Montgomery Community Media

June is LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) Pride Month, and Montgomery County and state leaders are expressing their support on social media. This month is designated Pride Month because in June 1969, a series of demonstrations called the Stonewall Uprising began. On June 28, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in […]

The Montgomery County Council held a meeting today about the relocation of the Shady Grove Bus Depot. In the audience were members of the Carver Coalition who oppose parking school buses at the Carver Educational Services Center. The residents were not allowed to testify at today’s meeting but they carried signs and wore yellow t-shirts […]

Ken Gemmell and his daughter, Arabelle, are the grand marshals of the Kentlands Day Parade, according to the event’s organizer, Andrew Ross. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at the Main Street Pavilion in the Kentlands community of Gaithersburg, and other participants include local schools, dance groups, businesses and community leaders. The parade leads to […]

It was standing room only at the first annual State of Black Montgomery forum in Silver Spring where community engagement was the topic surrounding discussions on political, economic and social justice issues close to the African American community. As residents, activists and politicians came together, the message was clear – they said there’s still a lot […]

Hundreds attend a forum hosted by the African American Democratic Club of Montgomery County and the Montgomery County Young Democrats to address the “State of Black Montgomery” at the Silver Spring Civic Building. Panel topics at the forum will include empowering and engaging youth, increasing political participation, addressing social justice issues and advancing economic power. A look […]