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History Preservation Documentation Project at Eden Cemetery

Saturday, September 17, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (ET)

Collingdale, PA

History Preservation Documentation Project at Eden Cemetery

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History Preservation Documentation Project at Eden Cemetery


MLK365 Program       

 

Please join MLK365 and the Friends of Historic Eden Cemetery for a day of volunteering and photojournalism at Historic Eden Cemetery on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 10:00 am.

 

Volunteers will help preserve history by taking photographs of headstones, which will be archived following the completion of the project. Some cameras will be available on-site, but volunteers should bring digital cameras or smart phones to use during the project, if they are able.

 

Volunteers are also needed to help finish scraping and painting the front gate.

 

Volunteers should dress in casual, comfortable clothing and footwear. Volunteers are encouraged to bring sunscreen and full water bottles. Parking is available on Springfield Road, right in front of the cemetery.


Created in 1902, Eden Cemetery is the first African American Cemetery in the United States. Eden serves as the final resting place for some of our country and region's most notable African Americans, including opera legend Marian Andersen, 19th-century Philadelphia civil rights leader Octavius Catto, and Christopher Perry, the founder of the Philadelphia Tribune, the nation's oldest continuously published African American newspaper. To learn more about Eden Cemetery, visit www.edencemetery.org


You may RSVP to volunteer through this invitation by clicking the "REGISTER" button. If you have questions, please contact MLK365 Staff at (215) 665-2655 or mlk365@globalcitizen.us.com.

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Historic Eden Cemetery
1434 Springfield Road
Collingdale, PA 19023

Saturday, September 17, 2011 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM (ET)


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Global Citizen is non-partisan organization dedicated to promoting civic engagement, community volunteering, civic responsibility and sustained active citizenship among diverse groups, particularly young people.

Our issues of focus include poverty, homelessness, at-risk youth, education, public health, digital inclusion, energy and the environment.  Global Citizen is a weaver of community webs, bringing together people of all ages and backgrounds.  We work to build diverse partnerships through volunteer service, thus realizing how much more we have in common than our differences.

Global Citizen was founded by Todd Bernstein, who helped Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Harris Wofford and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis create the National Martin Luther King Day of Service in 1994.  Bernstein started the first local King Day of Service in Philadelphia in 1996.

MLK365 is a year-round program that promotes sustainable civic engagement and volunteer opportunities. 

The goal of MLK365 is to ensure that Dr. King's legacy and principles are embraced throughout the entire year.  The initiative emphasizes Dr. King's legacy of nonviolence, social justice, equality and excellence.

MLK365 serves as a year-round clearing house for continuing service opportunities, as well as supporting and designing volunteer programs for its partners.