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May Observances


May 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. 

  • Labor History Month

  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 

  • Mental Health Awareness Month 

  • May 1 – Pesach Sheni (Second Passover) Ends

  • May 1 – International Workers’ Day (May Day)

  • May 1 – National Law Day

  • May 2 – Anniversary of the birth of Nannie Helen Burroughs in 1879  

  • May 3 – World Press Freedom Day  

  • May 3 – International Family Equality Day 

  • May 3-9 – Public Service Recognition Week

  • May 4 – Start of the Freedom Rides in 1961 

  • May 4-5 – Lag BaOmer

  • May 4-June 4 – National Returning Youth Month  

  • May 5 – Cinco de Mayo

  • May 5 – International Day of the Midwife

  • May 5 – National Teacher Appreciation Day 

  • May 7 – National Day of Prayer 

  • May 8 – Anniversary of the birth of Ahmaud Marquez Arbery in 1994

  • May 8-9 – Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War 

  • May 10 – Mother’s Day

  • May 14 – Ascension Day

  • May 14 – Freedom Riders Face Bloodshed in Alabama in 1961 

  • May 14 – Anniversary of the mass shooting at Tops Grocery Store in Buffalo, New York in 2022 

  • May 14-15 – Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day)

  • May 15 – Nakba Day 

  • May 15 – International Conscientious Objection Day

  • May 16 – International Day of Living Together in Peace 

  • May 17– International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia  

  • May 17 – Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954

  • May 19 – Agender Pride Day 

  • May 19 – National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 

  • May 19 – Anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X in 1925

  • May 20 – Anniversary of the birth of Michael Brown in 2006

  • May 20 – Anniversary of the death of Nannie Helen Burroughs in 1961 

  • May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development 

  • May 21 – Afro-Colombian Day

  • May 22 – Harvey Milk Day 

  • May 24 – Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness Visibility Day 

  • May 24 – Pentecost

  • May 25 – Africa Day 

  • May 25 – Anniversary of the death of George Perry Floyd in 2020

  • May 25 – Memorial Day - CRS Closed 

  • May 26 – Anniversary of the death of U.S. Congressman Charles Bernard Rangel in 2025

  • May 28 – Amnesty International Day 

  • May 28 – Anniversary of the Indian Removal Act in 1830  

  • May 28 – Menstrual Hygiene Day 

  • May 29 – Ascension Day 

  • May 31-June 1 – Anniversary of the Tulsa-Greenwood Race Massacre in 1921 

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