Equal Opportunity Advisor
SPECIAL / ETHNIC OBSERVANCES AND AUTHORITY
| January: 3rd Monday | Observance: Martin Luther King Jr., Birthday Authority/comment: Public Law 98-144, Nov. 83 (Federal Holiday) |
| February 1-28 (29) | Observance: African American/Black History Month Authority/comment: First Presidential Proclamation, Feb. 76 |
| March 1-31 | Observance: Women’s History Month Authority/comment: Public Law 100-9, Mar 87 |
| April/May | Sunday to Sunday for Week Incorporating Yom Hashoah Observance: “Days of Remembrance” for victims of the Holocaust Authority/comment: Public Law 96-388, Oct. 80 |
| May 1-31 | Observance: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Authority/comment: First Presidential Proclamation, May 91 |
| August 26 | Observance: Women’s Equality Day Authority/comment: First Presidential Proclamation, Aug. 73 |
| 15 September – 15 October | Observance: National Hispanic American Heritage Month Authority/comment: Public Law 100-402, Aug. 88 |
| November 1-30 | Observance: National Native American Indian/Alaskan Native Heritage Month Authority/comment: Public Law 102-188, Mar. 92 |
