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Cultural Heritage Month Celebrations

Honoring and Lifting Up SCU's Diverse Community

SCU Cultural Heritage Celebrations are identified periods within the year to honor, amplify, and acknowledge various identity groups. In addition to uplifting diverse cultures, ethnicities, backgrounds and experiences, these celebrations serve to educate our SCU community on these groups’ histories and contributions to society. These are vibrant and community building moments that help us to center our shared human conditions, joys and lived realities.

SCU is committed to further enhancing and expanding its efforts around these Cultural Heritage months and other important commemorative holidays. The Cultural Heritage months are important moments of recognition and celebration that help reinforce the importance of belonging on campus and our ongoing commitment to a diverse and inclusive community.

  • To learn more about the respective celebrations and to get the updated listing of events, please refer to the months below. This resource is regularly being updated as we prepare for the 2024-2025 academic year.
  • If you want to get directly involved, we are seeking individuals that want to get active within the planning process. Please refer below for additional information.
Cultural Heritage Months
Navigate here to Hispanic/Latiné/x Heritage Month

September 15 - October 15


Navigate here to Disability Awareness Month

Month of October

Navigate here to Native American/American Indian Heritage Month

Month of November

Navigate here to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 15, 2024


Navigate here to Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution

January 30, 2024


Navigate here to Black History Month

Month of February


Navigate here to Women's History Month

Month of March


Navigate here to Celebrating Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

Late March through mid-April


Navigate here to Asian Pacific Islander South Asian Heritage Month

Month of May


Navigate here to LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Mid-May - June


How to Get Involved

The Office for Multicultural Learning (OML) within the Inclusive Excellence Division will be providing a more focused and coordinated institutional approach to the respective Cultural Heritage and commemorative holidays months. They will work in close collaboration with faculty, staff, and student partners in providing the SCU community opportunities to continue our collective learning and engagement that recognizes, examines, and values historical legacies of a diverse array of identities.

SCU departments, units and student groups that will be planning an event for a 2024-25 cultural celebration can submit an SCU Heritage Celebration Intake Form. The form will prompt your event to be included in the SCU Cultural Heritage Celebration Calendar.

Please reach out to Chris Harris (charris2@scu.edu) with questions.