OK Earth Coalition, Carrie Dickerson Foundation, Tulsa Area Arkansas River Advocates & OK Roots Music,
with support from George Kaiser Family Foundation & OK Sierra Club, present the

OK EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

April 18 - 21, 2024 - Tulsa, OK

WHERE & WHEN: Main Event @ Guthrie Green on Saturday April 20.
Satellite events @ LowDown, Tulsa Farm Lab & Circle Cinema.
HOW MUCH: Free @ Guthrie Green & Circle Cinema.
INFO: OKrootsMusic.org

Oklahoma’s most ambitious Earth Day event features environmental speakers, Electric Vehicles, environmental & community & crafts booths, music & art, traditional Indigenous cuisine, a sustainable wine tasting, circus arts, tons of family & kids activities, and more. The event takes place at Guthrie Green, an internationally recognized urban park utilizing geothermal wells and solar panels, with satellite activities in the Arts District & Circle Cinema. Earth Day is the most widely recognized annual environmental event in the world, demonstrating support for environmental protection. The first Earth Day took place in 1970. Today more than 190 countries participate.

PERFORMERS include RED DIRT RANGERS, KEN POMEROY BAND (Cherokee), MOTHER EARTH STRING BAND & CHOIR, WHEAT PENNY, INSPYRAL CIRCUS and more.

SPEAKERS include activist & actor CASEY CAMP HORINEK (Ponca), chef NICO ALBERT WILLIAMS (Cherokee) of Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness, environmental journalist MOLLY BULLOCK, North Tulsa environmental justice advocate REVEREND GERALD DAVIS, OK Sierra Club Director KARA JOY McKEE & more TBA. SCOTT GREGORY of Public Radio Tulsa is our fantastic emcee.

SUSTAINABLE CUISINE by Comida Sol y Vida & Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness.


2024 SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, APRIL 18 - TICKETED @ LowDown (108 N. Detroit Ave., Tulsa)
7:00-10:00 – Organic wine tasting, followed by "4 Native Women" song swap in their Native tongues. With traditional, sustainable Native cuisine samples by Chef NICO ALBERT WILLIAMS of Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness.

Friday, April 19 - Ticketed @ Tulsa Farm Lab (330 W. 41st St. N., Tulsa)
6:30-8:30 - Locally sourced farm-to-fire dinner.

Saturday, April 20 - FREE @ Guthrie Green (111 E. Reconciliation Way, Tulsa)
ALL DAY - Community, educational & crafts booths, Electric Vehicle displays, kids & family activities, face painting, live art, INSPYRAL CIRCUS, free Native cuisine samples by Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness.
3:00-4:00 - BRING THE KIDS! DRUM CIRCLE land acknowledgement, Tulsa Library fun with seeds, Children’s Museum Discovery Lab, kids arts & crafts, face painting, chalk art, circus fun & more.
4:00-5:00 - Speaker: NICO ALBERT WILLIAMS (Cherokee) of Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness on traditional sustainable Native foods. Music by WHEAT PENNY.
5:00-6:00 - Speakers: OK Sierra Club Director KARA JOY McKEE on renewables & REVEREND GERALD DAVIS on climate change & environmental justice in Oklahoma. Music by MOTHER EARTH STRING BAND & CHOIR.
6:00-7:00 - Speaker: Environmental journalist MOLLY BULLOCK on Arkansas River issues. Music by KEN POMEROY BAND (Cherokee).
7:00-8:30 - Speaker: Activist-actor CASEY CAMP HORINEK (Ponca) on rights of nature. Music by RED DIRT RANGERS.

SUNDAY, APRIL 21 - FREE @ Circle Cinema (10 S. Lewis Ave., Tulsa)
2:00-3:00 – Reception with refreshments & music.
3:00-5:30 – Dark Waters (acclaimed feature film exploring corporate pollution starring Mark Ruffalo) followed by panel on Oklahoma water issues.

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BIG THANKS TO THESE SUPPORTERS
George Kaiser Family Foundation, OK Sierra Club, Tulsa People, Public Radio Tulsa, Provisions Fine Beverage Purveyors, LowDown, Chimera & Guthrie Green.

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General inquiries: Michael Koster, ThirstyEarFest@gmail.com
Vendor & booth inquiries: Okcate Smith McCommas, okcate.e.smith@gmail.com

COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENTAL BOOTHS & EXHIBITORS (so far):
RG Foods, Carrie Dickerson Foundation, Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness, Renewables by Anderson, Sustain Group E-Recycling, Electric Vehicle Coalition, Tulsa Ready for 100, Green Country Sierra Club, Tulsa Public Library, Okies for Monarchs, Oklahoma Renewable Energy Educational Program, George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center, Blue Tulsa Area Arkansas River Advocates, Typros/918 Vote, Tulsa Peace Fellowship, LEAD Agency, Metropolitan Environmental Trust, Lifeshare, & more...

OK EARTH COALITION is comprised of many OK environmental & community organizations, including Green Country Sierra Club, Carrie Dickerson Foundation, Tulsa Arkansas River Advocates, Tulsa Ready for 100, and OK Roots Music.


Citizens of Oklahoma and the world will forever be indebted to Carrie Barefoot Dickerson for leading the efforts to make northeastern Oklahoma safer for future generations. In May 1973, Aunt Carrie, as she was known by her many supporters and friends, read a news article about Public Service of Oklahoma's plans to build the Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant near Inola, about 15 miles from Tulsa and a few miles from the Dickerson family farm.

Recalling reports she had read earlier of wildlife birth defects coincident with effluent from the WWII Manhattan Project, she researched the current efforts to build nuclear power facilities. What she learned frightened and concerned her so much that despite her lack of political and publicity experience, she held a news conference at which she announced the formation of the political action group Citizens' Action for Safe Energy (CASE).

Aunt Carrie and CASE, with co-chair Ilene Younghein of Oklahoma City, began an expensive but determined battle to educate the public and stop construction of the plant. Following her lead, other anti-nuclear organizations were formed in the area, and citizens from all walks of life and ethnic groups joined in the battle. After a nine-year struggle, PSO announced on Feb. 16, 1982, that they would not build the Black Fox facility. Black Fox was the only nuclear power plant to be cancelled by a combination of legal and citizen action after construction had started. (read more)

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