GARE Diversity Calendar

October 2023


10/2 Green Triangle icon Mahatma Gandhi Birthday
10/2 Purple star icon International Day of Nonviolence
10/6 Red bar icon Shemini Atzaret/ Simchat Torah begins (Jewish)
10/6 Red bar icon Sukkot ends (Jewish)
10/7 Red bar icon Shemini Atzaret/ Simchat Torah ends (Jewish)
10/9 Red bar icon Milad un Nabi (Islam)
10/9 Purple star icon National Indigenous Peoples’ Day
10/10 Purple star icon World Mental Health Day
10/11 Blue circle National Coming Out Day (LGBTQIA+)
10/12 Purple star icon US Free Thought Day
10/12 Purple star icon World Sight Day
10/15 Red bar icon Navratri Begins (Hindu)
10/15 Blue circle White Cane Safety Day (Blind Awareness)
10/16 Blue circle Bosses Day
10/16 Purple star icon World Food Day
10/16 Red bar icon Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
10/16 Purple star icon Waste Reduction Week
10/17 Purple star icon International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
10/17 Red bar icon Birth of the Bab (Baha’i)
10/19 Blue circle Spirit Day (LGBTQIA+ anti-bullying)
10/17 Purple star icon International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
10/20 Red bar icon Sikh Holy Day (birth of Guru Granth)
10/22 Purple star icon International Stuttering Awareness Day
10/24 Red bar icon Dusshera (Hindu)
10/25 Green Triangle icon Larry Itliong Day
10/29 Blue circle National Organization for Women (NOW)
10/31 Blue circle Halloween
10/31 Red bar icon Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead begins)


Color Shape Key

Green Triangle icon Green Triangle – Diversity Leaders’ Birthdays
Blue circle Blue Circle – United States Holidays
Red bar icon Red Bar – Religious / Cultural Holidays
Purple star icon Purple Star- International Holidays
black square Black Square – Equinoxes