April 2023
NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH
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| 1 | Birthday of Frida Berrigan, b. 1974, activist and columnist for Waging Nonviolence |
| 2 | Palm Sunday |
 | Birthday of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, 1928–1996 |
| 4 | International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., d. 1968 |
| 5 | Passover begins at sundown and ends at sundown on April 13: Orthodox, Hasidic, & other Jews in the Diaspora celebrate the holiday as 8 days ending April 1) |
| 6 | Holy Thursday |
| 7 | World Health Day |
| Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Rwandan Genocide |
| Feast of St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, Patron saint of school teachers |
| Birthday of Daniel Ellsberg, b. 1931, Activist and former United States military analyst who precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War |
| Good Friday |
| 9 | Easter Sunday |
| Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 1906-1945: German Lutheran theologian, and anti-Nazi dissident |
| 10 | Birthday of Dolores Huerta, b. 1930: Labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with César Chávez, co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers |
| 13 | Birthday of Amy Goodman, b. 1957, Host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 1,300 public television and radio stations worldwide |
| 15 | World Art Day |
| Income Tax Day (U.S.) |
| 16 | Martin Luther King, Jr. writes “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, 1963 |
| 17 | Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day): Begins at nightfall and ends at nightfall of April 18 |
| 21 | Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Easter Bombings, 2019 |
| Birthday of Helen Prejean, C.S.J., b. 1939: Leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty |
| 22 | Earth Day |
| 25 | Birthday of Charlene Teters, b. 1952: Native American artist, educator, lecturer, and known for her activism against racism in sports and media on behalf of native peoples: |
| 26 | Birthday Sr. Joan Chittister, O.S.B., b.1936, Author and renowned international lecturer on social justice, women’s issues, and spirituality in the church and society |
| Assassination of Bishop Juan José Gerardi, 1922-1998: Human rights defender, assassinated two days after announcing the release of the report on victims of the Guatemalan Civil War, “Guatemala: Nunca Más!” |
| 27 | Birthday of Coretta Scott King, 1927-2006 |
| Canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II |
| Day of Silence: Annual day of action to protest bullying and harassment of LGBTQ people |
| 28 | Birthday of Oskar Schindler, 1908-1974, German spy, and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust |
| 29 | International Dance Day |
| Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Patroness of illness, nurses, and fire prevention Arbor Day (U.S.) |
| World Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare |
| 30 | Anniversary of the death of Daniel Berrigan, S.J., 1921-2016, Vietnam war protester and peace activist International Jazz Day |
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