10/2 Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi
10/2 International Day of Nonviolence
10/5 Yom Kippur (Jewish)
10/5 Dusshera (Hindu)
10/9 Sukkot begins (Jewish)
10/10 World Mental Health Day
10/11 National Coming Out Day (LGBTQIAA+)
10/11 National Indigenous Peoples’ Day
10/15 White Cane Safety Day (Blind Awareness)
10/16 World Food Day
10/16 Bosses Day
10/17 Multicultural Diversity Day
10/17 Spirit Day (LGBTQIAA+ anti-bullying)
10/17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
10/20 Sikh Holy Day (birth of Guru Granth)
10/22 International Stuttering Awareness Day
10/24 Diwali (Hindu)
10/25 Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
10/25 Birth of Bah’u’llah (Baha’i)
10/25 Larry Itliong Day
10/28 National Immigrants Day
10/29 National Organization for Women (NOW)
10/31 Halloween
10/31 All Souls Day Dia de los Muertos
Color Shape Key
Green Triangle – Diversity Leaders’ Birthdays
Blue Circle – United States Holidays
Red Bar – Religious / Cultural Holidays
Purple Star- International Holidays
Black Square – Equinoxes