December is full of observances! Check out the list below and take action with CRS by engaging with our Facebook and Instagram posts that acknowledge these special designations.
National Human Rights Month
December 1 – Advent Sunday
December 1-24 – Advent
December 1 – World AIDS Day
December 1 – Anniversary of the Arrest of Rosa Parks in 1955
December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December 3 – Giving Tuesday
December 4 – Anniversary of the Assassination of Fred Hampton in 1969
December 5 – International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
December 6 – Anniversary of the death of Frankie Beverly in 1946
December 8 – Anniversary of the Buddha’s Enlightenment (Bodhi Day)
December 9 – International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime
December 9 – Tanzanian Independence Day
December 10 – Human Rights Day
December 14 – Anniversary of CRS’ Charter Day in 1882
December 15 – Unduvap Poya (Sanghamitta Day)
December 18 – Anniversary of the death of Yvette Smith in 1966
December 20 – The United Nations’ International Human Solidarity Day
December 21 – National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
December 24 – Christmas Eve
December 25 – Christmas
December 25-January 2 – Hanukkah
December 26-January 1 – Kwanzaa
December 29 – lkkl; Anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre