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
National 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
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Cancer Control Month
National Minority Health Month (Minority Health Awareness Month)
April 4 – Day of Silence
April 4 – Anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968
April 5 – Palestinian Children’s Day
April 6 – Rama Navami
April 7 – World Health Day
April 7 – International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
April 7-13 – Public Health Week
April 8 – Anniversary of the birth of Buddha around 563/480 Before Common Era
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 11 – International Day for Maternal Health and Rights
April 11-17 – Black Maternal Health Week
April 12 – Hanuman Jayanti
April 12 – Anniversary of the incident of Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. in 2015
April 12-20 – Passover (Pesach)
April 13 – Palm Sunday
April 13-15 – Songkran (Theravada New Year)
April 14 – Puthandu (Tamil New Year)
April 14 – Vishu (Malayali New Year)
April 14 – Poila Baisakh/Pohela Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
April 15 – Anniversary of the birth of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington in 1922
April 17 – Maundy Thursday
April 17 – Palestinian Prisoners Day
April 18 – Good Friday - CRS Closed
April 19 – Anniversary of the death of Freddie Carlos Gray Jr. in 2015
April 20 – Easter Sunday
April 20-26 – Volunteer Recognition Week
April 21-27 – Lesbian Visibility Week
April 22 – Earth Day
April 22 – Anniversary of the birth of Ollie Hammonds
April 23-24 – Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah)
April 26 – Lesbian Visibility Day
April 27 – Anniversary of the birth of Coretta Scott King in 1927