Montgomery Community Media

Here are some of our weekend picks from the MyMCMedia.org calendar: Friday, May 20 Bethesda Blues & Jazz Club present a Tribute to Earth Wind & Fire featuring inGratitude at 8 p.m. AMP by Strathmore present The Eric Felten Septet with their big band sound at 8 p.m. Tom Koerner and Debra Sternberg of Gottaswing will teach a […]

Keep your umbrella handy, rain is in the forecast. Here are five more things to know today, May 18, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council is scheduled to hold a legislative session and on the agenda: recordation tax rates. You can view the full agenda here. 2. A plea hearing for Luis Reluzco, the […]

It’s Cinco de Mayo! Here are five things to know today, May 5th, in Montgomery County: 1. The Montgomery County Council’s Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment Committee is meeting today at 9:30 a.m. On the agenda is the Tobytown Bus Service. The Government Operations and Fiscal Policy Committee and Education Committee are meeting as well to […]

The Montgomery County Council’s Latino communications program was recognized for its achievements on April 7 as the Council’s Spanish Communications Specialist Julie Rios Little was presented with the “Outstanding Media Leadership Award” at the 2016 “Mujeres con Coraje” (“Women with Courage”) Awards for Latino community empowerment. The awards banquet was held at the Silver Spring […]

Montgomery County political leaders and members of the community celebrated the County’s Sister City partnerships at an event in Silver Spring on Thursday. Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett established the Sister City program in 2006 to foster connections between Montgomery County and the world. The event presented an opportunity for members of the community to try […]

Hundreds of Montgomery County youth came our for the Let’s Get it Started Youth Job Fair in Silver Spring on March 19. The event was hosted by the Maryland Multicultural Youth Center (MMYC) which is a part of the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC). WorkSource Montgomery and the Montgomery County Department of Recreation also sponsored […]

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:

Over 150 faith leaders and members of the community turned out for an event aimed at ending dangerous speech on Tuesday night in Silver Spring. The event took place at the Silver Spring Civic Building located at One Veterans Plaza. The speakers for the evening were Jim Stowe, director of the Montgomery County Office of […]

Councilmember Tom Hucker and Delegate Ariana Kelly will advocate for paid family and medical leave at a news conference scheduled for Monday, Feb. 29. Concilmember Hucker and Delegate Kelly have invited leaders and advocates of paid family and medical leave to join them at the event which will take place in Silver Spring. Delegate Kelly […]

Silver Spring Town Center will host a lecture with archaeologist and historian Cheryl LaRoche on Thursday, February 18 in Silver Spring. The event will take place at the Silver Spring Civic Building which is located at One Veterans Place. LaRoche is a public speaker who uses archaeology, history, law, oral history and geography to define […]