Spring! Family! Climate Crisis! Social justice! Gardening! Graduation! What else?
All month: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, National Bike Month
Awareness Month for: Mental Health, Lupus, Huntington’s Disease, Skin Cancer, Celiac Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and Lyme Disease
May 1: May Day, Save the Rhino Day, National College Decision Day
May 3: World Press Freedom Day
May 4: Star Wars Day, National Day of Prayer
May 5: Cinco de Mayo, Full Flower Moon
May 6: National Nurses Day (U.S.), World Naked Gardening Day
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 14: Mother’s Day (U.S. and Canada)
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
May 18: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
May 19: Malcolm X Day, New Moon, Bike-to-Work Day, Endangered Species Day
May 20: National Rescue Dog Day, Armed Forces Day, World Bee Day
May 22: Victoria Day (Canada)
May 23: World Turtle Day
May 29: Memorial Day (U.S.)
May 30: World MS Day
May 31: World No Tobacco Day
Notable Birthdays: Audrey Hepburn (May 4), Sigmund Freud (May 6), J.M. Barrie (May 9), Malcolm X, Lorraine Hansberry, Nora Ephron (May 19), Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25), John F. Kennedy (May 29), Walt Whitman (May 31)
Any other holidays or birthdays or death-days or anniversaries of great events—go for it! And as always we would love to see more articles about genuine spirituality, eco-responsibility, permaculture, mindful parenting, of-benefit politics, anything timely/newsie that is a gateway to mindfulness, yoga with integrity, and equal rights beyond aggression.
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