Spring! Family! Democracy! Climate Crisis! Social justice! Gardening! Graduation! What else?
All month: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month; National Bike Month; Mental Health Awareness Month; Lupus, Huntington’s Disease, Skin Cancer, Celiac Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and Lyme Disease Awareness Month
May 1: May Day, Full Flower Moon, Vesak/Buddha Day, National College Decision Day, World Lyme Day
May 3: World Press Freedom Day
May 4: Star Wars Day
May 5: Cinco de Mayo
May 7: National Day of Prayer
May 10: Mother’s Day (U.S. and Canada)
May 12: International Nurses Day
May 15: Bike to Work Day, Endangered Species Day
May 16: Armed Forces Day, New Moon
May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
May 18: International Museum Day
May 19: Malcolm X Day
May 20: National Rescue Dog Day, World Bee Day
May 21: Global Accessibility Awareness Day
May 23: World Turtle Day
May 25: 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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