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Newsletter | Summer 2022 | South Central MIRECC

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Calendar of Events July-September 2022

Here’s this quarter’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) calendar of events for VA-recognized holidays and months.

July

  • National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
  • 7/2 Civil Rights Act (1964)
  • 7/7-7/12 National Veterans Wheelchair Games – Tempe, Arizona
  • 7/18-7/23 National Golden Age Games – Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • 7/26 Americans with Disabilities Act Day (1990)
  • 7/26 U.S. Army First Desegregated (1944)

August

  • National Minority Donor Awareness Month
  • 8/7 Purple Heart Day (1782)
  • 8/7-8/12 National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic
  • 8/7-8/13 Assistance Dog Week
  • 8/14 Navajo Code Talkers Day (Navajo Nation)
  • 8/26 Women’s Equality Day (1920)
  • 8/28 March on Washington, “I Have a Dream” Speech (1963)

September

  • National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15)
  • Healthy Aging Month
  • National Service Dog Month
  • National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
  • 9/11-9/16 National Disabled Veterans Golf Clinic -- Iowa City, Iowa
  • 9/17 VFW Ladies Auxiliary Organized (1914)
  • 9/17-9/24 Bisexual Awareness Week
  • 9/21 World Alzheimer’s Day
  • 9/25 Disabled American Veterans Established (1920)
  • 9/25-9/27 Rosh Hashanah
  • 9/29 National Women’s Health and Fitness Day

Last updated: July 28, 2022