MDC students, professors pick up garbage in Liberty City

Walking with plastic bags in their hands, student and professors from Miami Dade College's Carrie P. Meek Entrepreneurial Education Center picked up garbage to celebrate Green the Block National Day of Service on Sept. 11.

The Meek Center focused on a four-block area in Liberty City between Northwest Seventh and Eighth avenues and 62nd and 64th streets.

``Green is very important to our college,'' said H. Leigh Toney, executive director of the outreach branch of MDC's North Campus. ``We did a lot with very little. We don't have a tremendous amount of resources so we absolutely relied on the county and city coming forward.''

The goal of the event was to educate residents and particularly young people about the importance of being good stewards of the environment, she said.

The center joined forces with the not-for-profit organizations Green For All, the Hip-Hop Caucus, and Big Blue and You, which aim to increase environmental awareness.