AN HISTORICAL CEMETERY FOR ENSLAVED AFRICANS & THEIR DESCENDENTS IS BEING DESTROYED RIGHT NOW TO BUILD A STORAGE UNIT ON TOP OF IT. Follow Save Bethesda African Cemetery on FB and @ bethesdaafricancemetery on insta, & read thread for action items: #blm #BlackLivesMatter

call (or contact in any way) Marc Elrich, the county exec for Montgomery county: 240-777-0311. demand he stand against the construction.

call Bethesda Self Storage Partners LLC, the storage company: 602-697-0350. demand they halt construction & relocate the project

contact Kelly McKone, VP of real estate development 1784 Capital Holdings, the co. partnering with Bethesda Self Storage LLC on the project: 602-840-6081 or [email protected]

call Crystal Maddox, commercial building plan review manager of Montogomery County: 240-777-6383

If you want a script for the call, you can use this: "Hello, my name is ___ and I am a resident of __. I am calling in regards to the desecration of Moses Cemetery, an historical cemetery for Black people who wete enslaved & their descendents. (1/3)

"The construction project on River Road, Bethesda is destroying this cemetery to put a storage unit on top of it. This is an act of cultural property theft and blatant white supremacy. It disrespects the lives of enslaved folks who built this country and their descendents. (2/3)

"It is an act of violence. I am calling on you to use your position and power to halt construction on this project immediately, have it relocated, and memorialize the cemetery to protect it into the future." (3/3)