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