The Montgomery County Council marked World Refugee Day with a proclamation recognizing the “rights, needs and dreams of refugees” and the contributions of a coalition of organizations helping refugees in Montgomery County find hope and [...]
Identity was honored to be inducted into the Gamma Zeta chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. We are indebted to our UMDSPH partners, Dr. Amy [...]
On December 17, 2021, Diego received the Roscoe R. Nix Leadership Award, the County’s equivalent of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which honors individuals who over the course of their distinguished lives of community service [...]
US Representative Jamie Raskin (8th Congressional District) recognized Identity’s Executive Director Diego Uriburu as a Montgomery County Local Hero in the last week of Hispanic Heritage Month. Diego shared that the same potential he saw [...]
Identity is very proud of staff Case Manager Tanya Sanchez, who was honored by the national legal aid organization KIND for her tireless work with a pregnant teenager KIND referred to Identity’s Upcounty Youth Opportunity [...]
Identity co-founder Candace Kattar was profiled on Telemundo Washington’s “Heroés Entre Nosotros”. The segment highlighted her 30 years of steadfast support for the Latino community in the Washington DC area – first as a lawyer, then at [...]
Long time Identity Board member and advocate for Latino youth, Teresa Wright, is the quintessential community connector. From a key position within the school system, she has been the heart and soul of a network of [...]
Identity is proud to be honored by Nonprofit Village with the 2017 Making a Difference Award. Identity is being recognized, in part, for our evidence-based programming and for our strong collaborations with other nonprofits, which magnify [...]
On January 5th, Identity was honored with the “Family Leadership 2016 Hero Award” by the Maryland Out-Of-School-Time Network. The competitive award recognizes Identity’s efforts to engage families during out of school time while encouraging, promoting, and strengthening [...]
Identity’s free soccer program was highlighted in a recent Washington Post article as part of the solution to the unequal access to team sports for low-income youth. “Sports are an entry point into a different lifestyle [...]
