May Is Zombie Awareness Month: How To Observe The Spooky Occasion KEY POINTS The aim was to educate people about zombies Even the CDC has some tips on how to prepare for a zombie apocalypse May is Zombie Awareness Month. Let's get all our favorite zombie flicks and use the occasion to learn more about the living dead. On Zombie Awareness Month, the focus is to raise awareness about zombies and a potential zombie apocalypse in the future, Awareness Days The event was established in 2007 by The Zombie Research Society, which focuses on the "historic, cultural, and scientific" study of zombies. According to the organization, it chose May because many zombie films were set in that month.