About Us
The Mt. Zion / Female Union Band Historic Memorial Park, Inc. (Black Georgetown Foundation) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization incorporated in 2005 in Washington, DC. to jointly manage the preservation and commemoration of the Mt. Zion and Female Union Band Society Cemeteries.
Board of Directors
Vincent deForest
Neville Waters
Alicia deForest
Thornell Page
Vernon Ricks
Dolores Greene
[Additional Director TBD]
Officers
Neville Waters
President
Thornell Page
Vice President
Alicia deForest
Secretary and Treasurer
Executive Director
Lisa M. Fager
(202) 253-0435
LFager@mtzion-fubs.org
Of Counsel
John Seiver
Of Counsel
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
And Our Many Wonderful Volunteers!
Our Foundation logo, the Sesa Wo Suba, means "Change or transform your character". It is comprised of two Adinkra symbols: the 'Morning star' or a new start to the day, within the 'Wheel' representing rotation or independent movement.
In Special Recognition
Our Friends and Partners, both individuals and organizations, who have supported and sustained us over the decades (a partial list of our many supporters is listed below)
Alan Raywid
Eric Sirulnik
Maurita Coley
John Seiver
Richard Gibbs
Paul Sluby
Dumbarton United Methodist Church
Eagle Eye Tutoring
National Society of The Colonial Dames of America
Bethesda Metro and Washington DC Rotarians
DC Preservation League
DC Office of Historic Preservation
DC Humanities Council
Blackberry Foundation
Georgetown Visitation
Sidwell Friends
Kiamsha
The Crusade Continues
Preservation
1. Cemeteries property surveys and boundary marking.
2. Topographical and ground-penetrating geo surveys and mapping studies and documentation.
3. Tree canopy inventory, replacement, and maintenance.
4. Restoration and maintenance of structures, benches, paths, and other human additions on the burial grounds
5. Restorative cleaning, mending, elevating, and righting of headstones and memorials.
6. Erosion and grounds settlement restoration and mitigation.
7. Protection from development, stormwater, and other physical threats posed by adjoining properties
8. Genealogical research to construct, a complete profile of interments and biographies of the deceased.
9. Photographic survey of existing headstones, monuments, and artifacts with transcriptions of inscriptions.
10. Load interments, biographies, and associated documents and images into a Cemetery Information System.