Our May 2023 newsletter is now available online. To receive future newsletters in your inbox, join our mailing list. This month’s newsletter includes a video from the County Council celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a follow up on our recent Community Conversation about youth homelessness, a program spotlight on The Basics, a look at disparities in mental health [...]
Our April 2023 newsletter is now available online. To receive future newsletters in your inbox, join our mailing list. This month’s newsletter includes several stories related to Earth Month, including a video featuring the Montgomery County Conservation Corps, who held a cleanup at Jessup Blair Park for Earth Day. Also in this issue: an update on Black Maternal Health Week [...]
Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW), taking place April 11-17, is an annual campaign founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to build awareness, activism, and community-building. Each year, BMHW kicks off on April 11 to coincide with the annual International Day for Maternal Health and Rights. This year's theme is “Our Bodies Belong to Us: Restoring Black [...]
Our March 2023 newsletter is now available online. To receive future newsletters in your inbox, join our mailing list. This month’s newsletter includes information about Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17), congratulations to the herstory-making women on the Montgomery County Council, an update about the recent Out-of-School (OST) Conference with partner Wonders Professional Development Consortium, information about a new MoCo [...]
We are excited to share our 2022 Annual Report! In it, you will find highlighted examples of the work we continue to do in partnership with a myriad of others to create transformational change for our community. Download Annual Report
The MoCo ReConnect Drop-In & Reengagement Center in Wheaton seeks workshop facilitators to lead arts and entrepreneurship programs in our shared space. This new initiative, called the Youth Arts & Entrepreneurship Program, solicits local artists to facilitate programming that is hands-on, interactive, and youth focused. This program was conceived of and designed by young people interested in bringing arts [...]
Our February 2023 newsletter is now available online. To receive future newsletters in your inbox, join our mailing list. This month’s newsletter includes local ways to honor Black History Month, recaps of recent MoCo BOOST and Community of Engagement events, and more.
On January 30, 2023, our Community of Engagement presented a conversation at the intersection of the issues of anti-semitism and anti-Black racism in our communities. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this event. We had a great time and look forward to the next community conversation. Special thanks to Main Street Connect for hosting and to our [...]
Our January 2023 newsletter is now available online. To receive future newsletters in your inbox, join our mailing list. This month's newsletter includes information on the upcoming Conversations at the Intersection event on January 30, information on an Out-of-School-Time Training for child care providers on March 25, and more.
On November 16, an explosion and fire in an apartment complex in Gaithersburg injured multiple residents, including several children. Many families were evacuated, taking little or nothing, and are currently in temporary shelter. In times like these, there is nothing more powerful than the support of the community. You can donate to help the residents impacted by this unexpected [...]
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