While You're Here, Help Us Save the Earth...It Just Takes a Minute
TELL OAKLAND COUNTY: FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
Artist Credit: Oakland County-Based Lamplighter Studios @BamZeRam
RSVP:
If you would like to be involved as an organization, please contact info@turnoaklandcountygreen.com
March, Earth Fair, and Rally Information
A first-of-its-kind event in its ambition and scope. The Oakland County Earth Day March and Rally will ask Oakland County communities to seize this moment to take administrative action to fight against the climate crisis while creating justice, protecting future generations, and creating sustainable jobs.
Our communities can begin creating community-wide plans that tackle climate change and leave us a sustainable world.
SCHEDULE:
Climate March: 10 AM
Rally (With Live Music): 11 AM
Earth Fair (With 30+ Booths): 9AM-1PM
Earth Fair Vendors
1. Athleta at Somerset
2. Bee Tweens
3. Citizens Climate Lobby
4. Clean Water Action
5. Clinton River Watershed Council
6. Dirt Doctors -WRC
7. Ecotelligent Homes
8. Environmental Defense Fund
9. Environmental Law Society at the University of Detroit Mercy School
10. For Our Future
11. Friends of Royal Oak Township
12. Greenfield Presbyterian Church
13. Isha Foundation
14. Make Food Not Waste
15. Metro Detroit DSA -- Eco-Socialists
16. Michigan Interfaith Power and Light
17. Michigan League of Conservation Voters
18. Mom's Clean Air Force
19. Motor City Freedom Riders
20. Oakland County CISMA
21. Oakland County Parks and Recreation
22. OurWorld
23. Plants for Ecology
24. Royal Oak Community Garden
25. Royal Oak EAB
26. Royal Oak Green Team
27. Royal Oak Nature Society
28. Save The Turtles Laundry Detergent
29. Sierra Club SEMG Political/Conservation Committee
30. SMART Bus
31. SOCRRA
32. Solarize Royal Oak
33. Sunrise Movement
34. The Veterans For Peace | Climate Crisis & Militarism Project
35. Turn Oakland County Green
36. Unique Short Tree
37. Walking Lightly
38. Wm Sullivan & Sons
Speakers and Musical Acts
Dave Woodward -- Oakland County Commission Chairman and County Commissioner
Dave Coulter -- Oakland County Executive
Reverend Mandy Beal -- Senior Minister at Birmingham Unitarian Universalist Church
Dr. Jonathan Overpeck -- Dean of University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, Coordinating Lead Author (WG1) of Nobel-Prize Winning IPCC Fourth Assessment
Dr. Julia Cole -- Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at University of Michigan
Kimathi Boothe -- Chair of North Oakland Branch of the NAACP's Climate Justice Program
Heather Chen -- High Schooler and Leader of Sunrise Movement Oakland County
MUSICAL ACTS: Folk musicians Jere Stormer, Judy Insley, and the band Avatar Mode
Transit and Parking Info
This is a public transit-friendly event. Consider taking the 730 or 740 buses to the Royal Oak Farmer’s Market.
For those who drive, there is a parking structure on Eleven Mile Road next to the Royal Oak Public Library and surface parking near the Royal Oak Farmers Market.