January 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.

• National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

• Muslim Heritage Month

• January 1 – The World Day of Peace

• January 1 – New Year’s Day

• January 1 – Kwanzaa Ends 

• January 2 – Hanukkah Ends

• January 10 – Anniversary of the death of Tyre Nichols in 2023 

• January 11 – National Human Trafficking Awareness Day

• January 14 – Mahayana New Year

• January 14 – Makar Sankranti

• January 14-17 – Pongal

• January 16 – National Religious Freedom Day 

• January 17 – Muhammad Ali Day 

• January 17 – Anniversary of the birth of James Earl Jones in 1931 

• January 17 – Anniversary of the birth of Michelle Obama in 1964

• January 20 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

• January 24 – International Day of Education 

• January 24 – Anniversary of the death of Thurgood Marshall in 1993  

• January 26 – Isra’ wa Al Miraj 

• January 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day 

• January 29 – Chinese New Year 

• January 29 – Lunar New Year 

• January 30 – Bloody Sunday