In efforts to promote awareness of the different Identities on our campus and to further enhance advisors multicultural competencies skills, we created a list of the widely recognized awareness months for a specific group, culture or cause. These awareness months are intended to help raise awareness and understanding for the group, culture or cause, not trivialize:
- January
- Poverty in America Awareness Month
- February
- American History Month
- Black History Month
- Canadian History Month
- Human Relations Month
- March
- Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
- Greek American Heritage Month
- Irish American Heritage Month
- Ethnic Equality Month
- National Women History Month
- National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
- April
- Community Service Month
- Earth Month
- Autism Awareness Month
- Arab0 American Heritage Month
- Tartan (Scottish American) Heritage Month
- Celebrate Diversity Month
- May
- National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
- Haitian Heritage Month
- Indian Heritage Month
- Jewish American Heritage Month
- Mental Health Month
- South Asian Heritage Month
- Personal History Awareness
- Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
- Older Americans Month
- June
- National Caribbean American Heritage Month
- AIDS Awareness Month
- LGBT Pride Month
- Black Music Month
- July
- French American Heritage Month
- August
- National Civility Month
- September
- Hispanic Heritage Month
- National Guide Dog Month
- October
- Bullying Prevention Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- Family History Month
- Filipino-American Heritage Month
- Italian American Heritage Month
- LGBT History Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- National German Heritage Month
- National Work and Family Month
- Polish American Heritage Month
- November
- National Native American Heritage Month
- National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month
- December
- Universal Human Rights Month