Participants of buildOn, a non-profit organization dedicated to encouraging urban high school students to become civically active, Rayonna Williams (16) Jonathan Cruz (17) and Tayla Erianna (17).
Rosalba Solis, with whistle, keeps the festive spirit alive.
Paul Gregory and Joanna Voueiotis of the Second Line Social Aid And Pleasure Society Brass Band.
Paige Haringa provides her son, Jonah (3), transport in the parade.
Robin Edwards, teacher at the Hallow Reed School in JP, blows bubbles to the delight of many.
J and Ellis (2) Carroll rode their tandem bike to see the parade off from the Curtis Hall Municipal building.
Marieke Rosenbaum, with Spontaneous Celebrations, gets herself ready on her stilts. Her Mom is Femke, who founded the Wake Up The Earth Parade 40 years ago.
The start of May saw the 40th annual Wake Up The Earth Parade
and Festival in Jamaica Plain, organized by Spontaneous Celebrations.
The event began in 1979 and celebrates the defeat of the proposed
I-95 extension, which began razing neighborhoods and threatened to
level many more. Participants from across Jamaica Plain and beyond
came together to march with a message of community.