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>The Race Liberation Alliance of Ithaca, New York is hosting the
>First Annual Summertime Block Party on Saturday July 7,
>2007 outside the Greater Ithaca Activities Center, 318 N. Albany
>St., Ithaca. The purpose of the event is to foster a greater sense
>of community unity across diverse cultural, ethnic and
>socio-economic lines while promoting social justice and sustainable
>lifestyles.
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>This fun event is free and open to the public and will last from
>3:00 to 7:00 PM.
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>Just a few highlights of the Summertime Block Party:
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>Live soul, reggae and hip hop music from Thousands of One, Mbusi and
>The Ithaca Afro Project
>Michelle Berry, former Poet Laureate of Tompkins County, will emcee.
>Keynote speaker Shakoor Aljuwani is a social and environmental
>activist hailing in from New Orleans.
>Winners of the recent Youth Poetry Slam will perform, as will the
>Ithaca High School International Dance Troupe.
>The First Baptized Church and GreenStar Cooperative will provide an
>organic chicken BBQ-with lots of vegan options-to benefit the Race
>Liberation Alliance.
>More than 25 organizations working on social justice and/or
>sustainability issues will offer informational displays and tables.
>A raffle will offer many fabulous prizes, including free Grassroots
>weekend passes, Hangar Theatre tickets, Kitchen Theatre Counter
>Culture tickets and much more.
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>The Summertime Block Party is sponsored in part by Alternatives
>Federal Credit Union, GreenStar Cooperative Market and Green Clean.
>Our partners for the event are GIAC, the Multi-Cultural Resource
>Center, and S.T.A.M.P./Green Guerrillas.
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>Tentative Schedule of events (subject to change):
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>3:00-3:45 Ithaca Afro Project with Yacouba Diarra
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>3:50-4:20 Youth Poetry Slam
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>4:25-5:10 Keynote Speaker Shakoor Aljuwani
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>5:15-6:00 Mbusi with Thousands of One
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>6:05-7:00 Thousands of One
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>7:00 Raffle winners announced
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>(Ithaca High School International Dance Troupe will perform during
>Thousands of One)
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>Can't come to the block party but want to support it? Come to
>GreenStar Cooperative Market on Sunday, July 1, from 3:00-5:00 pm to
>visit us at our table, learn more about the Race Liberation
>Alliance, and purchase raffle tickets.
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>To purchase raffle tickets:
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>Elizabeth Field, 607-280-1960
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Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Tompkins Program Co-Chair
Sustainable Living Associates, Principal
Frog's Way B&B
211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249
"We must be the change we want to see in the world"
Mohandas Gandhi
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