Montgomery Community Media

El Ayuntamiento de Gaithersburg votó por unanimidad para rechazar una petición de la Comisión del Distrito Histórico (HDC) de la ciudad, el lunes por la noche. La petición habría allanado el camino para designar la propiedad ubicada en el 414 East Diamond Avenue como una propiedad histórica. Después de que el personal de la ciudad […]

The Gaithersburg City Council voted unanimously to deny a petition from the city’s Historic District Commission (HDC) Monday evening. The petition would have paved the way to designate 414 East Diamond Avenue a historic property. After staff recommended the city not move forward with historic designation, the HDC voted differently to send a petition to […]

El lunes 8 de febrero a las 7:00 p.m. en vivo y de manera virtual se llevará a cabo una conversación comunitaria sobre la vacuna y el proceso de vacunación Covid-19 en el condado de Montgomery. MyMCM conversó con Lorna Virgili, la portavoz hispana del condado y quien además será la moderadora del evento virtual, […]

Kim Jones and Gabrielle Nash are the co-hosts for this episode of Studio 501c3, a show that focuses on the nonprofit organizations in Montgomery County working to build supportive communities every day. This episode features Diego Uriburu, the executive director of Identity, Inc. The Gaithersburg based nonprofit focuses on creating bright futures for Latino youth. Uriburu talks […]

El Director Ejecutivo de la organización sin fines de lucro Identity, Diego Uriburu, explica los retos de los jóvenes y sus familias durante la pandemia de COVID-19, y ofrece un resumen del trabajo de su organización para apoyar a la comunidad latina. Uriburu brinda también consejos a las familias latinas, y dice que las escuelas […]

En medio de constantes presiones por parte del gobierno federal sobre deportaciones y redadas, la comunidad inmigrante se refugia cada vez más en organizaciones comunitarias, que por años han brindado apoyo a los más vulnerables. Una de las organizaciones destacadas por su labor con los jóvenes latinos, es Identity. Con más de 20 años, esta […]

Nearly 3000 students will walk at the Montgomery College graduation ceremony Friday morning on the Rockville campus athletic field.   Ninety-seven percent of those projected graduates will receive their Associate’s Degree, and seven percent will receive Certificates.   Students who graduated last summer, last fall, and this spring will celebrate their graduation tomorrow. Ten percent of […]

Closing the achievement gap is a top priority for educators, parents and other community members in Montgomery County. MyMCMedia’s Phyllis Armstrong reports.

A delegation of 36 Montgomery County residents will take part on a four-day trip to El Salvador on November 7 – 10 as part of Montgomery County’s continuing Sister City relationship with the Salvadoran state of Morazán. Approximately 70,000 Salvadorans live in Montgomery County, making it the largest immigrant community in the county. The relationship […]

With the goal of creating a single workforce development authority, members of Montgomery Moving Forward recently announced a call to action that details what steps to take during the next two years to close the gap between good jobs and the number of skilled people. A diverse coalition of leaders calls for accountability to ensure […]