Montgomery Community Media

In this episode of Studio 501c3, Carson Henry, executive director of the Youth and Family Services arm of the YMCA, talks with host Kim Jones about the social services his office makes available to the community. Henry explains that the YMCA is more than a gym and a pool. Studio 501c3 focuses on the nonprofit organizations […]

Montgomery Community Media (MCM) and the Montgomery Parks Foundation hosted the fourth and fifth installment of the Josiah Henson Leadership Conference on Tuesday, June 19 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the MCM studios in Rockville. The leadership conference addressed the local legacy, history and challenges facing Montgomery County’s African Americans and people of […]

Two years ago, County Executive Ike Leggett and the County Council accepted President Obama’s challenge to help close opportunity gaps for young men of color. Nearly $20,000 is now being spent to help black and Latino youth through a new mentoring program operated by the YMCA’s Youth & Family Services Branch. MyMCMedia’s Phyllis Armstrong met […]