Montgomery Community Media

Why did Al Gore’s TV channel buy the farm? MCM’s Merlyn Reineke talks about the channel being bought by Al-Jazeera and how User-Generated Content is not a recipe for a national television channel.

The recent SNAP The Silence Challenge brought on a range of emotions from particpants as well as observers. Some appreciated the effort to understand just how difficult it is to eat for less than $5 a day, while others were furious that ‘rich people’ were just going hungry for a week and not doing more […]

Will the SNAP challenge really improve the plight of Montgomery County’s poor? MCM’s Merlyn Reineke ponders potential outcomes from this week’s activity:

MCM’s Merlyn Reineke talks about the challenges to eating healthy on only $5 a day, in today’s edition of his SNAP the Silence video blog.

On Day Three of the SNAP the Silence Challenge, MCM’s Merlyn Reineke is beginning to see the obstacles to eating on just $5 a day.

On Day Two of the SNAP the Silence on poverty challenge: is there controversy that the poor really DON’T want these types of events? In today’s video blog, MCM’s Merlyn Reineke discusses one such conversation.

MCM Executive Director Merlyn Reineke talks about how he developed his meal plan, and what’s on the menu for day one of the SNAP the silence challenge.

With the SNAP The Silence Challenge almost upon us, MCM’s executive director prepares for a week of eating on only $5 a day. Check out his first web video here:

One of the hardest things in the world is to truly walk in someone else’s shoes. Sure, we can empathize with another’s challenges… but it’s something far different to live someone’s life as they do. One of these challenges is poverty, which forces many to feed themselves and their families on an astonishingly small amount […]

What an inspiring story unfolded in the world of tennis this week, as 19-year-old Sloane Stephens knocked off fellow American Serena Williams to win the Australian Open. Apparently, Sloane woke up earlier that morning, pondered the challenge ahead of her and said, “Look, Dude, You Can Do This”. Just think what each of us could […]