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Kids Helping Kids Do What They Love – Building With LEGOs

Two sisters in Bethesda are sharing their passion for LEGO building blocks with Identity youth and enlisting other students across Montgomery County to help. Thanks to their efforts, Identity distributed 100 LEGO kits to elementary school [...]

2022-12-01T17:31:00+00:00November 8th, 2022|Community Support|

Identity and UMD School of Public Health launch Enlace

Identity is excited to announce the official launch of Enlace, our joint project with researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health (UMD SPH). In Spanish, “enlace” means link or connection. We use [...]

2022-12-01T17:31:35+00:00May 27th, 2022|Community Support, Enlace, Events, Uncategorized|

Lunch & Learn Session Highlights Identity’s Emotional Support Groups

April 19th saw the launch of a new Lunch & Learn series hosted by Enlace, a joint project of Identity and the University of Maryland School of Public Health that links research and community to [...]

2023-02-12T22:50:21+00:00April 21st, 2022|Program News|

Newcomer Teens Summit is Positive for Young People

90 percent report greater community connection and feeling welcome and respected More than 150 newly arrived teens, primarily from Central America, gathered at the Montgomery College – Germantown Campus for the second Newcomer Youth Leadership [...]

2023-02-12T22:50:32+00:00April 4th, 2022|Events, Program News|

Identity Youth Share their Harrowing Stories of Migration

Identity youth shared their emotional and very personal stories of migration with Georgetown University’s Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues as the Collaborative launches a series discussions around Innovating Protection for Children, before, during and after [...]

2023-02-12T22:50:41+00:00March 31st, 2022|Community Support, Events|

Bethesda Magazine Article “The Young Arrivals” Highlights Identity Youth

The Watkins Mill High School Wellness Center is the backdrop for a far-reaching Bethesda Magazine article, “The Young Arrivals”, about teen immigrants to Montgomery County, and their story is told in part through the eyes [...]

2023-02-12T22:50:49+00:00March 8th, 2022|Identity in the News|

A Big Week for Educational Equity and Community Voices

Last week marked two milestone events in our pursuit of educational equity and excellence for children of Black, Brown and low-income families. Taken together, there was energy, engagement, and a sense of shared purpose to [...]

2022-01-24T18:13:35+00:00January 24th, 2022|Advocacy, Black and Brown Coalition, Events|
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