The headstones of Della Hines Barnes and Dave Barnes, Odd Fellows Cemetery, September 2021.
- Join a clean-up.
- Bring a friend.
- Amplify our message.
- Follow Lane Street Project on Instagram or Facebook.
- Drop off coffee or hot chocolate or water for volunteers working at a clean-up.
- Bring doughnuts or other snacks to a clean-up.
- Donate money [Cashapp $blackwideawake] for supplies, tools, equipment, and professional services.
- Donate supplies, tools, equipment, and professional services.
- Bring a group of your church members to a clean-up.
- Visit and pay your respects.
- Leave flowers.
- Fill a bag with trash or debris.
- Cut 25 wisteria vines.
- Photograph a headstone and record its information.
- Record a headstone’s GPS location.
- Clear a section of fence.
- Tag us: #lanestreetproject
- Bring your fraternity or sorority members to a clean-up.
- Interview an elder about their memories of the cemeteries.
- Pay for a roll-off bin for a clean-up day.
- Bring your classmates to a clean-up.
- Wear a mask.
- Bring your alumni group to a clean-up.
- “Adopt” a grave or family plot, and keep it clean and neat.
- Bring your co-workers to a clean-up.
- Pour libations.
- Find out if you have people buried here.
- Speak truth to power.
- Bring your motorcycle club to a clean-up.
- Pray for the thousands buried in Odd Fellows, Vick, and Rountree Cemeteries.
- Honor your ancestors.
- Bring your fellow veterans to a clean-up. (There are many buried here.)
- Ask your councilperson to support efforts to reclaim Odd Fellows Cemetery.
- Buy Lane Street Project merchandise. The proceeds will benefit clean-up work.
- Bring your fellow Masons or Eastern Stars to a clean-up.
- Help us install fence art.
- Ask your councilperson to support efforts to redress harm done to Vick Cemetery.
- Ask us what we need.
- Bring your Scout troop or other youth group to a clean-up.
- Read about the histories of Wilson’s African-American cemeteries in Black Wide-Awake.
- Observe safety rules when working a clean-up.
- Watch your step.
- STOP DUMPING.
- Clean headstones with water and a soft-bristled brush ONLY. No detergent. No soap.
- Ride by every once in a while and let us know if anything needs to be taken care of.
- Bring your social club to a clean-up.
- Teach your children and students about local African-American history.
- Be careful not to lean on headstones. Some are unstable, and if they fall you will be hurt.
- Share your thoughts about the futures of the cemeteries.
- Come again.