Urban Tilth’s 6th Annual Martin Luther King National Day of Service 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
9:00 – 2:00pm
Richmond Greenway (Between Ohio & Chanslors Ave – from 6th Street & 16th Streets)
Join Urban Tilth for another fabulous day of service, community, gardening and celebration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Photo credit: Urban Tilth
Martin Luther King National Day of Service 2012 in Richmond, California is coordinated by Urban Tilth in collaboration and partnership with the following community organizations, local businesses and National Agencies: City of Richmond, Alpha Kappa Alpha!, Communities United Restoring Mother Earth (CURME), Community Rejuvenation Project (CRP), Daud Abdullah, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Friends of the Richmond Greenway, Iron Triangle Neighborhood Council, Malik Seneferu, Pogo Park, the realRICH, Rich City Rides, The Watershed Project, World ONE (keCg) radio, US Forest Service and all of the individual volunteers who come out – rain or shine – to honor the life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr through service!
Schedule of Events
9:00 am Service Projects
12:00 pm MLK Commemoration, Entertainment & Activities
1:45 pm Closing Ceremony
TRANSPORTATION
Ride your bike to the event!
FREE secure Valet and Bike Fix-in with Rich City Rides…
(BART is just a few blocks from the 16th Street site)
ART is in FULL EFFECT!
MLK DAY Richmond welcomes the collaboration of the CRP team offering up a community mural project, Daud Abdullah offering another amazing community based mosaic offering and MALIK Seneferu bringing a magical, rooted community based art project for this year’s MLK DAY on the Richmond Greenway!
VOLUNTEER PROJECTS
This year we will build our market stand, plant our spring gardens and more trees in the Edible Forest, rebuild the CURME Medicinal Garden, build new or repair old garden beds, make sign and art other projects
ENTERTAINMENT & ACTIVITIES
- FREE Food
- FREE Hot Tea Bar
- Stages with live performances (EBCPAs)
- Commemoration of Dr Martin Luther KIng Jr’s life and work
- Bike parking (Rich City Rides)
- Bike Fix-in (Rich City Rides)
- Trail sign making Project for nearby landmarks
- Face painting (Marinette Tovar and friends)
- KidZ Zone (Arts Activities, Pot Paining)
- Petting Zoo
- Paint by Numbers Community Mural (CRP)
- Mosaic Project (Daud Abdullah)
- Community Mural Project (Karen & Malik Seneferu)
MAKE IT A DAY ON! Gonna be one not to be missed ♥
More info: www.urbantilth.org/mlkday
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