Diversity Calendar 

September
q       Racial Equity Week (National League of Cities)

October
q       Children’s Health Month (www.cpsc.gov)

November
q       Child Safety and Protection Month (www.americaspromise.org)
q       National Mix It Up Day (Southern Poverty Law Center / Teaching Tolerance www.mixitup.org)
q       World Peace Day (www.peaceday.org)

February:
q       African American History Month (Educational Resources http://www.familyeducation.com)
q       National Freedom Day
q       National Random Acts of Kindness Week
q       National Brotherhood and Sisterhood Week

March:  
q       International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – Mach 21, 2004
q       National Mental Retardation Month
q       National Women’s History Month http://www.nwhp.org
q       National Youth Violence Prevention Week www.ViolencePreventonWeek.org
q       No Name Calling Week www.NoNameCallingWeek.org     

“Words hurt. More than that, they have the power to make students feel unsafe to the point where they are no longer able to     perform in school or conduct normal lives.”

 April
q       Crime Prevention Month

May
q       National Mental Health Month
q       National Safe Kids Week