January 2022
Month-long observances:
- National Mentoring Month
- Poverty in America Awareness Month
- Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- January 1 – New Year’s Day
- January 4 – National Braille Day
- January 7 – Christmas (Eastern Orthodox)
- January 16 – World Religion Day
- January 17 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- January 18 – Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)
- January 26 – International Day of Education
- January 26 – International Customs Day
- January 27 — International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February 2022
Month-long observances:
- American Heart Month
- Black History Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- February 1 – National Freedom Day
- February 1 — Chinese New Year (Year of the Tiger)
- February 4 — Rosa Parks Day
- February 8 - Safer Internet Day
- February 14 – Valentine’s Day
- February 15 – Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
- February 15 - International Childhood Cancer Day
- February 20 – World Day of Social Justice
March 2022
Month-long observances:
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- Ethnic Equality Month
- Gender Equality Month
- Greek-American Heritage Month
- Irish-American Heritage Month
- National Colon Cancer Awareness Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Multiple Sclerosis Awareness and Education Month
- National Women’s History Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- March 1 – Mardi Gras
- March 1 – Maha Shivarati (Hindu)
- March 2 – Ash Wednesday
- March 4 – Employee Appreciation Day
- March 8 – International Women’s Day
- March 11 – Maha Shivarati (Hindu)
- March 14 – Pi Day
- March 16-17 – Purim (Jewish)
- March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day
- March 19 – Holi (Hindu)
- March 21 – World Down Syndrome Day
- March 21-22 – Naw-Ruz (Baha’I New Year)
- March 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- March 31 – International Transgender Day of Visibility
April 2022
Month-long observances:
- Arab-American Heritage Month
- Autism Awareness Month
- Celebrate Diversity Month
- Earth Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- National Volunteer Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- April 2 – Ramadan begins (Muslim)
- April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
- April 2 – Equal Pay Day
- April 6 – National Tartan Day (Scottish)
- April 10 – Palm Sunday (Christian)
- April 15 – Good Friday (Christian)
- April 15-23 – Passover (Jewish)
- April 17 – Easter (Christian)
- April 20 – Start of Rivdan (Baha’i)
- April 22 – Earth Day
- April 23 – National Day of Silence (LGBTQIAA+)
- April 27-28 – Yom Hashoah (Jewish)
- April 28 – Laylat al-Qadr (Muslim)
- April 30 - Ramadan ends (Muslim)
May 2022
Month-long observances:
- ALS Awareness Month
- Haitian Heritage Month
- Indian Heritage Month
- Jewish-American Heritage Month
- Mental Health Month
- National Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Older Americans Month
- South Asian American Heritage Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- May 3 – Eid al-Fitr (Muslim)
- May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
- May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
- May 24 – Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i)
- May 29 – Ascension of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
- May 30 – Memorial Day
June 2022
Month-long observances:
- Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
- Black Music Month
- National Caribbean American Heritage Month
- Pride Month (LGBTQIAA+)
Important D&I calendar dates:
- June 8 — Race Unity Day
- June 12 – Loving Day
- June 19 – Juneteenth
- June 20 – National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
- June 20 – World Refugee Day
- June 21 – Litha, Summer Solstice (Pagan)
- June 24 – Pride Day (LGBTQIAA+) (varies by city and country)
July 2022
Month-long observances:
- French-American Heritage Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- July 1 – Canada Day (Canada)
- July 4 – Independence Day (USA)
- July 9 – Eid al-Adha (Muslim)
- July 10 – Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha’i)
- July 11 – World Populace Day
- July 14 – Bastille Day
- July 18 – International Nelson Mandela Day
- July 24 – Pioneer Day (Mormon)
- July 26 – National Disability Independence Day (commemorates the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act)
- July 30 – International Day of Friendship
- July 30 – Hijri New Year (Muslim)
August 2022
Month-long observances:
- National Civility Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- August 7 – Purple Heart Day
- August 9 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
- August 13 – Left-Handers Day
- August 17 – Marcus Garvey Day
- August 18-19 – Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
- August 19 – World Humanitarian Day
- August 21 – Senior Citizens Day
- August 22 – American Business Women’s Day
- August 26 – Women’s Equality Day
September 2022
Month-long observances:
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- National Guide Dog Month
- Suicide Prevention Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- September 6 – Labor Day
- September 11 – Patriot Day (U.S.A.)
- September 15 – International Day of Democracy
- September 16 – Mexican Independence Day
- September 21 – International Day of Peace
- September 23 – National Native American Day
- September 25 – Rosh Hashanah begins (Jewish)
- September 26 – European Day of Languages
- September 26 – Navrati begins (Hindu)
- September 27 — World Tourism Day
October 2022
Month-long observances:
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Bullying Prevention Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Filipino-American Heritage Month
- German-American Heritage Month
- Italian-American Heritage Month
- LGBTQ History Month
- National Work and Family Month
- Polish-American Heritage Month
- Family History Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- October 2 – International Day of Nonviolence
- October 5 – Yom Kippur (Jewish) (begins sundown October 4)
- October 9 – Sukkot begins (Jewish)
- October 10 – World Mental Health Day
- October 11 – National Coming Out Day (LGBTQIAA+)
- October 11 – National Indigenous Peoples’ Day (United States)
- October 15 – White Cane Safety Day (Blind awareness)
- October 16 – Bosses’ Day
- October 17 – Spirit Day (LGBTQIAA+ anti-bullying)
- October 20 – Sikh Holy Day (birth of Guru Granth)
- October 22 – International Stuttering Awareness Day
- October 24 – Diwali (Hindu)
- October 25 – Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
- October 25 – Birth of Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
- October 31 – Halloween
- October 31 – Dia de los Muertos begins
November 2022
Month-long observances:
- Diabetes Awareness Month
- Movember (awareness of men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer)
- National Native American, American Indian, and Alaskan Native Heritage Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- November 1 – All Saints’ Day (Roman Catholic)
- November 2 – National Stress Awareness Day
- November 9 – World Freedom Day
- November 9 – World Adoption Day
- November 11 – Veterans Day
- November 13 – World Kindness Day
- November 16 – National Day for Tolerance
- November 19 – International Men’s Day
- November 20 – Transgender Day of Remembrance
- November 20 – Universal Children’s Day (Human Rights, U.N.)
- November 24 – Thanksgiving
- November 26 – Day of the Covenant (Baha’i)
- November 28 – Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha (Baha’i)
December 2022
Month-long observances:
- HIV/AIDS Awareness Month
- Universal Human Rights Month
Important D&I calendar dates:
- December 1 – World AIDS Day
- December 3 – International Day for People with Disabilities
- December 5 – International Volunteer Day
- December 9 – Genocide Prevention Day
- December 10 – International Human Rights Day
- December 18 – Hanukkah begins at sunset (Jewish)
- December 21 – Yule Winter Solstice (Pagan)
- December 25 – Christmas (Christian)
- December 26 – Kwanzaa begins
- December 26 – Boxing Day (Great Britain and Commonwealth countries)
- December 31 – New Year’s Eve