Heritage Month Celebrations Calendar 2024
January
- 1/1: Shogatsu
- 1/1: New Year’s Day Holiday
- 1/5: Parkash Utsav Dasveh Patshah
- 1/15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday
- 1/27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
February
- 2/4: Rosa Parks Day
- 2/10: Lunar New Year
- 2/14: Ash Wednesday
- 2/19: President’s Day Holiday
- 2/24: Lantern Festival
March
Women’s History Month
Gender Equality Month
- 3/10 – 4/9: Ramadan
- 3/21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 3/31: International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
Celebrate Diversity Month
- 4/16: Blessing of the Hands
- 4/22 – 4/30: Passover
- 4/11 - 4/17: Black Maternal Health Week
May
Jewish Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
- 5/5: Cinco de Mayo
- 5/27: Memorial Day Holiday
July
- 7/4: Independence Day Holiday
August
September
- 9/2: Labor Day Holiday
October
Global Diversity Awareness Month
LGBTQ+ History Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- 10/1: National Latino Physician Day
- 10/11: National Coming Out Day
- 10/18: International Pronouns Day
- 10/19: Indigenous People’s Day
November
- 11/1 - 11/2: Day of the Dead
- 11/1: Diwali
- 11/11: Veteran's Day
- 11/20: Transgender Day of Remembrance
- 11/28: Thanksgiving Holiday
December
- 12/3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- 12/8: Bodhi Day
- 12/12: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- 12/21: Winter Solstice
- 12/21 - 1/1/24: Yule
- 12/21: Dongzhi
- 12/21: Soyal
- 12/25: Christmas Holiday
- 12/25 - 1/3: Hanukkah
Religious Celebrations
The DEI/AR Council is proud to collaborate with BCH and UCSF Spiritual Services on Religious Celebrations.
UCSF Spiritual Care Services provides responsive and respectful spiritual and emotional care to those who desire it. Spiritual Care Services facilitates religious rituals and personal spiritual practices and provides emotional support and exploration of issues that are of meaning and value to patients, their families and loved ones, and UCSF faculty, staff, and students. Chaplains aim to support everyone in their spiritual journeys, whatever paths they may choose – including those who do not hold to any religious affiliation. Given the diversity of the patient population, when requested, chaplains match patients’ cultural, religious, ethnic, and linguistic needs with appropriate Medical Center resources and representatives from community faith traditions.
Calendar of Holy Days
Downloadable Calendar and Factsheets
Previous Heritage Month Celebrations