(Ripple Effect)
FEATURING: MICHAEL FRANTI, ANTI-FLAG, DEAD PREZ, WOOKIEFOOT w/MATISYAHU, I SELF DEVINE, INDIGO, THE SUSTAINABLE LIVING ROADSHOW, WINONA LADUKE (indigenous rights and environmental activist), MEDEA BENJAMIN (co-founder of CODEPINK & Global Exchange) WILL STEGER (polar explorer and global warming activist) and many more to be announced!
On September 2nd 2008, 7-10,000 people will gather at the state capitol lawn to engage in trainings, educational workshops, community building activities, music, and art in the name of positive social and environmental change.
Organized by a local nonprofit led by three motivated young progressives, Ripple Effect will be Substance's first step in a series of efforts to manifest a united intergenerational front. These events are aimed at embracing the core values of the environmental and social justice movements, with a collective understanding that the solutions to these problems will require us to break down issue and generational barriers.
"Ripple Effect" - a daylong festival propelling a new wave of progressive action outside the RNC - will go beyond the convention and beyond partisanship to empower and unite a diverse range of people with varying backgrounds and interests.
By creating a safe, positive space for artists, activists, and the general public to gather, Ripple Effect will take the energy spurred by the Republican National Convention and be a catalyst to further the already burgeoning global movement for sustainability, justice, and equality.
If you would like to participate through volunteering or tabling, or for more information, email info@livewithsubstance.org
He was also a speaker there
punx52715 3 years ago
My philosophy teacher was handing out fliers for this. I thought he was talking about some weak shit at first, I'm glad i grabbed the flier.
punx52715 3 years ago
Totally agree... a friend texted me about this while I was sleeping, as I work nights. I went to the Take Back Labor Day show the previous day and didn't hear anything about this... damn!
EnormousV 3 years ago
I wish there was some sort of advertisement for the shows tonight (Tues. Sept. 2) ... I read the City Pages and shit every week but had not idea that Matisyahu was playing a free show until a couple hours after the whole thing ended. I was so upset, and still am.... what kind of concert happens on a weekday between 12 and 7 anyways? God damn, I will be sour until the end of time... would have taken work off today at any expense....... FUUUUUUUUUCK!
okDonkeySmell 3 years ago