U.S. Department
of Justice
ENRD Earth Day Community Service Event
Deputy Attorney General James Cole (center left), Acting Assistant Attorney General Robert Dreher (far left), and Washington Parks and People President and Director Steve Coleman (center right) tour the latest improvements at the Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center.
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Acting Assistant Attorney General Robert Dreher addresses the crowd of ENRD and community volunteers before beginning the Earth Day volunteer activities at Marvin Gaye Park.
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Steve Coleman (right), President and Director of Washington Parks and People and RonDell Pooler (left), Coordinator of Parks and People's DC Green Corps, tell the story of the Marvin Gaye Community Greening Center. The space that was once an abandoned fie "When asked in a non-multiple choice survey 'Where in your community do you feel safest?' over one quarter of respondents answered - in this very park" - Steve Coleman
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Deputy Attorney General James Cole (left) and Acting Assistant Attorney General Robert Dreher (right) plant a dogwood tree at the Marvin Gaye Park Greening Center.
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ENRD volunteers hard at work, rolling out the base materials in preparation for the new gravel road that was later built that day.
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Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) volunteers shoveling gravel into wheelbarrows to be transferred across the site to extend the park's road.
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Beautiful Marvin Gaye Park bustling with activity to commemorate Earth Day. Environment and Natural Resources Division volunteers and other members of the community dedicated their time to rejuvenate and maintain the now flourishing Community Greening Center.
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The Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resource Division hosted a special event commemorating Earth Day 2014 at Marvin Gaye Park in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 22. There were brief remarks by Acting Assistant Attorney General Robert Dreher, and Deputy Attorney General James Cole. 2014 marked the 11th consecutive Earth Day service celebration at Marvin Gaye Park in Northeast Washington, D.C. In those 11 years, volunteers from the Environment Division have been planting trees, removing trash, laying sod, and gardening. On Tuesday, the Division volunteers worked with the DC Green Corps to expand trails and plant garden beds, among other projects at the Community Greening Center, located in the 5000 block of the Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE.