Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Holidays
Holidays We Celebrate
With over 12,000 employees, ScribeAmerica has a diverse community with different holidays and customs. ScribeAmerica recognizes these holidays by sharing the history, customs and practices about each event on our social media and employee communication channels.
JANUARY | |
All Month | Poverty in America Awareness Month |
1 | New Years Day |
4 | World Braille Day |
Varies | World Religion Day |
Varies | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
27 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
FEBRUARY | |
All Month | Black History Month |
All Month | Canadian History Month |
Varies | Lunar New Year |
15 | Nirvana Day |
Varies | Mardi Gras |
Varies | President’s Day |
20 | World Day of Social Justice |
Varies | Ash Wednesday |
MARCH | |
All Month | Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month |
All Month | Ethnic Equality Month |
All Month | National Women’s History Month |
8 | International Women’s Day |
16-17 | Purim |
17 | St. Patrick’s Day |
21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
Varies | Nowruz (Persian New Year) |
APRIL | |
All Month | Arab-American Heritage Month |
All Month | Celebrate Diversity Month |
All Month | Autism Awareness Month |
All Month | Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month |
Varies | Ramadan Begins |
Varies | Passover |
Varies | Easter |
Varies | Festival of Ridván |
MAY | |
All Month | Mental Health Month |
All Month | National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month |
All Month | Haitian Heritage Month |
All Month | Indian Heritage Month |
All Month | Jewish-American Heritage Month |
All Month | South Asian Heritage Month |
All Month | Military Appreciation Month |
5 | Cinco de Mayo |
Varies | Eid Al-Fitr |
Varies | Memorial Day |
JUNE | |
All Month | National Caribbean American Heritage Month |
All Month | Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month |
All Month | LGBTQ Pride Month |
19 | Juneteenth Freedom Day |
JULY | |
All Month | French-American Heritage Month |
4 | Independence Day |
Varies | Eid Al-Adha |
AUGUST | |
9 | International Day of the World’s Indigenous People |
19 | World Humanitarian Day |
SEPTEMBER | |
All Month | Hispanic Heritage Month |
Varies | Labor Day |
11 | Patriot Day |
Varies | Rosh Hashanah |
Varies | Yom Kippur |
OCTOBER | |
All Month | Filipino-American Heritage Month |
All Month | Italian-American Heritage Month |
All Month | Polish-American Heritage Month |
All Month | German-American Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) |
10 | World Mental Health Day |
Varies | Indigenous People’s Day |
31 | Halloween |
NOVEMBER | |
All Month | National Native American Heritage Month |
All Month | National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month |
Varies | Diwali |
Varies | Veteran’s Day/Armistice Day |
13 | World Kindness Day |
16 | International Day for Tolerance |
20 | Transgender Day of Remembrance |
Varies | Thanksgiving |
Varies | Hanukkah |
DECEMBER | |
All Month | Universal Human Rights Month |
All Month | HIV/AIDS Awareness Month |
Varies | Hanukkah |
25 | Christmas |
26–1 | Kwanzaa |
31 | New Year’s Eve |