29 Mar

16th Annual HOPE Festival & Green Expo

Saturday, April 24th •  11 A.M.–4 P.M.

Student Recreation & Fitness Center, University of Maine, Orono

HOPE stands for

Help Organize Peace Earthwide

2010 HOPE Festival "Schedule" Flyer

2010 HOPE Schedule Flyer

Performers:

  • 11:00 Opening honoring Penobscot Elder Arnold Neptune with Timbered Lake
  • 11:30 Hope Festival Singers
  • 12:00 Zachary Field’s Amazing Juggling
  • 1:00 Emma’s Revolution – Award-winning songwriters & folksingers
  • 3:30 Community Dance of HOPE

Talks

  • 2:00 Keynote: Betty Burkes, peace educator & former president of the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, USA
  • 3:00 Rob Shetterly portraits & stories: “Americans Who Tell the Truth”

Workshops & Demos:

  • “Cool Begins with You”
  • Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
  • Reducing Home Energy Costs
  • Newspaper Seed Pot Planting
  • Plastic Bag Recycling Crafts
  • Recycled Clothing Fashion Show
  • Bike Clinic
  • Bee Workshop

All-Day Children’s Activities – Fun & educational!
Organizational Fair, with over 60 social change groups
Mini Farmers’ Market & Food Court, with local food producers

Co-Sponsored by:

Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine

Peace & Reconciliation Studies Program, University of Maine

Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program, University of Maine

Student Women’s Association (SWA), University of Maine, and

Maine Peace Action Committee (MPAC), University of Maine.
For more information contact:
Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine
942-9343 •• info@peacectr.org •• www.peacectr.org

Click the link for a PDF copy of the above 2010 HOPE Flyer schedule

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