Inclusion and Awareness Calendar

Global Holidays, Celebrations, &
Awareness Days for International Teams

Welcome! Use this list to familiarize yourself with the wide variety of celebrations that take place across the year. While not an exhaustive list, the following is a compilation of global holidays, awareness days, and celebrations that your global friends, family or colleagues might be honoring.

As you educate yourself and learn more about other cultures’ holidays and celebrations that may be new to you, be sure to do so respectfully.

Upcoming Celebrations

Click each event for additional external resources to learn more

Latest Past Events

New Years Day

Resources: 50 Ways to Celebrate New Year Traditions Around the World

Kwanzaa

(USA) Resources: History.com - Kwanzaa What is Kwanzaa? ASU professor explains tenets of annual celebration

Boxing Day

UK, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Bahamas and New Zealand Resources: Boxing Day: How People around the World Celebrate December 26

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