Schedule

Schedule for May Day 2008

12:00-12:15	Greetings/Bienvenidos from the May Day Celebration Committee
12:15-12:40	New Haven Contra Jammers (contra music)
12:40-12:50	Speak Out - Open Mic
12:50-1:00	Donna Santala (singer & songwriter)
1:00-1:10	Fred Cervin (poet and environmentalist)
1:10-1:25	The Bread Is Rising Poetry Collective (New York City)
1:25-1:35	Frank Panzarella (folk music)
1:35-1:50	Lockedown (aka Leah Prescott, Hartford poet)
1:50-2:15	BooSlick and JimSlice and Friends (hip hop)
2:15-2:30	Speak Out - Open Mic
2:30-2:45	Remi Kanazi (Palestinian-American poet)
2:45-3:00	Tony Blair and George W. Bush in New Haven (theatre)
3:00-3:15	Fredrick-Douglass Knowles – (poet-activist educator destined to make a difference)
3:15-3:30	Resist This Endless War - CT Peace Coalition/ New Haven (theatre)
3:30-4:00	David Ramos and Friends (underground hip hop)
4:00-4:30	MAYPOLE DANCE led by Out On A Whim featuring Bill Fischer and Mickey Koth
4:30-5:00	Revival (blues & rock)
5:00-5:15	Jack Mordente, Director of Veterans' Affairs, Southern CT State University The War On Terror And Its Effect On Our Veterans
5:15-5:30	Rally and gather for march: A CALL FOR UNITY
5:30-5:40	Ecuadorian Community Virgen del Cisne Dance Group
5:40-6:30	MARCH: A CALL FOR UNITY Workers' Rights, Immigrants' Rights, Justice And Peace
6:30-6:45	Rally back on the New Haven Green
6:45-7:00	Barbara Fair, People Against Injustice The Latest Struggles for Reforms in the Criminal Justice System
7:00-8:00	music

Off-stage activities

In large tent: Workshops and Films
labor organizing rights, NAFTA,
the history of May Day, "Know Your Rights,"
"The Cost of War" - a breakdown of the Iraq war expenditures

Tables, displays and exhibits throughout the Green

Immigrants' Rights Performance
Elm City Unicycling

Children’s Activities, Graffiti Wall
Flint Ladder Circus
Facepainting

In case of rain, the May Day program will be held at United Church on the Green, 270 Temple Street (corner Elm Street).