Name: MLK Day of Service 2026
Start: 2026-01-19T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-19T16:00:00-05:00
Location: EMBARC Community & Youth Farm at Rock Chapel 2: 1185 Rock Chapel Rd, Lithonia, GA 30058

Let’s come together to make this MLK Day a powerful moment of service, connection, and impact!
About this Event

MLK Day of Service 2026: E.M.B.A.R.C. Community Youth Farm

Please join us in honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as we preserve the beauty of the forest at the Farm while creating an outdoor classroom space where all can feel safe and welcome.

What to expect: We will work along main to remove privet, kudzu, and sweet gum trees to progress with our Forestry Management Plan designed by Georgia Forestry Commission's Dave Long. We will use the plant material to build a wattle around our outdoor classroom that will provide future educational opportunities to visitors. Additionally, we will locate logs that will be innoculated with mushroom spores and make up our mushroom garden.

Program leader: Your guide will be Ranger Rachel

Where to meet: Find Ranger Rachel under the green pavilion at the end of the parking lot by the large field. There will be a sign-in sheet on the picnic table, so please sign in upon arrival.

What to bring: Wear appropriate footwear, dress for the weather, and bring a refillable water bottle and work gloves if you have them. There will be a limited supply of gloves to borrow.

Recommended ages: This program content is designed for adults and older youth.

Weather contingency: This program will be held rain or shine, unless conditions are dangerous.

Walking distance: Trail is less than half a mile from the pavilion and outdoor classroom is less than a quarter mile from the pavilion.

Exposure: Some sections of removal might be exposed to wind and sun, while other sections will be under tree canopy.

Waiver & Release: By registering for this activity, each participant hereby acknowledges and agrees that he/she is participating in this program at his/her own risk and holds DeKalb County and all its officers, agents, servants, and/or employees harmless from and against any and all claims, loss, damage, charge, or expense to which they or any of them may be put or subjected by reason of participant’s participation in this program. You further acknowledge that DeKalb County is not responsible for the acts of others participating in this program and the other participants may include, but not be limited to, interested individuals, members of civic groups, religious groups, or community group, and/or persons convicted of crimes and/or violations of County ordinances and ordered to provide community service. I give permission that all photographs, films, video recordings, and sound recordings of me and/or my child(ren) made by the DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs during this Naturalist program may be used non- commercially by the DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs to promotion and educational purposes. I understand and acknowledge that neither my child(ren) nor I will receive any compensation whatsoever for appearing in any photograph, film, video recording, or sound recording made by the DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs.