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- National Bullying Prevention Month A campaign to unite communities nationwide to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention.
- October Full Month LGBT History Month Marks and celebrates the lives and achievements of lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender people in the United States.
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month recognizes the contributions of workers with disabilities.
- National Italian American Heritage Month
- Adopt a Dog Month
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Customer Service Week
- Dental Hygiene Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Energy Awareness Month
- Vegetarian Awareness Month
- National Physical Therapy Month
- National Cyber Security Awareness Month
- National Crime Prevention Month
- National Book Month
- Healthy Lung Awareness Month
- October 2 – INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE Marked on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence, a U.N commemoration promoting the principle of non-violence and the desire to secure a culture of peace, tolerance and understanding.
- October 5 – WORLD TEACHER’S DAY Held annually to commemorate teacher organizations worldwide.
- October 6 – GERMAN AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY (USA)
- October 7 – SHEMINI ATZERET Jewish “The Eighth (Day) of Assembly” is observed on the day immediately following Sukkot.
- October 8– SIMCHAT TORAH Jewish “Rejoicing in the Torah” celebrates the conclusion of the public reading of the Pentateuch and its beginning anew.
- October 9 – INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY (Native American Day) Celebrates and honors Native American history and culture. [The second Monday of October is also marked as a U.S. federal holiday, Columbus Day. Many people are opposed to the celebration of a man who led and committed atrocities against Indigenous people.
Some states and cities in the U.S. have officially changed the day to Indigenous People’s Day. Similarly, it is celebrated as Día de la Raza, “Day of the Race”, in Spanish-speaking countries and communities.] - October 11 – COMING OUT DAY Encourages honesty and openness about being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Commemorates October 11, 1987, when 500,000 people marched on Washington, DC, for gay and lesbian equality.
- October 15-24 – NAVARATRI Hindu Nine-day festival celebrating the triumph of good over evil. It worships God in the form of the universal mother commonly referred to as Durga, Devi or Shakti, and marks the start of fall.
- October 15 – DUSSEHRA/DASSERA Hindu Anniversary of the day when Rama killed the evil demon Ravana. Also known as Durga Puja, which celebrates the goddess Durga.
- October 16 – BIRTH OF THE BÁB Bahá’í observance of the anniversary of the birth in 1819 of Siyyid, “the Báb,” the prophetherald of the Bahá’í Faith, in Shíráz, Persia.
- October 17 – INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY -Call to
- action for the eradication of poverty and destitution worldwide.
- October 24 – UNITED NATIONS DAY commemorates the founding of the world
- organization in 1945.
- October 31 – REFORMATION DAY Christian Commemorates the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in 1517.
- October 31 – HALLOWEEN
