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January 28, 2021 | Maryam Shahzad

Registration Still Open for Last Day of 2021 Montgomery County History Conference

Tickets for the 2021 Montgomery County History Conference are still available for Saturday, the last day of the events. See the schedule overview here. Discussions include “A Tangled Web: Researching the Enslaved in Maryland” and “Displacement and Erasure: Gentrifying Travilah Road.” Bruce Adams, former Montgomery County Council President who founded the Bethesda Community Baseball Club […]

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August 9, 2018 | Staff Writer

Hundreds Attend the Power Conference in North Bethesda

Hundreds of people turned out for The Power Conference: Women Doing Business on Aug. 9 at the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. This regional business conference is designed to enhance and develop women-owned businesses and the careers of women professionals. The event featured speakers, workshops, networking, a business marketplace, master classes and more. […]

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April 7, 2017 | Staff Writer

Hundreds of Students Attend Choose Respect Conference (VIDEO)

Hundreds of Montgomery County students attended the Choose Respect Conference at Richard Montgomery High School on April 2nd. MCPS-TV has a recap. More scenes from today's @Choose_Respect healthy teen dating conference. Opening remarks will begin shortly! #RespectyourSelfie2017 pic.twitter.com/96IZ9620VU — MCPS (@MCPS) April 2, 2017 Great to see so many of our @mocoboe members, elected officials […]

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August 25, 2016 | Sonya Burke

Hundreds Attend The Power Conference in North Bethesda (VIDEO)

Hundreds of people turned out for The Power Conference: Women Doing Business on Aug. 25 at the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. This regional business conference is designed to enhance and develop women-owned businesses and the careers of women professionals. The event featured speakers, workshops, networking, a business marketplace, master classes and more. […]

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September 22, 2014 | Sonya Burke

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Luis Cardona at SCUP Conference (VIDEO)

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Luis Cardona comments on the children fleeing violence who end up in Montgomery County. He was one of the speakers at the SCUP Conference at the Universities at Shady Grove. Related:

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May 30, 2014 | Sonya Burke

Cyber Montgomery Conference at Universities at Shady Grove (VIDEO)

This week Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett kicked off the 2014 CyberMontgomery Conference. This first annual conference brought together cyber technology professionals from government, academia and the private sector to share information about the current and future state of the cyber market and it features presentations from regional and national leaders in the cyber industry. […]

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September 21, 2013 | John Kolm

Meet “The Workplace Gripe Guy”

Sandra from Rockville writes: “Dear Workplace Gripe Guy, I am sick to death of women being passed over for opportunity in my company.  I’ve been trying to break into sales for four years, but every time, the jobs go to one of  “the boys” and there’s always a “good reason” – it’s never because I’m […]

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April 9, 2013 | Tony Spearman-Leach

AFP Conference Notes

The Association for Fundraising Professionals’ (AFP) 50th International Conference (ICON) opened in San Diego, California this week with the gathering of 3,500 fundraising professionals from across the globe.  I have enjoyed the pleasure of meeting fellow fund development professionals from Canada, Japan, India, Egypt and nearly every state within the United States of America.  Additionally, […]

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March 22, 2013 | Jenna Umbriac

Hunger Amid Abundance: Manna’s Symposium on Hunger

This morning Manna Food Center was proud to invite our partner agencies, donors, volunteers, and county community members to the Bohrer Park Activity Center in Gaithersburg in commemoration of  our organization’s 30th anniversary. Though the symposium did highlight the great work of Manna Food Center and so many of its partner organizations over the past […]

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