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• 1/16: World Religion Day Panel - collaborators: Church Relations & Religious Life, Great Hall, 1 to 2 p.m.
• 1/29: Lunar New Year Celebration - partners: PIAAA, SGA, Student Lounge, 6 to 8 p.m. 

Holidays and Awareness Days: 

• 1/14: Makar Sankranti
• 1/20: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• 1/27: Holocaust Remembrance Day

February is Black History & Heritage Month

*All month: February Luminaries (highlighting OCU students, staff, and faculty)*

• 2/1: OKC Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Parade - collaborators: BSA, BLSA, NAACP, Downtown OKC, 2 p.m., Registration Required
• 2/4: Celebrate Black History & Heritage Month Tabling - partner: BSA, Outside of Caf, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• 2/5: ODEI Workshop: Becoming an Active Bystander by Dr. Talia Carroll, CETL 215, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
• 2/13: DAS Therapy Dogs Tabling Event, Outside the Caf, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• 2/25: Lessons in Leadership, Black History and Heritage Month Speakers, Clara Luper Legacy Committee, partnership with Student Affairs & Alumni Office, Great Hall, 1 to 1:50 p.m.
• 2/26: ODEI Workshop: Navigating Cultural Awareness & Humility at a Private Institution by Danielle Pullen, 214 Dulaney-Browne Library, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
• 2/26: Black History & Heritage Month Legacy Speaker - Bill Raynor, Petree Recital Hall, 6 to 7 p.m.

Holidays and Awareness Days: 

• 2/14: Valentine’s Day
• 2/15: Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
• 2/20: World Day of Social Justice
• 2/28-3/29: Ramadan begins (Muslim)

March is Women’s History Month

• 3/06: Celebrating International Women’s Day Market, Student Lounge 11:30 am to 2 p.m.
• 3/11: Women’s History Month Panel & OCU Influential Women Ceremony, Great Hall, 12 to 1:30 p.m.
• 3/12: ODEI Workshop Disability Laws and the Disability and Access Services Process by Kara Morrow, 214 Dulaney-Browne Library, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
• 3/27: DAS Therapy Dog Tabling Event, Outside the Caf, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Holidays and Awareness Days: 

• 3/05: Ash Wednesday (Christian)
• 3/08: International Women’s Day
• 3/31: Trans Day of Visibility

April is National Volunteer Month and National Minority Health Month

*All month: April Luminaries (highlighting graduating senior OCU students)*

• 4/15: Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Tabling - partner: PIAAA, Outside of Caf, 11:30 to 2 p.m.
• 4/17: DAS Therapy Dog Tabling Event, Outside the Caf, 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• 4/19: Celebrating Holi - partner Indian Association of ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥, Quad, 2 to 5 p.m.
• 4/19: Asian Youth Empowerment Conference, partnership with Asian District Cultural Association

Holidays and Awareness Days: 

• 4/2: World Autism Awareness Day
• 4/13-4/20: Passover (Jewish)
• 4/20: Easter (Christian)

May is Jewish-American Heritage Month and Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

• TBD: OCU Commencement
• TBD: OCU Law Commencement

Holidays and Awareness Days: 

• Haitian Heritage Month
• Indian Heritage Month
• Mental Health Awareness Month
• Speech and Hearing Awareness Month 

June is Pride Month

• 6/8: 39th Pride Parade, partnership with OUTLaws and Student Affairs, 39th St., 6 to 8 p.m.
• 6/18: Celebrate Juneteenth with ODEI, Student Lounge, 12 to 1 p.m.
• 6/29: Pridefest Parade, partnership with OUTLaws and Student Affairs, Downtown OKC 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Holidays and Awareness Days: 

• 6/19: Juneteenth

July

• 7/14 - 7/17: Emerging Stars Summer Academy