Celebrating MLK: Mt. Zion Service Project
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Join the Center for Campus & Community Engagement and the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society for a service project celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the past, present, and future of Black communities in Southeast Ohio. This service project is outdoors and masks and social distancing will be required. Please dress appropriately for the weather, too!
The Mt. Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society needs volunteers to help with maintenance and upkeep around the outside of the building on West Carpenter St. as well as with posting flyers and outreach materials around town promoting their organizations and upcoming events.
More about Mt. Zion:
Mount Zion Baptist Church served as the key gathering place for the Black community of Athens and Southeast Ohio from 1905 until the 1990s. Over the course of its rich history, the church supported the cultural and social contributions of Black Americans in the Ohio River Valley.
Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the Mount Zion Baptist Church into a vibrant community center. The center will offer educational, cultural and creative programming to support the Black community and other marginalized peoples of Southeast Ohio.
Requirements
Wondering if you should register to volunteer? Based on the CDC guidelines, we are asking you the following questions:
- Have you been exposed to someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19? See the CDC’s risk assessment guidance.
- Do you have symptoms consistent with COVID-19? Symptoms can include a cough or shortness of breath or at least two of the following: Fever, Chills, Repeated shaking with chills, Muscle pain, Headache, Sore throat, New loss of taste or smell. See the CDC’s symptom information.
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Location
32 West Carpenter Street, Athens, Ohio
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