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Calendar & Events
Welcome to our dedicated space for the DEI Department's calendar, including commission meetings, heritage months, and remembrance days. This page serves as a hub to honor the rich history, cultural contributions, and enduring legacy of our community's diverse residents. Join us in celebrating the past, recognizing the present, and committing to a more inclusive future.
2026 Heritage & Awareness Calendar
Click here to access a PDF of the 2026 Calendar or select a tab below to view important dates for that month.
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
1/4: World Braille Day
1/17: Lunar New Year
1/19: Martin Luther King Jr Day
1/27: Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day
African American and Black History Month
2/1: National Freedom Day
2/15: Maha Shivarati
2/17: Ramadan begins
2/19: Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration during WWII
2/20: World Day of Social Justice
Women’s History Month
3/4: Holi
3/8: Int’l Women’s Day
3/15: Int’ l Day to Combat Islamophobia
3/17: St. Patrick’s Day
3/19: Eid-al-Fitr
3/21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
3/25: Int’l Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
3/31: Transgender Day of Visibility
Arab American and Middle Eastern and North African American Heritage Month
Autism Awareness Month
Deaf History Month
4/1-9: Passover begins
4/2: World Autism Awareness Day
4/5: Easter
4/10: LGBTQ+ Day of Silence
4/20: Patriots Day
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Older Americans Month
5/4-10: Int’l Week of Sign Languages
5/5: Cinco de Mayo
5/5: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day
5/15: Malcolm X Day
5/17: Int’l Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
5/21: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
5/21: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
5/25: Memorial Day
5/26: Eid-al-Adha
LGBTQ+ Pride Month
National Caribbean American Heritage Month
6/2: Native American Citizenship Day
6/16: Hijri New Year
6/19: Juneteenth
6/28: LGBTQ+ Pride Day
Disability Pride Month
7/8: Massachusetts Emancipation Day
7/14 Int’l Non-Binary Peoples Day
7/18: Nelson Mandela Int’l Day
7/26: Disability Independence Day
8/9: Int’l Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
8/23: Int’l Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
8/26: Women’s Equality Day
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
9/7: Labor Day
9/7-13: Historical Black Colleges and Universities Week*
9/11: A Day of Remembrance
9/11-13: Rosh Hashanah
9/15-10/15: Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month
9/18: Int’l Equal Pay Day
9/21: Int’l Day of Peace
9/20-26: Int’l Week of the Deaf
9/25: Mid-Autumn Festival
9/30: National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Global Diversity Awareness Month
LGBTQ+ History Month
10/10: World Mental Health Day
10/11: National Coming Out Day
10/12: Indigenous Peoples Day
10/15: Blind American Equality and White Cane Awareness Day
Native and Indigenous American Heritage Month
11/1: Dia de la Muertos
11/11: Veterans Day
11/13-19: Transgender Awareness Week
11/19: Red Shawl Day
11/20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
Universal Human Rights Month
12/1: World AIDS Day
12/8: Bodhi Day
12/4-12: Hanukkah
12/25: Christmas
12/26-1/1: Kwanzaa
Past Workshops and Events
Juneteenth Speaker: Nikki Turpin
Nikki Turpin is the Director of DEI at Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School and President of The Robbin’s House in Concord. Nikki gives us an insightful and comprehensive history of Juneteenth's legacy.
Fostering Cultural Humility: Myrtise Maurice
Myrtise Maurice is the Founder of Perspectives Health Services, LLC, which provides behavioral and mental healthcare services to individuals and communities of color. This workshop's target audience was municipal workers and volunteers.