");vwo_$('head').append(_vwo_sel);return vwo_$('head')[0] && vwo_$('head')[0].lastChild;})("HEAD")}}, R_128055_720_1_2_0:{ fn:function(log,nonce=''){return (function(x) { if(!vwo_$.fn.vwoRevertHtml){ return; }; var ctx=vwo_$(x),el; /*vwo_debug log("Revert","content",""); vwo_debug*/; el=vwo_$('[vwo-element-id="1741045469295"]'); el.revertContentOp().remove();})("HEAD")}}, C_128055_720_1_2_1:{ fn:function(log,nonce=''){return (function(x) {var el,ctx=vwo_$(x); /*vwo_debug log("paste",".heading_info"); vwo_debug*/(el=vwo_$(".heading_info")).each((function(e,n){var s=vwo_$(n);!s.parent().find('[vwo-op-1741045463504=""]').length&&s.before('
Need a Diversity Calendar for 2025? Get complete DEI and inclusion events, religious observances, awareness months 2025, and more
In 2025, the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion continues to be a central theme in our global conversation. While we have made strides in creating more inclusive environments, there is always room for growth and improvement. A truly thriving society depends on recognizing and celebrating our differences.
Organizations are increasingly focused on developing DEI initiatives that ensure every employee feels valued and included. One effective tool to support these efforts is our Diversity Calendar, which highlights DEI holidays and significant cultural events throughout the year. This calendar serves as a reminder of the importance of inclusion in our daily lives and workplaces.
Below, you’ll find a sample of our diversity and inclusion calendar for 2025, featuring religious holidays, awareness months, and monthly diversity themes. This selection is designed to help you celebrate and integrate these important dates into your personal and professional life.
If a holiday begins the evening before, we will mark it with an asterisk (*) below.
January is a month to celebrate the diverse ways in which we communicate and connect with each other. From recognizing the importance of Braille for the visually impaired to honoring cultural and religious celebrations, this month is about understanding and appreciating the various forms of expression that enrich our world.
January 4 – UN: World Braille Day
Celebrates the importance of Braille for the visually impaired.
January 7 – Coptic & Eastern Orthodox Christian: Christmas
Marks the birth of Jesus Christ according to the Julian calendar.
January 14 – Buddhist: Mahayana New Year
Celebrates the Buddhist New Year in Mahayana traditions.
January 20 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Honors the civil rights leader and his contributions to equality.
January 27 – International Day of Commemoration in Memory of Victims of the Holocaust
Remembers the victims of the Holocaust and promotes Holocaust education.
Learn more about January diversity days with our web-based DEI Calendar suite. Make sure to also check out our Heritage Months 2025 highlights.
February is dedicated to celebrating Black History Month, a time to honor the contributions, achievements, and rich history of Black Americans. This month also includes significant events that promote harmony and awareness across various cultural and health-related spectrums.
February 1 – UN: World Interfaith Harmony Week
Promotes harmony between all people regardless of their faith.
February 2 – Pagan and Wiccan: Imbolc
Celebrates the beginning of spring and the goddess Brigid.
February 4 – World Cancer Day
Raises awareness of cancer prevention, detection, and treatment.
February 17 – Washington’s Birthday (Presidents’ Day)
Honors the birthday of George Washington, the first U.S. President.
February 26 – Hindu: Maha Shivaratri
A major Hindu festival celebrating Lord Shiva.
Read more about February awareness days to celebrate with our February Diversity Calendar 2025, and check out our National Awareness Months 2025 blog post.
March is dedicated to celebrating Women’s History Month, a time to recognize the contributions and achievements of women throughout history. This month also features important observances across different faiths and cultures, emphasizing the importance of equality and diversity.
March 1 – Islamic: Ramadan
A holy month of fasting, prayer, and reflection for Muslims.
March 5 – Christian: Ash Wednesday
Marks the beginning of Lent, a season of fasting and prayer.
March 8 – International Women’s Day
Celebrates the achievements of women and calls for gender equality.
March 14 – Hindu: Holi
The festival of colors, celebrating the arrival of spring.
March 14 – Sikh: Hola Mohalla
A Sikh festival featuring martial arts, poetry, and community gatherings.
Discover more March religious holidays to celebrate with our Interfaith Calendar 2025.
April is dedicated to World Autism Month, raising awareness and promoting understanding and acceptance of people with autism. This month also includes diverse religious and cultural celebrations, highlighting the rich tapestry of global traditions.
April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
Promotes understanding and acceptance of people with autism.
April 12 – Jehovah’s Witnesses: The Memorial of Jesus’ Death
Commemorates the death of Jesus Christ.
April 13-20 – Jewish: Passover*
Celebrates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery.
April 14 – Sikh, Hindu: Vaisakhi
Marks the Sikh New Year and celebrates the spring harvest.
April 20 – Christian: Easter
Celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Learn about more April diversity events with our April Diversity Calendar 2025.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to promote mental well-being and reduce the stigma surrounding mental health issues. This month also includes events that recognize diverse cultural, religious, and social contributions to our global community.
May 12 – Buddhist: Vesak (Buddha Day)
Celebrates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha.
May 15 – Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Promotes digital accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities.
May 17 – LGBTQ+: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
Raises awareness of discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals.
May 17 – Veterans: Armed Forces Day
Honors the men and women who serve in the military.
May 28 – Baha’i: Ascension of Baha’u’llah*
Commemorates the passing of the founder of the Baha’i Faith.
Discover more May religious holidays or May heritage events with our May Diversity Calendar 2025. Make sure to celebrate diversity months 2025.
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, celebrating the diversity, history, and contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. This month also includes events emphasizing love, acceptance, and the importance of countering hate speech.
June 2-3 – Jewish: Shavuot*
Celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
June 7-10 – Islamic: Eid al-Adha*
A major Islamic festival commemorating the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son.
June 12 – US: Loving Day
Celebrates the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down laws banning interracial marriage.
June 18 – UN: International Day of Countering Hate Speech
Promotes efforts to combat hate speech worldwide.
June 19 – US: Juneteenth
Commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.
Learn more about different June religious holidays and June awareness days with our June Diversity Calendar 2025.
July is Disability Pride Month, celebrating the achievements and contributions of people with disabilities. This month also includes significant cultural and national observances that promote equality and inclusion.
July 4 – US: Independence Day
Celebrates the independence of the United States.
July 9 – Baha’i: Martyrdom of the Bab*
Commemorates the execution of the Baha’i co-founder.
July 14 – LGBTQ+: International Non-Binary People’s Day
Raises awareness of non-binary gender identities.
July 18 – UN: Nelson Mandela International Day
Honors the legacy of Nelson Mandela and promotes global peace.
July 24 – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Pioneer Day
Commemorates the arrival of the first Mormon pioneers in Utah.
Visit the July Diversity Calendar 2025 to learn more about all of the important July religious holidays and July heritage events.
August is Intersectionality Awareness Month, highlighting the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender. This month features events that promote understanding and advocacy for diverse and intersecting identities.
August 9 – UN: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
Celebrates the cultures and contributions of Indigenous peoples worldwide.
August 19 – UN: World Humanitarian Day
Honors humanitarian workers and advocates for those affected by crises.
August 21 – Jain: Paryushana begins
Marks the beginning of an important Jain festival focused on fasting and forgiveness.
August 26 – US: Women’s Equality Day
Commemorates the certification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.
August 27 – Hindu: Ganesh Chaturthi
Celebrates the birth of Lord Ganesha.
Explore more August diversity days and August awareness days with our August Diversity Calendar 2025.
September celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. This month also includes observances that promote mental health, safety, and equality.
September 10 – World Suicide Prevention Day
Raises awareness about suicide prevention.
September 11 – US: Patriot Day
Remembers the victims of the September 11 attacks.
September 15 – World Afro Day
Celebrates Afro hair and the cultural significance behind it.
September 18 – UN: International Equal Pay Day
Promotes the fight for equal pay for equal work.
September 23 – UN: International Day of Sign Languages
Celebrates sign languages and their importance for deaf communities.
Learn more about important September awareness days and September religious holidays on our September Diversity Calendar 2025.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, dedicated to raising awareness and promoting research for breast cancer. This month also features diverse cultural and religious events that foster inclusion and understanding.
October 1 – UN: International Day for Older Persons
Promotes the rights and well-being of older persons worldwide.
October 2 – Jewish: Yom Kippur*
The holiest day in Judaism, dedicated to atonement and repentance.
October 10 – World Inclusion Day
Encourages inclusive practices and environments for all.
October 15 – LGBTQ+: International Pronouns Day
Raises awareness about respecting and using correct pronouns.
October 20 – Hindu: Diwali
The festival of lights, celebrating the victory of light over darkness.
Explore more October heritage months and October awareness days with our October Diversity Calendar 2025.
November is Native American Heritage Month, celebrating the cultures, traditions, and histories of Native Americans. This month also includes observances that honor veterans and promote gender equality and remembrance.
November 11 – US: Veterans Day
Honors military veterans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
November 19 – International Men’s Day
Highlights positive male role models and issues facing men globally.
November 20 – LGBTQ+: Transgender Day of Remembrance
Memorializes those who have lost their lives due to anti-transgender violence.
November 27 – US: Thanksgiving Day
A national holiday for giving thanks and spending time with family and friends.
Visit here to read more about November diversity days with our November Diversity Calendar 2025.
December is Universal Human Rights Month, promoting the protection and advocacy of human rights for all. This month also includes diverse religious and cultural celebrations that encourage unity and peace.
December 3 – UN: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Promotes the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.
December 10 – UN: International Human Rights Day
Celebrates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
December 21 – Pagan and Wiccan: Yule*
Celebrates the winter solstice and the rebirth of the sun.
December 25 – Christmas
Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
December 26-January 1 – US: Kwanzaa
A week-long celebration honoring African heritage in African-American culture.
Discover even more insightful and interesting diversity days that you can celebrate during December with our Diversity Calendar Suite. You can also explore more inclusion opportunities with our Interfaith Calendar 2025.
We hope you’ve found this Diversity Calendar 2025 Highlights useful in your quest for DEI and learning more about DEI holidays 2025. Try out the full Online Diversity Calendar for all 1,000+ DEI events, religious holidays, and observances.
Diversity Resources is the leading provider of
inclusion training + daily belonging tools
By Lillie Therieau
Math worksheets seem like an easy answer when it comes to helping your child study. However, they’re the wrong approach altogether!
Math worksheets only ask students to solve problems, not demonstrate that they understand the underlying concepts. Many students may be able to solve a problem on a worksheet, but won’t be able to explain how they got there. Or, perhaps that they went about the process in the wrong way.
Math worksheets aren’t designed to check if a student truly understands a question. They’re just there to see if they can get the correct answer.
Plus, many parents end up helping their children or giving them hints on how to solve worksheet problems that they’re stuck on, defeating the purpose and creating even more uncertainty around the subject.
Elephant Learning founder Aditya Nagrath has this example, “In a problem like 7x3, a worksheet may display seven rows of three things. The worksheet tells the child that there are three things in a row, and seven rows. Then, the student hits a mental wall because then they can’t count them. Now you know, they're not using multiplicative thinking, they're using additive thinking and counting. This is not the right approach.” A worksheet problem allows children to employ the incorrect approach, even if they get to the right answer in the end.
Even if they don’t get to the right answer, a worksheet doesn’t explain why a problem works the way it does or runs through concepts to allow the student to figure out how to go about solving the problem.
Other methods and tools are necessary for thorough and effective math education. Math worksheets just aren’t cutting it.
Students often struggle to connect math concepts to the real world. They can seem abstract or opaque when they are laid out with simple printed numbers and symbols on a page.
Students must be able to connect these concepts and ideas to the practical ways that they function. An easy example that everyone knows is using groups of items to teach a child to count. That way, they’ll fully connect the words that represent numbers to the idea of quantity.
However, we shouldn’t stop there. Using a sliced pizza to understand fractions, or a sales exchange at a store to understand addition and subtraction are all helpful ways to reinforce the understanding of math concepts with physical examples.
The physicality and familiarity of these examples help students form stable understandings of the concepts. Rather than relying on rote memorization, conceptual understanding allows children to understand new problems and know how to solve them. They already know how these types of problems function on a conceptual level, so they can adapt and apply that knowledge to new contexts.
Plus, math class is progressive, building on older lessons to develop new skills. When students have a real-world understanding of the concepts, they’re better prepared to learn the next thing and build on top of what they’ve already learned. As EL founder Aditya Nagrath says, “conceptualized learning prepares children for long-term success in mathematics.”
Gamification is a strategy that introduces elements of playing a game to learning experiences, to engage and empower students. It’s a big part of how Elephant Learning is built, and we believe that it allows children to focus on learning and trying again.
Students get scored rather than graded and can compete against themselves. However, if they answer a question wrong, the stakes are low. After all, it’s just a game!
By removing the frustration of grading and adding in the fun of a game, gamification makes room for pure growth when it comes to math education.
When a student gets a question wrong on Elephant Learning, they’ll get sent back to questions that came before it and provide the foundation for the concepts at play in the missed question. They’ll answer those and work back up to the initial question that they missed.
Gamification allows students to sit with the questions and concepts and get to a point where they truly understand them. The goal is to get to an understanding where students can solve questions based on a certain concept no matter how they are presented and in any context or situation. That’s true conceptual understanding!
Where math worksheets wander into the abstract with simple printed symbols and numbers, Elephant Learning provides an imaginative and practical way for students to connect math concepts to the real world.
The questions and exercises are built around word problems and real-world scenarios, allowing students to make connections with what they already know.
Where math worksheets encourage memorization and getting the right answer above all, Elephant Learning teaches math as a language of concepts.
Students must understand why they are solving a problem in a certain way, and be able to apply the concepts they use to different scenarios and contexts. They gain a deeper understanding of underlying ideas, allowing them to more effectively build on their math knowledge.
Where math worksheets can cause anxiety around grades and instigate negative emotions around math, Elephant Learning removes the stress and emotion from the equation.
Using gamification and adaptive algorithms, EL uses a simple pass/fail system. Either you get the question right and go on to the next one, or you don’t, and go back a while to figure out where there might be a gap in your understanding. There are no bad grades, no consequences, and no math anxiety. It’s a continuous process, where growth is stressed above everything else.
Where math worksheets don’t provide the chance to learn from your mistakes, Elephant Learning grows and adapts with you. Mistakes are just another chance for further learning!
Math worksheets allow students to make mistakes in the answer or the process of getting to the answer without any way to address what went wrong. When worksheets are graded, students only know if they got an answer right or wrong, and they don’t learn from their mistakes. When using Elephant Learning, students who get an answer wrong get help figuring out where they made a wrong turn. The system goes back with them, to test fundamental concepts behind the question they missed.
They can correct any issues they had with previous concepts and get a refresher. Then, when they encounter the same question again, they’ll be poised to understand what they did wrong the first time and how they should go about answering the question now.
Although math worksheets will most likely stick around in your student’s future classes, they shouldn't be the only tool they have to study and make progress in math. They lack the conceptual depth, flexibility, and room for growth that a tool like Elephant Learning provides.
Math worksheets often breed math anxiety in students and can make them feel helpless or hopelessly behind when it comes to math. Plus, by encouraging students to memorize or get the right answer above all else, math worksheets skew a student’s perspective of what is important in math class.
Diversify your student’s math tools, because math worksheets just don’t cut it!
Elephant Learning accurately tests and evaluates kids at different grade levels to see if they truly get what they should be learning. It then adjusts what they’re learning to ensure they understand math conceptually right from the start. The app provides educational games for the kids while also providing parents with reports and information on how the app is actually teaching a concept. Parents will find games to play with their children outside of the app that further support learning. We break it down for you, telling you how to help your child along every step of the way and showing you how to identify your child’s misunderstandings simply. For instance, rather than correcting them or showing them how to do the math problem correctly, ask them why they think they’re correct; you’re going to see what they misunderstand nearly immediately and be able to give them a hint on how to overcome it. This way, Elephant Learning is empowering to the student, but it’s also empowering to the parent. You no longer have to be afraid to take your child’s math education into your own hands.
Enter your email address below to get started.