By: Seble Seyoum Congratulations to Vanesa Pinto who was awarded among other Latin leaders at the Wheaton TGIF Encore Concert Series on...

By: Seble Seyoum With support from LBCAY and the Montgomery County Recreation Department (MCRD), P4L and Identity are providing two new...

How can CHEER create sustainable changes in Long Branch? Since its inception, and as a part of our community process, CHEER has been...

Is Montgomery County still reeling from the effects of COVID-19? What has been CHEER’s Response to Food Security in Montgomery County?...

Power to the People was the objective of Power in the Park. The play on words created a certain flair and stirred interest and energy in...

Oh, what a night! In collaboration with CHEER, MHP, the Long Branch Business League, and Sligo Branview Community Association, led by...

The road to health is a slow and steady one. Since its inception, CHEER's mantra and primary focus have been holistically improving...

I recently got in touch with Ray Nosbaum. He’s worked with CHEER for five years and has held multiple roles during that time. He...

What a great year we had! Of course, this affirmation sounds so ironic considering that we are still suffering the effects and...

I wanted to learn more about CHEER’s gardening projects, an important and perhaps less noticed aspect of the organization’s work....

CHEER’s health team is always hard at work. To learn more about what the team has been up to over the past couple weeks, I turned to...

Over at the Takoma Foundation’s website, Conexo and CHEER have been featured in a recently posted article. CHEER’s Bruce Baker and Vanesa...

Systemic inequities are everywhere, and they are no less evident than right here in our own communities, especially Long Branch. The...

The Long Branch Festival ran from September 10 – 12. The festival featured a variety of vendors and local organizations. There was also...

Bruce Baker, CHEER’s Executive Director, recently told me about the closure of the Long Branch Community Recreation Center. I then...

I recently caught up with Howard Kohn, a longtime Takoma Park resident and activist. Our exchange, which has been edited lightly, is...