PENN AVENUE FESTIVAL
Rocks Against Racism
   

Saturday, August 23rd . Noon to 6pm
. Penn Avenue Corridor (between Atlantic and Millvale)                                                                                             


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Partnership between The Penn Avenue Arts Initiative and the Thomas Merton Center

 Last Updated
August 12, 2003

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Schedule of Events
 
Pacific Stage
Noon Emcees Toye Starver and Greg Mimms Introduction
12:05 Thomas Merton Center, Tim Vining
12:15 Penn Avenue Arts Initiative, Jeffrey Dorsey and Aria Thomases
12:30 Steel Dragon (Chinese Dance)
1:00 East End Arts Council
1:15 I-Factor Comedy
1:45 Monumental Baptist Church – Interfaith Peace & Justice, Rev. Tom Smith
2:00 Barrett Black
2:30 People Against Police Violence, Renee Wilson
2:40 ACORN – Community Organizing - Audrey Spell
2:50 TBA
3PM PAAI Festival Emcees Aki Durham and PJ Maloney
3:15 Centro Flamenco de Pittsburgh (Flamenco Dancing)
4PM Soma Mestizo (Deep Dark Trance Grooves)
4:40 Jamaat for Justice/Immigration Rights, Syed Saleh Waziruddin
5PM-6PM Fyah Wyah (Reggae)
Winebiddle Stage (Sponsored by Sneaky Studios)
Noon Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, Penn Theatre
12:30 Islamic Center - Dalia Mogahed
12:35 Anti-Racist Action
12:45 Pittsburgh Bill of Rights Defense Committee
12:50 Save Our Transit, Steve Donahue
12:55 Pittsburgh Organizing Group (anti-war and global justice organizing)
1PM Plethora (Band)
1:30 Good Schools PA - Erika Gold
1:35 Book ‘Em (Books for Prisoners)
1:45 Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh - Marian Kent and Jay Dworin
1:50 Democracy Now
1:55 Davu (Spoken Word)
2:00 Bridgespotters Collective - Spoken Word
2:05 Pittsburgh Slam Team
2:10 Radical Cheerleaders
2:15 Angel and Carlos – The Bread is Rising Poetry Collective
2:25 Raging Grannies
2:30 Black and White Reunion - Singing Tree Project, George Hogan
2:40-3:30 Open-mic
3:30 Conscience (Conscientious Objectors group), Ed Bortz
3:35 Indymedia (independent media center)
3:50 Hispanics United for World Peace, Cecilia Wheeler
3:55 Azania Heritage International, Mongezi Nkomo
4PM Taarifa – Story Tellers
4:30 NAACP
4:45 TMC Anti-Racism Committee
4:50 RESYST – Queer Liberation group
4:55 Stop the FTAA – economic justice group connecting the local to the global
5PM B-Ball Tounament Award Ceremony
5:10 Palestine Solidarity Committee
5:15 Amnesty International, Pat Lavrinc
5:20 Unite and Resyst Campaign, Iskandar Langalibalele
5:25 PA Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty
5:30-6PM Garfield Youth Poets