 The mission of SACRED festival is to build community through the arts, culture, activism, and healing. Participants will experience hands on workshops with local artists, musicians, healing arts, yoga, massage and more.
   June 21st, 2009 (Summer Solstice) 10:30am to 7:30pm
Summer solstice is the first day of summer- the longest day of the year. It marks the transition from Spring to Summer. It is a time of joyous festivals, spiritual renewal and nature worshop in many different cultures. It is also the day which bears the most sunshine. Historically it has been the time of harvesting in many native traditions. Arts, performances, and healing arts practitioners in the Josephine Butler Parks Center and Malcolm X Park There will be a market of delicious cultural foods, mural painting, poetry slam, drum circles, face painting, stilt walking activists, various performances, and art displays throughout the day. In addition, participants can interact and pick up information about the positive work of community organizations throughout DC. During these troubled times, there is a need to heal, hope, and bring people together to stand in solidarity with one another. SACRED festival will provide opportunities to collaborate and share resources with others, present the arts in non traditional ways and deepen public awareness of the dynamic diversity of Washington, DC. For this unique event, we are calling all socially conscious artists, musicians, activists, and organizers to be seen and heard by the people of the DC metropolitan area. If you are interested in volunteering, displaying your art, performing, healing, setting up a food vendor and/or other vendors please complete an application. (found at SacredDC.com) For more information email peace@sacredDc.com 2437 Fifteenth ST NW Washington, DC 20009 June 21st, 2009 (Summer Solstice) 10:30am-7:30pm Thanks to our sponsors: Funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. E-mail: Peace@sacreddc.com
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