January 1. New Year’s Day 1. World Peace Day 1. Haiti Independence Day 4. World Braille Day12. Haitian Earthquake Remembrance Day (2010)13. Korean American Day15. Martin Luther King Day16. World Religion Day24. International Day of Education26. Independence Day (India)26. Australia Day27. Holocaust Remembrance Day February 1. World Interfaith Harmony Day/Week 2. World Wetlands Day 4. World Cancer Day 4. Independence Day (Sri Lanka) 6. Int’l. Day Zero Tolerance – Female Genital Mutilation11. Int’l. Day of Women & Girls in Science14. Valentine’s Day17. Random Acts of Kindness Day20. World Day of Social Justice21. International Mother Language Day28. Rare Disease Day March 3. World Wildlife Day 8. International Women’s Day20. International Day of Happiness21. Int’l. Day for Elimination – Racial Discrimination21. International Day of Forests21. World Poetry Day22. World Water Day24. World Tuberculosis Day25. Independence Day (Greece) April 2. World Autism Awareness Day 4. International Day for Mine Awareness 7. World Health Day11. National Pet Day12. Int’l. Day of Human Space Flight15. World Art Day18. World Heritage Day22. Int’l. Mother Earth Day23. Shakespeare Day25. World Malaria Day29. International Dance Day30. International Jazz Day30. Arbor Day (Last Friday in April) May 1. Int’l. Workers’ Day (“May 1”) 3. World Press Freedom Day 5. Cinco de Mayo (Mexico, USA) 5. African World Heritage Day 8. World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day12. International Nurses Day15. International Day of Families18. Int’l. Museum Day29. World Bee Day21. World Day for Cultural Diversity22. Int’l. Day for Biological Diversity23. Labour Day (Jamaica)29. Int’l. Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 31. World No-Tobacco Day31. Thos. Dudley signed Harvard Charter (1650) June 1. Helen Keller Day 1. Madaraka Day (Kenyan Independence Day) 5. World Environment Day 6. D-Day – Allies Cross Channel to Europe (1944) 7. Saba Saba Day (Tanzania Industry Day) 8. World Oceans Day12. World Day Against Child Labour12. Independence Day (Philippines)15. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day16. Fathers’ Day (USA)16. Int’l. Day of the African Child19. Juneteenth (USA)20. World Refugee Day21. International Day of Yoga21. World Music Day21. International Humanist Day26. Int’l. Day in Support of Victims of Torture28. World Hunger Day30. World Social Media Day31. World No Tobacco Day July1. Canada Day4. Independence Day (U.S.A.)6. H.H. Dalai Lama’s Birthday14. Bastille Day (France)15. World Youth Skills Day18. International Nelson Mandela Day20. Independence Day (Colombia)24. Orphans International Day24. N.Y. State Marriage Equality Act (2011)28. World Hepatitis Day28. Independence Day (Peru)30. World Day Against Trafficking in Persons August4. Founders’ Day (Ghana)6. Hiroshima Remembrance day9. Int’l. Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples9. National Day (Singapore)12. International Youth Day17. Independence Day (Indonesia)17. Marcus Garvey’s Birthday19. World Humanitarian Day23. Int’l. Day – Remembrance of Slave Trade/Abolition26. Women’s Equality Day26. National Dog Day30. International Day of the Disappeared31. World Day for the End of Speciesism September2. Labor Day (2024)5. International Day of Charity7. National Threatened Species Day8. International Literacy Day10. World Suicide Prevention Day / Grant Bauer Day11. September 11th Terrorist Attack (USA)12. R U OK? Day15. International Day of Democracy16. Independence Day (Mexico)16. Int’l. Day for Ozone Layer Preservation21. International Day of Peace26. Int’l. Day for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons October1. International Day of Older Persons2. International Day of Non-Violence (Gandhi Day)3. Unity Day (Germany)4. World Animal Day (St. Francis of Assisi Day)5. World Teachers’ Day9. Indigenous Peoples’ Day / Columbus Day (USA)10. World Day Against the Death Penalty10. World Mental Health Day10. World Homeless Day11. International Day of the Girl Child11. National Coming Our Day17. International Day for Eradication of Poverty24. United Nations Day24. World Polio Day25. World Teacher Day29. World Stroke Day31. Halloween November1. All Saints’ Day2. Day of the Dead (Mexico)5. Guy Fawkes Night (UK)9. World Freedom Day (Fall of the Berlin Wall)10. World Science Day for Peace & Development11. Armistice Day (France, UK)11. Veterans Day (USA)13. World Kindness Day14. World Diabetes Day16. International Day for Tolerance17. International Students’ Day19. World Toilet Day20. Universal Children’s Day20. Transgender Day of Remembrance25. Int’l. Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women25. Thanksgiving (USA) – Fourth Thursday of November December1. World AIDS Day2. International Day for Abolition of Slavery3. Giving Tuesday (USA)3. International Day of Persons with Disabilities5. International Volunteer Day8. Anniversary of John Lennon Assassination (1980)5. National Day (Thailand)10. Human Rights Day10. International Animal Rights Day12. Jamhuri Day (Kenyan Independence Day)13. Nanking Massacre Remembrance Day (1937)22. Winter Solstice25. Christmas Day | Republican Christmas Day25. Hanukkah (Dec. 25 – Jan. 2)26. Boxing Day26. Kwanzaa (Dec. 26 – Jan. 1)26. Great Indian Ocean Tsunami Remembrance Day (2004) Special Weeks & Months January– National Mentoring Month (USA) – January– Slavery & Human Trafficking Prevention Month (USA) February– National Black History Month (USA & Canada)– Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (USA) March– Women’s History Month (USA)– Red Cross Month (USA)– Social Work Month (USA) April– World Immunization Week – Last week of April– Alcohol Awareness Month (USA)– Arab-American Heritage Month (USA)– National Autism Awareness Month (USA)– Stress Awareness Month (USA)– Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month (USA) May– Mental Health Awareness Month (USA)– Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (USA)– Hepatitis Awareness Month (USA)– Jewish American Heritage Month June– LGBTQ+ Pride Month– Men’s Health Month (USA) – National Oceans Month (USA)– Gypsy, Roma & Traveller History Month– Caribbean-American Heritage Month (USA) July– Plastic Free July– National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month (USA) August– World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1-7)– National Immunization Awareness Month (USA) September– World Alzheimer’s Month– National Hispanic Heritage Month October– Adopt a Shelter Dog Month– Breast Cancer Awareness Month (USA)– Domestic Violence Awareness Month (USA)– Global Diversity Awareness Month– LGBT History Month– National Bullying Prevention Month (USA)– National Disability Awareness Month– National Filipino American History Month (USA)– World Space Week November– Native American Heritage Month (USA)– Movember (Men’s Health Awareness Month)– Lung Cancer Awareness Month (USA)– Diabetes Awareness Month (USA)– Islamophobia Awareness Month December Lunar & Other Holidays Editorial Calendar | Stewardship Report Discover more from The Stewardship Report Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. 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