35th Anniversary of MayDay
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Our Common Treasury - Dig It
HOBT’s MayDay Parade, Ceremony,
and Festival has always
been rooted in two important traditional celebrations—the celebration
of the Green Root of Earth’s green
energy rising in Spring, and the Red Root of
human work energy rising from mind, heart and hand.
Our theme this year celebrates the merging of the red and green energies
of the world. We cheer on the great merging of the human social justice
movements with the environmental movements to remember humans as responsible
relatives of the earth.
As we experience the failure of our economic systems built on debt, consumer
waste, the theft and sickening of earth resources, we gather to rebuild
an economic system that protects and sustains our Earth as a “Common
Treasury for All.”
The MayDay Parade & Festival is presented with the assistance of the Minneapolis
Park & Recreation Board.