Project Management Support

The 42-acre Washington Park Cemetery, in Berkeley, Missouri, is in great disrepair and suffering from ongoing desecration. It is the final resting place for over 42,000 people, and for many years was one of few cemeteries where the black community could bury their deceased.  Revered ministers, respected educators, and attorneys noted civil rights leaders and physicians, and beloved family members are interred on these sacred grounds.

Washington Park Cemetery is also the final resting place for many U.S. servicemen who chose to be buried by family members and near the homes of their survivors as opposed to the rather far away Jefferson Barracks Cemetery. Veterans buried at the cemetery have served in the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. With military stones found destroyed throughout the cemetery - that once represented their devoted service in five U.S. wars - survivors are lamenting their veterans’ decisions to be buried at the deteriorating Washington Park Cemetery.

We have begun a multi-year effort to turn the cemetery into a beautiful north St. Louis County Heritage Site for these former St. Louisans, their families, and their descendants to come!

We are always in need of community members and students with Project Management skills to help coordinate the following Project Goals & Objectives:

Project Managers will help coordinate the work packages, volunteers, and partner organizations to complete each critical element necessary for the long-term success of this heritage site. Volunteers can help with planning, organizing tasks for everyone, responding to emails and messages, budgeting, assisting with the GIS effort, and/or providing community updates.