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September
- September 18 - CHHS DEI Lunch and Learn - Why DEI is important in health care - Alejandro Quiroga, President, Corewell Health
- September 26 - Free webinar - Cannabis Use and Cannabis Use Disorders in Adolescents and Adults. Register here
October
- October 5 - BSON Alumni Brunch
- October 16 - CHHS DEI Lunch and Learn - Visually Impaired - Dr. Jim Leja
November
- November 20 - CHHS DEI Lunch and Learn - Ageism - Dr. Janet Hahn
Information Sessions
Vision studies
Learn about our nationally respected Orientation & Mobility and Vision Rehabilitation Therapy programs in a virtual information session with our faculty and advisors. Program information is available on our website.
DEI Calendar of Remembrances and Recognition (2024)
January:
- 1 - New Years Day
- 1 - Mexican Independence Day
- 4 - World Braille Day
- 6 - Epiphany Day
- 11 - Anniversary of the Bread & Roses Labor Strike (1912)
- 13 - Korean American Day
- 15 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
- 15 - Civil Rights Day
- 22 - Anniversary of Roe v. Wade (1973)
- 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February:
- 1 - Black History Month
- 1 - National Freedom Day
- 2 - National Wear Red Day
- 2 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- 3 - National Women Physicians Day
- 4 - Rosa Parks Birthday
- 4 - World Cancer Day
- 11 - Abraham Lincoln Birthday
- 12 - International Epilepsy Day
- 13 - Mardi Gras
- 14 - Frederick Douglass Birthday
- 14 - Ash Wednesday
- 14 - Valentines Day
- 15 - Susan B. Anthony 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:
- 1 - Women’s History Month
- 8 - International Women’s Day
- 8 - Holi
- 10 - April 9 - Ramadan
- 10 - Harriet Tubman Birthday
- 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 21 - World Down Syndrome Day
- 22 - World Water Day
- 23 - 24 - Purim
- 24 - Palm Sunday
- 25 - April 7 - Holla Mohalla
- 29 - Good Friday
- 29 - National Vietnam War Veteran’s Day
- 31 - Easter Sunday
- 31 - Cesar Chavez Day
- 31 - Trans Day of Visibility
April:
- 2 - Autism Awareness Day
- 6 - Tartan Day
- 9-10 - Eid Al-Fitr
- 22 - Earth Day
- 22-30 - Passover
- 26 - Lesbian Visibility Day
- 27 - Coretta Scott King Birthday
May:
- 4 - National Day of Prayer
- 5 - Cinco De Mayo
- 12 - Mother’s Day
- 15 - Buddha’s Birthday
- 17 - International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia
- 19 - Malcolm X Birthday
- 19 - Pentecost
- 28 - Anniversary of the Indian Removal Act
- 30 - World Multiple Sclerosis Day
- 31 - Tulsa Race Riot (1921)
June:
- 1 - Aphasia Awareness Month
- 2 - Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
- 2 - National Cancer Survivors Day
- 11 - Kamehameha Day
- 11-13 - Shavuot
- 12 - Loving Day
- 15 - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
- 16 - International Day of the African Child
- 16 - Father’s Day
- 16-17 - Eid Al-Adha
- 18 - International Day of Countering Hate Speech
- 19 - Juneteenth
- 20 - World Refugee Day
July:
- 1 - Disability Pride Month
- 2 - Anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
- 2 - Thurgood Marshall Birthday
- 4 - Independence Day
- 6 - Dalai Lama Birthday
- 7-8 - Islamic New Year
- 14 - International Non-Binary People’s Day
- 18 - Nelson Mandela International Day
- 26 - Americans with Disability Act Anniversary
- 30 - World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
August:
- 6 & 9 - Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945)
- 9 - International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
- 26 - Women’s Equality Day
- 28 - Anniversary of March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)
- 28 - Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech (1963)
- 31 - International Day of People of African Descent
September:
- 1 - National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
- 4 - Richard Wright Birthday
- 10 - World Suicide Prevention Day
- 11 - Patriot Day
- 15 - National Hispanic heritage Month Begins
- 20-26 - International Week of the Deaf
- 20 - HeforShe
- 21 - International Day of Peace
October:
- 1 - Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- 1 - Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- 2-4 - Rosh Hashanah
- 8 - National Stop Bullying Day
- 10 - World Mental Health Day
- 11 - International Day of Girl
- 14 - Indigenous People Day
- 14 - Defender of Ukraine Day
- 16-23 - Sukkot
- 31-November 4 - Diwali
November:
- 1 - Native American Heritage Month
- 1 - National homeless Youth Awareness Month
- 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 24 - Native American Heritage Day
- 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Day
December:
- 1 - World AIDS Day
- 3 - International Day of Disabled Persons
- 7-15 - Hanukkah
- 10 - International Human Rights Day
- 25 - Christmas
- 26 - January 1 - Kwanzaa
- 29 - Anniversary of Wounded Knee Massacre