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Cultural Heritage Month Celebrations

Honoring and Lifting Up SCU's Diverse Community

SCU Cultural Heritage Celebrations are periods within the year to honor, amplify, and acknowledge all members of the SCU community. In addition to uplifting diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences, these celebrations serve to educate our SCU community. 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 throughout the 2025-2026 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.
  • We welcome suggestions on additional ways to celebrate all members of the SCU community.  
Cultural Heritage Months

Hispanic/Latiné/x Heritage Month

September 15 - October 15


Disability Awareness Month

Month of October

Native American/American Indian Heritage Month

Month of November

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 19, 2026


Fred T. Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution

January 30, 2026


Black Joy Month

Month of February


Women's History Month

Month of March


Celebrating Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta

Late March through mid-April


Asian Pacific Islander South Asian (APISA) Heritage Month

Month of May


LGBTQ+ Pride Month

Mid-May - June


How to Get Involved

The Office for Campus Climate and Belonging along with 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.

Please reach out to Ray Plaza (rplaza@scu.edu) for questions.