MAY 2022 ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
1	Feast of St. Joseph the Worker
	Teilhard de Chardin, S.J., b. 1881:
	Catholic Worker Movement, 1933, began with release of the first issue of the Catholic Worker International Workers’ Day
2-3	Eid-al-Fitr, begins at sundown and ends at sundown on May 3* (U.S), Muslim Festival of Breaking of the Fast
3	World Press Freedom Day
4	Kent State Massacre,1970
	First Freedom Ride,1961: Seven African American and six white activists leave Washington for the segregated Deep South
	National Bike to School Day (U.S.)
5	Cinco de Mayo: Marks the anniversary of the battle at Puebla, Mexico, a historic victory of Mexican forces over the French military
	National Day of Prayer (U.S.)
8	Naomi Klein, b.1970: Social activist, syndicated columnist, and author of “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate”
	Mother's Day
9	Daniel Berrigan, b. 1921: Anti-Vietnam war protester and peace activist
	Peter Maurin, b.1877: Co-founder of Catholic Worker movement
	Sophie Scholl, b.1921: German student and Christian anti-Nazi political activist, member of the White Rose nonviolent resistance group in Nazi Germany
15	International Conscientious Objectors' Day
	International Day of Families
19	Malcolm X, b.1925
20	Bike to Work Day*
	Bl. Franz Jägerstätter, b.1907:Martyr and conscientious objector
21	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
	Feast of Blessed Franz Jägerstätter:
	International Day for Biological Diversity
22	Betty Williams, b. 1943, Co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan Maguire of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a co-founder of Community of Peace People, an organization dedicated to promoting a peaceful resolution to the troubles in Northern Ireland
	Harvey Milk, b.1930: Visionary civil and human rights leader who became the first openly gay elected official in the United States
25	Solemn Remembrance of the murder of George Floyd, 2020: George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis Police officers, and his death sparked global protests for racial justice and against police brutality
26	Rebecca Masika Katsuva, b.1966: Congolese human rights campaigner who created an organization to help victims of war and rape
	Feast of Saint Philip Neri, Priest
29	Feast of the Ascension of the Lord
30	Feast of St. Joan of Arc, patroness of soldiers and military members Memorial Day (US)
31	Feast of the Visitation