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3 people are interested
MLK Day Event & Volunteer Project
ORGANIZATION: Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles
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3 people are interested
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles -- support economic development and self-determination by and for the African community!
Make your MLK Day significant and meaningful! Participate by helping bring in resources for health and economic development in the black community through this volunteer activity with Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles (UFC), an economic development project of the African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF).
Our 2-hour program starts bright and early at 10am, with historic clips about MLK and the Civil Rights Movement, community discussion about the ongoing struggle for justice by the black community, and the continuing work of the African People 's Education and Defense Fund today. The outreach service project begins after the program ends at noon.
Volunteers will work in teams to spread the word about UFC's fast & free donation pick-up service by hanging door flyers in designated sections of the city. PLEASE DRESS WARMLY -- you will be working outside! Brief training, snacks, and water will be provided. The day of service is concluded with a complimentary pizza lunch for all participants!
Drivers wanted for the day. If you have a car and are willing to transport others to door hanging sites, please let us know!
The black community faces conditions today that are worse than in the 1960s. APEDF is struggling to end the same disparities in poverty, health, unemployment, unjust imprisonment and substandard education that were fought by MLK and the Civil Rights Movement.
Everyone is welcome! Your participation makes a difference. Great opportunity for groups and individuals. We look forward to working with you on MLK Day!
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About Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles
Location:
832 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 19130, US
Mission Statement
Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles is a project of the African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF). APEDF strives to develop and institutionalize programs to defend the human and civil rights of the African community, and to address the grave disparities in education, health, healthcare, and economic development of the African community.
Description
Uhuru Furniture and Collectibles is a non-profit store that is a fundraiser for black community empowerment programs of APEDF. We receive a truck load of donated furniture and household items every day. This is a lively, popular Philadelphia store staffed mostly by volunteers. When you volunteer at Uhuru Furniture, you not only contribute to the success of the store, you become part of a larger movement for peace through social justice. People shop at Uhuru Furniture for low priced, top quality items and to support crucial programs for social justice for African people.
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832 N. Broad St.Philadelphia, PA 19130
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December 6, 2017
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