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April Observances


April 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.

  • Black Women’s History Month 

  • Earth Month 

  • Fair Housing Month 

  • Second Chance Month 

  • National Volunteer Month 

  • Global Volunteer Month 

  • National Arab American Heritage Month 

  • Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Heritage Month 

  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month 

  • Cancer Control Month 

  • National Minority Health Month (Minority Health Awareness Month) 

  • Language Access Month 

  • April 1-9 – Passover 

  • April 2 – Lent Ends 

  • April 2 – Maundy Thursday 

  • April 3 – Good Friday 

  • April 4 – Holy Saturday 

  • April 4 – Anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 

  • April 5 – Palestinian Children’s Day 

  • April 5 – Easter Sunday 

  • April 6 – International Asexuality Day 

  • April 6-12 – Public Health Week 

  • April 7 – International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda 

  • April 7 – World Health Day 

  • April 8 – Anniversary of the birth of Buddha around 563/480 BCE

  • April 9 – Anniversary of the Deir Yassin Massacre in 1948 

  • April 9 – Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 

  • April 10 – Anniversary of the birth of Dolores Huerta in 1930  

  • April 10 – Day of Silence 

  • April 11 – International Day for Maternal Health and Rights 

  • April 11-17 – Black Maternal Health Week 

  • April 12 – Orthodox Easter 

  • April 12 – Anniversary of the incident of Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. in 2015 

  • April 13-14 – Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)  

  • April 13-15 – Songkran (Theravada New Year)  

  • April 14 – Puthandu/Puthuvarusham/Varusha Pirappu (Tamil New Year)  

  • April 14 – Vishu (Malayali/Malayalam New Year)  

  • April 14 – Polia Baisakh/Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)  

  • April 14 – Tamil New Year (Hindu) 

  • April 15 – Anniversary of the birth of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington in 1922 

  • April 17 – Palestinian Prisoners Day 

  • April 18 – National Transgender HIV Testing Day 

  • April 19 – Nonbinary Parents Day 

  • April 19 – Anniversary of the death of Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. in 2015 

  • April 19-25 – Volunteer Recognition Week 

  • April 20-26 – Lesbian Visibility Week   

  • April 22 – Earth Day 

  • April 22 – Anniversary of the birth of Ollie Hammonds 

  • April 26 – Lesbian Visibility Day 

  • April 27 – Anniversary of the birth of Coretta Scott King in 1927  

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Passover

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April 2

Maundy Thursday