Identity’s Youth Opportunity Center clients and their families feasted on a traditional Thanksgiving meal in what has become an annual gathering with Neighbors Rising, a virtual community of neighbors in the Maryland/DC area. For the [...]
A group of fifteen ESOL students, guided by teaching artist Joanne Miller and the Wheaton Wellness Center staff, explored the redevelopment of their downtown Wheaton community through photos and oral histories, and presented them to a [...]
Representatives from the non-profit legal aid organization Ayuda shed light on immigration rules around the issue of 'Public Charge' for Identity families on March 28, 2019. Ayuda Lawyers Beth Simon and Maya Zegarra explained to a crowd [...]
WE CANNOT BE SILENT. STOP THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S CRUELTY AND ASSAULT ON MIGRANTS, ASYLUM SEEKERS, DREAMERS. Share this information. Print it out. Spread it on social media. Talk about it with neighbors and co-workers. Make noise. Call the White House: 202-456-1111 or email via https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ Tell President Trump [...]
To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Identity, a group of High School students from Wheaton’s KnightTime Program turned shards of glass and mirrors into a spectacular mosaic mural to represent what Identity means to them. The work, called [...]
Featured on My MC Media, the Watkins Mill High School Wellness Center and the 480 Club organized a free Spring Break Sports Camp for 100 students, with a special emphasis on those transitioning in just a [...]
Mauricio wanted to look tough as a kid, so he began getting tattoos on his hand and arm when he was barely a teenager in Honduras. He came to Maryland at 14 to reunite with family, [...]
The impact of recent changes and threatened changes to immigration policies on members of the Latino community have been devastating, on our young clients, their family, our neighbors and co-workers. Now is the time to urge Congress to defend [...]
When President Trump announced on January 8th that the administration is ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans, the news ripped through the Identity community, as more parents come from El Salvador than any other country [...]
The Montgomery County Council is expected to pass a resolution supporting thousands of immigrants who live in Montgomery County. Council President Hans Reimer said, “Without question, there is strong support for immigrant reform that provides a path [...]
