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