DIVERSITY DATELINE

Holiday or Observance          Religious Group                                       Date

Shavuot                                       Jewish              June 1(evening) – June 3 (evening)

Day of Arafah                             Muslim                            June 5 (evening) – June 6

Eid al-Adha                                 Muslim               June 6 (evening) – June 7(evening)

Juneteenth                                                                                     June 19

Islamic New Year                       Muslim                          June 26 (evening) – June 27

• Shavuot celebrates harvest of the first fruits and commemorates the giving of the Torah and Commandments at Mount Sinai.
• Day of Arafah is the ninth day of the Islamic lunar month. This is one of the most important days in the Islamic calendar. It is the day that Allah perfected His religion, completed His favors upon His beloved Prophet Muhammad, and approved Islam as a way of life.
• Eid al-Adha is an important festival in the Islamic calendar. The festival remembers the prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to.
• Juneteenth combines the words June and nineteenth. It is a day commemorating June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that the enslaved people there were freed by executive decree. This day is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day.
• Islamic New Year is determined by the lunar calendar. It does not always occur on the same date of the Gregorian calendar, but will vary each year.

Holiday/Observance 

Pride Month                                                                                                Any

National Cancer Survivors Day                                                                First Sunday

National Higher Education Day                                                                   June 6

D Day                                                                                                              June 6

National Chocolate Ice Cream Day                                                             June 7

National Donald Duck Day                                                                            June 9

Flag Day                                                                                                         June 14

Father’s Day                                                                                                   June 15

World Refugee Day                                                                                        June 20

Summer Solstice                                                                                            June 20

Helen Keller Day                                                                                            June 27