June 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.
Pride Month
Torture Awareness Month
National Gun Violence Awareness Month
National Men’s Health Month
National Cancer Survivors Month
National Homeownership Month
African American Music Appreciation Month/Black Music Month
May 31-June 1 – Tulsa-Greenwood Race Massacre Anniversary
June 4 – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
June 5 – Tyre Nichols’ Birthday
June 5 – Breonna Taylor’s Birthday
June 5 – Naksa Day
June 5 – World Environment Day
June 7 – National Gun Violence Awareness Day
June 7-9 – Wear Orange
June 11-13 – Shavout (Jewish)
June 12 – Pulse Night of Remembrance
June 12 – World Day Against Child Labour
June 12 – Anne Frank’s Birthday
June 12 – Anniversary of the death of Medgar Evers in 1963
June 12 – Decision on Loving v. Virgina; Supreme Court ruled bans on interracial marriages unconstitutional in 1967
June 13 – LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day
June 13-19 – Certified Nursing Assistant Appreciation Week
June 14 – Flag Day
June 14 – Hajj
June 16 – Eid al-Adha
June 16 – Father’s Day
June 16 – Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising in 1976
June 17 – Anniversary of the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015
June 18 – International Day for Countering Hate Speech
June 19 – Juneteenth - CRS Office Closed
June 20 – Word Refugee Day
June 21 – ASK Day
June 23 – United Nations Public Service Day
June 23 – Anniversary of the death of former CRS Board Member Preston B. Kavanagh Jr. in 2023
June 24 – Anniversary of the UpStairs Lounge Arson Attack (Upstairs Lounge Fire) in 1973
June 25 – Sonia Sotomayor’s Birthday
June 25 – Tamir Rice’s Birthday
June 25 – Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 that legalized marriage between same-sex couples
June 26 – United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
June 28 – Anniversary of the beginning of the Stonewall Uprising (Stonewall Riots) in 1969
June 30 – Queer Youth of Faith Day
June 30 – International Day of Parliamentarism