Honoring and Lifting Up SCU's Diverse Community
SCU Cultural Heritage Celebrations are identified periods within the year to honor, amplify, and acknowledge various identity groups. In addition to uplifting diverse cultures, ethnicities, backgrounds and experiences, these celebrations serve to educate our SCU community on these groups’ histories and contributions to society. These are vibrant and community building moments that help us to center our shared human conditions, joys and lived realities.
SCU is committed to further enhancing and expanding its efforts around these Cultural Heritage months and other important commemorative holidays. The Cultural Heritage months are important moments of recognition and celebration that help reinforce the importance of belonging on campus and our ongoing commitment to a diverse and inclusive community.
- To learn more about the respective celebrations and to get the updated listing of events, please refer to the months below. This resource is regularly being updated as we prepare for the 2024-2025 academic year.
- If you want to get directly involved, we are seeking individuals that want to get active within the planning process. Please refer below for additional information.
September 15 - October 15
Month of November
January 20, 2025
January 30, 2025
Late March through mid-April
Month of May
How to Get Involved
The Office for Multicultural Learning (OML) within the Inclusive Excellence Division will be providing a more focused and coordinated institutional approach to the respective Cultural Heritage and commemorative holidays months. They will work in close collaboration with faculty, staff, and student partners in providing the SCU community opportunities to continue our collective learning and engagement that recognizes, examines, and values historical legacies of a diverse array of identities.
SCU departments, units and student groups that will be planning an event for a 2024-25 cultural celebration can submit an SCU Heritage Celebration Intake Form. The form will prompt your event to be included in the SCU Cultural Heritage Celebration Calendar.
Please reach out to Chris Harris (charris2@scu.edu) with questions.