political activism

June 3, 2020 | Deirdre Byrne

Inspired Montgomery College Student Organizes Peaceful Protest in Olney

Franco Ortuno, an Olney resident and a Montgomery College student, attended his first protest ever at the Rio in Gaithersburg Monday. Like thousands of others around the country, Ortuno was protesting police brutality after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Ortuno found the protest so impactful, he organized his own peaceful protest along sidewalks in […]

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March 3, 2015 | Staff Writer

Takoma Park’s Youth Make a Difference in Montgomery County (VIDEO)

The Young Activist Club recently held a news briefing in Takoma Park to celebrate the passage of the county’s ban on foam polystyrene at food service places and the passage of the Young Activist Act of 2014 which restricts the use of polystyrene at restaurants and other food service places in the city of Takoma […]

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