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Diversity Awareness Dates 2024

Below is a list of the recognized diversity awareness months and day(s) for a specific group, culture, population, or cause that may be celebrated on campus or in our community. These awareness months and day(s) are intended to help raise awareness and understanding, not to trivialize. If you have additional days or causes you would like recognized, please contact Julie Nash to have them added.

For religious holidays, please see the Office of Multicultural Programs website.

For NDSU observed holidays (university closings), please see the Human Resources website.

For the NDSU academic calendar, please see the Registration and Records website.

January	2024
4	World Braille Day
16	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
27	International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February
All Month	Black History Month
1	National Freedom Day

March
All Month	Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
All Month	Ethnic Equality Month
All Month	Gender Equality Month
All Month	Greek-American Heritage Month
All Month	Irish-American Heritage Month
All Month	National Women's History Month
8	International Women's Day
21	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21	World Down Syndrome Day
25	International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
31	International Transgender Day of Visibility

April
All Month	Arab-American Heritage Month
All Month	Autism Awareness Month
All Month	Celebrate Diversity Month
All Month	Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month
2	World Autism Awareness Day
12	National Day of Silence
14	Equal Pay Day
25-27	Gathering of Nations (Native American)

May
All Month	ALS Awareness Month
All Month	Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
All Month	Jewish-American Heritage Month
All Month	National Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month
16	Global Accessibility Awareness Day
17	International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
21	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

June
All Month	Black Music Month
All Month	Caribbean American Heritage Month
All Month	LGBT Pride Month
2	Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
12	Loving Day (Black American)
19	Juneteenth (Black American)

July
All Month	French-American Heritage Month
26	Disability Independence Day

August
9	International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
23	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
26	Women’s Equality Day

September
All Month	Hispanic Heritage Month
All Month	National Guide Dog Month

October
All Month	Filipino-American Heritage Month
All Month	Global Diversity Month
All Month	Italian-American Heritage Month
All Month	LGBTQ History Month
All Month	National Disability Employment Awareness Month
All Month	National German-American Heritage Month
All Month	Polish-American Heritage Month
6	German American Heritage Day
9	National Native American Day/Indigenous Peoples Day
11	National Coming Out Day
15	White Cane Safety Day
17	Spirit Day (LGBTQ+)
22	International Stuttering Awareness Day

November
All Month	National Native American Heritage Month
All Month	National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
11	Veterans Day/Armistice Day
16	International Day for Tolerance
16	Dutch-American Heritage Day
20	Transgender Day of Remembrance
29	National Native American Heritage Day

December
All Month	Universal Human Rights Month
3	International Day for People with Disability
26–1	Kwanzaa (African American)