Day
27 International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Victims of the Holocaust

February
Black History Month
1 National Freedom Day
1 St. Brigid of Kildare (Ireland)
1 Maghi-Purnima (Hindu)
1-2 Imbolc (Gaelic, Pagan, Wiccan)
1-7 UN World Interfaith Harmony Week
2 Candlemas (Christian)
2 Constitution Day (Mexico)
2-3 Lailat al Bara’a (Islam)
3 Setsubun-Sai (Japan)
3 Four Chaplains Day (USA)
3 St. Blaise Day (Roman Catholic)
4 World Cancer Day
4 Rosa Parks Day
6 Groundhog Day
7 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (USA)
8 International Epilepsy Day
10 Safer Internet Day
11 National Foundation Day
11 International Day of Women & Girls in Science
13-21 Rio Carnival (Brazil)
14 St. Valentine’s Day
15 Parinirvana Day (Buddhism)
15 Meatfare Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
15 Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
16 Presidents Day (USA)
16 Family Day (Canada)
17 Lunar New Year
17 Seollal (Korean New Year)
17 Mardi Gras (Catholic)
17 Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
18 Ramadan Begins (Islam, until March 19)
18 Ash Wednesday (Christian)
18 Losar (Tibetan Buddhist New Year, until March 4)
19 Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration During WWII
20 World Day of Social Justice
22 Cheesefare Sunday (Orthodox Christian)
22 Foundation Day (Saudi Arabia)
23 Beginning of Great Lent (Orthodox Christian)
23 Emperor’s Birthday (Japan)
24 Dia de la Bandera (Mexico)
25 Ay yam-i-Ha (Baha’i, until March 1)

March
Women’s History Month
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Greek American Heritage Month
Irish American Heritage Month
2 Fast of Esther (Judaism)
2-3 Purim (Judaism)
3 Magha Puja Day (Buddhist)
4 Holi (Hindu)
4-6 Hola Mohalla (Sikh)
6 Employee Appreciation Day
8 International Women’s Day
15 UN International Day to Combat Islamophobia
16 Laylat-al-Qadr (Islam)
17 St. Patrick’s Day
19-27 Chaitra Navratri (Hindu)
20 Shunbun No Hi (Vernal Equinox Day, Japan)
20 Ostara (Pagan)
20 Eid-al-Fitr (End of Ramadan, Islam)
20-26 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
21 UN International Nowruz Day
21 World Down Syndrome Day
25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery
29 Palm Sunday (Christian, Western)
31 Transgender Day of Visibility

April
World Autism Month
Arab American, Middle Eastern, North African American Heritage Month
Deaf History Month
National Volunteer Month
Scottish American Heritage Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
1 April Fools Day
1 The Fast of the First Born (Judaism)
1-9 Passover (Judaism)
2 World Autism Awareness Day
2 Memorial of Jesus’ Death (Jehovah’s Witnesses)
5 Easter (Christian)
10 LGBTQ+ National Day of Silence
13 Vaisakhi (Sikh)
13-14 Yom Hashoah (Judaism)
19 Patriot Day (USA)
20 Ridvan (Baha’i, through May 2)
22 Earth Day
30 Beltane (Pagan)

May
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Indian Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
South Asian Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
Older Americans Month
Speech & Hearing Awareness Month
1 Visakha Puja Day (Buddhist Vesak, Buddha Day)
3 International Family Equality Day
5 Cinco de Mayo
5 Samhain (Pagan)
10 Mother’s Day
16 Veteran’s Armed Forces Day
17 LGBTQ+ International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
18 Victoria Day (Canada)
20 International HR Day
21 Global Accessibility Awareness Day
21 United Nations World Day for Cultural Diversity
21-23 Shavuot (Judaism)
23 Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i)
24 Pentecost (Orthodox Christian)
25 Memorial Day (USA)
26 Eid al-Adha (Islam)
29 Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)