TLC's Awareness Calendar is your central resource for learning about and celebrating the many federal, state, religious, cultural, heritage, and awareness observances recognized throughout the year. We encourage all members of our community to explore the calendar, learn about traditions and perspectives different from their own, and celebrate the diversity that strengthens TLC.
Our calendar is continually evolving. If you know of a meaningful observance, celebration, or resource that should be included, we'd love to hear from you. Please email advancement@tlcdeaf.org.
*Some observances may occur in different months than what is listed below, due to calendar year structure.
January
- World Peace Day
- Haitian Independence Day
- Minute of Reflection for Founder Warren Schwab
- National Mentor Month
- Maghi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- National Day of Racial Hearing
- Multicultural Children's Book Day
February
- Black History Month
- International Day of Women & Girls in Science
- Chinese New Year
- Lunar New Year
- National School Counselor Week
- Random Acts of Kindness Day
- Love Your Pet Day
- World Day of Social Justice
- Nirvana Day
- President's Day
- Ramadan
March
- Social Work Month
- Gender Equality Month
- Women's History (HERstory) Month
- Greek-American Heritage Month
- Irish-American Heritage Month
- Ethnic Equality Month
- International Wheelchair Day
- Read Across America/Diversity Through Literature
- Employee Appreciation Day
- Neurodiversity Week
- Pi Day
- Purim
- Holi
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery
- International Transgender Day of Visibility
- World Behavioral Analysis Day
April
- Deaf History Month
- Stress Awareness Month
- Volunteer Appreciation Month
- Arab-American Heritage Month
- Autism Acceptance Month
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Festival of Ridvan (Baha’i)
- Vaisakhi (Sikh)
- World Health Day
- National Deaf LGBTQ Awareness Week
- Marie Philip Day (TLC)
- Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
- Theravada New Year (Buddhist)
- National ASL Day
- Passover
- Easter
- Administrative Professionals Day
- Earth Day
- Eid al-Fitr
May
- Mental Health Month
- AAPI Heritage Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- Haitian Heritage Month
- Indian Heritage Month
- Speech Language Pathology Month
- Principal Appreciation Day
- Interpreter Appreciation Day
- National Nurses Week
- Teacher Appreciation Week
- National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
- Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
- Cinco de Mayo
- Shavuot
- Hajj
- Memorial Day
- Ascension of Baha'u'llah
- Eid al-Adha
June
- Caribbean American Heritage Month
- Pride Month
- Immigrant Heritage month
- Deafblind Awareness Month
- Juneteenth
July
- French-American Heritage Month
- Independence Day
- International Non-Binary People’s Day
- Black Women's Equal Pay Day
- Bastille Day
- Eid al-Adha
- Disability Independence Day
- International Day of Friendship
August
- International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
- Women's Equality Day
September
- TLC Founder's Day
- Labor Day
- Rosh Hashanah
- International Literacy Day
- Yom Kippur
- Latinx Heritage Month
- Mexican Independence Day
- Sukkot
- International Deaf Awareness Week
- HR Professionals Day
- IT Professionals Day
- Meskel
- Bi Visibility Day
October
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- National Audiology Awareness Month
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Month
- Physical Therapy Month
- LGBTQ+ History Month
- Filipino-American Heritage Month
- Italian-American Heritage Month
- Polish-American Heritage Month
- German-American Heritage Day
- Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day
- World Mental Health Day
- Indigenous People's Day
- Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
- World Mental Health Day
- Dussehra
- Durga Puja
- Educational Audiology Week
- Halloween
November:
- Native American Heritage Month
- Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
- Diwali
- World Kindness Day
- Transgender Awareness Week
- Veteran's Day
- Day of the Covenant
- Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha
- Thanksgiving
December
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- International Human Rights Day
- Hanukkah
- Christmas
- Kwanzaa