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Newsletter | Winter 2022 | South Central MIRECC
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Calendar of Events January-March 20221
Here’s this quarter’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) calendar of events for VA-recognized holidays and months.
January
- Emancipation Proclamation Implemented (1863)
- Poverty in America Awareness Month
- 1/4 World Braille Day
- 1/17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- 1/18 Paralyzed Veterans of America Founded (1946)
- 1/27 Liberation of Auschwitz (1945)
- 1/29 The Seeing Eye Established (1929)
February
- National Black History Month
- AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
- National Therapeutic Recreation Month
- National Senior Independence Month
- 2/1 Chinese New Year
- 2/11 National Shut-In Visitation Day
- 2/12 NAACP Founded (1909)
- 2/13 Marine Corps Women’s Reserve Created (1943)
- 2/15 Susan B. Anthony Day
- 2/14-2/18 National Salute to Veteran Patients Week
March
- Women’s History Month
- Deaf History Month
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- 3/8 International Working Women’s Day
- 3/21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 3/21 World Down Syndrome Day
- 3/21-3/25 LGBT Health Awareness Week
- 3/22 Tuskegee Airmen Activated (1941)
- 3/26-4/1 National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic
Last updated:January 28, 2022
In this Issue
— Affiliate Profile: Dr. Joshua Hamer
— Meet the SCMIRECC-IQuESt-CeMHOR DEI Committee
— DEI Corner
— DEI Calendar of Events
— Anchor Site Highlights
— New Clinical Education Resources
— Publication Highlights
— Pilot Grant Opportunity
— MIDAS Consultation Service
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