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Earth Day South LA
Saturday, April 17, 2010
11am to 6pm
Normandie Avenue Elementary School
4505 S. Raymond Ave, LA, CA 90037
At the corner of Normandie and Vernon

This event is FREE! Suggested Donation $5+
*No one turned away for lack of funds

This second annual Earth Day Event is presented by Community Services Unlimited Inc., Normandie Avenue Elementary School, and Sol Foundation. Join us for a wonderful day of earth friendly community building through music, cultural performances and art, food culture, and fun. Learn from organizations sharing information about community health and environmental issues. Shop from local businesses selling sustainable, handmade, and earth friendly products. Learn to write poetry, compost, or make recycled art during at a workshop. Join in painting a community mural. Activities for the whole family!

Event Flier (english) (spanish) | Invitation to Partner | Booth Application | Vision Mission Goals | Press Release | Call For Artist | Art Sale Invitation |

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Program Schedules: Workshops Schedule | Hip Hop Poetry Room Schedule | Healthy Cooking Demonstration Schedule

Music & Dance
Aceyalone of Freestyle Fellowship
Mystic
La Santa Cecilia
World Famous LA Breakers
Southern California Library's Sounds of Justice presented by Jeremy Sole & Kaos Network Beat Cypher Collective
Ashlyn Akins
2 Mex
Rifleman
Dyane P
Buyepongo
Caribbean Dynamics
Bharata Natyam
Just Wanna Step
LA Samba Kids
Normandie Ave Student Orchestra
Danza Azteca
Freedom Sounds Korean Drumming

Urban Art, Murals & Film
Community Mural Painting
Live Graffiti Art featuring Cre8, Duce, EnkOne, Jeyd & More curated in collaboration with I.C.U. Art
Recycled Art Exhibit & Fashion Show curated by Liliflor Collective Studios sponsored by Trash 4 Teaching
Film Screenings

Healthy Food & Local Produce Cooking Demo Schedule
Healthy Cooking Demonstrations from Sol Catering Cooperative, Chef Gino from Kitchen Kids Lisa Nunez from U are What U Eat, Sirena Pellarolo from East Side Café & Jason Michaud from Local
Farm Stand from South Central Farmers
CSU Fresh Fruit Smoothie Bar & Herbal Ice Teas
Homemade Tamales
Belizean Food

Workshops & Activities Workshops Schedule | Hip Hop Poetry Room Schedule
Capoeira by Capoeira Batuque
Yoga by Crenshaw Yoga & Dance & Community Yoga
Fruit Tree Pruning by Master Gardener Ned Boyer
Bike Maintenance by Bike Oven
Composting by Garden School Foundation
How to Start a Food Not Bombs Chapter by Guerrilla Food Not Bombs
Recycled Art by Liliflor Collective Studios
Intro to Non-violent Parenting with Center for Nonviolent Education & Parenting
Earth Medicine: Using common garden herbs for healing by Yerberia Mayahuel
All Day Poetry Lab with workshops and Open Mic led by BessKepp with the Nogales H.S. Poetry Club & Get Lit Players
Fruit Pick with Food Forward
Drumming Circle supported by Remo
Giveaways, Raffles for Bikes & More
Kids Activities
Craft Vendors & Information Booths

Presented in Partnership With: Council members Jan Perry & Bernard Parks Bike Oven City Year Caracol Marketplace Community Build Eastside Café Food Not Bombs Hunger Action Los Angeles Garden School Foundation Hip Hop Association ICU Art LA Conservation Corps Kaos Network Beat Cypher Collective Lilliflor Collective Studios, NAES Environmental Club SOL Cooperative South Central Farmers TreePeople USC Student Activists for a Beloved Community Southern California Library Women Organizing Resources Knowledge and Services Normandie Avenue Elementary School
Joe Ellis Foundation

Join with us to be part of a fun & successful community and event! Help Promote the Event: Contact us to distribute fliers, hang a poster in your business, link from your website, and help get the word out in any way.



Volunteer With CSU Earth Day
VOLUNTEER
Volunteers are needed to help with everything from set up, to helping with workshops, to directing parking, to clean up.

There will be 4 volunteer shifts on Earth Day. 10 – 15 volunteers are needed for the 1st shift & 30 – 40 volunteers are needed for the other three.

1st shift: 7am to 11am
2nd Shift: 8am to 12pm
3rd Shift: 12pm to 4pm
4th Shift: 4pm to 8 pm

Earth Day volunteers are encouraged to attend an orientation at Normandie Ave Ele. School on April 13th from 7-8 pm or 15th from 6-7 pm. For more details and to RSVP contact Lawrence DeFreitas at LD"at"csuinc.com or call 323-299-7075 or 323-898-5193.


To Sponsor contact Neelam @ 323-299-7075 or neelam”at”csuinc.org

To table, vend, or offer a workshop contact Heather @ 323-299-7075 or heather”at”csuinc.org Download Booth and Workshop applications.

Media Inquiries contact Neelam Sharma at 310-780-0426 or 323-299-7075 or neelam”at”csuinc.org

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Check out the video from CSU's
Earth Day 2009 Event


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