Engagement Calendar – Christina Joy Whittaker

2023 Engagement calendar

January 2023

Poverty in America Awareness Month
Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month
January 1 — New Year’s Day
January 4 — World Braille Day
January 7 — Mahayana New Year
January 14 — Old/Orthodox New Year
January 15 — Makar Sankranti
January 16 — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 17 — National Day of Racial Healing
January 22 — Lunar New Year
January 22 — Tết
January 27 — International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February 2023

Black History Month
February 5-6 — Tu b’shevat
February 16 — Magha Puja Day
February 18 — Maha Shivratri
February 20 — World Day of Social Justice
February 21 — Mardi Gras
February 22 — Ash Wednesday

March 2023

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Women’s History Month
March 4 — Employee Appreciation Day
March 6 — Purim
March 6 — Makha Bucha Day
March 8 — Holi
March 8 — International Women’s Day
March 13 — Deaf History Month begins
March 13-19 — Neurodiversity Celebration Week
March 15 — Equal Pay Day
March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day
March 21 — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (United Nations)
March 22 — Ramadan begins
March 25 — International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery

April 2023

Arab-American Awareness Month
Autism Awareness Month
Diversity Month
April 2 — Palm Sunday
April 5 — Passover begins
April 7 — World Health Day‍
April 7— Good Friday
April 9 — Easter
April 13 — Passover ends
April 14 — Vaisakhi
April 15 — Deaf History Month ends
April 21 — Ramadan ends
April 21-22 — Eid al Fitr
April 22 — Earth Day

May 2023

Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Indian Heritage Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Mental Awareness Health Month
Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
May 3 — Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Women’s Equal Pay Day
May 5 — Cinco de Mayo
May 14 — Mother’s Day
May 17 — International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
May 21 — World Day for Cultural Diversity
May 29 — Memorial Day

June 2023

National Caribbean American Heritage Month
Pride Month
June 12 — Loving Day
June 15 — LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day
June 18 — Father’s Day
June 19 — Juneteenth
June 26 — The Hajj begins
June 27 — Helen Keller’s Birthday
June 28 — Pride Day
June 28-29 — Eid al-Adha

July 2023

Disability Pride Month
French American Heritage Month
July 1 — The Hajj ends
July 18 — South Asian Heritage Month begins
July 18-19 — Al-Hijri/Islamic New Year
July 26 — Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary

August 2023

August 9 — International Day of Indigenous People
August 17 — South Asian Heritage Month ends
August 26 — Women’s Equality Day

September 2023

Suicide Prevention Month
September 4 — Labor Day
September 8 — Moms’ Equal Pay Day
September 11 — National Day of Service
September 15 — Hispanic Heritage Month begins
September 15-17 — Rosh Hashanah
September 16 — Mexican Independence Day
September 19 — Ganesh Chaturthi
September 20 — HeForShe movement anniversary
September 21 — Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
September 22 — American Indian Day
September 24-25 — Yom Kippur

October 2023

LGBTQ History Month
National Disability Employment Month
National Polish American Heritage Month
October 10 — World Mental Health Day
October 11 — National Coming Out Day
October 11 — National Indigenous Peoples Day
October 15 — Hispanic Heritage Month ends

November 2023

Military Family Month
National Native American Heritage Month
November 1 — Military Family Appreciation Day
November 1-2 — Día de los Muertos
November 11 — Veterans Day
November 12 — Diwali
November 13-19 — Transgender Awareness Week
November 16 — International Day for Tolerance
November 17 — International ERG Day
November 20 — Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 30 — Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

December 2023

Universal Human Rights Month
December 1 — World AIDS Day
December 3 — International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 7-15 — Hanukkah
December 8 — Latina’s Equal Pay Day
December 10 — International Human Rights Day
December 16-24 — Las Posadas
December 21 — Winter Solstice
December 25 — Christmas
December 26 — Kwanzaa

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