The 15th annual Oak Cliff Earth Day celebration took place over the weekend at Lake Cliff Park, which happens every year on or around Earth Day (April 22).
Featured music showcased performances by MIDI: A Fusion Jazz Experiment (Booker T. Washington HSPVA), the Bandan Koro African Dance & Drum Ensemble and the Oak Lawn Band.
The event aims to promote environmental awareness and education, as well as encourage sustainable practices among the community.
The Texas Master Naturalist booth at Oak Cliff Earth Day 2023. Photo: Jessica Waffles
MIDI: A Fusion Jazz Experiment featuring Booker T Washington HSPVA students playing at the Oak Cliff Earth Day 2023. Photo: Jessica Waffles
The vendor village at Oak Cliff Earth Day 2023 featured local vendors focused on conservation, green movements, and wildlife advocacy. Photo: Jessica Waffles
The Oak Cliff Earth Day event is organized by the Oak Cliff Earth Day Committee, a group of volunteers who work together to plan and coordinate the event each year.
The committee is made up of individuals, businesses, and organizations who share a commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability.
Students from MIDI: A Fusion Jazz Experiment. Photo: Jessica Waffles
The community Poet-Tree at the Climate Justice Now / The Climate Reality Project vendor booth. Photo: Jessica Waffles
The Climate Reality Project is a group that was started by Al Gore. Photo: Jessica Waffles
The vendor village contained booths from the civic, nonprofit and for-profit sectors of the community.
Nonprofits like The Climate Reality Project DFW Chapter, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, the North Texas Renewable Energy Group, and Texas Native Cats shared their advocacy movements regarding climate change, community participation in action, and addressing the future of disappearing natural resources and wildlife.
A selection of the Oak Lawn Band performing at Oak Cliff Earth Day 2023. Photo: Jessica Waffles
Since 1980, the Oak Lawn Band has served its local LGBTQIA+ community and beyond through performance and musical fellowship. Photo: Jessica Waffles
The Texas Native Cats booth showcased a beautiful taxidermy female bobcat who had been fatally shot. The group is raising awareness of the over-hunting of Texas wild cats with dwindling population numbers. Photo: Jessica Waffles
The Coombs Creek Conservancy is working to protect Coombs Creek in Oak Cliff, promoting stewardship of the creek and raising ecological awareness of its unique plants and wildlife through public outreach, education and service projects.
Oak Cliff Earth Day plans to continue next year, bringing together like-minded community that seeks to save the planet.
The Coombs Creek Conservancy is a group working to protect Coombs Creek in Oak Cliff. Photo: Jessica Waffles
The Oak Lawn Band performing a rendition of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” at Oak Cliff Earth Day 2023. Photo: Jessica Waffles
Members of the Oak Lawn Band. Photo: Jessica Waffles
Bandan Koro African Dance & Drum Ensemble. Photo: Jessica Waffles
Bandan Koro African Dance & Drum Ensemble is dedicated to studying & sharing, educating & performing, African culture & history through the medium of dance, music, & specialized presentations. Photo: Jessica Waffles
The lively dancers of Bandan Koro African Dance & Drum Ensemble kept the party going. Photo: Jessica Waffles
Each member of the dance team of the Bandan Koro African Dance & Drum Ensemble got a solo during the set. Photo: Jessica Waffles
Bandan Koro African Dance & Drum Ensemble engaged with the audience through teaching dance moves to the crowd. Photo: Jessica Waffles
Bandan Koro African Dance & Drum Ensemble. Photo: Jessica Waffles
Bandan Koro African Dance & Drum Ensemble. Photo: Jessica Waffles
Jessica Waffles is a freelance photographer/videographer and regular contributor to KXT.
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