By Lanita Whitehurst
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Yesenia introduces guest presenter, Dean Spade. written by Yesenia Regalado, IMPACT's Racial Equity Network Builder At IMPACT, we are exploring bold ideas that spark radical imagination. Our journey to […]
At IMPACT we believe small-business-creation boosts economic power. IMPACT’s Entrepreneur Jumpstart continued last Tuesday night with a session on how to choose your business legal structure and basic accounting and […]
Here’s a sneak peek at the nature classroom IMPACT is helping develop at JoAnn Leleck Elementary School in the Broad Acres neighborhood of Silver Spring. Kyree Clark, IMPACT’s Community Garden […]
At IMPACT, we know that Black history is American history and that the two cannot be separated. With that full knowledge, during this month dedicated to the discovery and remembrance of history for, by, and about Black Americans, we humbly invite you to join us for a journey we’re calling “History, Identity, Rootedness.”
The Weaver Learning Lab (WLL) brings together a range of community members who care deeply about equity, justice and liberation to focus on the deep inner transformational work necessary for outwards action and change. At the beginning of this year, the WLL facilitation team was preparing for a third cohort to go through another eight-month, in-person learning experience, but as we all know, Covid-19 changed our world and plans.
By Yesenia Regalado
This program year, IMPACT’s “Film and Discussion” series is focused on cross-racial solidarity. The purpose of each film is to understand each other’s struggles, histories we haven’t been taught, and how these topics connect to our pursuit of justice and liberation today.
“Speaking truth to power” is an often potent tactic for fighting injustice. Standing up for what’s right and telling our authentic stories can be a powerful way to ignite change. But often telling those stories requires trust and courage from story-tellers. When 28 tenants of Park Montgomery apartments came forward to tell their stories of unfair treatment from their property management company, they showed us all what trust and courage can look like.
It’s a Tuesday morning at Hughes United Methodist Church (HUMC) where a queue of cars starts in the parking lot and winds around the block and onto Georgia Avenue in Wheaton. This day is like other Tuesdays when hundreds of people on foot and in cars arrive to pick up food for their families. HUMC is part of the county’s services consolidation effort to bring resources and services like food, rental assistance, and Covid testing directly to vulnerable residents in one central location.
