April is full of observances! Check out the entire list below and take action with CRS by engaging with our Facebook and Instagram posts that acknowledge these special designations.
Second Chance Month
Fair Housing Month
Black Women’s History Month
National Arab American Heritage Month
National Volunteer Month
Global Volunteer Month
Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Heritage Month
April 1-7 – Public Health Week
April 4 – Anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968
April 5 – Palestinian Children’s Day
April 6 – Hanuman Jayanti (Hindu)
April 7 – International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
April 7 – World Health Day
April 9 – Anniversary of the Deir Yassin Massacre in 1948
April 9 – Hindi New Year; Telugu New Year (Hindu)
April 10 – Ramadan Ends
April 10 – Eid al-Fitr Begins
April 10 – Anniversary of Dolores Huerta’s Birth in 1930
April 11-17 – Black Maternal Health Week
April 12 – Day of Silence
April 14 – Tamil New Year (Hindu)
April 14 – Vishu (Hindu)
April 14 – Bengali New Year or Poila Baishakh (Hindu)
April 15 – 102nd Anniversary of Mayor Harold Washington’s Birth
April 17 – Palestinian Prisoners Day
April 21-27 – National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
April 21-27 – National Volunteer Week
April 21-27 – Volunteer Recognition Week
April 22 – Earth Day
April 22 – Ollie Hammonds’ Birthday
April 22-30 – Passover (Jewish)
April 23 – Hanuman Jayanti
April 24 – Theravada New Year (Buddhist)
April 25-May 1 – Lesbian Visibility Week
April 26 – Lesbian Visibility Day
April 27 – Coretta Scott King Birthday’s