Lucia Zegarra
- Nov 13, 2019
Access to Healthy Foods and CHW Support Helps Community Members Achieve More
Olanike moved to the US from Nigeria seeking asylum. She was diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure and was referred to our Long...
Lucia Zegarra
- Nov 13, 2019
A Picnic on Maple Avenue
In 2018, CHEER conducted listening sessions with residents on Maple Avenue in Takoma Park which stirred interest in bringing residents...
Lucia Zegarra
- Nov 13, 2019
Lunch & Learn Fights Summer Learning Loss
The 2019 Lunch & Learn summer enrichment program was held at Takoma Park Elementary School in partnership with Montgomery County Public...
Lucia Zegarra
- Nov 13, 2019
Purple Line Drives Community Vision for Long Branch
The Purple Line, a light rail interconnecting MD suburbs and the Washington DC metro, is currently under construction and will put two...
Maylin Martinez
- Apr 18, 2019
Crossroads Farmers Market Opening Day 2019
I’ve gone to the farmers market a few times, but I never took the time to see the beauty of it. Today, I went with Lucia, one of my...
Micaela De Madalengoitia
- Oct 10, 2018
Micaela's Farewell to CHEER
It seems like a long time since I started my internship at Community Health and Empowerment through Education and Research (CHEER), to be...
Bruce Baker
- Sep 7, 2018
Maple Avenue Immigrant Women Express Gratitude and Concerns
In July a group of five immigrant women met with Mayor Stewart and their City Councilmember, Terrry Seamens, to discuss their...
Lucia Zegarra
- Jul 3, 2018
Lunch and Learn 2018 and Expansion
Lunch and Learn youth summer camp was founded in 2013 by Jacquette Frazier to address the need for summer engagement and learning...
Micaela De Madalengoitia
- May 30, 2018
Treating Diabetes with Fruits, Vegetables, and Friendship
A few months have passed since CHEER partnered with healthcare providers, Adventist Healthcare and Mobile Med, and local food providers,...
Bruce Baker
- Oct 1, 2017
Join CHEER for an Active Health Day!
CHEER Health Day is October 15, 2017 at the Long Branch Community Center (8700 Piney Branch Rd) from 9 am to 1 pm. The event is being...
Bruce Baker
- Sep 13, 2017
Long Branch Emergency Preparedness Committee Established
One year after the tragic explosion and fire at the Flower Branch Apartments, an emergency response planning work group of the Long...
Bruce Baker
- Aug 31, 2017
Lunch and Learn Brings Food, Learning, and Summer Fun to Takoma Park Children
For 6 weeks this summer 181 children who could not afford to go to a summer camp participated in Takoma Park Lunch and Learn. The program...
Bruce Baker
- Aug 17, 2017
Healthy Long Branch Partners Launch Long Branch Healthy Food Access Program
Food insecurity is a prominent health issue in Long Branch and research shows that when people with diabetes cannot get reliable access...
Vanesa Pinto
- Jan 17, 2017
We Learn From Each Other: The Dialogical Method
CHEER’s collaborative work with the YMCA Linkages to Learning Program at four Elementary Schools in the Long Branch area (New Hampshire...
Vineda Myers
- Jan 10, 2017
Montgomery County Renters Protection Bill Signed
After 18 months of debate and 5 work sessions, Renters Protection Bill 19-15 was unanimously passed by the Montgomery County Council on...
Bruce Baker
- Dec 23, 2016
Testimony before State Legislators on Takoma Park and Long Branch Goals
On December 6, 2012 I testified at a special Takoma Park City Council meeting before the City Council and the District 20 Maryland state...
