We as a species (the Human Race) want to agree that all are equal, no matter
our ethnic background, heritage, religion, gender, or belief system. For this though to truly
take seed and prosper do we not first need to agree upon a common ground and
begin to live this truth?
If this truly is the sought-after ideology, why then do we
continue to have Months, Days, and other celebrations that only perpetuated segregation
based on one’s ideas, gender, race, and/or religion? In doing so are we not
perhaps in some way either conscientiously or sub-conscientiously suggesting that
those identifying within anyone or more of these classifications is in some way different and in need of special attention and recognition?
For example:
January is Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
January 1 is the Emancipation Proclamation anniversary
January 5 is George Washington Carver Day
January 18, 2021 (every third Monday of January) is Martin
Luther King Day
February is Black History Month
February 4 is Rosa Parks Day
February 6 is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for
Female Genital Mutilation
February 12 is the International Day of Action on Women’s
Health
February 14 is Frederick Douglass Day
March is Women’s History Month
March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
March is National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness
Month
March 5 is Crispus Attucks Day, or Boston Massacre Day
March 6 to March 14, 2021 is Carnaval Miami,
March 8 is International Women’s Day
March 10 is Harriet Tubman Day
March 10 marks the annual observance of National Women and
Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD)
March 13 – April 15 is Deaf History Month
March 16 marks publication of the First Black Newspaper in
America
March 31 is Cesar Chavez
March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day
April is Celebrate Diversity Month
April is Autism Awareness Month
April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD)
April 15 is Jackie Robinson Day
April 16 is Emancipation Day
April 30 is El Día de los Niños
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month
May 5 is Cinco de Mayo
May 9 is National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
May 10 is Dia de las Madres
May 17 is the Anniversary of the School Desegregation Ruling
May 17, 2021 (the third Sunday of May) is “Malcolm X Day”
May 21 is World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and
Development
May 21 is Malcolm X Day
May 30 is World Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Day
June is African American Music Appreciation Month
June 11 to June 13, 2021 (second weekend of June) holds
events associated with the National Puerto Rican Day Parade
June 12 is Loving Day
June 13, 2021 (second Sunday in June) is the “Odunde
Festival,” or African New Year
June 19 is Juneteenth, (AKA “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation
Day”)
June 19 – 24 is Les Fogueres de Sant Joan
June 23 is International Widows Day
June 23 is Birthday of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
July 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day
July 19 is the Maafa Commemoration
July 26 is Disability Independence Day
August 15 is Asuncion de la Virgen
August 17 is Marcus Garvey Day
August 26 is Women’s Equality Day
September 11, 2021 (or, during a leap year, September 12) is
Enkutatash, or the Ethiopian New Year
September 15–October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month
September 16 is Mexican Independence Day
September 19, 2021 (third Sunday in September) is National
Women’s Friendship Day
September 22 is American Business Women’s Day
September 25 is when school desegregation came to Little
Rock, AR
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month
October brings Global Diversity Awareness Month
October 1 through October 7, 2021 (the first full week of
October) marks National Diversity Week
October 1 is Jerry Rescue Day
October 2 marks the date Thurgood Marshall was sworn into
the Supreme Court
October 3 marks the date Frank Robinson was signed as Major
League Manager
October 11 is the International Day of the Girl Child
Oct 12 is Día de la Hispanidad (Spain), or Spanish National
Day
October 15 is the International Day of Rural Women
October 17 is Black Poetry Day
October 18, 2021 (every third Monday in October) is
Multicultural Diversity Day
October 29 marks the date that the National Organization for
Women (NOW)
November 1 mainly as Día de los Santos Inocentes (“Holy
Innocents Day”)
November 2 is Día de los Muertos or Día de los
Difuntos (“Day of the Dead”)
November 25 is International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women
November 25 to December 10, the 16 Days of Activism against
Gender-Based Violence
November 28, 2021 (fourth Sunday in November) is Umoja
Karamu Celebration
December 1 is Rosa Parks Day
December 2 is the International Day for the Abolition of
Slavery
December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities
(IDPD)
December 6 is Día de la Constitución (Constitution Day)
December 8 is La Inmaculada Concepción de la Virgen
María (the Holyday Day of Obligation of the Immaculate Conception of
Mary)
December 12 is Feast Day at Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 16-24 is Las Posadas
December 26-January 1 is Kwanzaa
And continues to identify these as well:
Islamic Holidays
Jewish Holidays
Hindu Holidays
Buddhist Holidays
Other Religious, Traditional, and Informal Holidays
Is there any way we can unify and identify as equals with based on who we place so much focus on diversity, and not on what brings us together?
I await input from the Universe.
