Join us for “Rest as Resistance,” an online Black affinity space for intentional rest, as we celebrate Black History Month in preparation for our Black future. The event will feature a conversation facilitated by healer and educator Brittany H. Brady and will culminate with a meditation to center rest as a people. We welcome anyone […]
Join us for IMPACT’s next online Film & Discussion event as we watch the award-winning documentary "Takeover." The film is 37 minutes long and will be followed by a facilitated discussion. "Takeover," described by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now as “extraordinary,” follows the 12 historic hours on July 14, 1970 when members of the Puerto […]
All are welcome to this community-organized block party in Aspen Hill!! Come and enjoy the outdoors with fun activities for families as well as connecting to valuable information on health, safety, education, and more from Montgomery County resource providers. For more information about the event, contact Carmen Hernandez at carmen@impactsilverspring.org.
Mark your calendars for the Spring Health Fair at Hughes United Methodist Church (10700 Georgia Ave., Wheaton) coming Saturday, May 7 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm! This educational and interactive event is designed to provide important health and wellness information to community members including health screenings and COVID vaccinations and test kits. More than 20 resource providers are already confirmed!!! Please […]
Don’t miss this FREE community fair showcasing important state and county resources and services. Providers will be on hand to offer information on a wide variety of topics: * Rent and mortgage payment assistance * Job resources * Validating your career from abroad * Starting a business * Getingt a loan * Health Insurance * […]
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 […]
