College Students Clean Up Frenchtown on MLK Day in Partnership with Urban League

Devoting time on MLK Day to clean up in this historically black community.

Following Tallahassee's college students on a service day in Frenchtown and learning how this could continue past the holiday.

For the seventh year, the Tallahassee Urban League (Tallahassee, FL) held an MLK service day in Frenchtown.

"We want to do everything we can to bring about a transformation to our neighbors."

And the majority of hands working on that transformation — about 200 of Tallahassee's college students.

Chaudia Adams is a FAMU social work student and an intern at the Urban League.

She says the turnout for Monday's service day was much better than expected.

It's great for one day, but she hopes to improve the Urban League's social media presence to connect with students where they tend to live.

"We need to increase visibility here at the Urban League. We have a great bunch of resources, but people don't know about them because the channels to actually view them are kind of outdated."

Adams is talking about resources like housing rehabilitation, healthcare navigation, and a food pantry.

Students made their way through several streets in Frenchtown, picking up trash, and spreading word of what the Urban League offers.

"Dr. King really preached about community and coming together as one."

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