DEI Reflections for January 2022

Happy Holidays and New Year, MPI Colleagues!

The DEI Committee has been hard at work bringing you both educational events and important resources. We are excited to launch our new DEI Toolkit which we will share more information in the next few weeks.

We also had the opportunity to host a Community Chat in November and collaborate with MPI Potomac for a Community Chat in December. If you haven’t yet checked out this forum for connecting and learning, please consider joining us for our next one scheduled for January 18 where we’ll discuss the talk show from Events: From Black to White (November episode) which is a discussion between two industry professionals, Derrick Johnson and Carrie Abernathy around different DEI topics and how we can make changes in our industry.

Thanking you for joining us on this journey of learning and understanding so we can better serve our clients and produce more inclusive events.


Important Holidays to consider and celebrate this time of year:

Hmong New Year - December 30- February 2, 2022. Learn more here.

Hmong New Year is a time to honor ancestors and give thanks for the completion of the harvest.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – January 17, 2022. Learn more here

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday is an official day of service and celebrates the civil rights leader's life and legacy.

Asian Lunar New Year – Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Learn more here

Asian Lunar New Year is rich in tradition and marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar and also known as the spring festival. It is celebrated in many east Asian countries, including China, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, and South Korea. This year it will fall on Tuesday, February 1st, 2022, beginning a Year of the Tiger. The animals in the zodiac calendar are the dog, pig, rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, and rooster. Celebrations to usher out the old year and bring forth the luck and prosperity of the new one often include firecrackers, fireworks, and red clothes and decorations.