January 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 Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
Muslim Heritage Month
January 1 – New Year’s Day - CRS Closed
January 1 – World Day of Peace
January 1 – Kwanzaa Ends
January 3 – Mahayana New Year
January 10 – Anniversary of the death of Tyre Nichols in 2023
January 11 – National Human Trafficking Prevention Day
January 14 – Makar Sankranti (Pongal)
January 15 – Anniversary of the birth of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1929
January 16 – National Religious Freedom Day
January 16 – Al Isra’ Wal Miraj
January 17 – Muhammad Ali Day
January 17 – Anniversary of the birth of James Earl Jones in 1931
January 17 – Anniversary of the birth of Michelle Obama in 1964
January 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day - CRS Closed
January 24 – International Day of Education
January 24 – Anniversary of the death of Thurgood Marshall in 1993
January 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day