What days should you keep in mind for your government social media content calendar? Here’s a helpful roundup of some of the observed days happening in June 2024 you might want to consider building content for — or be mindful of — for your government social media accounts.

We put together a free, downloadable resource of observed days for all of 2024! Download our 2024 Observance Calendar Roundup to easily reference observances and fill in goals, accomplishments and ideas throughout the year. 

Please keep in mind that this is not meant to be a full list of observances and we encourage you to check with your state/county for any area-specific days or with your peers in our GSM Facebook Community Group or free GSM network. Other helpful resources for additional observances include List of National Days, National Today, Ready.Gov’s Preparedness Calendar, NWS Awareness and Preparedness Calendar, or the United Nations List of International Days and Weeks.

Observed in the month of June

• African American Music Appreciation Month
• Audiobook Month
• Black Lives Matter Month
• Black Music Month
• Caribbean-American Heritage Month
• Children’s Awareness Month
• Effective Communications Month
• Fireworks Safety Month
• Great Outdoors Month
• Gun Violence Awareness Month
• National Adopt a Cat Month
• National Camping Month
• National Foster a Pet Month
• National Homeownership Month
• National Immigrant Heritage Month
• National Indigenous History Month (Canada)
• National Men’s Health Month
• National Microchipping Month
• National Oceans Month
• National Pet Preparedness Month
• National Pollinators Month
• National Rivers Month
• National Safety Month
• National Zoo and Aquarium Month
• Pride Month
• Professional Wellness Month
• PTSD Awareness Month

June is also the start of Hurricane season. Helpful information can be found here from NOAA.

Weeks observed in June

• 1-7: National CPR and AED Awareness Week
• 1-9: National Fishing and Boating Week
• 2-8: Canadian Environment Week
• 2-8: National Garden Week
• 9-15: National Public Service Week (Canada)
• 10-16: International Men’s Health Week
• 14-19: Hajj
• 16-22: National Grasslands Week
• 17-23: Animal Rights Awareness Week
• 17-23: Pollinator Week
• 17-23: Waste and Recycling Workers Week
• 20-26: National Mosquito Control Awareness Week
• 23-29: Lightning Safety Awareness Week
• 24-30: Rail Safety Week
• 30-July 6: Wildland Firefighter Week of Remembrance

Days observed in June

• 1: National Black Bear Day
• 1: National Go Barefoot Day
• 1: National Heimlich Maneuver Day
• 1: National Say Something Nice Day
• 1: National Trails Day
• 1: World Reef Day
• 2: Native American Citizenship Day
• 3: World Bicycle Day
• 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
• 5: International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
• 5: World Environment Day
• 6: D-Day
• 6: National Gardening Exercise Day
• 6: National Higher Education Day
• 6: World Pest Day
• 7: National Doughnut Day
• 7: National Gun Violence Awareness Day
• 7: World Food Safety Day
• 8: Caribbean-American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• 8: Family Health & Fitness Day
• 8: National Best Friends Day
• 8: World Ocean Day
• 9: Race Unity Day
• 10: National Bed Bug Prevention Day
• 11: Yarn Bombing Day
• 12: Loving Day
• 12: National Women Veterans Day
• 12: World Day Against Child Labor
• 13: National Weed Your Garden Day
• 14: Army Birthday
• 14: Flag Day
• 14: World Blood Donor Day
• 15: Nature Photography Day
• 15: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 16-19: Eid al-Adha
• 16: Father’s Day
• 16: World Sea Turtle Day
• 17: Global Garbage Man Day
• 18: International Picnic Day
• 18: National Fishing Day
• 19: Juneteenth
• 20: American Eagle Day
• 20: Summer Solstice
• 20: World Refugee Day
• 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day (Canada)
• 21: National Take Your Dog to Work Day
• 21: Selfie Day
• 21: World Giraffe Day
• 21: World Motorcycle Day
• 21: World Music Day
• 22: National Pet Choking Prevention Day
• 22: World Rainforest Day
• 23: International Women in Engineering Day
• 23: National Family Owned & Operated Business Day
• 23: United Nations Public Service Day
• 26: International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
• 26: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
• 27: National PTSD Awareness Day
• 27: National Women’s Fly Fishing Day
• 28: National Insurance Awareness Day
• 30: International Asteroid Day
• 30: National Meteor Watch Day
• 30: World Social Media Day

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