May 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.
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
May 1 – International Workers’ Day (Workers’ Day, May Day, Labour Day)
May 2 – National Day of Prayer
May 3 – World Press Freedom Day
May 4 – Start of the Freedom Rides in 1961; Anniversary of the start of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Riders in 1961
May 4-June 4 – National Returning Youth Month
May 5 – Cinco de Mayo
May 5-6 – Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) (Jewish)
May 7 – National Teacher Appreciation Day
May 8-9 – Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War
May 9 – Ascension Day
May 12 – Mother’s Day
May 12-13 – Yom HaZikaron (Jewish)
May 14 – Freedom Riders Face Bloodshed in Alabama in 1961
May 14 – Anniversary of the mass shooting at Tops Grocery Store in Buffalo, New York in 2022
May 15 – Nakba Day
May 15 – International Day of Conscientious Objection
May 16 – International Day of Living Together in Peace
May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia
May 17 – 70th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
May 19 – Pentecost
May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22 – Second Passover (Jewish)
May 22 – Harvey Milk Day
May 23 – Vesak, Buddha Day (Buddhist)
May 24 – Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day
May 25 – Africa Day
May 25-26 – Lag BaOmer (Jewish)
May 27 – Memorial Day - CRS Office Closed
May 28 – Amnesty International Day
May 28 – Anniversary of the Indian Removal Act
May 31-June 1 – Tulsa-Greenwood Race Massacre Anniversary