Earth Day may have come and gone, but City College will urge students and locals alike to preserve the spirit of empowerment, environmental and social awareness during Saturday’s Pangaea Festival.

The event, in its third year, will take place from 1 to 9 p.m. this Saturday at La Playa Stadium. Its hosts include the college’s Students Coalition with the help of campus clubs and local organizations.

Tina Kistler, the coalition’s faculty advisor, said Pangaea Fest is “a celebration of youth activism.”

“The theme is to educate the public about your world, outside of you,” Kistler said. “The whole concept is that we are working together, we are all one.”

Kistler said the name of the event is based on the supercontinent of Pangaea, when all the continents were once together. The goals of the event reflect “giving back, being educated, singing about our world and doing good things,” she said.

Jerrel KeyAuthor, chief of staff for the coalition, said every aspect of the event will be significant.

“Everything is going to be tied into something that people can actually feel for, not in a negative way, but just in a way that enlightens and really makes them aware of what’s going on here and across the seas,” KeyAuthor said. “Each booth and each exhibit and each vendor have a meaning and a purpose.”

One of the exhibits will promote water conservation and compare drinking water here with that of third world countries.

“We have a lot of interactive displays, so kids can imagine what it would be like if you had to carry water for three miles just for basic water needs,” Kistler said.

Local non-profits and charities will also have booths at the event to raise money for their causes, including Tom’s Shoes and the Right to Dream Foundation.

Right to Dream allows children between 10 and 11 years old to try out for soccer academies, awarding scholarships and giving kids a chance to join academy teams if they impress scouts, said Stuart Kirk, a student who will be working with the foundation during the festival through Kistler’s Communication 151 class. He said the foundation focuses particularly on children from Ghana, and players who received the foundation’s scholarships and now play for UCSB and Westmont will attend the event, with goals and shooting drills set up for kids.

Kirk said his goal for the event is to raise awareness about the foundation as well as health care and child education in Ghana.

“My main goal is to make people aware of what an amazing job Right to Dream is doing,” Kirk said. “Because these kids really did come from nothing and they’re given an opportunity.”

City College’s chapter of the honor society Sigma Chi Eta will work at the event as well, raising money for Haiti in an attempt to offset shipping costs so people can more easily send tents to the nation, said Sarah Hock, the society’s faculty advisor.

There are still “quite a few desperate needs that remain” for quake victims in Haiti, she said.

Entertainment won’t be lacking at the event either. There will be a “spotlight on Africa” between 4 and 5:30 p.m., Kistler said, including a speech from a 19-year-old refugee from Sudan.

Afterward, Dominic Balli, a musician whose work is described as reggae, rock and hip-hop, will perform for the evening.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch or dinner, but will be given wristbands so they can come and go throughout the day, Kistler said.

“Bring a blanket, bring a chair, and bring a good attitude,” Kistler said.