October 2012
National Disability Employment Awareness Month
www.dol.gov/odep/faqs/ndeam.htm
National Work & Family Month
www.awlp.org/awlp/nwfm/nwfm-home.jsp
Polish-American Heritage Month
www.polishamericancenter.com/heritmo.htm
Italian-American Heritage Month
http://italian.about.com/library/blniahmspecial.htm
German-American Heritage Month
www.germanheritage.com
October 1–7
Sukkot (Feast of Booths)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot
October 4
Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
October 5
National Diversity Day
http://www.nationaldiversityday.com/
October 7–13
Mental Illness Week
http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=mental_illness_awareness_week
October 8
Columbus Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_day
October 7
Shemini Atzeret
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemini_Atzeret
October 7
Simchat Torah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simchat_Torah
October 8
National Indigenous People’s Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_People's_Day
October 9
Leif Eriksson Day
http://en.wikipedihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson_Day
October 11
National Coming Out Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coming_Out_Day
October 11-13
2012 Women of Color STEM Conference
Dallas, TX
http://www.womenofcolor.net
October 11-14
SACNAS
http://www.sacnas.org/
October 13
DeafNation Expo
Pleasanton, CA
http://deafnation.com/deafnationexpo
October 18
Alaska Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Day
October 18
International Conflict Resolution Day
www.acrnet.org/crday
October 19
Women in Military Service for America Memorial 15th Anniversary Information Center
Washington, DC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_calendar
October 19-20
Birth of the Bab
http://www.womensmemorial.org
October 20
DeafNation Expo
Seattle, WA
http://deafnation.com/deafnationexpo
October 20–22
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 26th Annual Conference
Washington, DC
http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Annual_Conference1.asp
October 22–24
Society for Human Resource Management’s Diversity & Inclusion Conference
& Exposition
Chicago, IL
http://www.shrm.org/Conferences/Pages/default.aspx
October 24
Dussehra (Dasera) begins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayadashami
October 24
United Nations Day
www.un.org/en/events/unday/2011
October 26
Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha
October 29-November 1
2012 Out & Equal Summit
Baltimore, MD
http://outandequal.org/summit-2012
October 31
Halloween
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
October 31
Reformation Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation_Day
October 31
Samhain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain
