Community Clean-up, Pro-Decency March
Please see below two excellent opportunities this weekend to get involved in our local neighborhoods. Let’s work together to make a difference in our communities!
1) College Park: Saturday, October 25th, 9am – 1pm
COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP DAY: see details below.
RSVP required. Phone or email Christopher Warren at 301-277-3445 or cwarren@collegeparkmd.gov.
2) Beltsville: Saturday, October 25th, 1:45pm-4pm
PRO-DECENCY MARCH: see details below
RSVP not required. Meet at 1:45pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church (corner of U.S. Route 1 and Powder Mill Rd. across Powder Mill Rd. from the CVS store).
Read on for details about what, where and how to participate in these two great events!
1) College Park Clean-Up: Saturday, October 25th, 9am – 1pm
Saturday, October 25, 9am-1pm – This is HOLLYWOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FALL COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP DAY! Our District 1 Councilmembers, Patrick Wojahn and Jonathan Molinatto, invite you to come out to help spruce up the Hollywood Commercial District. Volunteers will prune bushes, sweep sidewalks, clear street gutters, rake leaves, pick up litter, clean parking lots, and participate in other beautification activities.
Volunteers will meet at College Park Youth and Family Services, 4912 Nantucket Road. Supervised children are welcome! Cleaning supplies and equipment will be provided. Coffee, juice and snacks will be available.
To participate, please RSVP by phoning or emailing Christopher Warren, at 301-277-3445 or cwarren@collegeparkmd.gov.
2) Beltsville Pro-Decency March: Saturday, October 25th, 1:45pm-4pm
Join a pro-decency march organized by the Maryland Coalition Against Pornography (MCAP), a 22-year-old non-profit organization, as part of the annual Anti-Pornography Awareness Week and the WRAP (White Ribbons Against Pornography) campaign. On Oct. 25th, 2-4 pm, we will be doing a pro-decency march on a curbside near an “adult” x-rated Wholesale Lingerie store on Route 1 near Powder Mill Rd. that is in violation of the Prince George’s County code.
Everyone should meet in the parking lot of St. John’s Episcopal Church (corner of U.S. Route 1 and Powder Mill Rd. across Powder Mill Rd. from the CVS store) at 1:45 pm. For those who wish to wear them, we have royal blue short-sleeve t-shirts that say “White Ribbons Against Pornography.”
We will take our placards and signs then and walk over 1 block north to the sidewalk across Harford Rd. The march will take place from 2-4 pm. There will be some literature we can offer people, explaining who MCAP is, noting our web site as an Internet resource with much more information. A card table will also be put out with copies of some other information that is intended to help those struggling with porn temptation or addiction.
MCAP has written to the PG County State’s Attorney, Glenn Ivey, asking why the existing zoning ordinances are not being enforced about this store’s close proximity to residences and a church, and its 24/7 hours of operation. So far, no reply. Councilman Thomas Denorga has been in correspondence with us, and says the current code is unenforceable, and needs a legislative correction. It’s unclear what about the existing code is unenforceable. Unless people keep urging action, it is unlikely anything will be done.
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