1:00–1:30 Neighborhood Music School Premier Jazz Ensemble
2:00–2:30 African Arawak Connection
3:00–3:15 Konjo! African Dance Troupe
3:15–3:30 Yale Bhangra Dance Troupe – Traditional Punjabi dance performance
4:00–4:30 St. Luke’s Steel Band
12:30–5:00 “Unity & Community” — Teen Summit
12:30–1:15 Karen Johnson — “Baba, the Farmer” and “Butterflies Should Be Free”
1:30–2:15 Joy Donaldson — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Word and Song
2:30–3:15 Waltrina Kirkland Mullins — Past and Present: We Live the Legacy!
11:00–11:30 Boogie Chillun
12:00–12:30 Brian Jarawa Gray and Friends
1:00–1:30 New Haven Breakdancers
2:00–2:30 New Haven Breakdancers
3:00–3:30 Kouffin Kanecke Company — Traditional West African dance and drumming performance
3:45–4:30 Michael Mills — Drumming performance and drum circle finale
11:30–12:30 In Remembrance of Martin – Movie (space limited)
1:00–2:00 Martin Luther King – Movie (space limited)
2:15–3:15 In Remembrance of Martin – Movie (space limited)
11:00–12:30 Zannette Lewis Environmental and Social Justice Community Poetry Open Mic — An opportunity for people of all ages to share their original poetry or rap and speak their minds on issues of justice and injustice. Pre-registration required.
1:00–4:30 Annual Invitational Zannette Lewis Environmental and Social Justice Poetry Slam
Invited Poetry Slam Participants: Kyle Brooks, Darian Dachaun, Ishmael “Ish” Islam, Joseph Robbins, Iyaba Mandingo, Caroline Rothstein, Tracy Caldwell, Lyvonne Proverbs Briggs, Monique Jarvis, Narubi Selah
The following organizations will host Activity Areas on one or both days of the celebration:
ACLU of CT
Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center
Black Caucus of the American Library Association- CT Affiliate
Boys & Girls Club of New Haven
CitySeed
Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
CT People's World/Communist Party
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. New Haven Alumnae Chapter
Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
DEEP Kellogg Environmental Center
Experience Corps-Greater New Haven
Fairfield County Environmental Justice Network Affiliate of Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Greater New Haven African American Historical Society
Greater New Haven Peace Council
Leadership, Education and Athletics in Partnership, Inc. (LEAP)
National Council of Negro Women, New Haven Section
Neighborhood Music School
New Haven Health Department Office of Emergency Preparedness
New Haven Health Department Bureau of Environmental Health
New Haven/Leon Sister City Project
Peabody Membership
Peabody on the Road
Promoting Enduring Peace
Public Allies Connecticut
RSVP of South Central CT/Gray is Green program of Agency on Aging of South Central CT
Schooner
Solar Youth
The Descendants of the Connecticut 29th C.V. Infantry Regiment
Teachers Against Prejudice
UCONN Master Gardeners, New Haven County
UCONN 4-H
WPKN
