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Upcoming Events & Observations:
2026
2026
January
1/1 New Year's Day
1/2 Oscar Micheaux's Birthday
1/15 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
1/19 Annual MLK Pancake Breakfast
1/20 General Body Meeting
1/27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day
1/30 Night at the Museum
February
National African-American Read-In Month - See videos at our Branch YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@siouxfallsnaacp4102-b
Ethnic Equality Month
2/1 George Washington Carver Day
2/4 Transit Equality Day, Rosa Parks Day
2/7 All-ages Coloring Party at Good NAtured
2/7 National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
2/7-2/15 International Day of Black Women in the Arts
2/7-2/15 African Heritage and Health Week
2/12 NAACP Founder's Day, 1909
2/14 Charter date of Unit 4102-B, 1940
2/14 National Black Literacy Day
2/14 Black History Month Quiz Bowl at Augustana University
2/20 World Day of Social Justice
2/20 Skyforce game with the NAACP
2/17 General Body Meeting
2/27 Black Art Bash at ICON Lounge
2/28 Image Awards Viewing Party at Augustana University
March
Gender Equality Month
Women's History Month
3/1 International Zero Discrimination Day
3/8 International Women's Day
3/10 National Women and Girls' HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
3/14 Equal Pay Day
3/17 General Body Meeting
3/20 National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
3/21 International Race Relations Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
3/21-3/27 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination
3/25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
3/28 NAACP Resource Symposium
3/31 International Transgender Day of Visibility
April
Black Women's History Month
Financial Literacy Month / Financial Liberation Month
National African-American Women's Fitness Month
4/7 World Health Day
4/10 National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day
4/17 SD Absentee Voting begins
4/18 NAACP Resource Symposium
4/18 - 4/24 Global Campaign for Education Action Week
4/19 Absentee Voting begins
4/21 General Body Meeting
4/22 Earth Day
4/27 - 5/3 National Crime Victims' Rights Week
4/30 International Jazz Day
May
Haitian Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
5/5 National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
5/17 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
5/18 SD Voter Registration Deadline
5/19 General Body Meeting
5/20 Voter Registration Deadline
5/27 Memorial Day
June
African-American/Black Music Appreciation Month
Black Lives Matter Month
National Men's Health Month
National Soul Food Month
6/1 International Children's Day
6/2 SD State Primary Elections
6/2 - 6/8 Community Health Improvement Week
6/4 Primary Election
6/5 World Environment Day
6/6 Municipal Elections
6/9 Race Unity Day
6/9 National Children's Day
6/10 - 6/16 National Men's Health Week
6/12 Child Labor Day, World Day Against Child Labor
6/12 Democracy Day
6/16 General Body Meeting
6/18 National Black America's Day of Repentance
6/19 Juneteenth - Click Here for Statewide Celebrations Information
6/19 Open Road Fund Applications 2026
6/24 National Relationship Equity Day
6/27 National HIV Testing Day
July
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month - Six Black Mental Health Champions You Should Know
National Black Family Month
7/17 World Day for International Justice
7/19 Open Road Fund Application deadline
7/18 Nelson Mandela Day
7/18 - 7/22 NAACP National Convention
7/21 General Body Meeting
7/21 Racial Harmony Day (Singapore)
7/28 National Buffalo Soldiers Day
7/30 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
August
8/1 National Minority Donor Awareness Day
8/9 National Women's Day
8/9 International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
8/18 General Body Meeting
8/26 Women's Equality Day
8/27 Social Justice Sunday
8/31 International Day for People of African Descent
September
National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
National Suicide Prevention Month
9/5 Labor Day
9/11 Patriot Day
9/15 General Body Meeting
9/15 National Voter Registration Day
9/15 International Day of Democracy
9/15 to 10/15 Hispanic Heritage Month
9/16 Black & Brown Voter Registration Day
9/18 International Equal Pay Day
9/18 Absentee Voting Begins
9/21 National Black Women's Equal Pay Day
9/21 International Day of Peace
October
Black Speculative Fiction Month
LGBTQ+ History Month
10/2 International Day of Non-violence
10/2 - 10/6 National Voter Registration Education Week
10/9 Indigenous Peoples' Day
10/10 World Mental Health Day
10/11 National Coming Out Day
10/15 International Day of Rural Women
10/17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
10/19 Voter Registration Deadline
10/20 General Body Meeting
10/27 Black Entrepreneurs Day
November
Native American Heritage Month
Transgender Awareness Month
Diabetes Awareness Month
Men's Health Awareness Month
11/3 SD General Election Day
11/11 Veteran's Day
11/14 World Diabetes Day
11/17 General Body Meeting
11/25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
11/30 Native Women's Equal Pay Day
December
Universal Human Rights Month
12/2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
12/5 National AFL-CIO Day
12/5 International Volunteer Day
12/10 Human Rights Day
12/18 International Migrants Day
12/15 General Body Meeting
12/20 International Human Solidarity Day
12/26 to 1/1 Kwanzaa
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