March 2025
Women’s History Month
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| 1 | Self-injury Awareness Day |
 | Anniversary of Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty (2007): An update to the landmark study that coined the term “environmental racism” and established a direct correlation between toxic waste site placement and communities experiencing poverty and communities of color |
| 3 | Birthday of Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain, a.k.a. Chief Joseph (1840-1904): When the U.S. attempted to force the Nez Perce to move to a reservation, he tried to lead his people to Canada, in what is considered one of the great retreats in military history |
| Anniversary of the assassination of Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (1972-2016): Honduran environmental activist, indigenous leader, and co-founder and coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras |
| 4 | Mardi Gras |
| 5 | Ash Wednesday: Beginning of the Lenten Season |
| International Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1970) |
| 6 | Anniversary of the death of Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) |
| 7 | Feast of Saints Perpetua and Felicity: Patronesses of mothers and expectant mothers |
| 8 | International Women’s Day |
| 9 | First Sunday of Lent |
| 10 | Anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman (1822-1913): Abolitionist and humanitarian during the U.S. Civil War |
| 12 | Anniversary of the murder of Rutilio Grande, S.J. (1928-1977): Martyr of El Salvador |
| 13 | Anniversary of the killing of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police officers (2020) |
| 15 | Anniversary of Shootings in Christchurch, NZ, at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Center (2019) |
| International Day Against Police Brutality |
| World Consumer Rights Day |
| 16 | Second Sunday of Lent |
| Anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie (1979-2003): American activist for Palestinian human rights, crushed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer in Rafah, the Gaza Strip |
| Mass shooting at Atlanta-based spa in Georgia (2021) |
| 17 | Feast of St. Patrick: Patron of Ireland and engineers |
| 19 | Feast of St. Joseph |
| 20 | Start of the Iraq War (2003) |
| International Day of Happiness, UN Resolution |
| 21 | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination |
| International Day of Forests |
| World Poetry Day |
| 21-27 | Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination |
| 22 | World Water Day |
| EarthEcho Water Challenge: Earth Echo International is building a global youth movement to protect and restore our ocean planet |
| 23 | Third Sunday of Lent |
| 24 | Feast of St. Óscar Romero (1917-1980):
Anniversary of the assassination of St. Óscar Romero Archbishop of San Salvador (1980): As archbishop, Romero spoke out against social injustice and violence amid the escalating conflict between the military government and left-wing insurgents that led to the Salvadoran Civil War.[4] In 1980, Romero was shot by an assassin while celebrating Mass. |
| World Tuberculosis Day |
| Birthday of Colman McCarthy (1938); American journalist, teacher, lecturer, pacifist, and long-time peace activist who teaches peace in America’s classrooms and lecture halls |
| International Day for the Right to the Truth: Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and Dignity of Victims |
| 25 | International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
| Feast of the Annunciation |
| 29-30 | Eid-al-Fitr (Muslim Festival of Breaking of the Fast, U.S.) |
| 30 | Fourth Sunday of Lent |
| 31 | Birthday of César Chávez (1927-1993): Mexican-American farm worker, labor leader, and activist who, with Dolores Huerta, founded the National Farm Workers Association (United Farm Workers) |
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