FREE EVENT! Eventbrite registration link: https://tinyurl.com/39w9nauc Join us for an advanced viewing of "Suppressed and Sabotaged 2022," a documentary by Brave New Films that raises public awareness of the alarming ways that efforts to suppress the vote and overturn election results are threatening our democracy. The screening (film is 43 minutes long) will be followed […]
Join us in East County next Saturday to help the environment and build community as we cleanup Edgewood Neighborhood Park! Event is co-sponsored by IMPACT; Montgomery County Alumnae Chapter - Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; MoCo Department of Environmental Protection; and Montgomery Parks Department. ➢ Saturday, June 25, 2022 ➢ Edgewood Park 13900 Robey Road […]
The month of July is designated as "BIPOC Mental Health Month" in order to bring awareness to the unique mental health challenges and needs of historically disenfranchised or oppressed racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Black, Indigenous peoples, and other People of Color (BIPOC) experience a broad spectrum of ongoing discrimination, oppression, and […]
What better way to kick off fall than a festival?! IMPACT and Hughes United Methodist Church are co-organizing a festival with the theme “Cultures and Voices of the World.” The event will feature fun for the whole family includes games and activities for children, raffles, music, and resources and services from Montgomery County. There will […]
REGISTER HERE Solidarity Not Charity with Dean Spade A webinar on Mutual Aid in Social Justice Movements Tuesday, October 18 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (EDT) Join IMPACT Silver Spring for a virtual event featuring organizer, writer, and Professor of Law at Seattle University School of Law, Dean Spade. Dean will explain mutual aid (think radical acts of […]
We all have a role to play in keeping our community clean! Youth and adults, please join us for this Community Clean-Up Day in Long Branch. Gloves and reusable water bottle will be provided. Registration Form (registration is encouraged but not required) https://forms.gle/YwWWGVfccjzq7oiB6
Don’t miss Maydale Nature Classroom’s 2nd Annual Community Celebration THIS Saturday! The event will feature live music; campfires & s’mores; appearances by Smokey Bear; apple cider making; and fall crafts. Maydale holds a special place in IMPACT’s heart because among the several activists who helped get the Nature Classroom revitalized and reopened is our own […]
Don't miss the Wheaton Holiday Market--happening 12/3, 12/10, 12/17 from 12 pm - 5 pm. The Holiday Market in Wheaton features micro-entrepreneurs from the IMPACT network selling cultural foods and artisan gifts (there will also be county resources and service providers). Don't miss the opportunity to kick-off the holidays with an array of unique goodies […]
Prepare to be inspired during IMPACT’s December online film and discussion event! As we are nearing the winter solstice, often held as a time for rest and reflection, we’re gathering to watch and talk about the documentary “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs.” This award-winning film was 12 years in the making and […]
We are excited to announce the Community Gardens project kickoff at the Glenmont Forest Neighborhood Park, next to Fire Station #18 on Georgia Ave & Randolph Road. We will begin planting this Spring! Our first virtual meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 15th at 7:00 pm to introduce the next steps and begin this community-centered initiative. […]
