National Disability Employment Awareness Month www.dol.gov/odep/faqs/ndeam.htm
National Work & Family Month www.awlp.org/awlp/nwfm/nwfm-home.jsp
Polish-American Heritage Month www.polishamericancenter.com/heritmo.htm
Italian-American Heritage Month http://italian.about.com/library/blniahmspecial.htm
German-American Heritage Month www.germanheritage.com
October 1–7 Sukkot (Feast of Booths) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot
October 4 Feast of St. Francis of Assisi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
October 5 National Diversity Day http://www.nationaldiversityday.com/
October 7–13 Mental Illness Week http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=mental_illness_awareness_week
October 8 Columbus Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_day
October 7 Shemini Atzeret http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemini_Atzeret
October 7 Simchat Torah http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simchat_Torah
October 8 National Indigenous People’s Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_People's_Day
October 9 Leif Eriksson Day http://en.wikipedihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson_Day
October 11 National Coming Out Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coming_Out_Day
October 11-14 SACNAS http://www.sacnas.org/
October 13 DeafNation Expo Pleasanton, CA http://deafnation.com/deafnationexpo
October 18 Alaska Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Day
October 18 International Conflict Resolution Day www.acrnet.org/crday
October 19 Birth of the Bab http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_calendar
October 20 DeafNation Expo Seattle, WA http://deafnation.com/deafnationexpo
October 20–22 Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities 26th Annual Conference Washington, DC http://www.hacu.net/hacu/Annual_Conference1.asp
October 22–24 Society for Human Resource Management’s Diversity & Inclusion Conference & Exposition Chicago, IL http://www.shrm.org/Conferences/Pages/default.aspx
October 24 Dussehra (Dasera) begins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayadashami
October 24 United Nations Day www.un.org/en/events/unday/2011
October 26 Eid al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_al-Adha
October 31 Halloween http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
October 31 Reformation Day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformation_Day
October 31 Samhain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain
Reviewed/Updated Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
