CHEER’s collaborative work with the YMCA Linkages to Learning Program at four Elementary Schools in the Long Branch area (New Hampshire Estates, Montgomery Knolls, Rolling Terrace and JoAnn Leleck) gives us an opportunity to meet with community members/parents. In these meetings we use a “dialogical” approach to form a culture circle. This is a discussion group with a facilitator that uses representations and themes from the participants' everyday lives to initiate critical

After 18 months of debate and 5 work sessions, Renters Protection Bill 19-15 was unanimously passed by the Montgomery County Council on 11/29/2016! This legislation was years in the making. In 2008 County Executive Ike Leggett appointed a diverse group of community members concerned about the unique challenges and issues that renters face to the Tenants Work Group (TWG), and tasked them with reviewing and analyzing issues that negatively impact the quality of life for Montg