March 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.

• Women’s History Month Significant Milestones

• Irish American Heritage Month

• Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

• National Nutrition Month

• Bisexual Health Awareness Month

• February or March (exact date unknown) – Anniversary of the death of Annelies (Anne) Marie Frank in 1945

• March 1 – International Women of Color Day

• March 1 – World Compliment Day 

• March 1 – Zero Discrimination Day 

• March 3 – I Want You to be Happy Day 

• March 5 – Anniversary of the death of Hugo Chavez in 2013 

• March 7 – World Day of Prayer

• March 7 – Employee Appreciation Day

• March 8 – Monica Helms created the Transgender Pride Flag in 1999

• March 8 – International Women’s Day 

• March 10 – Anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman in 1913

• March 13 – Anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020

• March 13-14 – Purim

• March 14 – Losar (Tibetan New Year) Ends

• March 14 – Holika Dahan

• March 14 – Anniversary of the death of Fannie Lou Hamer in 1977 

• March 14 – Holi

• March 14-15 – Shushan Purim

• March 15 – International Day Against Police Brutality   

• March 17 – Anniversary of the birth of Myrlie Louise Evers-Williams in 1933 

• March 17 – Saint Patrick’s Day

• March 17-23 – Higan-e

• March 18 – Supreme Sacrifice Day 

• March 20 – International Day of Happiness

• March 20 – Anniversary of the death of Dexter Reed in 2024

• March 21 – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 

• March 21-27 – Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination 

• March 22 – World Water Day  

• March 24 – International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims 

• March 25 – Anniversary of the death of Ida Bell Wells-Barnett in 1931

• March 25 – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade 

• March 29 – Ramadan Ends

• March 31 – Transgender Day of Visibility 

• March 31 – César Chávez Day

  March 31 – César Chávez and Dolores Huerta Day of Service