Montgomery Community Media

What started out as meetings to discuss the importance of a trusting relationship between the police and community earlier this year,  has now turned into a call-to-action. Montgomery County leaders hosted a town hall meeting in Silver Spring Monday evening entitled, “Working Together for a Better Community: A Continuing Dialogue on Community and Police Relations.” […]

Here are five things to know today, Nov. 4, in Montgomery County: 1. The Corporate Volunteer Council will be holding its Annual Luncheon and Awards Ceremony today to honor volunteers and sponsors. 2. The Silver Spring Health Center will be holding a Flu Vaccination Clinic today from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. 3. A memorial […]

Here are five things to know today, Nov. 3, in Montgomery County: 1. Today is the last day of early voting. You can cast your ballot from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at ten locations across Montgomery County. The Presidential General Election is on Nov. 8. 2. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for the new Thomas Edison High […]

UPDATED 7.20.16 The location of the second meeting has been changed and will take place at the BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive in Germantown. The Montgomery County Office of Human Rights in coalition with the Montgomery County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Faith Community Working […]

The Faith Community Working Group of Montgomery County (FCWG) has selected a new co-chair. Lubna Ejaz, president of the Board of Directors for the Muslim Community Center, has been nominated to serve as the new co-chair of the FCWG. Since it’s founding in April of 2013, the group of faith and community leaders strives to deepen understanding and […]

The Montgomery County Faith Community Working Group hosted a discussion on dangerous and hate speech in Silver Spring on March 8. In this MyMCMedia video, residents and faith leaders  discuss ways of countering dangerous speech online and within the community. Willie James Inman reports. Related:

The World Organization for Resource Development and Education (WORDE) will host a discussion titled “Is Someone Recruiting Our Kids?” focused on ISIS inspired operatives and homegrown extremism on Sunday, February 7. Speakers include Christian Picciolini, author of “Romantic Violence” and “Memoirs of an American Skinhead” and Mubin Shaikh who wrote “Undercorver Jihadi: Inside the Toronto 18” and “Al […]

The Faith Community Working Group (FCWG) and law enforcement officials are scheduled to host a town hall meeting to discuss violent extremism prevention, mental illness and the relationship between police officers and the community. The conversation is scheduled to take place on March 16 at 6 p.m. at the People’s Community Baptist Church in Silver Spring. […]