Myatt Center for Diversity and Inclusion
The Myatt Center for Diversity and Inclusion assists the University in promoting cultural diversity, awareness, and sensitivity throughout the campus community. Its programs, services and activities promote cultural identity and understanding within a multicultural environment.
All members of the University community – regardless of background – are welcome and encouraged to stop by and chat with the staff, browse the Myatt Center, and attend the Center’s sponsored events.
Below, you will see upcoming events and opportunities to participate in one of the Myatt Center’s workshop opportunities. We appreciate all members of this University community and are very comfortable meeting with students, faculty, and staff to hear your suggestions. Please reach out if you have any questions.
At the Myatt Center, we offer the following training and workshops:
Safe Space Training
Ally Identity Development
Trait, Behavior, Attitudes, and Decisions
Bystander/Upstander Intervention Training
Charger Pride Team Dynamics Workshop
Charger Pride Social Justice 101 Workshop
Charger Pride Social Justice 201 Workshop
Charger Pride Dealing with Tension Workshop
Charger Pride Implicit Bias/Unconscious Bias Workshop
Facilitation Skills Training
Intergroup Dialogue Experience
Archie Bunker’s Neighborhood/SimCity
Request through Charger Connection link here.
Phone: 203-932-7427
Email: CDI@newhaven.edu
Summer Hours
Monday through Thursday: 8:30am-4:30pm
Friday: 8:30am-1:30pm
Location
1st Floor of Gerber Hall
The University of New Haven, embodying a culturally and spiritually diverse community, recognizes that certain members of the University community may participate or observe practices that preclude them from attending to their regular duties whether as faculty members of students. On the occasions of such days, it is important for those of us who do not share in these same practices to accomodate their colleagues and peers.
RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS CALENDAR DURING THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR
FALL 2023 | DAYS | HOLIDAY | RELIGION |
June 27-June 28 | Tuesday-Wednesday | Waqf al Arafa | Islam |
June 28-June 29 | Wednesday-Thursday | Eid al-Adha | Islam |
July 18-July 19 | Tuesday-Wednesday | New Year – Hijri | Islam |
July 26-July 27 | Wednesday-Thursday | Tish’a B’av | Jewish |
July 27-July 28 | Thursday-Friday | Ashura | Islam |
August 1 | Tuesday | Lammas | Christian |
August 1 | Tuesday | Lughnasadh | Wiccan/Pagan |
August 1 | Tuesday | Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus | Orthodox Christian |
August 6 | Sunday | Transfiguration of the Lord | Orthodox Christian |
August 15 | Tuesday | Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Catholic Christian |
August 15 | Tuesday | Dormition of the Theotokos | Orthodox Christian |
August 29 | Tuesday | Beheading of St. John the Baptist | Christian |
September 1 | Friday | Ecclesiastical Year Begins | Orthodox Christian |
September 1 | Friday | Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth | Sikh |
Septermer 6-Septermber 7 | Wednesday-Thursday | Krishna Janmashtami | Hindu |
September 8 | Friday | Nativity of the Virgin Mary | Christian |
September 8 | Friday | Fast of the Nativity | Orthodox Christian |
September 11 | Monday | Paryushana Parva | Jain |
September 15-September 17 | Friday-Sunday | Rosh Hashanah | Jewish |
September 21-September 29 | Thursday-Friday | Mabon | Wiccan/Pagan |
September 24-September 25 | Sunday-Monday | Yom Kippur | Jewish |
September 26-September 27 | Tuesday-Wednesday | Mawlid an Nabi | Islam |
September 27 | Wednesday | Elevation of the Holy Cross | Christian |
September 28 | Thursday | Meskel | Ethiopian Christian |
September 29 | Friday | Michaelmas | Christian |
September 29-October 6 | Friday-Friday | Sukkot | Jewish |
October 1 | Sunday | Blessing of the Animals | Christian |
October 4 | Wednesday | Feast of St. Francis of Assisi | Catholic Christian |
October 6-October 8 | Friday-Sunday | Shemini Atzeret | Jewish |
October 7-October 8 | Saturday-Sunday | Simchat Torah | Jewish |
October 9 | Monday | Thanksgiving (Canada) | Interfaith |
October 16 | Monday | Birth of the Báb | Baha’i |
October 16-October 17 | Monday-Tuesday | Birth of Baha’u’llah | Baha’i |
October 18 | Wednesday | Saint Luke the Evangelist | Christian |
October 21 | Saturday | Milvian Bridge Day | Christian |
October 24 | Tuesday | Dasara | Hindu |
October 31 | Tuesday | Reformation Day | Protestant Christian |
October 31-November 1 | Tuesday-Wednesday | Samhain | Wiccan/Pagan |
November 1 | Wednesday | All Hallows Day | Christian |
November 2 | Saturday | All Souls Day | Catholic Christian |
November 12 | Sunday | Diwali | Sihk – Hindu – Jain |
November 14 | Tuesday | Jain New Year | Jain |
November 15-December 24 | Wednesday-Sunday | Nativity Fast | Orthodox Christian |
November 23 | Thursday | Thanksgiving | Interfaith |
November 24 | Friday | Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur | Sikh |
November 25-November 26 | Saturday-Sunday | Day of the Covenant | Baha’i |
November 26 | Sunday | Feast of Christ the King | Christian |
November 27-November 28 | Monday-Tuesday | Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha | Baha’i |
November 30 | Thursday | St. Andrew’s Day | Christian |
November 30 | Thursday | Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib | Sikh |
December 3-December 24 | Sunday-Sunday | Advent | Christian |
December 6 | Wednesday | Saint Nicholas Day | Christian |
December 8 | Friday | Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) | Buddhist |
December 7-December 15 | Tuesday-Friday | Hanukkah | Jewish |
December 8 | Friday | Immaculate Conception of Mary | Catholic Christian |
December 12 | Tuesday | Feast Day: Our Lady of Guadalupe | Catholic Christian |
December 16-December 24 | Saturday-Sunday | Posadas Navidenas | Hispanic Christian |
December 21-January 1 | Thursday-Monday | Yule | Christian |
December 24 | Sunday | Christmas Eve | Christian |
December 25 | Monday | Christmas | Christian |
December 26 | Tuesday | Zartosht No-Diso | Zoroastrian |
December 26 | Tuesday | Saint Stephen’s Day | Christian |
December 27 | Wednesday | Feast: John the Apostle | Christian |
December 28 | Thursday | Holy Innocents | Christian |
December 31 | Sunday | Holy Family | Catholic Christian |
December 31 | Sunday | Watch Night | Christian |
March 19 | Tuesday | Ostara | Wiccan/Pagan |
May 1 | Wednesday | Beltane | Wiccan/Pagan |
June 21 | Friday | Litha | Wiccan/Pagan |
SPRING 2024 | DAYS | HOLIDAY | RELIGION |
January 1 | Monday | Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God | Catholic Christian |
January 1 | Monday | Gantan-sai (New Years) | Shinto |
January 2 | Tuesday | Feast Day of Saint Basil | Orthodox Christian |
January 3 | Wednesday | Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus | Orthodox Christian |
January 5 | Friday | Twelfth Night | Christian |
January 6 | Saturday | Epiphany | Christian |
January 6 | Saturday | Feast of the Epiphany | Orthodox Christian |
January 6 | Saturday | Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) | Christian |
January 7 | Sunday | Baptism of the Lord Jesus | Christian |
January 9 | Tuesday | Nativity of Christ | Armenian Orthodox |
January 17 | Wednesday | Guru Gobind Singh Birthday | Sikh |
January 18-January 25 | Thursday-Thursday | Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | Christian |
January 20 | Saturday | Timkat | Ethiopian Orthodox Christian |
January 21 | Sunday | World Religion Day | Baha’i |
January 24-January 25 | Wednesday-Thursday | Tu BiShvat | Jewish |
January 25 | Thursday | Mahayana (New Year) | Buddhist |
February 1 | Thursday | Imbolc | Wiccan/Pagan |
February 1 | Thursday | Saint Brighid of Kildare | Celtic Christian |
February 2 | Friday | Candlemas: Presentation of Christ in the Temple | Christian |
February 3 | Saturday | Saint Blaze Day | Christian |
February 3 | Saturday | Setsubun | Shinto |
February 3 | Saturday | Four Chaplains Sunday | Interfaith |
February 10 | Saturday | Chinese New Year | Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist |
February 10 | Saturday | Conversion of Saint Paul | Christian |
February 12 | Wednesday | Triodion | Orthodox Christian |
February 14 | Wednesday | Saint Valentine’s Day | Christian |
February 14 | Wednesday | Vasant Panchami | Hindu |
February 15 | Saturday | Nirvana Day | Buddhism |
February 24 | Saturday | Maghi | Sikh |
February 25 | Sunday | Triodion Begins | Orthodox Christian |
February 26-February 29 | Monday-Thursday | Intercalary Days | Baha’i |
February 29-March 19 | Thursday-Tuesday | Nineteen Day Fast | Baha’i |
March 1 | Friday | Saint David of Wales | Christian |
March 8 | Friday | Maha Shivaratri | Hindu |
March 10 | Sunday | Meatfare | Orthodox Christian |
March 7 | Sunday | Cheesefare Sunday | Orthodox Christian |
Vasant Panchami |