Event Dime

Justice in the Weeds: Why People Reclaim Neglected Cemeteries

When:

June 27, 2026 · 3:00 PM

Where:

East Meeting Room, Durham, NC

Source:

6AM City Raleigh – Events

Across the United States, people are coming together to care for overgrown cemeteries-the burial grounds of marginalized people, including African Americans, psychiatric hospital patients, and the poor. These volunteer groups pull up weeds, clean headstones, and uncover lost stories. But they are doing more than yard work. They are raising big questions: Why were these cemeteries neglected in the first place? What does it say about how some lives-and deaths-are treated as less valuable than othe