Our Vision
Coming in 2025!
Black Wall Street Athens Episode 2 tells the story of architectural and historical erasure in this Appalachian Ohio River Valley town.
Black Wall Street Athens Episode 1 is the first in a series of 3 that tells the story of architectural and historical erasure in this Appalachian Ohio River Valley town.
Episode 1 premiered at the Athena Cinema in 2022. Since then, it has been requested by dozens of schools at all levels across Appalachia.
Rebuilding
our social sanctuary
Here at Mount Zion, much has been happening!
Selected in 2019 by the National Endowment for the Arts, Mount Zion was one of three organizations chosen for the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD). Working with CIRD offered Mount Zion opportunities for competitive funding, community planning expertise, and additional consultancy with a focus on rural communities.
In 2020, Mount Zion hosted two site visits with the CIRD design team from To Be Done Studio to determine potential rehabilitation needs for our historic building. View the process and see the vision by flipping through our CIRD Design Book below.
Making constant progress, these initial grants and partnerships evolved into support from national, state, and local stakeholders. This includes the 2023 assessment and removal of the Mount Zion Baptist Church stained-glass windows.
We are looking forward to a grand opening of the Mount Zion Black Cultural Center in Athens, Ohio, 2026!
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