June

This diversity calendar starts with month-long celebrations:

• LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

• AIDS Awareness Month

• Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month

• National Caribbean American Heritage Month

June 4-6: Shavuot, a Jewish holiday that commemorates the spring harvest and the giving of the Torah.

June 5: Pentecost, a Christian holiday commemorating when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles.

June 12: Loving Day, celebrating the anniversary of the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia that made interracial marriage legal.

June 12: Anne Frank Day, celebrating the birthday of the young Jewish hero.

June 13: Race Unity Day, a Baha'i holiday founded in 1957.

June 15: Native American Citizenship Day, which commemorates when the U.S. Congress passed legislation recognizing the citizenship of Native Americans in 1924.

June 19: Juneteenth, a holiday that originally commemorated when the abolition of slavery was announced in Texas in 1865 and is now a broader celebration of Black freedom and achievement.

June 19: All Saints' Day, an Orthodox celebration of all known and unknown Christian saints.

June 20: Father's Day.

June 20: World Refugee Day, marked by the UN to encourage public awareness and refugee support.

June 24: Litha, the summer solstice celebrated by Pagans.

June 26: Anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in the U.S., which happened via the Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015.