This year the diversity committee has been writing articles for the newsletter highlighting a specific topic of interest that relates to either a day or awareness month for that issue. So far, we have covered Black History Month, International Women’s Day, Diversity Month and Older American’s Month. Throughout the year, there are many awareness days and months to cover and the current committee does not feel that we can do them all justice, so we need your help.
Are you someone who belongs to one of the diverse groups listed?
Do you have a naturalist you admire who belongs to a diverse group?
Do you volunteer with community members belonging to a particular diverse group?
Diversity Awareness Dates
| Black History Month | February |
| International Women’s Day | March 8th |
| National Women’s History Month | March |
| Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month | March |
| Celebrate Diversity Month | April |
| National Volunteer Week | April 18th – 24th |
| Older Americans Month | May |
| Asian Pacific American Heritage Month | May |
| Jewish American Heritage Month | May |
| World Day for Cultural Diversity | May 21st |
| Mental Health Month | May |
| LGBTQ+ Pride Month, | June |
| Immigrant Heritage Month | June |
| National Great Outdoors Month | June |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | July 26th |
| International Non-Binary Persons Day | July 14th |
| Nelson Mandela International Day. | July |
| Women’s Equality Day | August |
| Hispanic Heritage Month | September |
| Suicide Prevention Month | September |
| LGBTQ History Month | October |
| Mental Illness Awareness Month | October |
| Global Diversity Awareness Month | October |
| National Indigenous Peoples Day | October |
| National Coming Out Day | Oct 11th |
| International Pronouns Day | Oct 20th |
| Native American Heritage Month | November |
| International Men’s Day | Nov 19th |
| Native American Heritage Day | Nov 26th |
| International Day of Persons with Disabilities | Dec 3rd |
| International Human Rights Day | Dec 10th |
If you answered yes to the questions above, and would like to write about it for the newsletter, please get in touch with us at heartwooddiversity@gmail.com. Your article must be diversity related and must also link back to the work or values of the Master Naturalists.
We would also love to hear about any potential advanced training opportunities and volunteering opportunities that you may know about that helps us to learn more and reach out to the many diverse communities that our counties cover.
Some months may cover more than one diversity topic, so if we do not get round to publishing the article for that month, we will bank them up and publish them the following year when the awareness month comes back around.
If you would also like to help out with the committee, please email us at heartwooddiversity@gmail.com