Subject: Lakeland Community Heritage Project

A Job close to home: Work & employment in Lakeland

Exhibition wall

Lakeland : African Americans in College Park displayed in local book store

Cover proof for publication with Arcadia Press, 0229

The Diamondback publishes a piece on urban renewal in the city of Lakeland. It highlight's the commitment of Lakeland residents to preserving the neighborhood.

On Sunday, September 22, 2008, more than 200 people gathered at the “heart of Lakeland,” the intersection of Lakeland Road and 51st Avenue, between two historic churches, for Lakeland Heritage Day, a time of celebration and remembrance. The focus for that year’s celebration was the importance of religious life in the heritage of Lakeland. The featured event of the festivities was an outdoor worship service with participants from all of Lakeland’s churches: the First Baptist Church of College Park, the Embry African Methodist Episcopal Church, the Washington Brazilian Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the Salvation African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Pastor David Barrozo of the Washington Brazilian S.D.A. Church and the Rev. Dr. Edna Canty Jenkins of Embry A.M.E. Church were photographed during the event.

The community of Lakeland and its members want to preserve its history by and through LHP. The project members plan to display artifacts from collections every year and preserve the past.

Concert held at Memorial Chapel, University of Maryland