Below is a list of the widely recognized awareness months and day(s) for a specific group, culture or cause. These awareness months and day(s) are intended to help raise awareness and understanding for the group, culture or cause, not trivialize.
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month | Poverty in America Awareness Month |
| 1 | Global Family Day/World Peace Day |
| 4 | World Braille Day |
| 16 | World Religion Day |
| 17 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| 26 | International Customs Day |
| 27 | International Holocaust Remembrance Day |
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| All Month | National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month | |
| All Month | Haitian Heritage Month | |
| All Month | Indian Heritage Month | |
| All Month | Jewish-American Heritage Month | |
| All Month | Mental Health Month | |
| All Month | South Asian Heritage Month | |
| All Month | Personal History Awareness Month | |
| All Month | Speech and Hearing Awareness Month | |
| All Month | Older Americans Month | |
| 1-2 | The Twelfth Day of Ridvan | |
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| 5 | Cinco de Mayo | |
| 8-9 | Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost their Lives during WWII | |
| 10 | National Fentanyl Day | |
| 21 | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development | |
| 22 | International Day for Biological Diversity | |
| 23 | Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz, Shavuot | |
| 29 | Ascension of Bahau'llah | |
| 30 | Memorial Day |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month | Hispanic Heritage Month |
| All Month | National Guide Dog Month |
| 5 | Labor Day |
| 11 | Patriot Day |
| 15 | International Day of Democracy |
| 16 | Mexican Independence Day |
| 17 | Constitution Day (Citizenship Day) |
| 19 | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 21 | International Day of Peace |
| 25-27 | Rosh Hashanah |
| 26 | European Languages Day |
| 27 | World Tourism Day |
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| All Month | Black History Month | |
| All Month | Canadian History Month | |
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| 14 | St. Valentine's Day | |
| 15 | Nirvana Day (Parinirvana) | |
| 20 | World Day of Social Justice | |
| 21 | President's Day | |
| 26 | Lunar New Year |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized | |
| All Month | National Caribbean American Heritage Month | |
| All Month | LGBT Pride Month | |
| All Month | Black Music Month | |
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| 12 | Loving Day | |
| 19 | Juneteenth | |
| 21 | National Indigenous People's Day | |
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| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month | Bullying Prevention Month |
| All Month | Domestic Violence Awareness Month |
| All Month | AIDS Awareness Month |
| All Month | Down Syndrome Awareness Month |
| All Month | Family History Month |
| All Month | Filipino-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | Italian-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | LGBT History Month |
| All Month | National Disability Employment Awareness Month |
| All Month | National German Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15) |
| All Month | National Work and Family Month |
| All Month | Polish-American Heritage Month |
| 1 | German American Heritage Day |
| 2 | International Day of Non-Violence |
| 4-5 | Yom Kippur |
| 9-16 | Sukkot |
| 10 | World Mental Health Day |
| 10 | National Native American Day |
| 11 | National Coming Out Day |
| 12 | National Stop Bullying Day |
| 15 | White Cane Safety Day |
| 17-18 | Birth of the Bab in Shiraz |
| 17 | Spirit Day |
| 22 | International Stuttering Awareness Day |
| 26-27 | Birth of Baha’u’llah |
| 31 | Halloween |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized | |
| All Month | Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month | |
| All Month | Greek-American Heritage Month | |
| All Month | Gender Equality Month | |
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| All Month | Ethnic Equality Month | |
| All Month | National Women's History Month | |
| All Month | National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month | |
| 1 | Mardi Gras | |
| 2 | Ash Wednesday | |
| 8 | International Women's Day | |
| 8 | United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace | |
| 11 | World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film | |
| 14 | Pi Day | |
| 16 | St. Urho day | |
| 16-17 | Purim | |
| 17 | St. Patrick's Day | |
| 20-21 | Naw-Ruz (Baha'i New Year) | |
| 25 | International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
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| 4 | Independence Day | |
| 4 | Filipino-American Friendship Day | |
| 9 | The Martyrdom of the Bab | |
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| 14 | Women in Military Service for America Memorial Anniversary | |
| 17-18 | Tisha B'Av | |
| 24 | Pioneer Day | |
| 26 | Americans with Disabilities Act Signed—"Disability Independence Day" |
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| All Month | National American History & Founders Month | |
| All Month | National Native American Heritage Month | |
| All Month | National American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month | |
| 1-2 | Day of the Dead | |
| 9 | World Freedom Day | |
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| 13 | World Kindness Day | |
| 16 | International Day for Tolerance | |
| 17 | International Students' Day | |
| 20 | Transgender Day of Remembrance | |
| 24 | Thanksgiving |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month | Community Service Month |
| All Month | Earth Month |
| All Month | Autism Awareness Month |
| All Month | Arab-American Heritage Month |
| All Month | Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month |
| All Month | Celebrate Diversity Month |
| 2 | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 2 | Ramadan Begins |
| 7 | International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda |
| 15 | Passover Starts |
| 17 | Easter |
| 20 | Youth Homelessness Matters Day |
| 21 | First Day of Ridvan—Festival of Ridvan |
| 22 | Earth Day |
| 23 | Passover Ends |
| 24 | National Day of Silence |
| 29 | The Ninth Day of Ridvan |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month | National Civility Month |
| 9 | International Day of the World’s Indigenous People |
| 13 | International Lefthanders Day |
| 19 | World Humanitarian Day |
| 23 | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition |
| 26 | Women’s Equality Day |
| Day(s) | Group, Culture or Cause Recognized |
| All Month | Universal Human Rights Month |
| 1 | World AIDS Day |
| 2 | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery |
| 3 | International Day for People with Disability |
| 10 | International Human Rights Day |
| 18-26 | Hanukkah |
| 20 | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 25 | Christmas |
| 26-Jan. 1 | Kwanzaa |
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St. Sylvester |