DEI Committee Mtg & March DEI Calendar

If you already belong or have any interest in the DEI Committee, please join us in person or via Zoom, Thurs evening at Upper Cape Tech. [This is a bi-weekly meeting schedule.] 

Email Stacey for the Zoom link, if you have not received it. 
 

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In recent years, the world has gained a greater appreciation for diversity. Yet we can always do better. We’ve seen the need for improvement in various eras of history, form the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s to the Black Lives Matter Movement in the 2020s. A peaceful and prosperous society depends upon diversity and inclusion.

Thus businesses and other workplaces are working hard to create diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to ensure all people are valued. One way to do this is to use a diversity calendar with holiday and cultural events.

Below is a small diversity and inclusion calendar for this month. It includes religious holidays, heritage months, and monthly diversity program themes.

March Equality and Diversity Calendar 2023

Women’s History Month: honors the role of women in American history

March 8 – International Women’s Day: Aaday highlighting the political, social, cultural, and economic achievements of women

March 8 – Holi: Hindu holiday that celebrates the winter harvest and onset of spring

March 10 – Harriet Tubman’s birthday (observed): American abolitionist who is well-known for her key role in the Underground Railroad

March 17 – St. Patrick’s Day: feast day of a Catholic saint who inspires cultural and religious celebrations around the world

March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

March 22 to April 21 – Ramadan: the start of Islam’s sacred month — during this time Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from dawn until dusk