Events

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October 2023

November 2023

  • November 3 - Open House

  • November 15 - CHHS DEI Lunch and Learn - Implicit Bias in Healthcare Experiences for LGBTQ+ Folx
    with Dr. Melinda McCormick

December 2023

  • December 1 - State of the College - 9 to 10:30 a.m. in CHHS room 4010

  • December 1 - Open House

Weekly events

Weekly events

Join us in the CHHS Atrium for these weekly happenings.

  • Popcorn (and Apple) Fridays - starting Oct. 13
  • Walking Wednesdays - noon to 12:30 p.m. - starting Sept. 13

Information Sessions

Blindness and Low Vision Studies

Learn about master's degree options in this exciting field of study.

DEI Calendar of Remembrances and Recognition

January: 

  • 4 - World Braille Day
  • 6 - Epiphany
  • 11 - Anniversary of the Bread & Roses Labor Strike (1912)
  • 15 - Martin Luther King Jr Birthday 
  • 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day 

February: 

  • Black History Month
  • 4 - Rosa Parks Birthday 
  • 19 - Anniversary of the Executive Order 9066 (creation of Japanese internment camps)
  • 20 - World Day of Social Justice 
  • 21-27 - Eating Disorder Awareness Week 

March:

  • 6-7 - Purim
  • 8 - Holi
  • 8-10 - Holla Mohalla
  • 22 - World Water Day 
  • 23 - Start of Ramadan (until approximately April 22)
  • 26 - Purple day for Epilepsy
  • 31 - Cesar Chavez Birthday

April:

  • 2 - World Autism Awareness Day 
  • 5-10 - Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness week 
  • 5-12 - Passover
  • 7 - Good Friday
  • 9 - Easter
  • 21 - Eid al-Fitr
  • 22 - Earth Day 
  • 27 - Coretta Scott King Birthday 

May:

  • 4 - International Stand up to Bullying Awareness Day 
  • 5 - Buddha's Birthday
  • 24 - Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day 
  • 25-27 - Shavuot
  • 28 - Anniversary of the Indian Removal Act 
  • 28 - Pentecost
  • 31 - Tulsa Race Riot (1921)

June:

  • Aphasia Awareness Month 
  • 5 - National Cancer Survivors Day 
  • 19 - Juneteenth 
  • 20 - World Refugee Day 
  • 28 - Eid al-Adha

July:

  • 2 - Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act 
  • 19 - Islamic New Year
  • 26 - Americans with Disability Act Anniversary 
  • 30 - World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 

August:

  • 6 and 9 - Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
  • 26 - Women’s Equality Day 
  • 28 - Anniversary of March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)
  • 28 - Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s "I have a Dream" speech (1963)

September:

  • Id al Adha, Islamic Festival of Sacrifice 
  • National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month 
  • September or October – Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Jewish Holy Days  
  • 10 - World Suicide Prevention Day 
  • 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month begins 
  • 15-17 - Rosh Hashanah
  • 20-27 - International Week of the Deaf 
  • 29 - Start of Sukkot

October:

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month 
  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  • Second Monday of October - Indigenous People’s Day 
  • 1-6 - Sukkot
  • 10 - World Mental Health Day 
  • 11 - International Day of the Girl 

November:

  • Native American Heritage Month 
  • National Homeless Youth Awareness Month 
  • 19 - World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse 
  • 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance web
  • 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 

December:

  • 3 - International Day of Disabled Persons 
  • 25 - Christmas
  • 29 - Anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)