At the 2018 Girl Legacy Celebration, Community Bridges will honor Karla Silvestre with the Girl Legacy Award on Wednesday, November 14th at The Fillmore Silver Spring. Karla Silvestre currently serves as the Director of Community Engagement at Montgomery College, a position she held since 2014. She leads the College's efforts to be the [...]
At the Community Bridges annual celebration Girl Legacy on Wednesday, November 14th at The Fillmore Silver spring we will honor Connie Morella with the 2018 Building Bridges Award. Connie Morella is a Montgomery County resident. Morella served in the Maryland General Assembly from 1979 to 1986 and represented Montgomery County and the 8th Congressional District [...]
We are thrilled to have been selected to receive a "Improving Lives" grant from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Ten non-profit organizations whose work focuses mainly on Latin American and Caribbean communities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area have been selected to receive the grant. We are so proud to be one of the ten [...]
Community Bridges is excited to announce that Kathleen Matthews will serve as host and emcee at our Girl Legacy celebration on November 14, 2018. Kathleen has worked in the nation's capital and Maryland for 40 years as a journalist, communications and public affairs executive, and Democratic political activist. A 25-year resident of Montgomery County, Maryland, [...]
Community Bridges was selected earlier this month as a finalist for The Renewal Awards, a project of The Atlantic and Allstate. These awards recognize local organizations creating positive change in their communities. Thank you to all who shared, supported, and voted! Although public voting for the finalists is now closed, Community Bridges Executive Director Shannon Babe-Thomas took a moment to [...]
Community Bridges is thrilled to announce that we have been named as a finalist in The Atlantic Renewal Awards! These awards recognize local organizations driving positive change in their communities and bringing progress to the country. Community Bridges is committed to supporting and shaping the next generation of female leaders and innovators in our community. We work every [...]
Community Bridges is excited to announce that Executive Director Shannon Babe-Thomas has been selected as one of The Daily Record’s 2017 Leading Women honorees. The Daily Record’s Leading Women awards honor 50 women who are 40 years of age or younger for the accomplishments they have made so far in their careers. A panel of [...]
Community Bridges is excited to award its 2017 Girl Legacy Award to Kim Jones, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Village. With more than 20 years of experience in nonprofit program development, communications, and capacity building, Kim has created a legacy in Montgomery County of supporting and uplifting her community. A mentor with the Community Bridges’ [...]
Photo by Jeffrey MacMillan Community Bridges is thrilled to announce the recipient of its 2017 Building Bridges Award, Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland’s 8th District. The award, which will be given at Community Bridges’ 20th Anniversary Celebration on November 8th, honors a community member dedicated to bridging the gap between diverse populations in [...]
The Maryland Governor's Office on Service and Volunteerism has awarded a $17,000 planning grant to Community Bridges, which will support the development of new AmeriCorps programs. AmeriCorps is a national service program that Americans of all ages and backgrounds in community service to meet critical needs in the areas of disaster services, economic opportunity, education, environmental stewardship, [...]