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Commemorative Dates

This group of Avisory Lessons has been curated to align with the LAUSD Calendar of Commemorative Events.  To review the entire calendar please click here. 

Interested in an Advisory Lesson for a commemorative date not listed here?  E-mail our team @ humanrelations@lausd.net. 

Obon - August 

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition - August 23

Rosh Hashanah -  learn about Jewish new year 

What happened on 9/11? - September 11

Yom Kippur - learn about the Jewish day of Atonement

Mexican Independence Day - September 16

Bi Visibility Day - September 23

California Native American Day - September 25

National Coming Out Day -  October learn about being an ally for LGBTQIA+ peoples

Indigenous Peoples Day - learn about the first people on whose land we stand

Unity Day - October - wear orange to take a stand against bullying

Dia de los Muertos - October 31 - November 2

Diwali - learn the Indian festival of lights

Transgender Day of Remembrance  - November 20

Let's Talk About Thanksgiving - November

World AIDS Day - December 1

Human Rights Day - December 10

Las Posadas -  learn about this Latin religious festival 

Hanukkah - learn about this Jewish commemoration 

Kwaanza -  learn about the annual celebration of African American culture

Wounded Knee Day - December 29 - learn about the 1890 massacre of the Lakota by US soldiers

Bodhi Day - learn about this Buddhist holiday

Holocaust Remembrance Day  - January 27

Lunar New Year  - February - learn about the new year celebrated by many Asian countries

Ramadan - April

Earth Day - April 22

National Day of Silence - April 23 - learn about standing up to LGBTQ+ bias 

Denim Day - April 27 - learn about standing up to sexual violence 

Stories of Excellence - Harvey Milk - May 22 - learn about the first openly gay person elected to California public office

Shavuot 2021- May Learn about the Jewish celebration 

Tulsa Race Massacre - engage students in learning and critical thinking about the race riots in Tulsa in 1921

Junetheenth - June 19 - learn about the day enslaved people in Texas learned about their freedom

Department Contact

Coordinator: Judy Chiasson, Ph.D Email: judy.chiasson@lausd.net Office email: humanrelations@lausd.net Phone: (213) 505-4744

 

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