The Red, Black and Green Revolutionary Eco-Music Tour made its second stop in Vermont, with a collaboration of jazz musicians both young and old. Students and local residents alike filed into the Southwick Recital Hall Feb. 20 for nearly two hours of music, theatrics and speeches by several notable figures.Among them was civil rights activist Colia Clark. The event was sponsored, in part, by the Honors College, Student Life, Ecosocialist Horizons and Goddard College. Calling Vermont a ?revolutionary state,? Clark introduced UVM?s jazz club as the opening act, whom she deemed worthy of ?a soul-sized stomp.?She later turned the attention toward issues facing the country today. ?Vermont is very important, looking at this whole area, we have captured Mother Earth in a very negative way,? Clark said.?Destruction of the environment and destruction of humanity is part of why I?m here tonight,? she said. Combining social and environmental issues, the tour aims to draw attention to the ways that citizens can work together to make the world a better place for everyone. ?There is a simultaneous attraction and revulsion to African Americans that defines wholeness,? multi-instrumentalist Salim Washington said. ?You cannot allow that philosophy toward life.?The night?s musical act was centered around artist Cal Massey, whose ?Black Liberation Movement Suite? was performed by the band. Clare Dolan, another speaker for the event, said that Massey was seen as both a ?polarizing and influential? figure in the world of jazz. Known for his lifelong friendship with John Coltrane, many say Cal Massey was responsible for bringing jazz music into the mainstream. At the time of these musicians, it was strongly believed that jazz should remain in the underground as part of African Americans? cultural heritage, Dolan said.?Things that mark music are disproportionately black. Things that define our country in terms of music is African American,? Washington said. The night was concluded with a performance of renowned baritone saxophonist Fred Ho?s big band composition ?The Scientific Soul Revolutionary Gardens of Harlem Suite.?Ho, who is currently suffering from colon cancer, was honored throughout the night by his former prot?g?s and admirers. Ho has worked as a saxophonist, but also as an opponent to capitalism. He additionally is a civil rights leader who petitioned for the rights of convicted murderer Russel Maroon Shoatz. Shoatz, a member of the Black Liberation Army, was arrested for murdering a police officer in Pennsylvania in 1970. He spent 23 years in solitary confinement, despite having a no disciplinary record. He was released back into the prison?s general population the very night of the tour?s stop at UVM. The Red, Black and Green Revolutionary Eco-Music Tour made several other stops in Vermont, beginning with Johnson State College Feb. 19 followed by UVM the next day. The tour will conclude with concerts in Barnard, Vt. and at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vt. Feb. 22.