Month-Long Observances:
Pride Month
Caribbean American Heritage Month
Immigrant Heritage Month
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Men’s Health Month
PTSD Awareness Month
Religious or Cultural Observances:
Feast of Corpus Christi (6/4), Christian
Al-Hijrah / Islamic New Year (6/16), Islamic
Juneteenth (6/19), Black American / U.S.
Litha / Summer Solstice (6/21), Pagan / Wiccan / Druid
Nativity of St. John the Baptist (6/24), Christian
Ashura (6/25-6/26), Islamic
Dates of Significance:
Loving Day (6/12)
World Day Against Child Labour (6/12)
World Refugee Day (6/20)
Father’s Day (6/21)
International Yoga Day (6/21)
Summer Solstice (6/21)
World Music Day (6/21)
Library Resources:
Links shared are ebooks, all others are physical resources in our Behind the Eyes Collection.
Month-Long Observances:
Pride Month
Immigrant Heritage Month
The Immigrant Rights Movement: The Battle over National Citizenship by Walter J Nicholls
Immigrant Life in the US: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives by Donna R. Gabaccia and Colin Wayne Leach
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Leaving Tinkertown by Tanya Ward Goodman
Alzheimer’s Disease by Robert L. Martone and Nancy A. Piotrowski
PTSD Awareness Month
Post-traumatic stress disorder by Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health
Religious or Cultural Observances:
Juneteenth (6/19), Black American / U.S.
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
Juneteenth by Salem Press Encyclopedia