DEI&B Updates for October 2026

Month-Long Observances

  • LGBT History Month

  • Down Syndrome Awareness Month

  • Dyslexia Awareness Month

  • Filipino American History Month

  • Italian American Heritage Month

  • Polish American Heritage Month

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month

  • Bullying Prevention Month

  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month

  • Global Diversity Awareness Month


Religious or Cultural Observances

  • Yom Kippur (Jewish, 10/1-10/2)

  • Sukkot (Jewish, 10/6-10-13)

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day (10/13)

  • Diwali (Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist, 10/20)

  • Birth of Bab and Birth of Baha’u’llah – Twin Holy Birthdays (Bahá’í, 10/22-10/23)


Dates of Significance

  • World Mental Health Day (10/10)

  • National Coming Out Day (10/11)

  • Blind American Equality Day and White Cane Awareness Day (10/15)

  • Spirit Day (10/16)

  • International Stuttering Awareness Day (10/22)

  • National Immigrants Day (10/28)


Library Resources
Anything that is linked is an eBook, anything that is not, we have in our Behind the Eyes Collection.


LGBT History Month

  • Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker & Jules Scheele

  • A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

  • The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag by Sasha Velour

  • The Real Lives of Transgender and Nonbinary Humans by Publish Your Purpose & Brandi Lai

  • The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History by Marc Stein


Dyslexia Awareness Month


Bullying Prevention Month


Religious or Cultural Observances

Indigenous Peoples’ Day (10/13)

  • An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

  • The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer

  • Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene

  • The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen by Sean Sherman & Beth Dooley

  • Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth Leatherdale

  • There There by Tommy Orange

  • The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline |

Birth of Bab and Birth of Baha’u’llah – Twin Holy Birthdays (Bahá’í, 10/22-10/23)


Dates of Significance

World Mental Health Day (10/10)