Wake Up the Earth: Join us at the Festival! <--sorry, no longer doing parade

UPDATE-- We'll just be at the festival this year, not the parade.

Join XR at the Wake Up the Earth Festival, JP's annual celebration of the Earth as she awakens into Spring from her winter slumber!

Swing by the XR table at the festival grounds (site 6) to say hi to fellow rebels and grab some stickers and buttons! Interested in helping with outreach or our craft activity for kids? Sign up here!

Here's the inspiring background of the Wake Up the Earth Festival! (Source: https://www.wakeuptheearth.org/)

The Wake Up the Earth Festival was born on land that was cleared for a highway. When the communities of Jamaica Plain and Roxbury started a grassroots movement with the South-West Corridor Coalition to stop Interstate 95 from cutting through their neighborhoods, they reclaimed that cleared earth and turned it into a farm, a festival, and a tradition now 48 years strong. Every first Saturday in May, thousands return to this space to dance, parade, create, and celebrate our neighborhood's history of activism, expression, and inclusion. With art and exuberance, we build and empower our community.