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At the closing ceremonies of the 2014 Women’s Legislative Briefing held last month, the County’s Commission for Women (CFW) inducted former Council member Valerie Ervin and State Senator Jennie Forehand into its Montgomery County Women’s History Archives. The archives was created in 2002 to recognize the contributions of women of historical significance to the County. […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, Valerie Bonk talked with former Montgomery County Councilmember Valerie Ervin at the Women’s Legislative Briefing in Rockville about her plans to stay involved in the community.

Hundreds of women attended the Montgomery County Commission for Women’s annual legislative briefing in Rockville on Jan. 26 to learn about upcoming issues that they should be paying attention to in the Maryland General Assembly this year. Related posts:

Here’s a look at what “21 This Week” host Casey Aiken and the panel are talking about on this week’s show: “21 This Week” airs on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Mondays at noon and 8 p.m.; Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Don’t miss it! Learn more about 21 This Week […]

The Montgomery County Council has taken the unprecedented steps and recently passed a measure to raise the county’s minimum wage over a four year period. The bill has been signed into law by County Executive Ike Leggett. This action puts Montgomery County ahead in a national movement to address growing wage inequality. Susan Kenedy has […]

After serving the residents of District 5 as a member of the County Council for the past seven years, Valerie Ervin has announced she will be leaving public office next month to become executive director of The Center for Working Families. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.

In this MyMCMedia extra, MyMCMedia’s Valerie Bonk asked County Councilmember Hans Riemer for his reaction to County Councilmember Valerie Ervin’s resignation and who he thought should fill the District 5 seat. Riemer attended the pre-launch party for a Urban Butcher, a new restaurant in Silver Spring. Take a look:

Montgomery County Council President released this statement on Dec. 11 on the District 5 vacancy: “Councilmember Valerie Ervin announced on Dec. 10 that she will resign from the Council on Jan. 3, 2014 to become executive director of the Center for Working Families. We wish her the best in this new position. “Under Section 106 […]

Councilmember Valerie Ervin announced today (Dec. 10) that, after nearly a decade as an elected leader in Montgomery County, she will expand her work on policy issues that impact working people by becoming executive director of the Center for Working Families. At the announcement, Councilmember Ervin was joined by Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin; County […]

Montgomery County Councilmember Valerie Ervin released this statement on the county’s approval of the minimum wage increase: “To the thousands of Montgomery County residents who are doing everything right and still struggling to feed their families, raise their children, and keep the lights on—we see you. The Council voted to raise the Montgomery County minimum […]