November 2024 Calendar for Event Planners
Hello, Friends!
November is a month full of important remembrances and celebrations including Native American Heritage Month and the International Day against Violence and Bullying at School (including Cyberbullying). Download a PDF copy of our free calendar for event hosts HERE.
The calendar highlights many of the celebrations, holidays, and days of recognition happening in November. It also includes related reading recommendations and planning tips for event hosts. Preview the calendar and explore an accessible list of content below. Have a wonderful November!
November 2024 Event planner’s Calendar:
Monthly Celebrations and Recognitions:
Native American Heritage Month
Career Development Month
Adoption Month
Family Literacy Month
Veterans and Military Families Month
Entrepreneurship Month
Family Caregivers Month
Weekly Celebrations and Recognitions:
November 9 - 15: International Week of Science and Peace
November 13 - 19: Transgender Awareness Week
November 17 - 23: Restorative Justice Week
November 18 - 22: American Education Week
November 18 - 24: World Antimicrobial Resistance Week
Holidays, Celebrations, and Recognition Days in November:
October 31 - November 1: Diwali (Hindu)
November 1: All Saints’ Day (Christian), Author’s Day, Autistics Speaking Day, Bandi-Chhor Divas (Sikh)
November 2: All Souls’ Day (Christian), Birth of the Bab (Baha’i), Día de los Muertos, End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
November 3: Birth of Baha’U’llah (Baha’i), Daylight Saving Time Ends, Guru Granth Sahib Gurayai (Sikh), International Day for Biosphere Reserves
November 4: Job Action Day
November 5: Election Day (US), World Tsunami Awareness Day
November 6: Guru Gobind Singh Jyoti Jot (Sikh), International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
November 7: International Day against Violence and Bullying at School (including Cyberbullying)
November 8: Parents as Teachers Day, STEM/STEAM Day
November 9: Go to an Art Museum Day
November 10: World Science Day for Peace and Development
November 11: Veterans Day
November 12: World Pneumonia Day
November 13: World Kindness Day
November 14: World Diabetes Day
November 15: Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s Birthday (Sikh), International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime, Nativity Fast Starts (Christian)
November 16: International Day for Tolerance
November 17: International ERG (Employee Resource Groups) Day, International Students Day, Take a Hike Day, World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
November 18: World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence
November 19: World Toilet Day
November 20: Africa Industrialization Day, Transgender Day of Remembrance, World Children's Day
November 21: Native Women’s Equal Pay Day, Rural Health Day, World Philosophy Day, World Television Day
November 22: Housing Day, Substitute Educators Day
November 23: International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
November 24: Feast of Christ the King (Christian), World Conjoined Twins Day
November 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
November 26: Day of the Covenant (Baha’i), World Sustainable Transport Day
November 27: Sikh Holy Day (Birth of Guru Granth), Ascension of Abdu’l-Baha (Baha’i)
November 28: National Day of Mourning (US), Thanksgiving (US)
November 29: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Native American Heritage Day
November 30: Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare, Small Business Saturday (US), St. Andrew’s Day (Christian)
Planning Ahead…
Don’t forget to recognize MLK Day in January. How will you celebrate with your community?
November is 3 Months from Black History Month.
In November, we’re also 6 Months from Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month.
November is 9 months out from International Peace Month. August is also a popular month for professional development, particularly for educators.
Recommended Reading for November 2024
The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America by Carrie Lowry Schuettpelz
My What If Year by Alisha Fernandez Miranda
American Shield: The Immigrant Sergeant Who Defended Democracy by Aquilino Gonell and Susan Shapiro
The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony by Annabelle Tometich
Welcome to our Future: Robot Friends, Fusion Energy, Pet Dinosaurs, and More! by Kathryn Hulick, Illustrated by Marcin Wolski
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
Horse Barbie by Geena Rocero
Wally & Freya: Restorative Justice for Kids by Lindsey Pointer, Illustrated by Stella Mongodi
Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School by Tiffany Jewell
This Way to Change: A Gentle Guide to Personal Transformation and Collective Liberation Poems, Prose, Practices by Jezz Chung
Failures of Forgiveness: What We Get Wrong and How to Do Better by Myisha Cherry
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
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