National Native American Heritage Month

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, this month honors Native communities in their cultures and traditions while raising awareness about the unique historical and present-day struggles of Indigenous people in the U.S.

National Family Caregivers Month

Proclaimed in 2012 by Former President Barack Obama. It honors the more than 40 million caregivers across the country who support aging parents, ill spouses or other loved ones with disabilities who remain at home.

November 11: Veteran’s Day

Veterans Day, a U.S. federal holiday honoring military veterans. The date is also celebrated as Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day, in other parts of the world and commemorates the ending of World War I in 1918.

November 13: World Kindness Day

World Kindness Day is a global day that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world. The purpose of this day, celebrated on November 13 of each year, is to help everyone understand that compassion for others is what binds us all together.

Need ideas?

• Buy coffee for the person in line behind you
• Send a friend a nice text
• Leave a nice note on a coworker’s desk
• Venmo a friend $5 for coffee with an inspirational message
• Leave a snack in the mailbox for your mailman/mailwoman
• Give a compliment

November 14: World Diabetes Awareness Day

This awareness day reaches over one billion people in more than 160 countries. Supporters chose the date in honor of Sir Frederick Banting, who, with Charles Best, discovered insulin in 1922.

November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance

Established in 1998 to memorialize those who have been killed as a result of transphobia and to raise awareness of the continued violence endured by the transgender community.

November 26: Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November since 1941 due to federal legislation, has been an annual tradition in the United States by presidential proclamation since 1863 and by state legislation. Traditionally, Thanksgiving has been a celebration of the blessings of the year, including the harvest. The first day after Thanksgiving Day—called Black Friday—marks the start of the Christmas shopping season.