APRIL 17th - The 2nd Annual Earth Day Festival & Flea Market!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2nd Annual Earth Day Fest & Flea Market in Clark Park
a Benefit for the African Village Survival Initiative.

WHAT: 2nd Annual Earth Day Fest & Flea Market
WHEN: APRIL 17th 2010, 9am – 5pm
WHERE: Clark Park, Baltimore Ave & 43rd St, West Philadelphia
CONTACT: Harris Daniels, Uhuru Solidarity Movement, 857-233-7508

On Saturday, April 17th, 2010 from 9-5, the Uhuru Solidarity Movement will host its 2nd annual Earth Day Fest & Flea Market in Clark Park in West Philadelphia. Building upon the massive success of last year's inaugural event, this Earth Day festival will house various vendors of ethnic art, music, books, clothes and jewelry. There will be live music, poetry and drumming by Leana Song, Plum Dragoness and the Elements, Yoni Gordon & The Goods (from NYC), The Gold Coast Buccaneers Drill Team, Coco Sol, Rasheed Bey and more. Speakers include Ramona Africa on the 25th anniversary of the MOVE bombing, Ayesha Fleary of the All-African People’s Development & Empowerment Project, and Nic Esposito, local expert on sustainable urban farming. There will be several free workshops offered throughout the day covering yoga, organic gardening, permaculture, green community networking, sustainability, healthy living, and environmental and social justice from professionals in the Philadelphia community. Kids’ activities, plant sharing, and The Food Trust Weekly Farmers’ Market will be among other activities. The flea market offers crafts, clothing, records, jewelry, ethnic arts and crafts, collectibles, great food, and recycled goods of all kinds.

This event is free and open to the public.

Sponsors include the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, African People’s Education & Defense Fund (Uhuru Furniture), Dhyana Yoga, Atiya Ola's Spirit First Foods, Queen of Sheba Ethiopian Restaurant, Abby's Desert Lounge, The Food Trust, The Green Line Cafe, Book Trader, Essene Market & Cafe, Calvary Church, and more!

"The Uhuru Movement leads the way forward for a program and vision for the future we can all support! The black-community led Uhuru Movement has initiated a collective response to the deep economic crisis that is hitting the African community especially hard. This program is a prototype for creating green sustainable energy, collective gardening and food production, economic self-reliance programs- including a recording studio and licensed community kitchen at the Uhuru house in St. Petersburg, FL- that can be reproduced anywhere in the U.S. and worldwide," says Earth Day Fest organizer Alison Hoehne.

For more information, call Harris Daniels, 857-233-7508 • philly@uhurusolidarity.org • http://uhurufleamarket.blogspot.com