Culture/DEIA Calendar
Organizational Health, Culture, and DEIA Events
July Events
Happy July NOAA!
Here are just a few of the disabilities highlighted in July.
Please feel free to share the attached flyers with your offices.
July - Disability Pride Month
July - Fragile X (FXS) Awareness Month
July - National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
July - Sarcoma Research Awareness Month
July 13 - Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST) Awareness Day
July 23 - World Sjogren's Day
July 24 - National Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) Day
July 26 - Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary
July 28 - World Hepatitis Day
July 30 - Gastroschisis Awareness Day
Work Life Balance
We are featuring the following webinars presented by WorkLife4YOU. These interactive webinars will provide valuable information to assist with work life balance and the management of life’s daily activities. Click the titles to register. These webinars will be held on the ZOOM platform.
Social Security Retirement Income July 16, 2024, 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET. Social security plays a big role in retirement planning. During this webinar session, you will learn strategies that will help you to maximize your benefits, the types of benefits, and how to calculate them, as well as other important factors to consider.
Caregiving: Putting YOU in the Equation July 25, 2024, 2:00pm – 3:00pm ET. This webinar session addresses the challenge of caregiving and offers guidance for achieving a healthy balance. The session will help you better identify priorities, achieve objectives, and offer ideas to help deal with stress.
As a culturally, ethnically, and racially diverse agency, the NWS uses the Special Emphasis Observance Programs to celebrate the diversity of our employees and this Nation's peoples; to enhance cross-cultural, cross-ethnical, and cross-racial awareness among its employees; and as a way of creating an environment that will enable all to reach their full potential in pursuing organizational and personal objectives. These programs recognize the achievements and contributions made by members of specific racial, ethnic, or gender groups in our society. The observances also promotes understanding, teamwork, harmony, pride and esprit among all groups, not just within the specific group being honored. The NWS asks all its employees to participate and attend these programs, typically consisting of speeches, lectures, films, and other events, produced throughout the year.The NWS, NOAA, the Department of Commerce, and the Nation benefit from the work of all Americans.
The NWS celebrates the following Special Emphasis Observances:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Holiday - January (3rd Monday)
National African-American History Month - February
National Women's History Month - March
National Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month - May
National Jewish Heritage Month - May
National Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month - June
Juneteenth
National Hispanic Heritage Month - September 15 to October 15
National Disability Employment Awareness Month - October
National American Indian Heritage Month - November
National Veterans Day - November 11