Program Description
Event Details
Choose Civility: Allegany County and its partners will celebrate the annual “Day of Civility” with events all month long. This year’s theme is “Chalk it Up to Civility,” an idea that stemmed from the Choose Civility steering committee during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way safe way to share and celebrate civility as a community. We are encouraging adults and children to participate in using chalk drawings with inspiring messages and words of encouragement to spread kindness to others in our community. The goal is to provide opportunity for collaborative conversation in spite of difference, develop consensus in the place of division, and create connectedness in our community.
Meet us and the Easter bunny in Downtown Cumberland for a "Chalk It Up to Civility" event!
10:30 – Presentation at McCoury Family Stage includes remarks from Cumberland Mayor Ray Morris and a poem written and read by City Councilman Eugene Frazier.
11 AM-1 PM - First 100 families will receive a bag of chalk
“Chalk it Up to Civility” at these other community events throughout April:
April 2, TBD - Women's Civic Association Bunny Hop
April 3, 11:30 AM – Christ Lutheran Church of LaVale
April 7, 11 AM to 5 PM – Chalk it Up stations and Food for Fines Day at Allegany County Libraries
April 16, 11 AM to 1 PM – Chalk it Up with the Easter Bunny in Downtown Cumberland and Canal Place
April 28, 6:45 M to 7:30 PM – Westernport of the Lawn at Westernport Elementary [NEW DATE, rescheduled due to inclement weather]
April 30, 11 AM to 5 PM- View Chalk Mural Entries at Frostburg Arts Walk
Various Dates and Locations with Archway Station
Other ways to participate:
Pick up chalk at any Allegany County Library during the month of April to create your own chalk drawings at home and share them with us on social media using #ChalkItUpToCivility
Thank you to the Choose Civility: Allegany County partners in "Chalk It Up": Ali Ghan Shriners of Cumberland, MD, Allegany Arts Council, Allegany College of Maryland's College to Community's Partnership Center, Allegany County Commission for Women, Allegany County Library System, Archway Station, Canal Place Preservation & Development Authority, the City of Cumberland, Christ Lutheran Church of LaVale, Cumberland Downtown Development Commission, Downtown Cumberland Business Association, Frostburg First, Frostburg State University's Communication Leadership Lab, Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County, Western Maryland Watercolor Society, Westernport Elementary, Women's Civic Association.
Disclaimer(s)
Accompanying Adults
This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to be attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.Photo Disclaimer
Allegany County Library System may be taking photos at library sponsored programs. Your participation in the program signifies your permission for us to use any photos that we take of you. Please speak to a librarian now if you would prefer that your photo not be taken.