Activities

The AAUW Socorro Branch is busy! With ongoing activities, monthly presentations, open events, and much more, we’re on the go. Want to see what’s going on, or what we’ve been doing? Check out the upcoming and past event pages!

 

Months & Dates of Potential Interest

January – National Mentoring Month, Poverty in America Awareness Month, Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month

    • January 1 – New Year’s Day
    • January 15 – World Religion Day
    • January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    • January 19 – Women’s Healthy Weight Day
    • January 24 – International Day of Education
    • January 26 – International Customs Day
    • January 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February – Black History Month, International Month of Black Women in the Arts, National Women Inventors Month, Women’s Role in History Month

    • February 1 – National Freedom Day
    • February 3 – National Women Physicians Day, National Women’s Heart Day
    • February 4 – Rosa Parks Day
    • February 11 – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
    • February 14 – League of Women Voter’s Day
    • February 15 – International Childhood Cancer Day
    • February 20 – World Day of Social Justice
    • February 21 – Mardi Gras
    • February 25 – Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

March – National Women’s History Month, Ethnic Equality Month, Gender Equality Month, Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, Greek-American Heritage Month, Irish-American Heritage Month

    • March 3 – Employee Appreciation Day
    • March 8 – International Women’s Day
    • March 12 – National Working Mom’s Day
    • March 14 – Pi π Day
    • March 15 – Equal Pay Day
    • March 21 – World Down Syndrome Day
    • March 23 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
    • March 31 – International Transgender Day of Visibility

April – National Volunteer Month, Autism Awareness Month, Financial Literacy Month, Earth Month, Celebrate Diversity Month, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Arab-American Heritage Month

    • April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
    • April 22 – Earth Day
    • April 28 – World Women’s Health Day

May – Mental Health Awareness Month, Women’s Health Care Month, South Asian American Heritage Month, National Asian American and South Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Haitian Heritage Month, Indian Heritage Month, Jewish-American Heritage Month

    • May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
    • May 20 – National Women in Aerospace Day
    • May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
    • May 24 – International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament
    • May 28 – International Day of Action on Women’s Health
    • May 29 – Memorial Day

June –  Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, LGBTQ+ Pride Month, National Caribbean American Heritage Month

    • June 5 – World Environment Day
    • June 11 – Race Unity Day
    • June 19 – Juneteenth
    • June 23 – Women in Engineering Day

July – French-American Heritage Month, Disability Pride Month

    • July 4 – Independendence Day
    • July 11 – World Populace Day
    • July 26 – National Disability Independence Day (commemorates the signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act)
    • July 30 – International Day of Friendship

August – National Civility Month

    • August 1 – National Girlfriends Day
    • August 6 – National Sister’s Day
    • August 9 – National Women’s Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
    • August 19 – World Humanitarian Day
    • August 21 – Senior Citizens Day
    • August 22 – American Business Women’s Day
    • August 26 – Women’s Equality Day

September – Hispanic Heritage Month, Suicide Prevention Month, Pain Awareness Month, National Yoga Month, National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, National Guide Dog Month

    • September 4 – Labor Day
    • September 5 – International Day of Charity
    • September 12 – National Police Woman Day
    • September 13 – Grandparents Day
    • September 15 – International Day of Democracy
    • September 17 – National Women’s Friendship Day
    • September 18 – International Equal Pay Day
    • September 20 – Wife Appreciation Day
    • September 21 – International Day of Peace, World Gratitude Day
    • September 22 – Business Women’s Day, ​National Voter Registration Day, National Native American Day
    • September 25 – National Daughters Day
    • September 27 –  National Women’s Health and Fitness Day

October – Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bullying Prevention Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, LGBTQ History Month, National Work and Family Month, National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, National Arts & Humanities Month, Family History Month, Filipino-American Heritage Month, German-American Heritage Month, Italian-American Heritage Month, Polish American Heritage Month

    • October 2 – International Day of Nonviolence
    • October 9 – National Indigenous Peoples’ Day (United States)
    • October 10 – World Mental Health Day
    • October 11 – International Day of the Girl
    • October 18 – World Menopause Day
    • October 31 – Halloween

November – Diabetes Awareness Month, Academic Writing Month, National Novel Writing Month, National Native American Indian/Alaskan Native Heritage Month

    • November 1 – National Stress Awareness Day
    • November 3 – National Homemaker Day, National Housewife Day
    • November 9 – World Freedom Day
    • November 11 – Remembrance/Veterans Day
    • November 13 – World Kindness Day
    • November 14 – International Girls Day
    • November 19 – Women Entrepreneurs Day
    • November 20 – Transgender Day of Remembrance
    • November 23 – Thanksgiving
    • November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
    • November 30 – Native Women’s Equal Pay Day

December – Universal Human Rights Month, HIV/AIDS Awareness Month

    • December 1 – National Women Support Women Day
    • December 3 – International Day for People with Disabilities
    • December 5 – International Volunteer Day
    • December 6 – National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
    • December 10 – International Human Rights Day
    • December 21 – National Short Girl Appreciation Day
    • December 25 – Christmas

 

EQUAL PAY DAYS

A Symbolic Date
Equal Pay Day denotes how far into the new year women must work to be paid what men were paid the previous year. Started by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996, the goal was to raise awareness about the gender wage gap. Since then, other Equal Pay Days have been added to the calendar to denote that mothers and most women of color face a wider-than-average gap and need to work even longer to catch up to men’s earnings.

National Equal Pay Days:
February 11 – Asian American women’s Equal Pay Day
March 31 – All women’s Equal Pay Day
June 4 – Mother’s Equal Pay Day
August 13 – Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
October 1 – Native Women’s Equal Pay Day
October 29 – Latina Women’s Equal Pay Day