Month-long observances:

• Respect Persons with Disabilities

• Universal Human Rights Month

Important D&I calendar dates:

• December 1 – World AIDS Day

• December 3 – International Day for People with Disabilities

• December 5 – International Volunteer Day

• December 9 – Genocide Prevention Day

• December 10 – International Human Rights Day

• December 18 – Hanukkah begins at sunset (Jewish)

• December 21 – Yule Winter Solstice (Pagan)

• December 25 – Christmas (Christian)

• December 26 – Kwanzaa begins

• December 26 – Boxing Day (Great Britain and Commonwealth countries)

• December 31 – New Year’s Eve