Recycling Trash Into An Art Celebration
Join us for the vibrant and eco-conscious Recycle Challenge Parade and Festival—a celebration of sustainability, creativity, and community! This unique event merges art, culture, and environmental education, featuring dazzling parades, live performances, interactive workshops, eco-friendly vendors, and fun activities for all ages. Witness the creativity of artists and community members as they showcase costumes, floats, and wearable art made from recycled materials, promoting the beauty of reusing and upcycling.
This event is a fundraiser for Literacy Project International program The Recycle Challenge Parade & Festival.
For the fourth year, The Milliners Association from Nigeria will be introducing a global experience that connects the importance of why we celebrate recycling through hosting the Trash To Wealth Hat Competition on Zoom. We are about encouragement, and connecting the continent of Africa to us, as a global family. During various events, attendees may be asked to vote on their favorite hat maker creating a sensational hat from trash. This engaging competition highlights the potential of upcycled materials and celebrates creativity and innovation.
Join us for this unique celebration, where creativity, culture, and sustainability come together to inspire a better future.
The goal is to foster a community that values sustainability and celebrates the rich cultural heritage of New Orleans.
Information About the non-profit Literacy Project International
Our non-profit, is dedicated to promoting literacy and cultural awareness through hands-on, real-world experiences. Our journey began two decades ago in 1998 in Denver, Colorado, and we extended our reach to New Orleans, LA, in 2017.
Our main program is The Recycle Challenge Parade and Festival, a dynamic celebration of creativity and sustainability held annually in New Orleans. This year is particularly special as Easter coincides with Earth Day, running from April 19th to April 22, 2024. This event feels like a homecoming, reuniting family and friends as it brings together elders and youth, locals, and visitors. Artists, community members, culture bearers, and environmental enthusiasts will showcase innovative projects and experiences derived from recycled materials, generating opportunities to rethink, upcycle, and repurpose for a better future.
The challenge is a call to action to inspire and educate participants on sustainable living. This year, we encourage the black community to embrace the festival by introducing new recycling methods into personal lives, homes, families, and businesses. Storytelling will play a significant role, with culture bearers sharing African cultural contributions to art and crafting disciplines such as collage, plant dyeing, sewing quilts, and sourcing materials from the land.
Additionally, the event will offer practical skills workshops, including basic canning of fruits and vegetables, cooking classes, and more. These sessions aim to promote self-sufficiency and environmental stewardship, empowering participants to make a positive impact on the planet.
ABOUT US
The Chief Financial Officer of Literacy Project International is Madera E. Rogers-Henry who also oversees a range of impactful programs housed under our organization’s umbrella. Among these, the most popular initiatives include:
These diverse programs offer engaging opportunities for individuals of all ages to actively participate in our literacy and sustainability-focused endeavors. We have a focus on youth programming in the above-mentioned programs.
Our core mission is to create individuals worldwide who are conscious and committed to fully engaging in achieving a sustainable lifestyle.
Our fiscal agent, CCI (Collaborative Community Initiative), as we work together to advance the mission of Literacy Project International.
We have numerous ways we connect with the community.
We invite you to join us in championing arts, literacy, sustainability, and global consciousness as we strive to make a meaningful impact in our communities.
We seek collaborations and community building connecting to what’s possible!
Save 50% on Early Bird Tickets Call to Action! We are excited to announce our partnership between the Genius Is Common Movement and The Recycle Challenge. As a token of our appreciation, anyone who contributes to our non-profit, sponsors us, or donates to one of our passes receives: Free Gold Listing in GENIUS IS COMMON Movement's Business Directory $499.89. Join us in supporting sustainability and creativity! PROMO CODE will be provided when your donation has been processed. Thank you for your support!
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Our schedule is still being developed to include workshops and panel discussions that address how to effectively incorporate recycling into art and everyday living!
This is an example of the schedule.
The festival has multi-locations to its day and night-time experiences. We are a family -family experience.
Day One: Welcome Activities
Check-In (Lower 9th Ward)
Party / Music Feature / Panel Discussions
Sneakers & Roller Skating
Day Two: Health Fair - Lower 9th Ward Location
Parade from St. Claude/ Bywater Location to Lower 9th Ward
Panel Discussions
Musical Acts
Second Location: St. Roch Neighborhood
Panel Discussions/ Music
Day Three: Farm Experience - Lower 9th Ward
Sunday Brunch
Panel Discussions / Music
Poetry Refueled & Repurposed
Crafting On The Farm
Day Four: Nigerian Milliners Trash To Wealth Hat Competition on Zoom
Panel Discussion / Workshops
Preparation for Parade
Walking Parade - Ending of Festival
Check - Out
The local and tourist pricing allows each attendee who brings recycling to donate recyclables. They receive 50% off only on the day of the festival.
RECYCLE DONATION: $25.00 Per Day
ECO DONATION: $50.00
SUSTAINABLE SPONSORSHIP DONATION: $250.00 For 4-Days
Panel Discussions
1. Why Black Folks Don't Recycle
2. What Sourcing Your Food Means
3. Caretaking The Future
4. Environmental Injustice (Hop spots in Black Neighborhoods)
5. How We Eat
Types of Workshops
1. Building A 3-D Float
2. Creating Art With Fabric
3. Working In The Garden (Taking Vegetable Scarps To Create Food)
4. Working With Herbs
5. Using Plants to Dye Clothing
6. Creating Paper Hats From Cardboard
7. Creating Costumes From Recyclable Materials
8. Introduction to Indigo Dying
9. Introduction to Basic Canning
Fruits
Vegetables (Pickles)
10. Upcycling Furniture to Make A Garden Container
11. Basic Sewing
12. Learning Embroidery Stitching
13. Hand Stitching (Quilt Circle & Story Telling)
Children's Workshops
1. Becoming A Whose News Reporter
2. Photography
3. Basic Filmmaking
4. Crafting Giant Paper Houses
5. Basic Cooking Cupcakes
6. Dance Classes
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January, 2025
Tuesday
August 26,2019
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