Nibbles Nook Pet Pantry is a monthly resource supporting Pri
nce George's County residents in caring for their pets.
Join us on
the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
at the Animal Services Facility and Adoption Center for supplemental dog a
nd cat food. Proof of residency is required.
Supplies are limited and distributed based on availability.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261003T090000
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DESCRIPTION:
Keep your pets protected at our Low-Cost Drive-Up Pe
t Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince George's County re
sidents will receive a rabies vaccination and microchip for just $
20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency required.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at the Prince George'
s County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplies last (maximum two (
2) animals per household). Pets must be at least four months old for rabie
s vaccination\, and all animals must be on a leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services aren’t guaranteed as supplies are
limited. Register today!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260913T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T172139Z
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Keep your pets protected at our Low
-Cost Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince G
eorge's County residents will receive a rabies vaccination and mic
rochip for just $20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency r
equired.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at <
span>the Prince George's County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplie
s last (maximum two (2) animals per household). Pets must be at l
east four months old for rabies vaccination\, and all animals must be on a
leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services are
n’t guaranteed as supplies are limited. Register today!
Nibbles Nook Pet Pantry is a monthly resource supporting Pri
nce George's County residents in caring for their pets.
Join us on
the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
at the Animal Services Facility and Adoption Center for supplemental dog a
nd cat food. Proof of residency is required.
Supplies are limited and distributed based on availability.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260905T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260905T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T171745Z
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DESCRIPTION:
Keep your pets protected at our Low-Cost Drive-Up Pe
t Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince George's County re
sidents will receive a rabies vaccination and microchip for just $
20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency required.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at the Prince George'
s County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplies last (maximum two (
2) animals per household). Pets must be at least four months old for rabie
s vaccination\, and all animals must be on a leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services aren’t guaranteed as supplies are
limited. Register today!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260823T140000
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Keep your pets protected at our Low
-Cost Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince G
eorge's County residents will receive a rabies vaccination and mic
rochip for just $20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency r
equired.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at <
span>the Prince George's County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplie
s last (maximum two (2) animals per household). Pets must be at l
east four months old for rabies vaccination\, and all animals must be on a
leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services are
n’t guaranteed as supplies are limited. Register today!
Nibbles Nook Pet Pantry is a monthly resource supporting Pri
nce George's County residents in caring for their pets.
Join us on
the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
at the Animal Services Facility and Adoption Center for supplemental dog a
nd cat food. Proof of residency is required.
Supplies are limited and distributed based on availability.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260801T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T171719Z
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DESCRIPTION:
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court\, 2nd Floor Large Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 2
0774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If
you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable
to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial i
n Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have
questions\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation pleas
e contact the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-553
1 or (301) 883-5428.
Drop-off any accepted electronics and household hazardous wa
ste items. Click here for a list.
Open to County residents ONLY (ID may be required).
Commercial
vehicles and commercially generated items are NOT permitted.
Multi
ple trips are not allowed for individuals or vehicles.
All vehicles MUST be in line by 1 p.m. to be serviced.
<
p>Special accommodations can be provided upon request.
This event w
ill occur at the High Point High School at 3601 P
owder Mill Rd.\, Beltsville\, MD 20705 from 8:00 AM to 1:
00 PM on Saturday\, July 25\, 2026.
Keep your pets protected at our Low-Cost Drive-Up Pe
t Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince George's County re
sidents will receive a rabies vaccination and microchip for just $
20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency required.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at the Prince George'
s County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplies last (maximum two (
2) animals per household). Pets must be at least four months old for rabie
s vaccination\, and all animals must be on a leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services aren’t guaranteed as supplies are
limited. Register today!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T172131Z
SUMMARY:Low Cost Drive-Up Pet Clinic
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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Keep your pets protected at our Low
-Cost Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince G
eorge's County residents will receive a rabies vaccination and mic
rochip for just $20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency r
equired.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at <
span>the Prince George's County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplie
s last (maximum two (2) animals per household). Pets must be at l
east four months old for rabies vaccination\, and all animals must be on a
leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services are
n’t guaranteed as supplies are limited. Register today!
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court\, 2nd Floor Large Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 2
0774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If
you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable
to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial i
n Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have
questions\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation pleas
e contact the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-553
1 or (301) 883-5428.
We’re always on the lookout for dedicated volunteers to supp
ort our daily operations from walking dogs and feeding animals to helping
with laundry\, cleaning\, office tasks\, and off‑site events. Attend an or
ientation session to explore our volunteer opportunities!
Student a
ges 14–18 can complete required community service hours in non‑animal hand
ling roles. Adults 18 and older can work directly with animals.
For
more information and to download an application\, visit our Volunteer p
age.
You're invited to the Explore. Learn. Thrive. Pop-Up Events
We are excited to invite you to the official kic
koff of the Explore. Learn. Thrive. campaign\, our new initiative to incre
ase community awareness of public health resources and strengthen trust th
rough visibility\, education\, and outreach. This kickoff will bring toget
her Health Department leadership and staff to provide an overview of the c
ampaign\, highlight our approach to community engagement\, and preview the
upcoming countywide pop-up events. Hope to see you there\, and look forwa
rd to launching this effort with your support!
Location
2
300 Oxon Run Drive\, Oxon Hill\, MD 20745
Event Details
Learn about the goals and initiatives of the Explore. Learn. Thrive. c
ampaign.
Connect with health department staff and leaders.
<
li>Learn how our programs can play a key role in amplifying public health
in the community.
Discover resources and programs available to su
pport your health journey.
Learn about upcoming district-level co
mmunity pop-up events.
You're invited to the Explor
e. Learn. Thrive. Pop-Up Events
We are excited to
invite you to the official kickoff of the Explore. Learn. Thrive. campaign
\, our new initiative to increase community awareness of public health res
ources and strengthen trust through visibility\, education\, and outreach.
This kickoff will bring together Health Department leadership and staff t
o provide an overview of the campaign\, highlight our approach to communit
y engagement\, and preview the upcoming countywide pop-up events. Hope to
see you there\, and look forward to launching this effort with your suppor
t!
Location
2300 Oxon Run Drive\, Oxon Hill\, MD 20
745
Event Details
Learn about the goals and i
nitiatives of the Explore. Learn. Thrive. campaign.
Connect with
health department staff and leaders.
Learn how our programs can p
lay a key role in amplifying public health in the community.
Disc
over resources and programs available to support your health journey.
Learn about upcoming district-level community pop-up events.
Drop-off any accepted electronics and household hazardous wa
ste items. Click here for a list.
Open to County residents ONLY (ID may be required).
Commercial
vehicles and commercially generated items are NOT permitted.
Multi
ple trips are not allowed for individuals or vehicles.
All vehicles MUST be in line by 1 p.m. to be serviced.
<
p>Special accommodations can be provided upon request.
This event w
ill occur at the Friendly High School at 10000 Al
lentown Rd.\, Fort Washington\, MD 20744 from 8:00 AM to
1:00 PM on Saturday\, June 13\, 2026.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260613T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T175154Z
SUMMARY:E-Waste/Household Hazardous Waste Disposal
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DESCRIPTION:Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Robin F. Han
sen in conversation with the Prince George's County Offic
e of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial
Library System discussing her book\, 'Prison Born: Incar
ceration and Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow.' Regist
ration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked below to stream the
program live or watch the recording later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s
ULYjzh5jsI
About the Book
A scathing criti
que of the colonial legal system's denial of children's rights
One afternoon in 2016\, law professor Robin Hansen receives a call. On the
other end of the line is 'Jacquie'--a pregnant Indigenous woman\, nine we
eks from her due date and terrified for the welfare of her unborn son. Jac
quie has been sentenced to a custodial prison sentence and her son will be
automatically separated from her immediately after his birth. As Hansen
works to help Jacquie with her appeal\, she uncovers the legal system's i
nherent discrimination against mothers in custody and the children born to
them. Using Access to Information requests along with extensive research\
, Hansen examines the legal rights of these women--the majority of whom ar
e Indigenous--and finds that Jacquie and her son are by no means alone: au
tomatic mother-infant separation without due process remains the norm in m
ost jurisdictions in Canada. Prison Born calls attention to the colonial
and gendered assumptions that continue to underpin the legal system--assu
mptions that so frequently lead to the violation of the rights and denial
of personhood for children and their mothers.
About Our Gue
st
Robin F. Hansen is an Associate Professor at the College of Law\,
University of Saskatchewan\, Canada\, where she teaches international law
and human rights law. She is the author of Prison Born: Incarceration and
Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow\, (University of Regina Press\, 2024) wh
ich examines the rights of newborn children not to be automatically separa
ted from their mothers by the state without due process. She primarily res
earches how legal personhood is constructed within legal systems\, and how
this construction frames accountability. Her examination of legal personh
ood has led Professor Hansen to study systemic biases in law. Professor Ha
nsen is interested in interdisciplinary scholarship\, including analysis f
rom systems theory and international political economy. Her work has been
published in journals including the Modern Law Review\, Global Jurist\, an
d the Journal of Legal Education.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260609T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Robin F. Hansen on 'Prison Born: Incarceration and
Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow'
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Lunch and Learn returns with special gues
t Robin F. Hansen in conversation with the Prince
George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince Ge
orge's County Memorial Library System discussing her book\, 'Prison Born: Incarceration and Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow.'
A scathing critique of the colonial legal system's denial of children's ri
ghts
One afternoon in 2016\, law professo
r Robin Hansen receives a call. On the other end of the line is 'Jacquie'-
-a pregnant Indigenous woman\, nine weeks from her due date and terrified
for the welfare of her unborn son. Jacquie has been sentenced to a custodi
al prison sentence and her son will be automatically separated from her im
mediately after his birth.
As Hansen works to help
Jacquie with her appeal\, she uncovers the legal system's inherent discri
mination against mothers in custody and the children born to them. Using A
ccess to Information requests along with extensive research\, Hansen exami
nes the legal rights of these women--the majority of whom are Indigenous--
and finds that Jacquie and her son are by no means alone: automatic mother
-infant separation without due process remains the norm in most jurisdicti
ons in Canada.
Prison Born calls attention to the
colonial and gendered assumptions that continue to underpin the legal syst
em--assumptions that so frequently lead to the violation of the rights and
denial of personhood for children and their mothers.
About Our Guest
Robin F. Hansen is an Associate Professor at th
e College of Law\, University of Saskatchewan\, Canada\, where she teaches
international law and human rights law. She is the author of Prison Born:
Incarceration and Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow\, (University of Regi
na Press\, 2024) which examines the rights of newborn children not to be a
utomatically separated from their mothers by the state without due process
. She primarily researches how legal personhood is constructed within lega
l systems\, and how this construction frames accountability. Her examinati
on of legal personhood has led Professor Hansen to study systemic biases i
n law. Professor Hansen is interested in interdisciplinary scholarship\, i
ncluding analysis from systems theory and international political economy.
Her work has been published in journals including the Modern Law Review\,
Global Jurist\, and the Journal of Legal Education.
Nibbles Nook Pet Pantry is a monthly resource supporting Pri
nce George's County residents in caring for their pets.
Join us on
the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
at the Animal Services Facility and Adoption Center for supplemental dog a
nd cat food. Proof of residency is required.
Supplies are limited and distributed based on availability.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T120000
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DESCRIPTION:
Open to the public (non-commercial only) and offers an easy\
, safe\, and secure disposal of personal documents.
Bring up to fi
ve (5) boxes of paper per vehicle (non-commercial only)
Please rem
ove all paper clips\, staples\, and other bindings
Documents will N
OT be accepted by walk-up.
Documents will NOT be accepted f
rom businesses.
All vehicles MUST be in l
ine by 1 p.m. to be serviced.
Special accommodations can b
e provided upon request.
This event will occur at the Duval High School at 9880 Good Luck Rd.\, Lanham\, MD
20706 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturd
ay\, June 6\, 2026.
We’re always on the lookout for dedicated volunteers to supp
ort our daily operations from walking dogs and feeding animals to helping
with laundry\, cleaning\, office tasks\, and off‑site events. Attend an or
ientation session to explore our volunteer opportunities!
Student a
ges 14–18 can complete required community service hours in non‑animal hand
ling roles. Adults 18 and older can work directly with animals.
For
more information and to download an application\, visit our Volunteer p
age.
S
unny Summer Nights: Sunset Dancing and Wind Down is a free community event
hosted by the Prince George’s County Office of Community Relations and pr
esented by County Executive Aisha N. Braveboy\, in partnership with Andrew
s Federal Credit Union.
Residents are invited to enjoy an evening o
f music\, dancing\, and community engagement in a welcoming\, family-frien
dly environment.
Event Details
Time
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Locations and Dates
North
County
Location: Mall at Prince George’s
Schedule: First Tuesdays
June 2
July 7
August 4 (National Night Out)
Sout
h County
Location: The Plaza at National
Harbor Schedule: First Wednesdays
June 3
July 1
August 5
Central County
Location: Ritchie Station Sche
dule: First Thursdays
June 4
July 2
August 6
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T201852Z
SUMMARY:Sunny Summer Nights: Sunset Dancing and Wind Down
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DESCRIPTION:
Come find the Office of Human Rights and other community par
tners at the Prince George's
250 Block Party at Bowie Branch Library and the Bowie Center for the
Performing Arts\, at 15200/15210 Annapolis Road in Bowie. With cultural pe
rformances\, panel discussions\, art activities\, live music\, food trucks
\, and lots of tables (like ours!) to visit\, this is a chance to join in
250 celebrations right here in Prince George's County. Learn more about the eve
nt and what to expect and then come on down for a day of activities for al
l!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260530T153000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T194011Z
SUMMARY:'We The People' Prince George's 250 Block Party
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DESCRIPTION:
Join County Executive Aisha Braveboy for The Executi
ve Exchange Expo on Thursday\, May 28\, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The Executive Exchange Expo is a county-led engagement initiati
ve that fosters direct dialogue between Prince George’s County leadership
and key local industries. This month’s Technology Edition brings together
tech innovators and industry professionals for a dynamic opportunity to co
nnect\, collaborate\, and share insights that will help shape the future o
f technology in our community. Guests will also enjoy featured cui
sine from county-based chefs\, including Salads That Slap by Chef DaVida Y
oung and Baked & Brunch by Chef Nakia Cheeks.
Led by Ij Id
ika\, Director of Strategic Partnerships\, the Executive Exchange Expo und
erscores County Executive Braveboy’s commitment to inclusive economic deve
lopment\, transparent governance\, and proactive leadership through meanin
gful stakeholder engagement.
Technology leaders and industry expert
s are warmly invited to engage directly with County leadership and with on
e another—building relationships\, exchanging ideas\, and sharing valuable
lessons learned. Space is limited\, so we encourage you to regist
er early to secure your spot!
Join County Executive Aisha Bravebo
y for The Executive Exchange Expo on Thursday\, May 28\, from 11:00 a.m. t
o 1:00 p.m.
The Executive Exchange Expo is a county-
led engagement initiative that fosters direct dialogue between Prince Geor
ge’s County leadership and key local industries. This month’s Technology E
dition brings together tech innovators and industry professionals for a dy
namic opportunity to connect\, collaborate\, and share insights that will
help shape the future of technology in our community. Guests will
also enjoy featured cuisine from county-based chefs\, including Salads Tha
t Slap by Chef DaVida Young and Baked & Brunch by Chef Nakia Cheeks.
Led by Ij Idika\, Director of Strategic Partnerships\, t
he Executive Exchange Expo underscores County Executive Braveboy’s commitm
ent to inclusive economic development\, transparent governance\, and proac
tive leadership through meaningful stakeholder engagement.
Te
chnology leaders and industry experts are warmly invited to engage directl
y with County leadership and with one another—building relationships\, exc
hanging ideas\, and sharing valuable lessons learned. Space is lim
ited\, so we encourage you to register early to secure your spot!
A free five-course cur
riculum approved by the Maryland Addiction & Behavioral-Health Pr
ofessionals Certification Board.
Who Can Apply?
Cou
nty residents\, age 18+
At least 2 years of recovery from a subst
ance use/co-occurring disorder\, or successful reentry
Cour
ses Offered
Ethics for Peer Recovery Specialists
A
dvocacy for Peer Recovery Specialists
Recovery & Wellness for Pee
r Recovery Specialists
Mentoring & Education for Peer Recovery Sp
ecialists
Harm Reduction for Peer Recovery Specialists
Training Requirements
Each session includes one to three in-
person days (50 hours total). To receive certification\,
you must attend all five courses within two years.
Registration
Register for Peer Recovery Specialist Training
Register for the next available training session. If you have questio
ns or would like to be notified about the next training\, please email PeerTrainings@co.pg.md.us.
Submissions Received
Please note that you will be notified by
email if you are accepted into the training session.
Get Ready for Procurement Opportunities With (GROW) Prince G
eorge's County is a monthly training series hosted by the Prince George’s
County Office of Procurement (OOP) that provides businesses with the found
ational knowledge needed on how to do business with Prince George’s County
. Sessions focus on procurement readiness\, core requirements\, and practi
cal guidance to help vendors successfully compete for and perform on Count
y procurement opportunities.
OOP will host the April GROW session e
vent on Tuesday\, May 26th from 1:00 PM to 3:00 P
M via Zoom. Registrants will receive the Zoom link.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T150000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T200559Z
SUMMARY:Get Ready for Procurement Opportunities With (GROW) Prince George's
County
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Get Ready for Procurement Opportuniti
es With (GROW) Prince George's County is a monthly training series hosted
by the Prince George’s County Office of Procurement (OOP) that provides bu
sinesses with the foundational knowledge needed on how to do business with
Prince George’s County. Sessions focus on procurement readiness\, core re
quirements\, and practical guidance to help vendors successfully compete f
or and perform on County procurement opportunities.
OOP will
host the April GROW session event on Tuesday\, May 2
6th from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM v
ia Zoom. Registrants will receive the Zoom link.
<
a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-RdVfUhJDY'>Join us on YouTube!
About the book:
An undocumente
d activist and a social scientist come together to tally of the structural
costs of undocumented life An inhumane math pervades this country: even a
s our government extracts labor and often taxes from undocumented workers\
, it excludes these same workers from its social safety net.
As a
result\, these essential workers struggle to get their own basic needs met
\, from healthcare to education\, from freedom of association to the abili
ty to drive to work without looking for ICE in the rearview mirror. When A
lix Dick’s family found themselves in the crosshairs of cartel violence in
Sinaloa\, Mexico\, she and her siblings were forced to flee to the U.S. M
any of the scenes that she shares are difficult and unforgettable: escapin
g from a relationship in which her partner threatened to report her to imm
igration\; getting root canals done in an underground dental clinic. But t
here are moments of triumph\, too: founding her own nonprofit\; working on
films that tell important stories\; and working with her co-author Dr. Ga
rcia to tell her story in a framework that lays bare the realities of stru
ctural oppression.
As Alix and Antero tally the costs of undocument
ed life\, they present a final bill of what is owed to the immigrant commu
nity. In this way\, their book flips the traditional narrative about the e
conomics of immigration on its head.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260526T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T165338Z
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: “The Cost of Being Undocumented” with Alix Dick an
d Antero Garcia
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An undocumented activist and a soci
al scientist come together to tally of the structural costs of undocumente
d life An inhumane math pervades this country: even as our government extr
acts labor and often taxes from undocumented workers\, it excludes these s
ame workers from its social safety net.
As a result\,
these essential workers struggle to get their own basic needs met\, from
healthcare to education\, from freedom of association to the ability to dr
ive to work without looking for ICE in the rearview mirror. When Alix Dick
’s family found themselves in the crosshairs of cartel violence in Sinaloa
\, Mexico\, she and her siblings were forced to flee to the U.S. Many of t
he scenes that she shares are difficult and unforgettable: escaping from a
relationship in which her partner threatened to report her to immigration
\; getting root canals done in an underground dental clinic. But there are
moments of triumph\, too: founding her own nonprofit\; working on films t
hat tell important stories\; and working with her co-author Dr. Garcia to
tell her story in a framework that lays bare the realities of structural o
ppression.
As Alix and Antero tally the costs of undoc
umented life\, they present a final bill of what is owed to the immigrant
community. In this way\, their book flips the traditional narrative about
the economics of immigration on its head.
You're invited to the Explore. Learn. Thrive. Pop-Up Events
We are excited to invite you to the official kic
koff of the Explore. Learn. Thrive. campaign\, our new initiative to incre
ase community awareness of public health resources and strengthen trust th
rough visibility\, education\, and outreach. This kickoff will bring toget
her Health Department leadership and staff to provide an overview of the c
ampaign\, highlight our approach to community engagement\, and preview the
upcoming countywide pop-up events. Hope to see you there\, and look forwa
rd to launching this effort with your support!
Location
8
001 Sheriff Road\, Landover\, MD 20785
Event Details
Learn about the goals and initiatives of the Explore. Learn. Thrive. camp
aign.
Connect with health department staff and leaders.
Learn how our programs can play a key role in amplifying public health in
the community.
Discover resources and programs available to suppo
rt your health journey.
Learn about upcoming district-level commu
nity pop-up events.
You're invited to the Explor
e. Learn. Thrive. Pop-Up Events
We are excited to
invite you to the official kickoff of the Explore. Learn. Thrive. campaign
\, our new initiative to increase community awareness of public health res
ources and strengthen trust through visibility\, education\, and outreach.
This kickoff will bring together Health Department leadership and staff t
o provide an overview of the campaign\, highlight our approach to communit
y engagement\, and preview the upcoming countywide pop-up events. Hope to
see you there\, and look forward to launching this effort with your suppor
t!
Location
8001 Sheriff Road\, Landover\, MD 20785
<
h2>Event Details
Learn about the goals and initiatives of th
e Explore. Learn. Thrive. campaign.
Connect with health departmen
t staff and leaders.
Learn how our programs can play a key role i
n amplifying public health in the community.
Discover resources a
nd programs available to support your health journey.
Learn about
upcoming district-level community pop-up events.
Join the Office of Hu
man Rights for part three of our deep dive into the US Constitution wi
th legal scholars Renée Battle-Brooks and Gabriel Christian\, as they disc
uss Amendments 4\, 5\, and 6. This engaging\, thought-provoking series inv
ites you to reflect on what the US Constitution means for us today\, to ex
amine its relevancy\, and to consider the historical context that shaped i
ts construction and the foresight of its drafters. Set a reminder to watch on YouTube.
Missed our previous sessions? You can watch the first\, an overview\,
here\, and
the second\, on the first three amendments\, here.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T200000
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SUMMARY:OHR in Conversation...About the US Constitution and You: Amendments
4\, 5\, and 6
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DESCRIPTION:
Procurement Outlook Forum
OOP announces its inaugur
al Procurement Outlook Forum! This forum will provide early insight into p
lanned solicitations\, major procurement initiatives\, and agency prioriti
es helping businesses prepare\, build partnerships\, and strategically pos
ition themselves for upcoming procurement opportunities.
This forum
will feature the Office of Central Services.
Don’t miss th
is opportunity to gain valuable insights and connect with key County decis
ion-makers.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T120000
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SUMMARY:Procurement Outlook Forum with OCS
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Procurement Outlook Forum
OOP announces its inaugural Procurement Outlook Forum! This for
um will provide early insight into planned solicitations\, major procureme
nt initiatives\, and agency priorities helping businesses prepare\, build
partnerships\, and strategically position themselves for upcoming procurem
ent opportunities.
This forum will feature the Office
of Central Services.
Don’t miss this opportuni
ty to gain valuable insights and connect with key County decision-makers.<
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T183000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T173727Z
SUMMARY:May 20\, 2026\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board Me
eting - Virtual
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CREATED:20260501T162454Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T183000
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SUMMARY:May 20\, 2026\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board Me
eting - Virtual
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DESCRIPTION:
PGC Procurement: Access in Action is a monthly series design
ed to provide practical\, hands-on guidance to vendors seeking to successf
ully do business with the County. The series provides local and county bus
inesses with direct insight and practical guidance from subject-matter exp
erts to help them successfully navigate doing business with the County. Ea
ch monthly session features a different topic and a featured speaker\, bri
nging specialized knowledge\, tools\, and perspectives relevant to the bus
iness community.
OOP will host this event on Wednesday\, Ma
y 20th from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM via Zoom. This
webinar features guest speaker Claudia Marin\, Director of Talent and Acqu
isition at Employ Prince George's\, who will share how your business can p
artner with Employ Prince George's workforce development programs.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260520T113000
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SUMMARY:PGCProcurement: Access in Action (Virtual)
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PGC Procurement: Access in Action is a mont
hly series designed to provide practical\, hands-on guidance to vendors se
eking to successfully do business with the County. The series provides loc
al and county businesses with direct insight and practical guidance from s
ubject-matter experts to help them successfully navigate doing business wi
th the County. Each monthly session features a different topic and a featu
red speaker\, bringing specialized knowledge\, tools\, and perspectives re
levant to the business community.
OOP will host this event on
Wednesday\, May 20th from 10
:30 AM to 11:30 AM via Zoom. This webinar features guest sp
eaker Claudia Marin\, Director of Talent and Acquisition at Employ Prince
George's\, who will share how your business can partner with Employ Prince
George's workforce development programs.
Join the Office of Hu
man Rights at Mixt Food Hall (3809 Rhode Island Ave.\, Brentwood\, MD
20722) for our monthly book club\, Solidarity Stories\, as we discuss Jiam
ing Tang's novel 'Cinema Love.' Solidarity Stories is a partnership betwee
n the Office of Human Rights\, Mixt Fo
od Hall\, and the Mt. Rainier branch li
brary.
For over thirty years\, Old Second and Bao Mei have co
bbled together a meager existence in New York City’s Chinatown. But unlike
other couples\, these two share an unusual past. In rural Fuzhou\, before
they emigrated\, they frequented the Workers’ Cinema: a theater where gay
men cruised for love. While classic war films played\, Old Second and his
countrymen found intimacy in the screening rooms. In the box office\, Bao
Mei sold movie tickets to closeted men\, guarding their secrets and findi
ng her own happiness with the projectionist. But when Old Second’s passion
for his male lover is revealed\, a series of haunting events unfold\, pro
pelling these characters toward an uncertain future in America. Spanning t
hree timelines—post-socialist China\, 1980s Chinatown\, and contemporary N
ew York—Cinema Love is an “exceptional” and “moving” (Alice Hoffman) epic
about men and women who find themselves in forbidden relationships\; the w
eight of secrets\; and the way memory forever haunts the present.
B
orrow the book from the library and come join us to discuss!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T193000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260424T190017Z
SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories Book Club: Cinema Love
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Join the Office of Human Rights at Mixt Food Hall (3809 Rhode Island
Ave.\, Brentwood\, MD 20722) for our monthly book club\, Solidarit
y Stories\, as we discuss Jiaming Tang's novel 'Cinema Love.' Solidarity S
tories is a partnership between the Office of Human Rights\, Mixt Food Hall\, and the Mt. Rainier branch library.
For over thirty ye
ars\, Old Second and Bao Mei have cobbled together a meager existence in N
ew York City’s Chinatown. But unlike other couples\, these two share an un
usual past. In rural Fuzhou\, before they emigrated\, they frequented the
Workers’ Cinema: a theater where gay men cruised for love. While classic w
ar films played\, Old Second and his countrymen found intimacy in the scre
ening rooms. In the box office\, Bao Mei sold movie tickets to closeted me
n\, guarding their secrets and finding her own happiness with the projecti
onist. But when Old Second’s passion for his male lover is revealed\, a se
ries of haunting events unfold\, propelling these characters toward an unc
ertain future in America. Spanning three timelines—post-socialist China\,
1980s Chinatown\, and contemporary New York—Cinema Love is an “exceptional
” and “moving” (Alice Hoffman) epic about men and women who find themselve
s in forbidden relationships\; the weight of secrets\; and the way memory
forever haunts the present.
Borrow the book from the library
and come join us to discuss!
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will be held virtually. The log-in link can be found on the open agend
a. Please contact the Clerk to the Commission with any accommodation reque
sts at OHRstaff (@) pgcmd.gov or by calling 301-883-6170 no later than thr
ee business days in advance of the meeting.
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court\, 2nd Floor Large Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 2
0774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If
you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable
to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial i
n Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have
questions\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation pleas
e contact the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-553
1 or (301) 883-5428.
Keep your pets protected at our Low-Cost Drive-Up Pe
t Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince George's County re
sidents will receive a rabies vaccination and microchip for just $
20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency required.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at the Prince George'
s County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplies last (maximum two (
2) animals per household). Pets must be at least four months old for rabie
s vaccination\, and all animals must be on a leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services aren’t guaranteed as supplies are
limited. Register today!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T140000
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SUMMARY:Low Cost Drive-Up Pet Clinic
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Keep your pets protected at our Low
-Cost Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince G
eorge's County residents will receive a rabies vaccination and mic
rochip for just $20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency r
equired.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at <
span>the Prince George's County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplie
s last (maximum two (2) animals per household). Pets must be at l
east four months old for rabies vaccination\, and all animals must be on a
leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services are
n’t guaranteed as supplies are limited. Register today!
We’re always on the lookout for dedicated volunteers to supp
ort our daily operations from walking dogs and feeding animals to helping
with laundry\, cleaning\, office tasks\, and off‑site events. Attend an or
ientation session to explore our volunteer opportunities!
Student a
ges 14–18 can complete required community service hours in non‑animal hand
ling roles. Adults 18 and older can work directly with animals.
For
more information and to download an application\, visit our Volunteer p
age.
Southern Regional Technology and Recreational Complex 7007 B
ock Rd Fort Washington\, MD 20744
Event Registration
V
endors and participants\, register now for the Spring into Wellness: Behav
ioral Health Expo.
Vendor Registration is Currently CLOSED
<
p>The 2026 Health Expo Vendor Registration Form is now closed. Thank you f
or your interest. We are no longer accepting vendor submissions for this e
vent.
Participants
Admission is FREE. Ev
eryone is welcome to join the Spring into Wellness: Behavioral Health Expo
.
Registration is recommended but not requiredto
attend the Health Expo. Please complete the participant registrati
on form to receive free admission to the event.
A FREE interactive community event aimed at offering behav
ioral health and wellness resources to adults and youth at every stage of
life. At the Health Expo\, attendees can explore
valuable resources\, connect with organizations\, attend fitness demonstr
ations\, and receive FREE giveaways.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T164950Z
SUMMARY:2026 Spring into Wellness: Health Expo
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Southe
rn Regional Technology and Recreational Complex 7
007 Bock Rd Fort Washington\, MD 20744
Event Registration
Vendors and participants\, regi
ster now for the Spring into Wellness: Behavioral Health Expo.
Vendor Registration is Current
ly CLOSED
The 2026 Health Expo Vendor Registration Form is now clo
sed. Thank you for your interest. We are no longer accepting vendor submis
sions for this event.
Participants
Admission is FREE. Everyone is welcome to join the Spring into We
llness: Behavioral Health Expo.
Registration is recommended but not
requiredto attend the Health Expo. Please compl
ete the participant registration form to receive free admission to the event.
A FREE interactive com
munity event aimed at offering behavioral health and wellness resources to
adults and youth at every stage of life. At the Health E
xpo\, attendees can explore valuable resources\, connect with org
anizations\, attend fitness demonstrations\, and receive FREE giveaways. <
/span>
To learn more about the event\, visit the <
a href='https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/health/l
ocal-behavioral-health-authority-lbha/spring-wellness-behavioral-health-ex
po-may-17-2025'>Health Expo Webpage.
Prince George’s County Executive Aisha N. Braveboy and the Brian We
stbrook Foundation present the Youth Equestrian Expo. Join us for a day of
unforgettable equestrian entertainment\, family-friendly fun\, and commun
ity celebration! Watch our talented equestrian team in action—including cr
owd-favorite horses playing basketball and soccer. Experience the exciteme
nt of fence jumping\, western reining\, and beautifully choreographed musi
cal rides.
Enjoy delicious bites from food trucks\, browse local fa
rm shops and community vendors\, unwind by our peaceful fishing pond\, and
be sure to enter our raffle for a chance to win fantastic prizes!
Prince George’s County Executive Aisha N. Braveboy
and the Brian Westbrook Foundation present the Youth Equestrian Expo. Join us for a day of unforgettable equestrian entertainment\, family-fr
iendly fun\, and community celebration! Watch our talented equestrian team
in action—including crowd-favorite horses playing basketball and soccer.
Experience the excitement of fence jumping\, western reining\, and beautif
ully choreographed musical rides.
Enjoy delicious bite
s from food trucks\, browse local farm shops and community vendors\, unwin
d by our peaceful fishing pond\, and be sure to enter our raffle for a cha
nce to win fantastic prizes!
We now w
elcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Eac
h speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you
not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their priva
cy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confiden
tiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of ca
ses in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there an
y speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the
public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us.
We now welcome members of the public to make public comment
s to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comm
ent\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name
to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee mus
t maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discus
s the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing y
our views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember tha
t we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.u
s.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260513T093000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T151417Z
SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing May 13\, 2026
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DESCRIPTION:
This Spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Libr
ary System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injusti
ce to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let
’s learn together!
We're so excited to welcome Dr. Hakeem O
luseyi back to Lunch and Learn to discuss his ne
w book Why Do We Exist? The Nine Realms of Universe that Make You
Possible.
A boundary-breaking astrop
hysicist reimagines the universe—and our place within it—in this audacious
journey through the Nine Realms of the cosmos.
The universe gave r
ise to everything: stars and cells\, minds and memories\, purpose and pain
. But it doesn’t care about us. It follows its own rules. And now\, accord
ing to Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi\, we finally understand enough about those rules
to ask the big questions like we mean it: Why do we exist? Are we alone?
How did we get here? What comes next? And—perhaps most urgently—is there r
eason to hope?
Heck yeah\, there is!
Dr. Oluseyi is no ordin
ary scientist. A former street kid turned world-renowned cosmologist\, he
realized something bold: The story of existence can be told as a passage t
hrough nine interwoven realms—each revealing a new layer of cosmic truth.<
/p>
There’s the Middle Realm\, where we live\; the Realm of Life\, wher
e organisms flourish across the vastness of space\; the Cosmological Realm
\, where galaxies dance and collide\; the Dark Realm\, dominated by unseen
energy and invisible forces\; the Quantum Realm\, where reality defies in
tuition\; the Temporal Realm\, where time begins\, flows\, and perhaps end
s\; the Multiverse Realm\, where our universe may be one among many\; the
Realm Beyond Horizons\, where observation breaks down\; and the Realm of I
magination\, where insight\, curiosity\, and creativity shape our understa
nding of it all.
In Why Do We Exist?\, Dr. Oluseyi cracks open thes
e realms with clarity\, humor\, and radical honesty\, bridging cutting-edg
e physics\, personal narrative\, and philosophy. The result is a blueprint
for understanding reality itself and a surprising case for human potentia
l in an indifferent cosmos.
This isn’t just a science book. It’s a
survival manual for the universally curious.
Ab
out the Author
Hakeem Oluseyi is an Amer
ican astrophysicist\, cosmologist\, inventor\, educator\, television perso
nality\, and public speaker. Since 2007\, he has been a professor of physi
cs and space sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology\, and has ser
ved at Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington\, D.
C. He appears regularly on the Science Channel’s highly popular program\,
Outrageous Acts of Science\, as well as other science shows produced by Di
scovery\, Inc.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260512T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Why Do We Exist? The Nine Realms of Universe that
Make You Possible with Hakeem Oluseyi
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This Spring\, grab your favorite lunc
h at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with the Prince Geo
rge’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George
’s County Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the ef
fects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering f
rom exile and loss. Let’s learn together!
We're so exc
ited to welcome Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi back to Lunch
and Learn to discuss his new book Why Do We Exist? The Ni
ne Realms of Universe that Make You Possible.
A boundary-breaking astrophysicist reimagines the universe—and our p
lace within it—in this audacious journey through the Nine Realms of the co
smos.
The universe gave rise to everything: stars and cells\, minds
and memories\, purpose and pain. But it doesn’t care about us. It follows
its own rules. And now\, according to Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi\, we finally und
erstand enough about those rules to ask the big questions like we mean it:
Why do we exist? Are we alone? How did we get here? What comes next? And—
perhaps most urgently—is there reason to hope?
Heck yeah\, there is
!
Dr. Oluseyi is no ordinary scientist. A former street kid turned
world-renowned cosmologist\, he realized something bold: The story of exis
tence can be told as a passage through nine interwoven realms—each reveali
ng a new layer of cosmic truth.
There’s the Middle Realm\, where we
live\; the Realm of Life\, where organisms flourish across the vastness o
f space\; the Cosmological Realm\, where galaxies dance and collide\; the
Dark Realm\, dominated by unseen energy and invisible forces\; the Quantum
Realm\, where reality defies intuition\; the Temporal Realm\, where time
begins\, flows\, and perhaps ends\; the Multiverse Realm\, where our unive
rse may be one among many\; the Realm Beyond Horizons\, where observation
breaks down\; and the Realm of Imagination\, where insight\, curiosity\, a
nd creativity shape our understanding of it all.
In Why Do We Exist
?\, Dr. Oluseyi cracks open these realms with clarity\, humor\, and radica
l honesty\, bridging cutting-edge physics\, personal narrative\, and philo
sophy. The result is a blueprint for understanding reality itself and a su
rprising case for human potential in an indifferent cosmos.
This is
n’t just a science book. It’s a survival manual for the universally curiou
s.
About the Author
Hakeem Oluseyi is an American astrophysicist\, cosmolo
gist\, inventor\, educator\, television personality\, and public speaker.
Since 2007\, he has been a professor of physics and space sciences at the
Florida Institute of Technology\, and has served at Science Mission Direct
orate at NASA Headquarters in Washington\, D.C. He appears regularly on th
e Science Channel’s highly popular program\, Outrageous Acts of Science\,
as well as other science shows produced by Discovery\, Inc.
In reco
gnition of Older Americans Month (May)\, the Department of Family Services
Aging and Disabilities Services Division (DFS)\, in partnership with M-NC
PPC Parks and Recreation\, is encouraging older adults to take an active r
ole in their health. Join us\, on Tuesday\, May 12\, 2026\, for
the Annual Senior Information Fair\, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This ye
ar’s theme\, “Champion Your Health\,” focuses on prevention\, wellness\, a
nd personal responsibility as cornerstones of healthy aging. Our goal is t
o help residents take steps to champion health and advance healthy aging.
This is an outdoor event. For more information\, call 301-265-8450.
<
h2>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER - Information will be provide
d regarding programs and services for older adults.
- Participants
can enjoy music and visit local vendors.
- Box lunches will be pro
vided for the first 250 registered attendees.
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6420 ALLENTOWN ROAD\, CAMP SPRINGS\,
MD 20743
In recognition of Older Americans Month (May)
\, the Department of Family Services Aging and Disabilities Services Divis
ion (DFS)\, in partnership with M-NCPPC Parks and Recreation\, is encourag
ing older adults to take an active role in their health. Join us\, on Tuesday\, May 12\, 2026\, for the Annual Senior Informa
tion Fair\, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. This year’s theme\,
“Champion Your Health\,” focuses on prevention\, wellness\, and personal
responsibility as cornerstones of healthy aging. Our goal is to help resid
ents take steps to champion health and advance healthy aging. This is an o
utdoor event. For more information\, call 301-265-8450.
Step into a wo
rld of race-day elegance\, style\, and tradition. Prince George’s County E
xecutive Aisha N. Braveboy proudly presents our signature kickoff to Preak
ness week\, bringing together regional leaders\, elected officials\, and d
istinguished community partners for an exclusive brunch experience in the
iconic Riverview Ballroom at Gaylord National Harbor.
Join us on Saturday\, May 9\, 2026\, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM<
/strong>\, and indulge in an afternoon of refined cuisine\, vibrant conver
sation\, and the equestrian spirit of Preakness. Celebrate your finest rac
e-day style\, connect with the community\, and be part of a truly elevated
experience ahead of the 151st Preakness Stakes on Saturday\, May 16th.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260509T110000
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A Toast to Preakness Brunch
Step into a world of race-day elegance\, style\, and tradition. P
rince George’s County Executive Aisha N. Braveboy proudly presents our sig
nature kickoff to Preakness week\, bringing together regional leaders\, el
ected officials\, and distinguished community partners for an exclusive br
unch experience in the iconic Riverview Ballroom at Gaylord Nation
al Harbor.
Join us on Saturday\, May
9\, 2026\, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM\, and indulge in an afternoon
of refined cuisine\, vibrant conversation\, and the equestrian spirit of
Preakness. Celebrate your finest race-day style\, connect with the communi
ty\, and be part of a truly elevated experience ahead of the 151st Preakne
ss Stakes on Saturday\, May 16th.
May 6\, 2026\, Fire Commission M
eeting [TEAMS] - Re
gister Here
AGENDA –
1930 (7:30 p.m.) Hours – Meeting
Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer
<
li>Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Offi
ce of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Services Office
District / At Large Fire Commissioner’s Report
Fire C
ommission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prince George’s County Volunteer
Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire
& Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volunteer
Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary President’s Report
Reg
istered Guest who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adjournme
nt
NOTE: This Public Meeting may be audio- and video-recorde
d. The recording may be provided in lieu of written meeting minutes\, in
accordance with the Maryland Open Meeting Act.
Prince George’s County Volunteer Chiefs
Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Preside
nt
Prince Geo
rge’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary Presiden
t’s Report
Re
gistered Guest who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE: This Public Meeting may be audio- and vide
o-recorded. The recording may be provided in lieu of written meeting minu
tes\, in accordance with the Maryland Open Meeting Act.
We’re always on the lookout for dedicated volunteers to supp
ort our daily operations from walking dogs and feeding animals to helping
with laundry\, cleaning\, office tasks\, and off‑site events. Attend an or
ientation session to explore our volunteer opportunities!
Student a
ges 14–18 can complete required community service hours in non‑animal hand
ling roles. Adults 18 and older can work directly with animals.
For
more information and to download an application\, visit our Volunteer p
age.
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SUMMARY:Animal Volunteer Orientation
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SUMMARY:May 4\, 2026\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board Mee
ting - In Person
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A day to slow down\, show up\, and connect with people and
resources that actually get it!
Prince George’s Health Depar
tment is proud to present The G.O.A.T. Youth Mental Health Exp
o 2026 on Saturday\, May 2\, 2026\, at the Martin Luther King\, J
r. Center at Bowie State University.
In partnership with Step Forwa
rd\, Volunteers of America Chesap
eake and Carolinas\, Audacy \, B
rand U\, and the Bowie State University Graduate Student Association\, this an
nual expo brings together youth\, families\, and providers to explore real
ways to support mental health and wellness using the resources available
in Prince George’s County.
Who Can Attend?
Whether you’re
looking for support\, information\, inspiration\, or simply good energy\,
you belong here! Parents\, caregivers\, providers\, presenters\, and partners are invited to get involved.
Date and Time
Saturday\, May 2\, 2026 | 10:00am to 3:00pm
Location
Bowie Stat
e University Martin Luther King\, Jr. Center 14000 Jeri
cho Park Rd\, Bowie\, Maryland 20715
Registration
Free
to attend and open to the community. Registration is FREE\, but required.
Participants may register online in advance or on-site the day of the event.
The G
.O.A.T. Expo is designed for youth\, young adults\, caregivers\, and the p
rofessionals who support them. This one‑day gathering features education\,
advocacy\, and exhibitors representing health\, mental health\, and behav
ioral health agencies — with a special focus on services that support fami
lies and caregivers. For more information about the G.O.A T Expo\, visit t
he event website at www.thegoatexpo.c
om.
Experiences & Featured Activities
This is where o
ur community connects and thrives. Forget the lectures—this is all about h
ands-on experiences! We're inviting youth and young adults to dive into a
day of uplifting\, interactive sessions\, including:
Contests
& Giveaways
Interactive Games
Live Workshops
S
ocial Engagement
Spaces to connect\, create\, and decompress
Live Entertainment & Performances
Wellness Activities & Expe
riences
Education & Advocacy
Mental Health & Behavioral
Health Vendors
County & Community Resources
Interactive
Spaces & Activities
Open Mic and Creative Expression
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h2>Parking
Parking available on campus using SE lots G\,H and I
Sponsorship
Funded in part by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Related Documents
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p>For more information\, download the GOAT Flyer.
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SUMMARY:The G.O.A T Expo 2026 | Greatest of All Time Youth Mental Health Ex
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DESCRIPTION:
Nibbles Nook Pet Pantry is a monthly resource supporting Pri
nce George's County residents in caring for their pets.
Join us on
the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
at the Animal Services Facility and Adoption Center for supplemental dog a
nd cat food. Proof of residency is required.
Supplies are limited and distributed based on availability.
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SUMMARY:Nibbles Nook Pet Pantry
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DESCRIPTION:
Open to the public (non-commercial only) and offers an easy\
, safe\, and secure disposal of personal documents.
Bring up to fi
ve (5) boxes of paper per vehicle (non-commercial only)
Please rem
ove all paper clips\, staples\, and other bindings
Documents will N
OT be accepted by walk-up.
Documents will NOT be accepted f
rom businesses.
All vehicles MUST be in l
ine by 1 p.m. to be serviced.
Special accommodations can b
e provided upon request.
This event will occur at the Largo Gvt Center at 9200 Basil Ct.\, Largo\, MD 20774
from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday\, M
ay 2\, 2026.
In celebration of Older Americans Month\, the Prince George'
s County Advisory Committee on Aging is hosting a free virtual\, legal pre
sentation for older adults. Motivational Speaker and Attorney\, Karen Pope
-Onwukwe\, will lead the discussion on Essential Documents Needed by Age 5
5.
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In celebration of Older Americans Month\, t
he Prince George's County Advisory Committee on Aging is hosting a free vi
rtual\, legal presentation for older adults. Motivational Speaker and Atto
rney\, Karen Pope-Onwukwe\, will lead the discussion on Essential Document
s Needed by Age 55.
The Office of Procurement (OOP) and the Returning Citizens Affairs Division of the Office of the County Execu
tive invites you to learn How to do Business with Prince George's
County!
Join us\, to hear how you can...
Register as
a County vendor
Get certified
Respond to solicitations a
nd earn County contracts
This event is especially designed f
or returning citizens and justice-impacted individuals. We encourage busin
ess owners and entrepreneurs from this demographic to attend.
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SUMMARY:How to do Business with Prince George's County
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DESCRIPTION:
A free five-course cur
riculum approved by the Maryland Addiction & Behavioral-Health Pr
ofessionals Certification Board.
Who Can Apply?
Cou
nty residents\, age 18+
At least 2 years of recovery from a subst
ance use/co-occurring disorder\, or successful reentry
Cour
ses Offered
Ethics for Peer Recovery Specialists
A
dvocacy for Peer Recovery Specialists
Recovery & Wellness for Pee
r Recovery Specialists
Mentoring & Education for Peer Recovery Sp
ecialists
Harm Reduction for Peer Recovery Specialists
Training Requirements
Each session includes one to three in-
person days (50 hours total). To receive certification\,
you must attend all five courses within two years.
Registration
Register for Peer Recovery Specialist Training
Register for the next available training session. If you have questio
ns or would like to be notified about the next training\, please email PeerTrainings@co.pg.md.us.
Submissions Received
Please note that you will be notified by
email if you are accepted into the training session.
Hear from speakers with the Prince George's County Supplier
Development & Diversity Division (SD3) and the Maryland-National Capital P
ark & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) Office of Supplier Diversity & Inclusi
on. Our speakers will share insights on how to do business with Prince Geo
rge's County & M-NCPPC and understanding the procurement process.
Join SD3 and M-NCPPC at 1400 McCormick Dr\, Room 308\, Largo\, MD
20774 on Wednesday\, April 29!
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SUMMARY:Spring Business Series
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Hear from speakers with the Prince George's
County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SD3) and the Maryland-N
ational Capital Park & Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) Office of Supplier Di
versity & Inclusion. Our speakers will share insights on how to do busines
s with Prince George's County & M-NCPPC and understanding the procurement
process.
Join SD3 and M-NCPPC at 1400 McCormick Dr\, Room
308\, Largo\, MD 20774 on Wednesday\, April 29!
Join us in April at the Hillcrest Heigh
ts Branch Library on April 7\, 14\, 21\, and 28. All interested youth
are encouraged to come out and join us for four fun sessions\, which will
include an overview of social justice activists\, human trafficking awaren
ess\, a session on misinformation\, and The Social Justice Game.
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Get Ready for Procurement Opportunities With (GROW) Prince G
eorge's County is a monthly training series hosted by the Prince George’s
County Office of Procurement (OOP) that provides businesses with the found
ational knowledge needed on how to do business with Prince George’s County
. Sessions focus on procurement readiness\, core requirements\, and practi
cal guidance to help vendors successfully compete for and perform on Count
y procurement opportunities.
OOP will host the April GROW session e
vent on Tuesday\, April 28th from 1:00 PM to 3:00
PM via Zoom. Registrants will receive the Zoom link.
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County
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Get Ready for Procurement Opportuniti
es With (GROW) Prince George's County is a monthly training series hosted
by the Prince George’s County Office of Procurement (OOP) that provides bu
sinesses with the foundational knowledge needed on how to do business with
Prince George’s County. Sessions focus on procurement readiness\, core re
quirements\, and practical guidance to help vendors successfully compete f
or and perform on County procurement opportunities.
OOP will
host the April GROW session event on Tuesday\, April
28th from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
via Zoom. Registrants will receive the Zoom link.
This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of Human Ri
ghts and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics from
repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable acces
s to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Dennard Dayle in conversation
with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince Geor
ge's County Memorial Library System discussing his new book\, 'How to Dodg
e a Cannonball: A Novel.'
'How to Dodge a Cannonball
' is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the heart of the Civil War\, hil
ariously questioning the essence of the fight\, not just for territory\, b
ut for the soul of America. How to Dodge a Cannonball is funnier than the
Civil War should ever be. It follows Anders\, a teenage idealist who enlis
ts and reenlists to shape the American Future--as soon as he figures out w
hat that is\, who it includes\, and why everyone wants him to die for it.
Escaping his violently insane mother is a bonus. Anders finds honor as a p
roud Union flag twirler--until he's captured. Then he tries life as a dieh
ard Confederate--until fate asks him to die hard for the Confederacy at Ge
ttysburg. Barely alive\, Anders limps into a Black Union regiment in a sto
len uniform. While visibly white\, he claims to be an octoroon\, and they
claim to believe him. Only then does his life get truly strange. His new b
rothers are even stranger\, including a science-fiction playwright\, a Hai
tian double agent\, and a former slave feuding with God. Despite his best
efforts\, Anders starts seeing the war through their eyes\, sparking ill-t
imed questions about who gets to be American or exploit the theater of war
. Dennard Dayle's satire spares no one as doomed charges\, draft riots\, g
leeful arms dealers\, and native suppression campaigns test everyone's def
inition of loyalty. Uproariously funny and revelatory\, How to Dodge a Can
nonball asks if America is worth fighting for. And then answers loudly. Re
ad it while it's still legal.
Dennard Dayle is a Jamaican American author who lives in Brooklyn
\, New York. He is a graduate of Princeton University and received his MFA
from Columbia University. His short fiction has appeared in the 'New York
er\,' 'Clarkesworld\,' 'Matchbook\,' 'the Hard Times\,' and 'McSweeney’s I
nternet Tendency.' His first book was the short story collection 'Everythi
ng Abridged.' Before taking up fiction and mischief as a full-time job\, h
e was an advertising copywriter who dangerously flirted with stand-up come
dy. He teaches as an adjunct at Columbia and recently made the rash decisi
on to take up skateboarding.
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This spring\, gr
ab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with t
he Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s C
ounty Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects of raci
al injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and
loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Denna
rd Dayle in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human R
ights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing hi
s new book\, 'How to Dodge a Cannonball: A Novel.'
Registration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked
below to stream the program live or watch the recording later. <
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixa7PYmqU_8
About the book:
'How to Dodge a Cannonball' is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the h
eart of the Civil War\, hilariously questioning the essence of the fight\,
not just for territory\, but for the soul of America. How to Dodge a Cann
onball is funnier than the Civil War should ever be. It follows Anders\, a
teenage idealist who enlists and reenlists to shape the American Future--
as soon as he figures out what that is\, who it includes\, and why everyon
e wants him to die for it. Escaping his violently insane mother is a bonus
. Anders finds honor as a proud Union flag twirler--until he's captured. T
hen he tries life as a diehard Confederate--until fate asks him to die har
d for the Confederacy at Gettysburg. Barely alive\, Anders limps into a Bl
ack Union regiment in a stolen uniform. While visibly white\, he claims to
be an octoroon\, and they claim to believe him. Only then does his life g
et truly strange. His new brothers are even stranger\, including a science
-fiction playwright\, a Haitian double agent\, and a former slave feuding
with God. Despite his best efforts\, Anders starts seeing the war through
their eyes\, sparking ill-timed questions about who gets to be American or
exploit the theater of war. Dennard Dayle's satire spares no one as doome
d charges\, draft riots\, gleeful arms dealers\, and native suppression ca
mpaigns test everyone's definition of loyalty. Uproariously funny and reve
latory\, How to Dodge a Cannonball asks if America is worth fighting for.
And then answers loudly. Read it while it's still legal.
Dennard
Dayle is a Jamaican American author who lives in Brooklyn\, New York. He i
s a graduate of Princeton University and received his MFA from Columbia Un
iversity. His short fiction has appeared in the 'New Yorker\,' 'Clarkeswor
ld\,' 'Matchbook\,' 'the Hard Times\,' and 'McSweeney’s Internet Tendency.
' His first book was the short story collection 'Everything Abridged.' Bef
ore taking up fiction and mischief as a full-time job\, he was an advertis
ing copywriter who dangerously flirted with stand-up comedy. He teaches as
an adjunct at Columbia and recently made the rash decision to take up ska
teboarding.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will be held virtually. The link to register to join can be found on t
he open agenda. Please contact the Clerk with any accommodation requests n
o fewer than three business days before the meeting at OHRStaff(at)pgcmd.g
ov or by calling 301-883-6170.
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court\, 2nd Floor Large Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 2
0774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If
you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable
to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial i
n Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have
questions\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation pleas
e contact the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-553
1 or (301) 883-5428.
Join us for a special Kitten
Shower\, an educational event dedicated to helping community members lear
n how to care for kittens of all ages. The session will include a foster s
pecific Q&A and helpful guidance for anyone interested in becoming a foste
r parent for our most vulnerable shelter animals.
Throughout the mo
nth\, we are also hosting a donation drive to support underage kittens and
nursing moms in our care. Items such as heating discs\, KMR formula\, Mir
acle Nipples\, kitten toys\, Fancy Feast kitten paté\, and pop‑up playpens
make a meaningful difference.
Refreshments will be provided and while don
ations are not required to attend\, they are greatly appreciated. Come lea
rn\, connect\, and help us give these tiny paws a brighter start!
The next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturda
y\, April 25\, 2026\, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This event provid
es a safe\, convenient\, and anonymous way to dispose of unused or expired
prescription drugs. The event is organized by the Drug Enforcement Admini
stration (DEA) in partnership with local law enforcement agencies and comm
unity groups.
The Prince George's County Police Stations listed bel
ow will serve as designated prescription drug drop off sites.
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The next National Prescription Drug Take Ba
ck Day is Saturday\, April 25\, 2026\, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time.
This event provides a safe\, convenient\, and anonymous way to dispose of
unused or expired prescription drugs. The event is organized by the Drug E
nforcement Administration (DEA) in partnership with local law enforcement
agencies and community groups.
The Prince George's County Police St
ations listed below will serve as designated prescription drug drop off si
tes.
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Rayven C. Smith and Cami
lle Kashaka for a conversation about Victory Gardens and communit
y food sovereignty\, exploring both the historical roots of Victory Garden
s and how those ideas can be applied today to strengthen food access\, com
munity health\, and resilience within our neighborhoods here in Maryland a
nd across the DMV.
Registration not required. Clic
k on the YouTube video linked below to stream the program live or watch th
e recording later. (Pending)
About our Guests
Rayven C. Smith is an agricultural appren
tice\, culinary practitioner\, and founder of Chef Rayven\, LLC. She h
as worked across farms throughout the DMV region as a WWOOFer and independ
ent agricultural collaborator\, gaining hands-on experience in sustain
able growing\, soil stewardship\, and local food production. Her soil-
to-table approach connects land\, history\, and community exploring how mo
vements like the 1940s Victory Gardens inform modern conversations abo
ut food resilience and youth leadership in agriculture.
Camille Kashaka (she/her/hers) currently serves as the
Managing Director for Joe’s Movement Emporium and Creative Suitland. She
is excited to be contributing to the broad and powerful community focused
cultural and artistic impact of these institutions.
She is the fo
rmer Executive Director of Motor House in Baltimore\, MD\, Interim Managin
g Director of Hattiloo Theatre in Memphis\, TN\, and Director of the Anaco
stia Arts Center in Washington\, DC.
Camille received her BFA fro
m Howard University in Theatre Administration and her Masters from America
n University in Arts Management. It is with this specific blend of cultura
l\, artistic\, and professional experience that she hopes to add to the ec
lectic cultural ecosystem of Prince George’s County.
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The Prince George's County Of
fice of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memor
ial Library System are excited to host Rayven C. Smith and Camille Kashaka for a conversation about Victo
ry Gardens and community food sovereignty\, exploring both the historical
roots of Victory Gardens and how those ideas can be applied today to stren
gthen food access\, community health\, and resilience within our neighborh
oods here in Maryland and across the DMV.
R
egistration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked below to strea
m the program live or watch the recording later. (Pending)
About our Guests
Rayven C. Smit
h is an agricultural apprentice\, culinary practitioner\, and fou
nder of Chef Rayven\, LLC. She has worked across farms throughout the
DMV region as a WWOOFer and independent agricultural collaborator\, ga
ining hands-on experience in sustainable growing\, soil stewardship\, and
local food production. Her soil-to-table approach connects land\, hist
ory\, and community exploring how movements like the 1940s Victory Gar
dens inform modern conversations about food resilience and youth leadershi
p in agriculture.
Camille Kashaka (she/her/hers) currently serves as the Managing Director for Joe’s Mov
ement Emporium and Creative Suitland. She is excited to be contributing to
the broad and powerful community focused cultural and artistic impact of
these institutions. She is the former E
xecutive Director of Motor House in Baltimore\, MD\, Interim Managing Dire
ctor of Hattiloo Theatre in Memphis\, TN\, and Director of the Anacostia A
rts Center in Washington\, DC. Camille
received her BFA from Howard University in Theatre Administration and her
Masters from American University in Arts Management. It is with this speci
fic blend of cultural\, artistic\, and professional experience that she ho
pes to add to the eclectic cultural ecosystem of Prince George’s County.
The Prince George’s County Office of Community Relations (OC
R) will partner with the Commission on Common Ownership Communities (CCOC)
on Wednesday\, April 22\, 2026\, to host a virtual meeting. REGIS
TRATION IS REQUIRED!
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The Prince George’s County Office of
Community Relations (OCR) will partner with the Commission on Common Owner
ship Communities (CCOC) on Wednesday\, April 22\, 2026\, to host a virtual
meeting. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing April 22\, 2026
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Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and <
strong>Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights for our mont
hly book club! This month we will discuss the 2025 non-fiction National Bo
ok Award Winner 'One Day Everyone Will Always Have Been Against Th
is' by Omar El Akkad.
The Solidarity Stor
ies Book Club takes place the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the up
stairs lounge area of Mixt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. L
imited parking is available via the garage on 39th Street and Rhode Island
Ave. Parking is free for program participants and no purchase is required
\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from
Mixt’s vendors. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
About
the Book
From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad
comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betra
ys its fundamental values. On October 25\, 2023\, after just three weeks o
f the bombardment of Gaza\, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: “One day\, when
it’s safe\, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it
is\, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable\, everyone will have al
ways been against this.” This tweet has been viewed more than 10 million t
imes. As an immigrant who came to the West\, El Akkad believed that it pro
mised freedom. A place of justice for all. But in the past twenty years\,
reporting on the War on Terror\, Ferguson\, climate change\, Black Lives M
atter protests\, and more\, and watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza
\, El Akkad has come to the conclusion that much of what the West promises
is a lie. That there will always be entire groups of human beings it has
never intended to treat as fully human—not just Arabs or Muslims or immigr
ants\, but whoever falls outside the boundaries of privilege. 'One Day\, E
veryone Will Have Always Been Against This' is a chronicle of that painful
realization\, a moral grappling with what it means\, as a citizen of the
U.S.\, as a father\, to carve out some sense of possibility in a time of c
arnage. “I can’t think of a more important piece of writing to read right
now. I found hope here\, and help\, to face what the world is now\, all th
at it isn’t anymore. Please read this. I promise you won’t regret it.” —To
mmy Orange\, bestselling author of 'Wandering Stars' and 'There There.'
—From the catalog
Borrow the book from PGCMLS: Print | eAudiobook | <
a href='https://catalog.pgcmls.info/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0
.0.3&pos=1&cn=1612444'>eBook | Large Print
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories Book Club: 'One Day\, Everyone Will Have Always
Been Against This' by Omar El Akkad
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Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and Prince George’s County
Office of Human Rights for our monthly book club! This month we w
ill discuss the 2025 non-fiction National Book Award Winner 'One D
ay Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This' by Omar El Akkad.
Th
e Solidarity Stories Book Club takes place the 3rd Tuesda
y of each month in the upstairs lounge area of Mixt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the garage on 39t
h Street and Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program participants an
d no purchase is required\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\,
drinks\, or dinner from Mixt’s vendors. For more information\, visit thei
r website: https://mixtfo
odhall.com
About the Book
From a
ward-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckon
ing with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental valu
es. On October 25\, 2023\, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Ga
za\, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: “One day\, when it’s safe\, when there
’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is\, when it’s too late
to hold anyone accountable\, everyone will have always been against this.
” This tweet has been viewed more than 10 million times. As an immigrant w
ho came to the West\, El Akkad believed that it promised freedom. A place
of justice for all. But in the past twenty years\, reporting on the War on
Terror\, Ferguson\, climate change\, Black Lives Matter protests\, and mo
re\, and watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza\, El Akkad has come to
the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie. That there w
ill always be entire groups of human beings it has never intended to treat
as fully human—not just Arabs or Muslims or immigrants\, but whoever fall
s outside the boundaries of privilege. 'One Day\, Everyone Will Have Alway
s Been Against This' is a chronicle of that painful realization\, a moral
grappling with what it means\, as a citizen of the U.S.\, as a father\, to
carve out some sense of possibility in a time of carnage. “I can’t think
of a more important piece of writing to read right now. I found hope here\
, and help\, to face what the world is now\, all that it isn’t anymore. Pl
ease read this. I promise you won’t regret it.” —Tommy Orange\, bestsellin
g author of 'Wandering Stars' and 'There There.'
Join us in April at the Hillcrest Heigh
ts Branch Library on April 7\, 14\, 21\, and 28. All interested youth
are encouraged to come out and join us for four fun sessions\, which will
include an overview of social justice activists\, human trafficking awaren
ess\, a session on misinformation\, and The Social Justice Game.
Join the Office of Human Rights in conversation with Alonzo E.
Turner-Bey\, Director of the Returning Citizens Affairs Division of the Pr
ince George's County Executive's Office. Mr. Turner-Bey is a certified pee
r recovery specialist and community advocate in addition to his role withi
n Prince George's County Government.
OHR in Conversation... is a series that highlights the so
cial justice people\, spaces\, and places of Prince George's County. Previ
ous conversations include a feature on Fairmount Heights with town adminis
trator Doris Sarumi\; highlighting National Fair Housing month with Invest
igator Charles Floyd\; and featuring Jeanne Theoharis on her book 'King of
the North: Martin Luther King Jr. 's Life of Struggle Outside the South'.
We invite you to tune in and watch live or on demand later using the same
link above.
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Join the Office of Human Rights
in conversation with Alonzo E. Turner-Bey\, Director of
the Returning Citizens Affairs Division of the Prince George's County Exec
utive's Office. Mr. Turner-Bey is a certified peer recovery specialist and
community advocate in addition to his role within Prince George's County
Government.
O
HR in Conversation... is a series that highlights the social justice peopl
e\, spaces\, and places of Prince George's County. Previous conversations
include a feature on Fairmount Heights with town administrator Doris Sarum
i\; highlighting National Fair Housing month with Investigator Charles Flo
yd\; and featuring Jeanne Theoharis on her book 'King of the North:
Martin Luther King Jr. 's Life of Struggle Outside the South'. We invite y
ou to tune in and watch live or on demand later using the same link above.
Keep your pets protected at our Low-Cost Drive-Up Pe
t Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince George's County re
sidents will receive a rabies vaccination and microchip for just $
20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency required.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at the Prince George'
s County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplies last (maximum two (
2) animals per household). Pets must be at least four months old for rabie
s vaccination\, and all animals must be on a leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services aren’t guaranteed as supplies are
limited. Register today!
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Keep your pets protected at our Low
-Cost Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince G
eorge's County residents will receive a rabies vaccination and mic
rochip for just $20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency r
equired.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at <
span>the Prince George's County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplie
s last (maximum two (2) animals per household). Pets must be at l
east four months old for rabies vaccination\, and all animals must be on a
leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services are
n’t guaranteed as supplies are limited. Register today!
T
his April Prince George’s County will turn 330! The journey toward this hi
storic milestone is an opportunity to pause and reflect on our County’s pa
st\, honor the contributions of all residents\, and look ahead toward the
future we want to create for the next generation and beyond. The Office of
Community Relations will host PGC330th Community Celebration: Food trucks
\, games\, prizes\, Live music\, hand & line dancing\, entertainment\, kid
s area\, health and wellness pavilion\, game truck\, roller skating and mu
ch more! This event is free and open to the public.
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SUMMARY:Prince George's County 330th Celebration
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Location
Northwest Stadium
Parking Lot F
This April Prince George’s County will
turn 330! The journey toward this historic milestone is an opportunity to
pause and reflect on our County’s past\, honor the contributions of all re
sidents\, and look ahead toward the future we want to create for the next
generation and beyond. The Office of Community Relations will host PGC330t
h Community Celebration: Food trucks\, games\, prizes\, Live music\, hand
& line dancing\, entertainment\, kids area\, health and wellness pavilion\
, game truck\, roller skating and much more! This event is free and open t
o the public.
This April Prince George’s County will turn 330! The journey
toward this historic milestone is an opportunity to pause and reflect on
our County’s past\, honor the contributions of all residents\, and look ah
ead toward the future we want to create for the next generation and beyond
. The Office of Community Relations will host PGC330th Community Celebrati
on: Food trucks\, games\, prizes\, Live music\, hand & line dancing\, ente
rtainment\, kids area\, health and wellness pavilion\, game truck\, roller
skating and much more! This event is free and open to the public.
Location
Northwest Stadium Parking Lot F
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This April Prince George’s County wil
l turn 330! The journey toward this historic milestone is an opportunity t
o pause and reflect on our County’s past\, honor the contributions of all
residents\, and look ahead toward the future we want to create for the nex
t generation and beyond. The Office of Community Relations will host PGC33
0th Community Celebration: Food trucks\, games\, prizes\, Live music\, han
d & line dancing\, entertainment\, kids area\, health and wellness pavilio
n\, game truck\, roller skating and much more! This event is free and open
to the public.
We’re always on the lookout for dedicated volunteers to supp
ort our daily operations from walking dogs and feeding animals to helping
with laundry\, cleaning\, office tasks\, and off‑site events. Attend an or
ientation session to explore our volunteer opportunities!
Student a
ges 14–18 can complete required community service hours in non‑animal hand
ling roles. Adults 18 and older can work directly with animals.
For
more information and to download an application\, visit our Volunteer p
age.
The Prince George's County Department of the Environment ann
ounces the return of our annual Mulch Madness giveaway event for C
ounty residents. This source reduction event will take place on <
strong>Saturday\, April 18\, 2026\, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is offered o
n a first-come\, first-served basis.
The event is
for County residents only. Please be prepared to provide
proof of residency.
All attendees and employees are encouraged to
wear face coverings and follow social distancing guidelines.
Res
idents must bring shovels\, bags\, containers for loading/transporting mul
ch from dig-your-own locations\, and tarps or other necessary equipment to
cover/secure loads of mulch and compost in trucks and trailers.
A skid loader will be available to load mulch directly into open truck bed
s.
Commercial entities and vehicles with commercial/business sign
age are prohibited.
Source reduction tip: A
pply mulch to reduce water usage\, prevent soil erosion\, and reduce the u
se of herbicides in your home.
The event will be held at the Prince
George's County Organics Composting Facility\, 6550 Maude Savoy Brown Roa
d\, Upper Marlboro (from 301 Crain Highway\, proceed on Maude Savoy Brown
Road to the facility). Public restrooms are not available.
The Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights is excited to bring back Gabriel J. Christian and
Renée Battle-Brooks discussing the US Constitutio
n and You. In this episode\, we will discuss Articles I\, II\, an
d III.
An attor
ney in Maryland and a Georgetown Law School graduate\, attorney Gabriel J.
Christian is a highly-skilled veteran trial lawyer. He is deeply involved
in community service\, offering his time to the citizens of Maryland\, bu
siness organizations\, religious organizations\, the school system\, and t
he Caribbean community.
Renée Battle-Brooks
Renée
Battle-Brooks is the daughter of missionary parents and was born in Accra
Ghana. She graduated high school from Beirut Overseas School in Beirut\,
Lebanon. She attended Middle East University in Beirut\, Lebanon and earne
d her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Columbia
Union College\, now Washington Adventist University\, in Takoma Park\, Mar
yland. Ms. Battle-Brooks earned her Juris Doctor at the University Of Balt
imore School Of Law. She spent 30 years practicing law\, the first 8 of wh
ich were with the Public Defenders Office for the State of Maryland. For n
early 19 years\, she worked as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Prince Ge
orge’s County\, Maryland. Her duties included Chief of the Child Abuse and
Sexual Assault and Vulnerable Adult Unit where she prosecuted those who s
ought to harm children\, including sexual exploitation and child pornograp
hy cases. Her final assignment in the Office of the State’s Attorney was s
erving on the Community Prosecution team where she dealt with a variety of
issues to include human trafficking and other community issues. In 2018 M
s. Battle-Brooks was appointed the Executive Director of the Prince George
’s County Office of Human Rights\, where she stayed through 2024 when she
joined the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metro Transit Po
lice Department's training academy.
In her spare time\, she lends h
er services to community issues and groups to include MCASA’s [Maryland Co
alition Against Sexual Assault] board where she served as President of the
board and Past President of the board. She currently serves as a board me
mber of ADRA International\, and the Columbia Union Executive Committee. M
s. Battle-Brooks is a violinist and plays regularly with the New England S
ymphonic Ensemble.
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SUMMARY:OHR In Conversation About... The US Constitution and You: Articles
I\, II\, and III
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The Prince George’s County Office o
f Human Rights is excited to bring back Gabriel J. Christ
ian and Renée Battle-Brooks discussing the US Constitution and You. In this episode\, we will discuss Art
icles I\, II\, and III.
An attorney in Maryland and a Georgetown
Law School graduate\, attorney Gabriel J. Christian is a highly-skilled ve
teran trial lawyer. He is deeply involved in community service\, offering
his time to the citizens of Maryland\, business organizations\, religious
organizations\, the school system\, and the Caribbean community.
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/p>
Renée Battle-Brooks
Renée Battle-Brooks is the daughter of
missionary parents and was born in Accra Ghana. She graduated high school
from Beirut Overseas School in Beirut\, Lebanon. She attended Middle East
University in Beirut\, Lebanon and earned her Bachelor of Science degree
in Business Administration from Columbia Union College\, now Washington Ad
ventist University\, in Takoma Park\, Maryland. Ms. Battle-Brooks earned h
er Juris Doctor at the University Of Baltimore School Of Law. She spent 30
years practicing law\, the first 8 of which were with the Public Defender
s Office for the State of Maryland. For nearly 19 years\, she worked as an
Assistant State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County\, Maryland. Her dut
ies included Chief of the Child Abuse and Sexual Assault and Vulnerable Ad
ult Unit where she prosecuted those who sought to harm children\, includin
g sexual exploitation and child pornography cases. Her final assignment in
the Office of the State’s Attorney was serving on the Community Prosecuti
on team where she dealt with a variety of issues to include human traffick
ing and other community issues. In 2018 Ms. Battle-Brooks was appointed th
e Executive Director of the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights\
, where she stayed through 2024 when she joined the Washington Metropolita
n Area Transit Authority Metro Transit Police Department's training academ
y.
In her spare time\, she lends her services to community issues a
nd groups to include MCASA’s [Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault] b
oard where she served as President of the board and Past President of the
board. She currently serves as a board member of ADRA International\, and
the Columbia Union Executive Committee. Ms. Battle-Brooks is a violinist a
nd plays regularly with the New England Symphonic Ensemble.
Hosted by the Multicultural Affairs Division in the Office o
f the County Executive\, this workshop will provide you with the knowledge
you need to set your business up for success in Prince George's County. J
oin us to learn about the procurement process\, compliance requirements an
d regulations\, and resources and tools to support your business.
T
his seminar is where access\, opportunity\, and ownership merge. You will
leave even more empowered to grow your business than when you first step i
n the door. Join us in Room 308 at 1400 McCormick Drive Upper Marlboro\, M
D on April 16\, 2026. Registration opens at 8:30 AM. The program is from 9
AM - 3 PM.
The Prince George’s County Department of Social Se
rvices is committed to protecting the safety and dignity of all children l
iving in the County. You are invited to wear blue on Wednesday\, April 15\, 2026\, to show your support and raise
awareness for child abuse prevention in Prince George’s County. April is a
nnually\, nationally recognized as Child Abuse Prevention Month. This Wedn
esday\, you have the opportunity to participate in this movement by wearin
g blue\, walking\, and starting awareness conversations with coworkers\, f
riends\, family\, and neighbors.
The Prince George’
s County Child Advocacy Center gives children an opportunity to recount ab
use they may have faced\, in a child-friendly environment. The CAC collabo
rates with agency partners to ensure this critical information is shared a
ppropriately and timely\, only requiring a one-time recounting\, rather th
an multiple retellings of an already difficult experience. In doing this\,
we all work together to find out what happened to the child\, to hold the
offender accountable\, and to help families begin their healing journeys.
If You Suspect Child Abuse or Neglect:<
/strong>
Call: 301-909-2450
Acc
ording to the Prev
ent Child Abuse America organization\, “April is Child Abuse Preventio
n (CAP) Month\, a time for communities nationwide to come together and tak
e action to support strong families\, thriving children\, and healthier co
mmunities…Through advocacy\, education\, and community engagement\, we can
work together to prevent child abuse before it ever happens.”
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The Prince George’s County
Department of Social Services is committed to protecting the safety and di
gnity of all children living in the County. You are invited to wear blue on Wednesday\, April 15\, 2026
\, to show your support and raise awareness for child abuse
prevention in Prince George’s County. April is annually\, nationally reco
gnized as Child Abuse Prevention Month. This Wednesday\, you have the oppo
rtunity to participate in this movement by wearing blue\, walking\, and st
arting awareness conversations with coworkers\, friends\, family\, and nei
ghbors.
The Prince George
’s County Child Advocacy Center gives children an opportunity to recount a
buse they may have faced\, in a child-friendly environment. The CAC collab
orates with agency partners to ensure this critical information is shared
appropriately and timely\, only requiring a one-time recounting\, rather t
han multiple retellings of an already difficult experience. In doing this\
, we all work together to find out what happened to the child\, to hold th
e offender accountable\, and to help families begin their healing journeys
.
If You Suspect Child Abuse or N
eglect:
Call: 301-909-2450
According to the Prevent Child Abuse America organization\, “April is Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month\, a tim
e for communities nationwide to come together and take action to support s
trong families\, thriving children\, and healthier communities…Through adv
ocacy\, education\, and community engagement\, we can work together to pre
vent child abuse before it ever happens.”
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host the student members of the Prince George'
s County Public School's Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) Ad Hoc Committe
e.
In 2022\, Prince George's Cou
nty and Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) developed a national
model to combat climate change for our students' and communities' futures
. The PGCPS Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP)\, developed by 22 diverse cl
imate experts\, is their roadmap for change and call to action to empower
our students\, staff\, partners\, and administration to work together to t
ransform our future on an economic\, social\, and environmental level.
The PGCPS CCAP recommendations were adopted by the Board of Education\
, and the Superintendent was charged with the implementation of the eight
priority recommendations and supporting actions\, sub-recommendations\, im
plementation timelines\, environmental justice and lab or considerations\,
financing opportunities\, responsible parties\, and resources needed. The
eight priority areas are: Support Environmental Justice Through Climate C
urriculum\, Training and Partnerships\; Reduce Carbon Footprint from PGCPS
Buildings\; Commit to Renewable Energy Sources for a Net Zero Emissions F
uture\; Commit to Low Carbon School Transportation\; Reduce Food Waste and
Grow Climate-Friendly Food\; Commit to Sustainable Materials Management a
nd Procurement\; Commit to Climate Resilient Land Management\; and Lead by
Example to Support Transformational Change
The Climate Change Acti
on Plan Ad Hoc Committee is a resource to PGCPS and its efforts to success
fully implement the CCAP. The committee includes members with diverse expe
rtise and broad experiences across the eight recommendation areas. The Ad
Hoc Committee acts as a force multiplier for CCAP implementation\, providi
ng guidance\, recommendations\, and resources to the PGCPS Superintendent\
, the Director of Sustainability and Resilience\, and the CCAP Operational
Committee\, among other partners.
The Ad Hoc Committee provides an
opportunity to engage more stakeholders in the process and deepens the in
vestment in the success of the CCAP\, and by extension\, PGCPS and the stu
dents we serve. The committee led by PGCPS Board Members\, consists of 10-
15 members with expertise from the eight focus areas\, including students.
About our guests:
Mikal Withers
poon is a driven senior at the Academy of Health Sciences (AHS) a
t Prince George’s Community College\, where he is earning an associate deg
ree in Health Sciences. Passionate about environmental sustainability and
community impact\, he has been involved in the AHS Green Club and the coun
tywide Envirothon competition since ninth grade. He currently serves as Pr
esident of the Prince George’s County Student Environmental Coalition (PGS
EC)\, leading student efforts to plan and organize the annual Student Envi
ronmental Alliance Summit—a two-day event that engages students in hands-o
n environmental issues and career exploration. In this role\, he has stren
gthened PGSEC by introducing leadership positions\, a constitution\, and a
n organizational structure that encourages greater student participation.
Beyond PGSEC\, he serves as a student member on the Prince George’s County
Ad Hoc Committee for the Implementation of the Climate Action Plan\, help
ing to bridge youth perspectives with the plan’s eight priority recommenda
tions. As Chief of Staff for the Prince George’s Community College Student
Governance Association\, he is leading a campus-wide Recycling Audit to e
valuate and improve sustainability practices. He plans to major in Plant S
cience as an undergraduate and pursue a career in medicine\, combining his
interests in health sciences and the environment to promote holistic appr
oaches to care.
James Dubon Garcia is a passionate
\, bilingual sophomore participating in the International Baccalaureate (I
B) program at Parkdale High School. James has engaged in student leadershi
p ever since he was in elementary school believing that if we can empower
students to take action\, we can help solve any issue. He has exemplified
this message by being a student member of the PGCPS Climate Change Action
Plan Ad-Hoc Committee on the Board of Education\, participating on the Exe
cutive Board of the Prince George’s Regional Association of Student Govern
ments (PGRASG) as an elected secretary\, and being a part of the Maryland
Association of Student Council’s Environmental Affairs Committee. In the f
uture\, James plans to continue in student advocacy by advocating for his
own school community\, working with the PGCPS Department of Food and Nutri
tion Services to improve school lunch to reduce food waste\, and encourage
school composting in Prince George’s County Public Schools. Beyond academ
ics\, James has taken interest in the performing arts and computer science
having been a lead actor in two Parkdale performances and participating i
n the National Student Leadership Conference Artificial Intelligence Progr
am at Duke University. He also plans to work to support impoverished commu
nities and children living in his home country\, Honduras. Overall\, James
is an activist for the environment and student leader dedicated to better
ing his community and people.
Maya Gudderra is a s
ophomore in the Science and Technology Program at Oxon Hill High School in
Prince George’s County\, Maryland\, with a strong interest in Sustainable
Agriculture\, AgBusiness\, and Environmental Economics. She currently ser
ves as the Region 1 Junior MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture\, Natural Res
ources\, and Related Sciences) Ambassador\, a Maryland State 4-H Council R
epresentative\, and a student member of the Prince George’s County Public
Schools (PGCPS) Climate Change Action Plan Ad Hoc Committee of the Board o
f Education. Maya is one of four youth leaders heading the PGCPS Student E
nvironmental Coalition\, which works to elevate student voices and promote
collaboration between schools and environmental organizations. She is als
o a second-year participant in the Burroughs District 8 Student Leadership
Academy\, an SGA class alternate\, and an active member of both the Envir
othon and GLOBE Club\, where she helps maintain her school’s environmental
ly conscious practices through waste reduction and recycling initiatives.
Beyond school\, Maya has been deeply engaged in agricultural education and
community service for over a decade. She has assisted annually with the G
wynn Park Greenhouse planting\, county-wide clean-up events\, and local FF
A/MANRRS chapter activities. Her journey with MANRRS began in 2015 at the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Youth Leadership Institute\, and sh
e has since continued to grow her leadership and advocacy within the organ
ization. Maya is the recipient of the MANRRS American Farmland Trust Trave
l Scholarship\, which supported her participation in the National MANRRS C
onference in Florida. She earned first place in the 2023 National Junior M
ANRRS Essay Contest for her piece on crop diversity as a grand challenge i
n agriculture and second place in the 2025 National Junior MANRRS Public S
peaking Contest with her speech “I Am Because You Are.” Rooted in her heri
tage as a descendant of generational farmers from both the United States a
nd India\, Maya is passionate about sustainability\, agricultural innovati
on\, and youth empowerment in environmental advocacy.
Olivi
a Thomas is a freshman in the Science and Technology Program at C
harles Herbert Flowers High School in the class of 2029. She is an extreme
ly passionate worker who puts her all into everything she does\, from scho
ol to her personal interests. Olivia currently serves as a member of the E
nvironmental Outreach Team of the Prince George’s County Regional Associat
ion of Student Governments (PGRASG). She is also a student member of the P
GCPS Climate Change Action Plan Ad Hoc Committee. Through her work with th
e PGCPS CCAP Ad Hoc Committee\, Olivia and her classmate Noah Agbede were
instrumental in getting plastic bags banned from the Kenmoor Middle School
breakfast program. This was recognized as progress toward meeting the Cli
mate Change Action Plan Recommendation Number Six (Commit to Sustainable M
aterials Management and Procurement) and Number Eight (Lead by Example to
Support Transformational Change). Olivia was a leader in Kenmoor Middle Sc
hool’s Environmental Topics Club. While in this club\, Olivia and her team
created an interactive presentation to encourage young people and adults
throughout Maryland to become People Against Litter (PAL). The Kenmoor stu
dents presented at two major 2025 events: the Student Environmental Allian
ce Summit at Bowie State University and the annual Maryland Green Schools
Youth Summit at Sandy Point State Park. At their encouragement\, over 1\,0
00 people signed a pledge to become People Against Litter. Other interests
Olivia has include playing in her school’s orchestra\, drawing\, and trav
eling. Some of her favorite recent travel destinations are the United King
dom\, Japan\, and Panama.
The Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host the s
tudent members of the Prince George's County Public School's Clima
te Change Action Plan (CCAP) Ad Hoc Committee.
In 2022\, Prince George's County and Prince George's Coun
ty Public Schools (PGCPS) developed a national model to combat climate cha
nge for our students' and communities' futures. The PGCPS Climate Change A
ction Plan (CCAP)\, developed by 22 diverse climate experts\, is their roa
dmap for change and call to action to empower our students\, staff\, partn
ers\, and administration to work together to transform our future on an ec
onomic\, social\, and environmental level.
The PGCPS C
CAP recommendations were adopted by the Board of Education\, and the Super
intendent was charged with the implementation of the eight priority recomm
endations and supporting actions\, sub-recommendations\, implementation ti
melines\, environmental justice and lab or considerations\, financing oppo
rtunities\, responsible parties\, and resources needed. The eight priority
areas are: Support Environmental Justice Through Climate Curriculum\, Tra
ining and Partnerships\; Reduce Carbon Footprint from PGCPS Buildings\; Co
mmit to Renewable Energy Sources for a Net Zero Emissions Future\; Commit
to Low Carbon School Transportation\; Reduce Food Waste and Grow Climate-F
riendly Food\; Commit to Sustainable Materials Management and Procurement\
; Commit to Climate Resilient Land Management\; and Lead by Example to Sup
port Transformational Change
The Climate Change Action
Plan Ad Hoc Committee is a resource to PGCPS and its efforts to successfu
lly implement the CCAP. The committee includes members with diverse expert
ise and broad experiences across the eight recommendation areas. The Ad Ho
c Committee acts as a force multiplier for CCAP implementation\, providing
guidance\, recommendations\, and resources to the PGCPS Superintendent\,
the Director of Sustainability and Resilience\, and the CCAP Operational C
ommittee\, among other partners.
The Ad Hoc Committee
provides an opportunity to engage more stakeholders in the process and dee
pens the investment in the success of the CCAP\, and by extension\, PGCPS
and the students we serve. The committee led by PGCPS Board Members\, cons
ists of 10-15 members with expertise from the eight focus areas\, includin
g students.
About our guests:
Mikal Witherspoon is a driven senior at t
he Academy of Health Sciences (AHS) at Prince George’s Community College\,
where he is earning an associate degree in Health Sciences. Passionate ab
out environmental sustainability and community impact\, he has been involv
ed in the AHS Green Club and the countywide Envirothon competition since n
inth grade. He currently serves as President of the Prince George’s County
Student Environmental Coalition (PGSEC)\, leading student efforts to plan
and organize the annual Student Environmental Alliance Summit—a two-day e
vent that engages students in hands-on environmental issues and career exp
loration. In this role\, he has strengthened PGSEC by introducing leadersh
ip positions\, a constitution\, and an organizational structure that encou
rages greater student participation. Beyond PGSEC\, he serves as a student
member on the Prince George’s County Ad Hoc Committee for the Implementat
ion of the Climate Action Plan\, helping to bridge youth perspectives with
the plan’s eight priority recommendations. As Chief of Staff for the Prin
ce George’s Community College Student Governance Association\, he is leadi
ng a campus-wide Recycling Audit to evaluate and improve sustainability pr
actices. He plans to major in Plant Science as an undergraduate and pursue
a career in medicine\, combining his interests in health sciences and the
environment to promote holistic approaches to care.
J
ames Dubon Garcia is a passionate\, bilingual sophomore p
articipating in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program at Parkdale H
igh School. James has engaged in student leadership ever since he was in e
lementary school believing that if we can empower students to take action\
, we can help solve any issue. He has exemplified this message by being a
student member of the PGCPS Climate Change Action Plan Ad-Hoc Committee on
the Board of Education\, participating on the Executive Board of the Prin
ce George’s Regional Association of Student Governments (PGRASG) as an ele
cted secretary\, and being a part of the Maryland Association of Student C
ouncil’s Environmental Affairs Committee. In the future\, James plans to c
ontinue in student advocacy by advocating for his own school community\, w
orking with the PGCPS Department of Food and Nutrition Services to improve
school lunch to reduce food waste\, and encourage school composting in Pr
ince George’s County Public Schools. Beyond academics\, James has taken in
terest in the performing arts and computer science having been a lead acto
r in two Parkdale performances and participating in the National Student L
eadership Conference Artificial Intelligence Program at Duke University. H
e also plans to work to support impoverished communities and children livi
ng in his home country\, Honduras. Overall\, James is an activist for the
environment and student leader dedicated to bettering his community and pe
ople.
Maya Gudderra is a sophomore in
the Science and Technology Program at Oxon Hill High School in Prince Geo
rge’s County\, Maryland\, with a strong interest in Sustainable Agricultur
e\, AgBusiness\, and Environmental Economics. She currently serves as the
Region 1 Junior MANRRS (Minorities in Agriculture\, Natural Resources\, an
d Related Sciences) Ambassador\, a Maryland State 4-H Council Representati
ve\, and a student member of the Prince George’s County Public Schools (PG
CPS) Climate Change Action Plan Ad Hoc Committee of the Board of Education
. Maya is one of four youth leaders heading the PGCPS Student Environmenta
l Coalition\, which works to elevate student voices and promote collaborat
ion between schools and environmental organizations. She is also a second-
year participant in the Burroughs District 8 Student Leadership Academy\,
an SGA class alternate\, and an active member of both the Envirothon and G
LOBE Club\, where she helps maintain her school’s environmentally consciou
s practices through waste reduction and recycling initiatives. Beyond scho
ol\, Maya has been deeply engaged in agricultural education and community
service for over a decade. She has assisted annually with the Gwynn Park G
reenhouse planting\, county-wide clean-up events\, and local FFA/MANRRS ch
apter activities. Her journey with MANRRS began in 2015 at the University
of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Youth Leadership Institute\, and she has since
continued to grow her leadership and advocacy within the organization. Ma
ya is the recipient of the MANRRS American Farmland Trust Travel Scholarsh
ip\, which supported her participation in the National MANRRS Conference i
n Florida. She earned first place in the 2023 National Junior MANRRS Essay
Contest for her piece on crop diversity as a grand challenge in agricultu
re and second place in the 2025 National Junior MANRRS Public Speaking Con
test with her speech “I Am Because You Are.” Rooted in her heritage as a d
escendant of generational farmers from both the United States and India\,
Maya is passionate about sustainability\, agricultural innovation\, and yo
uth empowerment in environmental advocacy.
Oli
via Thomas is a freshman in the Science and Technology Program at
Charles Herbert Flowers High School in the class of 2029. She is an extre
mely passionate worker who puts her all into everything she does\, from sc
hool to her personal interests. Olivia currently serves as a member of the
Environmental Outreach Team of the Prince George’s County Regional Associ
ation of Student Governments (PGRASG). She is also a student member of the
PGCPS Climate Change Action Plan Ad Hoc Committee. Through her work with
the PGCPS CCAP Ad Hoc Committee\, Olivia and her classmate Noah Agbede wer
e instrumental in getting plastic bags banned from the Kenmoor Middle Scho
ol breakfast program. This was recognized as progress toward meeting the C
limate Change Action Plan Recommendation Number Six (Commit to Sustainable
Materials Management and Procurement) and Number Eight (Lead by Example t
o Support Transformational Change). Olivia was a leader in Kenmoor Middle
School’s Environmental Topics Club. While in this club\, Olivia and her te
am created an interactive presentation to encourage young people and adult
s throughout Maryland to become People Against Litter (PAL). The Kenmoor s
tudents presented at two major 2025 events: the Student Environmental Alli
ance Summit at Bowie State University and the annual Maryland Green School
s Youth Summit at Sandy Point State Park. At their encouragement\, over 1\
,000 people signed a pledge to become People Against Litter. Other interes
ts Olivia has include playing in her school’s orchestra\, drawing\, and tr
aveling. Some of her favorite recent travel destinations are the United Ki
ngdom\, Japan\, and Panama.
Join us in April at the Hillcrest Heigh
ts Branch Library on April 7\, 14\, 21\, and 28. All interested youth
are encouraged to come out and join us for four fun sessions\, which will
include an overview of social justice activists\, human trafficking awaren
ess\, a session on misinformation\, and The Social Justice Game.
<
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T151326Z
SUMMARY:Youth Leadership Academy - Human Trafficking 101
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DESCRIPTION:
Flu Shots
Flu shots are available for county reside
nts. The Health Department encourages those with insurance to get their va
ccinations through their primary care provider or a local pharmacy. Visit
one of our flu clinics and be stronger than the Flu!
Walk-In Flu C
linics
No appointments are necessary
A consent form
must be completed for each person receiving a vaccination
Vaccinations are provid
ed free of charge (uninsured or under-insured)
Community Fl
u Clinics
The Health Department's community clinics are open to al
l County residents.
No appointments required
Under 1
8 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian
Inject-able f
lu vaccine will be available to anyone age 6 months and older
<
p>Get Your Flu Shot Location Day
Time Cheverly Health Center Prince George’s County Health Department3003 Hospital Drive\, Ro
om 2114\, Cheverly\, MD 20785 Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 3:0
0 pm
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260630T150000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T153722Z
SUMMARY:Community FLU Vaccine Clinic (Available until June 2026)
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Flu Shots
Flu shots are available
for county residents. The Health Department encourages those with insuranc
e to get their vaccinations through their primary care provider or a local
pharmacy. Visit one of our flu clinics and be stronger than the Flu!
Walk-In Flu Clinics
No appointments are necessary
<
li>A consent form must be completed for each person receiving a vaccinatio
n
PGC Procurement: Access in Action is a monthly series design
ed to provide practical\, hands-on guidance to vendors seeking to successf
ully do business with the County. The series provides local and county bus
inesses with direct insight and practical guidance from subject-matter exp
erts to help them successfully navigate doing business with the County. Ea
ch monthly session features a different topic and a featured speaker\, bri
nging specialized knowledge\, tools\, and perspectives relevant to the bus
iness community.
OOP will host this event on Monday\, April
13th from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM via Zoom. This w
ebinar features guest speaker Tobias Thornwell\, Director of Global Busine
ss Impact\, MGM Resorts International\, who will share insights on how to
do business with MGM National Harbor.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T110000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T192427Z
SUMMARY:PGCProcurement: Access in Action (Virtual)
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PGC Procurement: Access in Action is a mont
hly series designed to provide practical\, hands-on guidance to vendors se
eking to successfully do business with the County. The series provides loc
al and county businesses with direct insight and practical guidance from s
ubject-matter experts to help them successfully navigate doing business wi
th the County. Each monthly session features a different topic and a featu
red speaker\, bringing specialized knowledge\, tools\, and perspectives re
levant to the business community.
OOP will host this event on
Monday\, April 13th from 10:
00 AM to 11:00 AM via Zoom. This webinar features guest spe
aker Tobias Thornwell\, Director of Global Business Impact\, MGM Resorts I
nternational\, who will share insights on how to do business with MGM Nati
onal Harbor.
Join a thoughtful conversation with the Prince Georg
e’s County Office of Human Rights for our monthly book club! This
month book club title is 'Mooncakes' by Suzanne
Walker. Share your insights\, hear different perspectives\, and c
onnect with fellow readers.
'A story of love and demons\,
family and witchcraft. Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average
teen witch. She works at her grandmothers’ bookshop\, where she helps the
m loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in the
ir New England town. One fateful night\, she follows reports of a white wo
lf into the woods\, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood cru
sh\, Tam Lang\, battling a horse demon in the woods. As a werewolf\, Tam h
as been wandering from place to place for years\, unable to call any townh
ome. Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the magic of wolves and out of
options\, Tam turns to Nova for help. Their latent feelings are rekindled
against the backdrop of witchcraft\, untested magic\, occult rituals\, and
family ties both new and old in this enchanting tale of self-discovery.'<
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T190000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T162544Z
SUMMARY:Teen Book Discussion: 'Mooncakes' by Suzanne Walker
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Join a thoughtfu
l conversation with the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rig
hts for our monthly book club! This month book club title is 'Mooncakes' by Suzanne Walker. Share your in
sights\, hear different perspectives\, and connect with fellow readers.
'A st
ory of love and demons\, family and witchcraft. Nova Huang knows more abou
t magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers’ books
hop\, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supern
atural occurrences in their New England town. One fateful night\, she foll
ows reports of a white wolf into the woods\, and she comes across the unex
pected: her childhood crush\, Tam Lang\, battling a horse demon in the woo
ds. As a werewolf\, Tam has been wandering from place to place for years\,
unable to call any townhome. Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the ma
gic of wolves and out of options\, Tam turns to Nova for help. Their laten
t feelings are rekindled against the backdrop of witchcraft\, untested mag
ic\, occult rituals\, and family ties both new and old in this enchanting
tale of self-discovery.'
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T133000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260330T145916Z
SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing April 8\, 2026
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DESCRIPTION:
Join us in April at the Hillcrest Heigh
ts Branch Library on April 7\, 14\, 21\, and 28. All interested youth
are encouraged to come out and join us for four fun sessions\, which will
include an overview of social justice activists\, human trafficking awaren
ess\, a session on misinformation\, and The Social Justice Game.
<
/p>
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260311T150745Z
SUMMARY:Youth Leadership Academy - Intro to Social Justice
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20260506T180309Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T180534Z
SUMMARY:April 6\, 2026\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board M
eeting - In Person
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BEGIN:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20260506T180309Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260406T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260506T180534Z
SUMMARY:April 6\, 2026\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board M
eeting - In Person
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DESCRIPTION:
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights is proud to continue our new virtual interview series celebrating t
he civil rights history of Prince George's County\, Maryland\, and the met
ropolitan area as a whole! OHR In Conversation... explore
s underrated people and places in our region that have Elevated Prince Geo
rge's and contributed to the culture of the communities we call home.
In this edition of OHR in Conversation... we welcome <
strong>Charles Floyd\, Senior Investigator at the Prince George's
County Office of Human Rights\, to discuss Fair Housing protections and a
ccess to housing in Prince George's County. Are you a landlord\, realtor\,
or property manager? Join us to learn about the laws in Prince George's C
ounty. Are you looking for housing? Tune in to hear about your protections
under the law.
Charles Floyd has been with o
ur office for 18 years\, rising to the role of Senior Investigator and act
ing as a mentor for new investigators. His passion for housing equity has
led to him specializing in housing discrimination cases\, and affording hi
m the opportunity to appear as a panelist for housing justice seminars acr
oss the state of Maryland!
The Prince George's County Office o
f Human Rights is proud to continue our new virtual interview ser
ies celebrating the civil rights history of Prince George's County\, Maryl
and\, and the metropolitan area as a whole! OHR In Conversation...
explores underrated people and places in our region that have El
evated Prince George's and contributed to the culture of the communities w
e call home.
In this edition of OHR in Conversation... we welcome Charles Floyd\, Senior Investigator at th
e Prince George's County Office of Human Rights\, to discuss Fair Housing
protections and access to housing in Prince George's County. Are you a lan
dlord\, realtor\, or property manager? Join us to learn about the laws in
Prince George's County. Are you looking for housing? Tune in to hear about
your protections under the law.
Charles Floyd has been with our office for 18 yea
rs\, rising to the role of Senior Investigator and acting as a mentor for
new investigators. His passion for housing equity has led to him specializ
ing in housing discrimination cases\, and affording him the opportunity to
appear as a panelist for housing justice seminars across the state of Mar
yland!
Nibbles Nook Pet Pantry is a monthly resource supporting Pri
nce George's County residents in caring for their pets.
Join us on
the first Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
at the Animal Services Facility and Adoption Center for supplemental dog a
nd cat food. Proof of residency is required.
Supplies are limited and distributed based on availability.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260331T171339Z
SUMMARY:Nibbles Nook Pet Pantry
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CREATED:20260331T185702Z
DESCRIPTION:
Administrative Charging Committee
9200 Basil Court\,
Suite 400
Largo\, MD 20774
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
We now w
elcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Eac
h speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you
not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their priva
cy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confiden
tiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of ca
ses in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there an
y speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the
public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to make public comment
s to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comm
ent\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name
to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee mus
t maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discus
s the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing y
our views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember tha
t we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.u
s .
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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CREATED:20260303T125659Z
DESCRIPTION:The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to welcome back Kathryn Ferguson\, the Dome
stic Violence and Sexual Assault Center (DVSAC) Community Outreach and Eng
agement Coordinator with The University of Maryland Medical System
’s Capital Region Medical Center and welcome Maddy LaCure
\, the Prevention and Education Specialist at the Marylan
d Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA). This Community Conver
sation recognizes Sexual Assault Awareness Month.Registration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked below to s
tream the program live or watch the recording later. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=xFgTAbJZEb8
About our guests:
Kathryn Ferguson has been working to advance the rights of indivi
duals impacted by violence in the State of MD for over 20 years. A former
Crime Victim Specialist with the St. of MD Division of Parole and Probati
on\, Ms. Ferguson would go on to develop critical initiatives\, programs\,
and policies relative to gender-based violence through her work with the
Prince George’s Co. Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and the Marylan
d Coalition Against Sexual Assault. She currently serves as the Domestic
Violence and Sexual Assault Center (DVSAC) Community Outreach and Engageme
nt Coordinator with The University of MD Medical System’s Capital Region M
edical Center. Maddy LaCure is the Prevention and Educa
tion Specialist at the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA).
Since September 2021\, Maddy has led MCASA’s sexual violence prevention ef
forts and the coordination of two CDC-funded projects through the Rape Pre
vention and Education Program. This work focuses on promoting social norms
change across Maryland and creating protective environments on college ca
mpuses. Maddy has a Bachelor of Arts in Women's\, Gender\, and Sexuality S
tudies and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Massac
husetts Boston. She is also currently pursuing a Master of Public Health a
s a Bloomberg Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Publi
c Health.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260402T170000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T184449Z
SUMMARY:Community Conversation: Sexual Assault Awareness with MCASA and UM
Medical Center
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The Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System are excited to welcome ba
ck Kathryn Ferguson\, the Domestic Violence and Sexual As
sault Center (DVSAC) Community Outreach and Engagement Coordinator with Th
e University of Maryland Medical System’s Capital Region Medical C
enter and welcome Maddy LaCure\, the Prevention
and Education Specialist at the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual
Assault (MCASA). This Community Conversation recognizes S
exual Assault Awareness Month.
Kathryn
Ferguson has been working to advance the rights of individuals i
mpacted by violence in the State of MD for over 20 years. A former Crime
Victim Specialist with the St. of MD Division of Parole and Probation\, Ms
. Ferguson would go on to develop critical initiatives\, programs\, and po
licies relative to gender-based violence through her work with the Prince
George’s Co. Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and the Maryland Coali
tion Against Sexual Assault. She currently serves as the Domestic Violenc
e and Sexual Assault Center (DVSAC) Community Outreach and Engagement Coor
dinator with The University of MD Medical System’s Capital Region Medical
Center.
Maddy LaCure is the Prevention and Education Spec
ialist at the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MCASA). Since Sep
tember 2021\, Maddy has led MCASA’s sexual violence prevention efforts and
the coordination of two CDC-funded projects through the Rape Prevention a
nd Education Program. This work focuses on promoting social norms change a
cross Maryland and creating protective environments on college campuses. M
addy has a Bachelor of Arts in Women's\, Gender\, and Sexuality Studies an
d a Master of Public Administration from the University of Massachusetts B
oston. She is also currently pursuing a Master of Public Health as a Bloom
berg Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
April 1\, 2026\, Fire Commission
Meeting [TEAMS] - Register Here
AGENDA –
193
0 (7:30 p.m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Ch
aplain – Opening Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volun
teer Services Office
District / At Large Fire Commiss
ioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Co
mmission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Pri
nce George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince
George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Pri
nce George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary P
resident’s Report
Registered Guest who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE: This Public Meeting m
ay be audio- and video-recorded. The recording may be provided in lieu of
written meeting minutes\, in accordance with the Maryland Open Meeting Ac
t.
April 1\, 2026\, Fire Commission Meeting [TEAMS] - Register Here
AGENDA –
1930 (7:30 p
.m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer<
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Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Services Office
District / At Large Fire
Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topi
cs
Prince Geo
rge’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fir
e & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Associa
tion Ladies Auxiliary President’s Report
Registered Guest who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE: This Public
Meeting may be audio- and video-recorded. The recording may be provided i
n lieu of written meeting minutes\, in accordance with the Maryland Open M
eeting Act.
We’re always on the lookout for dedicated volunteers to supp
ort our daily operations from walking dogs and feeding animals to helping
with laundry\, cleaning\, office tasks\, and off‑site events. Attend an or
ientation session to explore our volunteer opportunities!
Student a
ges 14–18 can complete required community service hours in non‑animal hand
ling roles. Adults 18 and older can work directly with animals.
For
more information and to download an application\, visit our Volunteer p
age.
To celebrate Women's History Month\, join u
s at the Oxon Hill Branch Library and let’s consider Mamie Till-Mobley's fight for justice for her son\, Emmett Ti
ll\, in the movie 'Till.' Share your thoughts and insight
s as we engage in a moderated panel discussion after the film. To register
visit https://www.pgcmls
.info/event/15862694.
'Till is a profoundly emotional
and cinematic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless
pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son\, Emmett Till\, who\, in 1955\
, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poigna
nt journey of grief turned to action\, we see the universal power of a mot
her's ability to change the world.' ~United Artists Releasing
Rated
: PG-13
Run time: 2h 10m (130 minutes)
Abo
ut the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR)
MCCR re
presents the interest of the State to ensure equal opportunity for all thr
ough enforcement of:
Titles 20 of the State Government Articl
e\, Annotated Code of Maryland
Title 19 of the State Procurement
& Finance Article\, Annotated Code of Maryland
Title 19 of the He
alth-General Article\, Annotated Code of Maryland
MCCR
investigates complaints of discrimination in employment\, housing\, public
accommodations\, health services\, leasing of commercial property\, and
the State’s commercial non-discrimination policy from members of protecte
d classes that are covered under those laws.
MCCR is gover
ned by a nine-member Commission appointed by the Governor and confirmed b
y the Maryland Senate. Commission members are appointed to serve six-year
terms. The Commission meets once a month to set policy and review programm
atic initiatives.
The Commission is an independent agency
that serves individuals\, businesses\, and communities throughout the Sta
te. Its mandate is to protect against discrimination based on race\, color
\, religion or creed\, sex\, age\, ancestry or national origin\, marital s
tatus\, physical or mental disability\, sexual orientation\, and gender id
entity. In employment cases\, discrimination based on genetic information
is prohibited. In housing cases\, discrimination based on familial status
and source of income is also unlawful. In both employment and housing cas
es\, discrimination based on military status is illegal.
I
n addition\, the Commission assists employers in developing bias-free sele
ction\, hiring\, retention\, promotion and contracting procedures\; increa
ses equal housing opportunities to all groups in Maryland\; ensures equal
access to public accommodations and services\; promotes knowledge and unde
rstanding of anti-discrimination laws\; and helps to improve civil rights
within the State.
About the Prince George's Count
y Office of Human Rights
The Prince George’s County Offic
e of Human Rights is committed to the pursuit of justice for those harmed
by discriminatory behavior\, predatory acts\, and denial of services throu
gh thorough investigations\; a cohesive response to human trafficking thro
ugh its Human Trafficking Division\; enforcement of language access to equ
al government services for all\; and robust education and outreach to buil
d community and to reduce incidents of hate\, bias\, and violence.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T194500
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T185906Z
SUMMARY:Conversations and Cinemas: Till (2022)
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To celebrate Women's History Month\, join us at the Oxon Hill Bra
nch Library and let’s consider Mamie Till-Mobley's fight for justice for her son\, Emmett Till\, in the movie 'Til
l.' Share your thoughts and insights as we engage in a moderated
panel discussion after the film. To register visit https://www.pgcmls.info/event/15862
694.
'Till is a profoundly emotional and cinema
tic film about the true story of Mamie Till Mobley's relentless pursuit of
justice for her 14 year old son\, Emmett Till\, who\, in 1955\, was lynch
ed while visiting his cousins in Mississippi. In Mamie's poignant journey
of grief turned to action\, we see the universal power of a mother's abili
ty to change the world.' ~United Artists Releasing
Rated: PG-13
Run time: 2h 10m (130 minutes)
About the Maryland Commission on Ci
vil Rights (MCCR)
MCCR represents the intere
st of the State to ensure equal opportunity for all through enforcement of
:
Titles 20 of the State Government Article\, An
notated Code of Maryland
Title 19 of the State Procu
rement & Finance Article\, Annotated Code of Maryland
Title 19 of the Health-General Article\, Annotated Code of Maryland
MCCR investigates complaints of discrimination
in employment\, housing\, public accommodations\, health services\, leas
ing of commercial property\, and the State’s commercial non-discriminatio
n policy from members of protected classes that are covered under those la
ws.
MCCR is governed by a nine-member Commiss
ion appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Maryland Senate. Commi
ssion members are appointed to serve six-year terms. The Commission meets
once a month to set policy and review programmatic initiatives.
The Commission is an independent agency that serves in
dividuals\, businesses\, and communities throughout the State. Its mandate
is to protect against discrimination based on race\, color\, religion or
creed\, sex\, age\, ancestry or national origin\, marital status\, physica
l or mental disability\, sexual orientation\, and gender identity. In empl
oyment cases\, discrimination based on genetic information is prohibited.
In housing cases\, discrimination based on familial status and source of
income is also unlawful. In both employment and housing cases\, discrimina
tion based on military status is illegal.
In
addition\, the Commission assists employers in developing bias-free select
ion\, hiring\, retention\, promotion and contracting procedures\; increase
s equal housing opportunities to all groups in Maryland\; ensures equal ac
cess to public accommodations and services\; promotes knowledge and unders
tanding of anti-discrimination laws\; and helps to improve civil rights wi
thin the State.
About the Prince Geo
rge's County Office of Human Rights
The Prin
ce George’s County Office of Human Rights is committed to the pursuit of j
ustice for those harmed by discriminatory behavior\, predatory acts\, and
denial of services through thorough investigations\; a cohesive response t
o human trafficking through its Human Trafficking Division\; enforcement o
f language access to equal government services for all\; and robust educat
ion and outreach to build community and to reduce incidents of hate\, bias
\, and violence.
Lunch and Learn returns with special guests
Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres and David H. Plylar in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of H
uman Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Libra
ry System discussing their new book\, 'Let the People Hea
r It: Concerts from the Library of Congress at 100.'
Since 1925\, the Library o
f Congress has presented one of the most prestigious and innovative concer
t series in the United States. Philanthropist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge f
ounded the series with the purpose of sharing music of the highest caliber
with the American people. Her vision was clear: concerts would be free an
d open to all\, the finest touring artists and ensembles would appear\, an
d both traditional and new repertoire would be performed.
The Libra
ry’s Coolidge Auditorium\, renowned for its sublime acoustics\, has hosted
the world premiere of Martha Graham and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Sprin
g\, (1944)\, residencies by the likes of Rosanne Cash and John Adams\, and
the 2023 Salute to Strayhorn festival marking the arrival of the jazz leg
end’s collection at the Library. Among the more than 700 new works commiss
ioned by the Library of Congress are compositions by stalwarts of twentiet
h century music\, such as Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg\, and newe
r voices including George Walker and Tania León.
Let the People Hea
r It: Concerts from the Library of Congress at 100 shares the history of t
his remarkable series through the people\, music\, and collections that ha
ve inspired countless listeners. Photographs\, historical documents\, and
unique music manuscripts demonstrate how the concert series enriched and p
reserved America’s musical\, dance\, and theater heritage\, all while fost
ering a community of music lovers.
About the authors:
Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres is acting chief of the Library of
Congress's Music Division. He previously served in senior leadership roles
at the Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Washington Perf
orming Arts\, and he is a former Army bandsman.
Dr
. David H. Plylar is a music specialist and concert producer at t
he Library of Congress. He is also a composer and pianist who writes about
music.
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Lunch an
d Learn returns with special guests Nicholas A. Brown-Các
eres and David H. Plylar in conversation with th
e Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the <
strong>Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing
their new book\, 'Let the People Hear It: Concerts from the Librar
y of Congress at 100.'
Since 1925\, the Library of Congress has presented one of the most
prestigious and innovative concert series in the United States. Philanthro
pist Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge founded the series with the purpose of sha
ring music of the highest caliber with the American people. Her vision was
clear: concerts would be free and open to all\, the finest touring artist
s and ensembles would appear\, and both traditional and new repertoire wou
ld be performed.
The Library’s Coolidge Auditorium\, r
enowned for its sublime acoustics\, has hosted the world premiere of Marth
a Graham and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring\, (1944)\, residencies by
the likes of Rosanne Cash and John Adams\, and the 2023 Salute to Strayhor
n festival marking the arrival of the jazz legend’s collection at the Libr
ary. Among the more than 700 new works commissioned by the Library of Cong
ress are compositions by stalwarts of twentieth century music\, such as Ig
or Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg\, and newer voices including George Wa
lker and Tania León.
Let the People Hear It: Concerts
from the Library of Congress at 100 shares the history of this remarkable
series through the people\, music\, and collections that have inspired cou
ntless listeners. Photographs\, historical documents\, and unique music ma
nuscripts demonstrate how the concert series enriched and preserved Americ
a’s musical\, dance\, and theater heritage\, all while fostering a communi
ty of music lovers.
About the authors:
<
p>Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres is acting chief of the
Library of Congress's Music Division. He previously served in senior leade
rship roles at the Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Wash
ington Performing Arts\, and he is a former Army bandsman.
Dr. David H. Plylar is a music specialist a
nd concert producer at the Library of Congress. He is also a composer and
pianist who writes about music.
W
e now welcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committ
ee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encoura
ge you not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect thei
r privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the c
onfidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particular
s of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are t
here any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary
from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us.
The 40th Annual Women’s History Month Luncheon (WHML)\, host
ed by Prince George’s County Executive Aisha N. Braveboy\, celebrates the
dynamic accomplishments of women who serve in and partner with the governm
ent to influence and impact our communities.
OOP announces its inaugur
al Procurement Outlook Forum! This forum will provide early insight into p
lanned solicitations\, major procurement initiatives\, and agency prioriti
es helping businesses prepare\, build partnerships\, and strategically pos
ition themselves for upcoming procurement opportunities in fiscal years 20
26 and 2027.
The first forum will feature the Department of Public
Works & Transportation (DPW&T) and the Department of the Environment (DOE)
.
Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights and
connect with key County decision-makers.
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SUMMARY:Procurement Outlook Forum with DPW&T and DOE
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Zoom meeting for March 25\, 2026\, hearing docket. See agend
a below.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will take place over Zoom. The Zoom registration link can be found on
the open agenda. Once registered\, you will get the meeting link directly
from Zoom via email. Please contact the Clerk to the Commission with any a
ccommodation requests no fewer than three (3) business days in advance of
the meeting at 240-328-4145 or via email at AALyons[at]pgcmd.gov.
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This regularly scheduled meeting of t
he Human Rights Commission will take place over Zoom. The Zoom registratio
n link can be found on the open agenda. Once registered\, you will get the
meeting link directly from Zoom via email. Please contact the Clerk to th
e Commission with any accommodation requests no fewer than three (3) busin
ess days in advance of the meeting at 240-328-4145 or via email at AALyons
[at]pgcmd.gov.
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court\, 2nd Floor Large Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 2
0774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If
you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable
to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial i
n Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have
questions\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation pleas
e contact the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-553
1 or (301) 883-5428.
Keep your pets protected at our Low-Cost Drive-Up Pe
t Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince George's County re
sidents will receive a rabies vaccination and microchip for just $
20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency required.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at the Prince George'
s County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplies last (maximum two (
2) animals per household). Pets must be at least four months old for rabie
s vaccination\, and all animals must be on a leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services aren’t guaranteed as supplies are
limited. Register today!
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Keep your pets protected at our Low
-Cost Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs. Prince G
eorge's County residents will receive a rabies vaccination and mic
rochip for just $20 total (cash only)\, with proof of residency r
equired.
Clinics are held on select Sundays from 10 am – 2 pm at <
span>the Prince George's County Animal Services and Adoptions Center. Services are provided a first-come\, first-served while supplie
s last (maximum two (2) animals per household). Pets must be at l
east four months old for rabies vaccination\, and all animals must be on a
leash or in a carrier.
Registration is required\, but services are
n’t guaranteed as supplies are limited. Register today!
Hosted by The Offi
ce of the State's Attorney for Prince George's County in partnership with
the Town of Cheverly @ Cheverly Community Center (6401 Forest Road Cheverl
y\, MD 20785)
A criminal record can limit access to benefits\, empl
oyment\, and other resources. This event will provide residents with the o
pportunity to have legal professionals review your record\, explain your o
ptions\, and assist with expungement filings.
H
osted by The Office of the State's Attorney for Prince George's County in
partnership with the Town of Cheverly @ Cheverly Community Center (6401 Fo
rest Road Cheverly\, MD 20785)
A criminal record can limit access t
o benefits\, employment\, and other resources. This event will provide res
idents with the opportunity to have legal professionals review your record
\, explain your options\, and assist with expungement filings.
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights is excited to partner with the Maryland Commission on Civil
Rights and Creative Suitland for a special Wome
n's History Month symposium! Soft Life is a Right Not a Reward is centered on rest\, healing\, balance\, empowerment\, and civic en
gagement. This symposium will bring together community members\, community
resources\, and elected officials to discuss women's experiences in profe
ssional spaces\, especially in leadership positions. Guests will enjoy a l
ight brunch while listening to panel discussions and a keynote from Prince
George's County Leadership.
This symposium will be held a
t Creative Suitland (4719 Silver Hill Rd.\, Suitland\, MD 20746) on March
21 from 9:30 am-12 pm. Click here to register today and secure your spot -
http://bit.ly/2026SoftLifeMCCR
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SUMMARY:Soft Life is a Right Not a Reward
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Join Us at the Clergy in the Courthouse!
Jo
in State’s Attorney Tara Jackson for a special community event focused on
empowering local faith leaders. This gathering will bring together clergy
and other religious leaders to share information\, strengthen community pa
rtnerships\, and discuss issues that impact safety\, quality of life\, and
overall community well-being.
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Join Us at the Clergy in the Courthouse!
J
oin State’s Attorney Tara Jackson for a special community event focused on
empowering local faith leaders. This gathering will bring together clergy
and other religious leaders to share information\, strengthen community p
artnerships\, and discuss issues that impact safety\, quality of life\, an
d overall community well-being.
Date: Fri
day\, March 20th
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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span class='a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-featur
e-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none'>Location:
Prince George's County Admin. Building
We now welcome members o
f the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up
to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to
other members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mi
ndful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case
information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public
forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our A
CC email\, which is ACCommittee@c
o.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to make public comments t
o the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment
\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name to
protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must m
aintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss t
he particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your
views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that w
e also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Meg Baco\, Executive Director of
the nonprofit Anacostia Trails Heritage Area.
Meagan Baco is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Anacostia Trails Heritage
Area in Prince George's County\, Maryland. The organization creates and su
pports cultural tourism and community development projects that enhance pu
blic spaces for residents\, neighbors\, and visitors alike. The heritage a
rea is part of a unique Maryland statewide program and is one of only four
states to coordinate this type of work. Meg has an academic background in
Historic Preservation and Environmental Design with degrees from Clemson
University and SUNY Buffalo. With 20-years in the field\, Baco strives to
create\, fund\, and complete projects that unite people and place. Meagan
serves as Board Chair of the Maryland Museums Association and is on the Bo
ard of Directors of the National Preservation Institute and Maryland Touri
sm Coalition. Meg lives in Baltimore and spends their free time at CrossFi
t and community events.
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The Prince George's County Of
fice of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memor
ial Library System are excited to host Meg Baco\
, Executive Director of the nonprofit Anacostia Trails Heritage Area.
Meagan Baco is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Anacostia Trails Heritage A
rea in Prince George's County\, Maryland. The organization creates and sup
ports cultural tourism and community development projects that enhance pub
lic spaces for residents\, neighbors\, and visitors alike. The heritage ar
ea is part of a unique Maryland statewide program and is one of only four
states to coordinate this type of work. Meg has an academic background in
Historic Preservation and Environmental Design with degrees from Clemson U
niversity and SUNY Buffalo. With 20-years in the field\, Baco strives to c
reate\, fund\, and complete projects that unite people and place. Meagan s
erves as Board Chair of the Maryland Museums Association and is on the Boa
rd of Directors of the National Preservation Institute and Maryland Touris
m Coalition. Meg lives in Baltimore and spends their free time at CrossFit
and community events.
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SUMMARY:Local Development Council Meeting - March 18\, 2026
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SUMMARY:March 18\, 2026 Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinati
ng Committee Meeting
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Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and Prince George’s Co
unty Office of Human Rights for our monthly book club! This month we hope
you can join us as we discuss 'Red at the Bone' by Jacqueline Woodson.
The Solidarity Stories: Community - Led Book Discussion takes place th
e 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lounge area of Mixt Food Hall
in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the garage on 39th Str
eet and Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program participants and no
purchase is required\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\, drin
ks\, or dinner from Mixt’s vendors. For more information\, visit their web
site: https://mixtfoodhall.com
About the Book
An unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together
two families from different social classes and explores their histories –
reaching back to the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 – and exposes the privat
e hopes\, disappointments\, and longings that can bind or divide us from e
ach other\, from the New York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-wi
nning author of Another Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming. Moving forward a
nd backward in time\, Jacqueline Woodson’s taut and powerful new novel unc
overs the role that history and community have played in the experiences\,
decisions\, and relationships of these families\, and in the life of the
new child. As the book opens in 2001\, it is the evening of sixteen-year-o
ld Melody’s coming of age ceremony in her grandparents’ Brooklyn brownston
e. Watched lovingly by her relatives and friends\, making her entrance to
the music of Prince\, she wears a special custom-made dress. But the event
is not without poignancy. Sixteen years earlier\, that very dress was mea
sured and sewn for a different wearer: Melody’s mother\, for her own cerem
ony– a celebration that ultimately never took place. Unfurling the history
of Melody’s family – reaching back to the Tulsa race massacre in 1921 – t
o show how they all arrived at this moment\, Woodson considers not just th
eir ambitions and successes but also the costs\, the tolls they’ve paid fo
r striving to overcome expectations and escape the pull of history. As it
explores sexual desire and identity\, ambition\, gentrification\, educatio
n\, class and status\, and the life-altering facts of parenthood\, Red at
the Bone most strikingly looks at the ways in which young people must so o
ften make long-lasting decisions about their lives–even before they have b
egun to figure out who they are and what they want to be.
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Join the Mount R
ainier Branch Library and Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights fo
r our monthly book club! This month we hope you can join us as we discuss
'Red at the Bone' by Jacqueline Woodson.
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The Solidarity Stories: Community - Led Book
Discussion takes place the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs loung
e area of Mixt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available v
ia the garage on 39th Street and Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for pro
gram participants and no purchase is required\, but participants are welco
me to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from Mixt’s vendors. For more info
rmation\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
About the Book
<
span>An unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from diff
erent social classes and explores their histories – reaching back to the T
ulsa race massacre of 1921 – and exposes the private hopes\, disappointmen
ts\, and longings that can bind or divide us from each other\, from the Ne
w York Times-bestselling and National Book Award-winning author of Another
Brooklyn and Brown Girl Dreaming. Moving forward and backward in time\, J
acqueline Woodson’s taut and powerful new novel uncovers the role that his
tory and community have played in the experiences\, decisions\, and relati
onships of these families\, and in the life of the new child. As the book
opens in 2001\, it is the evening of sixteen-year-old Melody’s coming of a
ge ceremony in her grandparents’ Brooklyn brownstone. Watched lovingly by
her relatives and friends\, making her entrance to the music of Prince\, s
he wears a special custom-made dress. But the event is not without poignan
cy. Sixteen years earlier\, that very dress was measured and sewn for a di
fferent wearer: Melody’s mother\, for her own ceremony– a celebration that
ultimately never took place. Unfurling the history of Melody’s family – r
eaching back to the Tulsa race massacre in 1921 – to show how they all arr
ived at this moment\, Woodson considers not just their ambitions and succe
sses but also the costs\, the tolls they’ve paid for striving to overcome
expectations and escape the pull of history. As it explores sexual desire
and identity\, ambition\, gentrification\, education\, class and status\,
and the life-altering facts of parenthood\, Red at the Bone most strikingl
y looks at the ways in which young people must so often make long-lasting
decisions about their lives–even before they have begun to figure out who
they are and what they want to be.
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest
Dr. Dakotah Tyler in conversation with the Prince
George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince Ge
orge's County Memorial Library System to discuss the stars\, care
er pivots\, and redefining sucess!
Dakotah T
yler went from Division I college football to studying the univer
se\, trading the gridiron for galaxies after an injury redirected his path
. He earned a PhD in Astronomy and astrophysics at UCLA\, where he researc
hed exoplanets and the evolution of planetary systems using some of the mo
st advanced telescopes on Earth. His work has been published in leading as
trophysics journals\, and his research experience includes collaborations
with institutions like Caltech\, NASA\, and Harvard.
Beyon
d academia\, he makes science accessible through public talks\, media appe
arances\, and digital content. A passionate writer and educator\, he is de
dicated to bridging science\, technology\, and education\, inspiring other
s to embrace curiosity\, resilience\, and the pursuit of knowledge.
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Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Dr. Dakotah Tyler in convers
ation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System to discuss the stars\, career pivots\, and redefining sucess!
Dakotah Tyler went from Di
vision I college football to studying the universe\, trading the gridiron
for galaxies after an injury redirected his path. He earned a PhD in Astro
nomy and astrophysics at UCLA\, where he researched exoplanets and the evo
lution of planetary systems using some of the most advanced telescopes on
Earth. His work has been published in leading astrophysics journals\, and
his research experience includes collaborations with institutions like Cal
tech\, NASA\, and Harvard.
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Beyond academia\, he makes science accessible through
public talks\, media appearances\, and digital content. A passionate writ
er and educator\, he is dedicated to bridging science\, technology\, and e
ducation\, inspiring others to embrace curiosity\, resilience\, and the pu
rsuit of knowledge.
The Department of Family Services\, Domestic Violence and Hu
man Trafficking Division is excited to announce the continuation of the MoMENtum M
en and Boys Conference. This year's conference is titled “MoMENtum: Me
n Strengthening the Way for Youth to Lead the Change”. The conference will
elevate the dialogue to educate men and young men on healthy relationship
s.
Location
Central High School
200 Cabin Branch Ro
ad Capitol Heights\, MD\, 20743
Breakout Sessions to Include
Dealing with Mental Health Diagnoses and Social Stigmas
<
li>Social Media Etiquette/ Peer Pressure/ Influences and Distractions
Police Engagement and Safe Encounters with the Law
Doors open for continental breakfast\, registration\, and ne
tworking at 8:00 AM. The conference begins at 9:00 AM.
For more in
formation\, email Elio Wade at Emwade@pg
cmd.gov or call 301-265-8423.
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The Department of Family Services\, D
omestic Violence and Human Trafficking Division is excited to announce the
continuation of the MoMENtum Men and Boys Conference. This year's conference is titled “MoMENtum: Men Strengthening the Way f
or Youth to Lead the Change”. The conference will elevate the dialogue to
educate men and young men on healthy relationships.
L
ocation
Central High School
200 C
abin Branch Road Capitol Heights\, MD\, 20743
<
h2>Breakout Sessions to Include
Dealing with Mental Health D
iagnoses and Social Stigmas
Social Media Etiquette/ Peer Pressure
/ Influences and Distractions
Police Engagement and Safe Encounte
rs with the Law
Join a thoughtful conversation with the Prince George’s Coun
ty Office of Human Rights for our monthly book club! This month book club
title is 'Kaya Book One ' by Wes Craig. Share your insights\, hear differe
nt perspectives\, and connect with fellow readers.
'Kaya\,
a young girl with a magic arm and a fighting spirit is tasked with delive
ring her little brother to a far away safe harbor. There he's destined to
find the answer to overthrowing the all-powerful empire that destroyed the
ir home. Starting out on their journey\, they'll face lizard-riders\, mons
trous beasts\, and secrets that could tear brother and sister apart. From
writer-artist WES CRAIG (Deadly Class\, Gravediggers Union) comes an aston
ishing new fantasy-adventure about siblings surviving in a world of monste
rs and mutants.
Fans of Conan\, Lord of the Rings\, Bone\, and Adve
nture Time\, will enjoy this continuing series of books.'
—From Sim
on & Schuster
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Join a thoughtfu
l conversation with the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights for
our monthly book club! This month book club title is 'Kaya Book One ' by W
es Craig. Share your insights\, hear different perspectives\, and connect
with fellow readers.
'Kaya\, a young girl with a magic arm and a fighting spi
rit is tasked with delivering her little brother to a far away safe harbor
. There he's destined to find the answer to overthrowing the all-powerful
empire that destroyed their home. Starting out on their journey\, they'll
face lizard-riders\, monstrous beasts\, and secrets that could tear brothe
r and sister apart. From writer-artist WES CRAIG (Deadly Class\, Gravedigg
ers Union) comes an astonishing new fantasy-adventure about siblings survi
ving in a world of monsters and mutants.
Fans of Conan
\, Lord of the Rings\, Bone\, and Adventure Time\, will enjoy this continu
ing series of books.'
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing March 11\, 2026
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The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights is kicking
off a new monthly virtual interview series celebrating the civil rights h
istory of Prince George's County\, Maryland\, and the metropolitan area as
a whole! OHR In Conversation With... will explore underr
ated people and places in our region that have Elevated Prince George's an
d contributed to the culture of the communities we call home.
In th
e third episode of OHR In Conversation With... we're talk
ing to Rocio Treminio-Lopez\, the first elected Latina ma
yor in the City of Brentwood!
Rocio Treminio-Lopez was swo
rn in as Mayor of the Town of Brentwood on May 5\, 2015\, after serving as
Interim Mayor beginning in November 2014. Over the past decade\, she has
led with a focus on community policing\, inclusion\, small business develo
pment\, and neighborhood revitalization.
Rocio began her career in
public service in 1999 at the Alice Hamilton Occupational Health Center\,
supporting occupational safety\, health education\, and environmental advo
cacy initiatives. After four years in the banking industry at Bank of Amer
ica\, she chose to return to community-centered work. In 2007\, she joined
the Child Resource Center in Prince George’s County\, working with the na
tionally recognized Healthy Families America program\, where she provided
home visitation services to low-income\, first-time teen mothers\, promoti
ng healthy childhood development and preventing abuse and neglect.
She currently serves as Latino Business Development Manager for the Prince
George’s County Economic Development Corporation\, building partnerships
with Latino-owned businesses\, chambers of commerce\, faith-based organiza
tions\, and community leaders to strengthen economic opportunity across th
e county.
Rocio studied at the University of the District of Columb
ia and Montgomery College before earning her Bachelor’s degree in Human Re
sources Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus. Born in
El Salvador\, she immigrated to the United States at 14 and is a proud wif
e and mother of four\, including two children that have already graduated
from college.
The Prince George's County Office of Human
Rights is kicking off a new monthly virtual interview series celebrating t
he civil rights history of Prince George's County\, Maryland\, and the met
ropolitan area as a whole! OHR In Conversation With... wi
ll explore underrated people and places in our region that have Elevated P
rince George's and contributed to the culture of the communities we call h
ome.
In the third episode of OHR In Conversation With... we're talking to Rocio Treminio-Lopez\, the first
elected Latina mayor in the City of Brentwood!
Rocio Treminio-Lopez was sworn in as Mayor of the Town of Bre
ntwood on May 5\, 2015\, after serving as Interim Mayor beginning in Novem
ber 2014. Over the past decade\, she has led with a focus on community pol
icing\, inclusion\, small business development\, and neighborhood revitali
zation.
Rocio began her career in public service in 1999 at the Ali
ce Hamilton Occupational Health Center\, supporting occupational safety\,
health education\, and environmental advocacy initiatives. After four year
s in the banking industry at Bank of America\, she chose to return to comm
unity-centered work. In 2007\, she joined the Child Resource Center in Pri
nce George’s County\, working with the nationally recognized Healthy Famil
ies America program\, where she provided home visitation services to low-i
ncome\, first-time teen mothers\, promoting healthy childhood development
and preventing abuse and neglect.
She currently serves as Latino Bu
siness Development Manager for the Prince George’s County Economic Develop
ment Corporation\, building partnerships with Latino-owned businesses\, ch
ambers of commerce\, faith-based organizations\, and community leaders to
strengthen economic opportunity across the county.
Rocio studied at
the University of the District of Columbia and Montgomery College before
earning her Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management from the Unive
rsity of Maryland Global Campus. Born in El Salvador\, she immigrated to t
he United States at 14 and is a proud wife and mother of four\, including
two children that have already graduated from college.
The Office of Multicultural Affairs\, led by Director Dr. V
incent\, is co-hosting a National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Lighting Cer
emony at the Wayne K. Curry Building on Friday\, March 6\, 2026\, at 5:30
pm-6:30 pm.
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awarenes
s Month. Held on the first Friday of March\, Dress in Blue Day is a key initiative to promote screening and honor survivors. By sho
wing up in blue\, individuals and groups help make a sometimes uncomfortab
le topic easier to talk about\, while also encouraging practical action li
ke learning personal risk factors\, recognizing possible warning signs\, a
nd getting screened on an appropriate schedule.
Wear
blue to honor someone affected by colorectal cancer.
Wear blue as a reminder to talk with a healthcare professional about scre
ening.
Wear blue to show support for patients\, survi
vors\, and caregivers and the challenges they face.
In an
effort to honor this national campaign and bring awareness to the public\,
the Wayne K. Curry Building and the CAB Building will be cast in a blue l
ight at night for the month of March.
The Office of Multicultural Affairs\, led by Director Dr. Vincent\, is co-
hosting a National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Lighting Ceremony at the Wa
yne K. Curry Building on Friday\, March 6\, 2026\, at 5:30 pm-6:30 pm.
March is National Colorectal Cancer
Awareness Month. Held on the first Friday of March\,
Dress in Blue Day is a key initiative to promote screening and hon
or survivors. By showing up in blue\, individuals and groups help make a <
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r to talk about\, while also encouraging practical action like learning pe
rsonal risk factors\, recognizing possible warning signs\, and getting scr
eened on an appropriate schedule.
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Wear blue
to honor someone affected by colorectal cancer.
Wear blue as a reminder to talk with a healthcare pro
fessional about screening.
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ul>
Wear blue to show support for patients\, survivors\, and caregivers and th
e challenges they face.<
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In an effort to honor this national campaign and bring awareness to th
e public\, the Wayne K. Curry Building and the CAB Building will be cast i
n a blue light at night for the month of March.
We now welcome members o
f the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up
to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to
other members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mi
ndful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case
information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public
forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our A
CC email\, which is ACCommittee@c
o.pg.md.us .
W
e now welcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committ
ee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encoura
ge you not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect thei
r privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the c
onfidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particular
s of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are t
here any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept
commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
Join County Executive Aisha Braveboy for The Executi
ve Exchange Expo on Thursday\, March 5\, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The Executive Exchange Expo is a county-led engagement initiat
ive designed to facilitate direct dialogue between Prince George’s County
leadership and key local industries. This month\, we’re turning up the vol
ume by spotlighting Prince George’s County DJs and Artists inside the Coun
ty Administrative Building’s Tech Lounge\, featuring small bites provided
by Chef JennieB of Special Touch Catering.
Led by Ij Idika\, Direct
or of Strategic Partnerships\, the Executive Exchange Expo underscores Cou
nty Executive Braveboy’s commitment to inclusive economic development\, tr
ansparent governance\, and proactive leadership through meaningful stakeho
lder engagement.
All disc-jockey professionals and artists (painter
s\, sculptors\, etc.) are welcome to attend. Please note that opportunitie
s are limited and will be assigned based on space availab
ility.
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Join County Executive Aisha Bravebo
y for The Executive Exchange Expo on Thursday\, March 5\, from 11:00 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m.
The Executive Exchange Expo is a county-led e
ngagement initiative designed to facilitate direct dialogue between Prince
George’s County leadership and key local industries. This month\, we’re t
urning up the volume by spotlighting Prince George’s County DJs and Artist
s inside the County Administrative Building’s Tech Lounge\, featuring smal
l bites provided by Chef JennieB of Special Touch Catering.
Led by
Ij Idika\, Director of Strategic Partnerships\, the Executive Exchange Exp
o underscores County Executive Braveboy’s commitment to inclusive economic
development\, transparent governance\, and proactive leadership through m
eaningful stakeholder engagement.
All disc-jockey professiona
ls and artists (painters\, sculptors\, etc.) are welcome to attend. Please
note that opportunities are limited and will be assigned
based on space availability.
1930 (7:30 p.m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
<
li>PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report <
ul>
Volunteer Services Office
District / At Large
Fire Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prince George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladie
s Auxiliary President’s Report
Registered Guest who wishes to spe
ak.
Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE: This Pub
lic Meeting may be audio- and video-recorded. The recording may be provid
ed in lieu of written meeting minutes\, in accordance with the Maryland Op
en Meeting Act.
1930 (7:30 p.m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening P
rayer
Pledge
of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Services Office
District / A
t Large Fire Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair Report
Previously Know
n Issues/Topics
Prince George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County
Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & R
escue Association Ladies Auxiliary President’s Report
Registered Guest who wishes to sp
eak.
Benedict
ion
Adjournme
nt
NOTE:
This Public Meeting may be audio- and video-recorded. The recording may
be provided in lieu of written meeting minutes\, in accordance with the Ma
ryland Open Meeting Act.
The Prince George’s County Department of Family Services\, A
ging & Disabilities Services Division invites you to participate in our FY
26 Area Plan Listening Sessions to help shape services for older adults an
d individuals with disabilities.
Stakeholders and providers: Attend
our hybrid session Wednesday\, March 4\, from 1 PM to 3 PM at 1400 McCorm
ick Drive\, Largo\, Room 308. To join virtually via Zoom: https://mypgc.zoom.us/j/86741053270&nbs
p\;
Meeting ID: 867 4105 3270 | Passcode: 612672
For det
ails or to register\, call 301-265-8450.
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The Prince George’s County Department of Fa
mily Services\, Aging & Disabilities Services Division invites you to part
icipate in our FY26 Area Plan Listening Sessions to help shape services fo
r older adults and individuals with disabilities.
Stakeholders and
providers: Attend our hybrid session Wednesday\, March 4\, from 1 PM to 3
PM at 1400 McCormick Drive\, Largo\, Room 308. To join virtually via
Zoom: https://mypgc.zo
om.us/j/86741053270 \;
The Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and Prince George’s County Memorial Library System
are excited to bring back Voting: Democracy in Action\,
featuring Gabriel J. Christian and Renée Battle-B
rooks discussing the US Constitution and You.
An atto
rney in Maryland and a Georgetown Law School graduate\, attorney Gabriel J
. Christian is a highly-skilled veteran trial lawyer. He is deeply involve
d in community service\, offering his time to the citizens of Maryland\, b
usiness organizations\, religious organizations\, the school system\, and
the Caribbean community.
Renée Battle-Brooks
Re
née Battle-Brooks is the daughter of missionary parents and was born in Ac
cra Ghana. She graduated high school from Beirut Overseas School in Beirut
\, Lebanon. She attended Middle East University in Beirut\, Lebanon and ea
rned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Columb
ia Union College\, now Washington Adventist University\, in Takoma Park\,
Maryland. Ms. Battle-Brooks earned her Juris Doctor at the University Of B
altimore School Of Law. She spent 30 years practicing law\, the first 8 of
which were with the Public Defenders Office for the State of Maryland. Fo
r nearly 19 years\, she worked as an Assistant State’s Attorney for Prince
George’s County\, Maryland. Her duties included Chief of the Child Abuse
and Sexual Assault and Vulnerable Adult Unit where she prosecuted those wh
o sought to harm children\, including sexual exploitation and child pornog
raphy cases. Her final assignment in the Office of the State’s Attorney wa
s serving on the Community Prosecution team where she dealt with a variety
of issues to include human trafficking and other community issues. In 201
8 Ms. Battle-Brooks was appointed the Executive Director of the Prince Geo
rge’s County Office of Human Rights\, where she stayed through 2024 when s
he joined the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metro Transit
Police Department's training academy.
In her spare time\, she lend
s her services to community issues and groups to include MCASA’s [Maryland
Coalition Against Sexual Assault] board where she served as President of
the board and Past President of the board. She currently serves as a board
member of ADRA International\, and the Columbia Union Executive Committee
. Ms. Battle-Brooks is a violinist and plays regularly with the New Englan
d Symphonic Ensemble.
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SUMMARY:Voting: Democracy in Action - the US Constitution and You
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The Prince George’s County Office o
f Human Rights and Prince George’s County Memorial Librar
y System are excited to bring back Voting: Democracy in A
ction\, featuring Gabriel J. Christian and Renée Battle-Brooks discussing the US Constitution and
You.
An attorney in Maryland and a Georgetown
Law School graduate\, attorney Gabriel J. Christian is a highly-skilled v
eteran trial lawyer. He is deeply involved in community service\, offering
his time to the citizens of Maryland\, business organizations\, religious
organizations\, the school system\, and the Caribbean community.
Renée Battle-Brooks
Renée Battle-Brooks is the daughter
of missionary parents and was born in Accra Ghana. She graduated high sch
ool from Beirut Overseas School in Beirut\, Lebanon. She attended Middle E
ast University in Beirut\, Lebanon and earned her Bachelor of Science degr
ee in Business Administration from Columbia Union College\, now Washington
Adventist University\, in Takoma Park\, Maryland. Ms. Battle-Brooks earne
d her Juris Doctor at the University Of Baltimore School Of Law. She spent
30 years practicing law\, the first 8 of which were with the Public Defen
ders Office for the State of Maryland. For nearly 19 years\, she worked as
an Assistant State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County\, Maryland. Her
duties included Chief of the Child Abuse and Sexual Assault and Vulnerable
Adult Unit where she prosecuted those who sought to harm children\, inclu
ding sexual exploitation and child pornography cases. Her final assignment
in the Office of the State’s Attorney was serving on the Community Prosec
ution team where she dealt with a variety of issues to include human traff
icking and other community issues. In 2018 Ms. Battle-Brooks was appointed
the Executive Director of the Prince George’s County Office of Human Righ
ts\, where she stayed through 2024 when she joined the Washington Metropol
itan Area Transit Authority Metro Transit Police Department's training aca
demy.
In her spare time\, she lends her services to community issue
s and groups to include MCASA’s [Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault
] board where she served as President of the board and Past President of t
he board. She currently serves as a board member of ADRA International\, a
nd the Columbia Union Executive Committee. Ms. Battle-Brooks is a violinis
t and plays regularly with the New England Symphonic Ensemble.
This winter\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of Human Ri
ghts and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics from
repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable acces
s to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis
in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights an
d the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing her new bo
ok\, 'You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take: Lessons from the Movemen
t to End Poverty.'
One of the nation’s leading anti-po
verty organizers and moral voices shares the largely untold story of the m
ovement to end poverty\, open to all\, and led by the poor themselves
As one of the nation’s leading anti-poverty organizers and mor
al voices\, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis explores the largely untold history of
poor people’s movements in the United States and traces her own journey th
rough some of the most significant anti-poverty struggles of the past 30 y
ears.
In this book\, Theoharis introduces us to the people leading
the movement to end poverty\, including:
multiracial
groups of homeless people rising up from the streets and seizing empty\,
federally-owned homes\;
mothers on welfare shutting down entire c
ity blocks and going toe-to-toe with some of the most powerful people in t
he country\;
farmworkers busting modern-day slave rings and winni
ng living wages from multinational fast-food companies\; and
coal
miners\, veterans\, unemployed workers\, students\, artists\, and more jo
ining together in unusual and creative alliances to fight\, sing\, and pra
y their way toward freedom.
Drawing from personal experi
ence\, history\, religion\, political strategy\, and more\, Theoharis argu
es that American poverty will not end because of the goodwill of the power
ful or through the charitable actions of well-meaning people alone. It wil
l happen through a mass movement to end poverty\, open to all\, and led by
the poor.
Theoharis passionately reminds us that poor people are n
ot condemned to be subjects of history\, but have always been agents of tr
ansformative change\, and can be once again. Indeed\, to reorient our soci
ety around the needs of everyone and reinvigorate the promise of democracy
\, the poor can and must become the architects of a new America.
<
/p>
About the author:
The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is Direc
tor of the Kairos Center for Religions\, Rights\, and Social Justice at Un
ion Theological Seminary and Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A Nat
ional Call for Moral Revival. She is an ordained minister in the Presbyter
ian Church (USA) and teaches at Union Theological Seminary in New York Cit
y.
Rev. Dr. Theoharis is the co-author of You Only Get What You’re
Organized to Take: Lessons from the Movement to End Poverty (Beacon\, 2025
)\, co-editor of We Pray Freedom: Liturgies and Rituals from the Freedom C
hurch of the Poor (Broadleaf Press\, 2025)\, editor of We Cry Justice: Rea
ding the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign (Broadleaf Press\, 2021)\,
author of Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor (Eerdmans
\, 2017) and co-author of Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in Moral Orga
nizing (Beacon\, 2018). She has been published in The New York Times\, Was
hington Post\, Time Magazine\, Newsweek\, Politico\, The Hill\, The Guardi
an\, The Nation\, Boston Review\, CNN\, Religion News Service\, Sojourners
\, Religion Dispatches\, the Grio\, La Jornada\, Salon\, Slate\, and elsew
here.
Rev. Dr. Theoharis has been organizing among poor and low-inc
ome communities for thirty years with organizations such as the National U
nion of the Homeless\, the National Welfare Rights Union\, the Coalition o
f Immokalee Workers\, Domestic Workers United and many more. Raised in a f
amily committed to social justice\, civil liberties and human rights\, she
has been involved in the movement for her whole life.
Rev. Dr.
Theoharis was awarded the Children's HealthWatch Champion Award in 2022\,
the 30th Annual Freedom Award by the National Civil Rights Museum\, the Hu
nger Leadership Award from the Congressional Hunger Center\, and Villanova
Peace Award in 2021\, each along with the Rev. Dr. William Barber II for
their work with the Poor People’s Campaign. In 2020 she was named one of 1
5 Faith Leaders to Watch by the Center for American Progress. In 2019\, sh
e was a Selma “Bridge” Award recipient and named one of 11 Women Shaping t
he Church by Sojourners. In 2018\, she gave the “Building a Moral Movement
” TEDtalk at TEDWomen\, was named one of the Politico 50 “thinkers\, doers
and visionaries whose ideas are driving politics\,” and was also named a
Women of Faith Award recipient by the Presbyterian Church (USA). Rev. Dr.
Theoharis received her BA in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylv
ania\; her M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in 2004 where she was th
e first William Sloane Coffin Scholar\; and her PhD from Union in New Test
ament and Christian Origins.
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at You're Organized to Take'
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This winter\, gr
ab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with t
he Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s C
ounty Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects of raci
al injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and
loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest The R
everend Dr. Liz Theoharis in conversation with the Prince George's County
Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library Sys
tem discussing her new book\, 'You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take:
Lessons from the Movement to End Poverty.'
One of the nat
ion’s leading anti-poverty organizers and moral voices shares the largely
untold story of the movement to end poverty\, open to all\, and led by the
poor themselves
As one of the nation’s leading anti
-poverty organizers and moral voices\, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis explores the
largely untold history of poor people’s movements in the United States an
d traces her own journey through some of the most significant anti-poverty
struggles of the past 30 years.
In this book\, Theoha
ris introduces us to the people leading the movement to end poverty\, incl
uding:
multiracial groups of homeless people
rising up from the streets and seizing empty\, federally-owned homes\;
mothers on welfare shutting down entire city blocks and going toe-to
-toe with some of the most powerful people in the country\;
farmw
orkers busting modern-day slave rings and winning living wages from multin
ational fast-food companies\; and
coal miners\, veterans\, unempl
oyed workers\, students\, artists\, and more joining together in unusual a
nd creative alliances to fight\, sing\, and pray their way toward freedom.
Drawing from personal experience\, history\, reli
gion\, political strategy\, and more\, Theoharis argues that American pove
rty will not end because of the goodwill of the powerful or through the ch
aritable actions of well-meaning people alone. It will happen through a ma
ss movement to end poverty\, open to all\, and led by the poor.
Theoharis passionately reminds us that poor people are not conde
mned to be subjects of history\, but have always been agents of transforma
tive change\, and can be once again. Indeed\, to reorient our society arou
nd the needs of everyone and reinvigorate the promise of democracy\, the p
oor can and must become the architects of a new America.
About the author:
The Reverend Dr. Liz
Theoharis is Director of the Kairos Center for Religions\, Rights\, and So
cial Justice at Union Theological Seminary and Co-Chair of the Poor People
’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. She is an ordained ministe
r in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and teaches at Union Theological Semina
ry in New York City.
Rev. Dr. Theoharis is the co-auth
or of You Only Get What You’re Organized to Take: Lessons from the Movemen
t to End Poverty (Beacon\, 2025)\, co-editor of We Pray Freedom: Liturgies
and Rituals from the Freedom Church of the Poor (Broadleaf Press\, 2025)\
, editor of We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campa
ign (Broadleaf Press\, 2021)\, author of Always with Us?: What Jesus Reall
y Said about the Poor (Eerdmans\, 2017) and co-author of Revive Us Again:
Vision and Action in Moral Organizing (Beacon\, 2018). She has been publis
hed in The New York Times\, Washington Post\, Time Magazine\, Newsweek\, P
olitico\, The Hill\, The Guardian\, The Nation\, Boston Review\, CNN\, Rel
igion News Service\, Sojourners\, Religion Dispatches\, the Grio\, La Jorn
ada\, Salon\, Slate\, and elsewhere.
Rev. Dr. Theohari
s has been organizing among poor and low-income communities for thirty yea
rs with organizations such as the National Union of the Homeless\, the Nat
ional Welfare Rights Union\, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers\, Domestic
Workers United and many more. Raised in a family committed to social just
ice\, civil liberties and human rights\, she has been invo
lved in the movement for her whole life.
Rev. Dr. Theo
haris was awarded the Children's HealthWatch Champion Award in 2022\, the
30th Annual Freedom Award by the National Civil Rights Museum\, the Hunger
Leadership Award from the Congressional Hunger Center\, and Villanova Pea
ce Award in 2021\, each along with the Rev. Dr. William Barber II for thei
r work with the Poor People’s Campaign. In 2020 she was named one of 15 Fa
ith Leaders to Watch by the Center for American Progress. In 2019\, she wa
s a Selma “Bridge” Award recipient and named one of 11 Women Shaping the C
hurch by Sojourners. In 2018\, she gave the “Building a Moral Movement” TE
Dtalk at TEDWomen\, was named one of the Politico 50 “thinkers\, doers and
visionaries whose ideas are driving politics\,” and was also named a Wome
n of Faith Award recipient by the Presbyterian Church (USA). Rev. Dr. Theo
haris received her BA in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania
\; her M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary in 2004 where she was the fi
rst William Sloane Coffin Scholar\; and her PhD from Union in New Testamen
t and Christian Origins.
The Prince George’s County Department of Family Services\, A
ging & Disabilities Services Division invites residents and community part
ners to help shape the future of services for older adults and individuals
with disabilities.
Join us for our FY26 Area Plan Listening Sessio
ns to share your input on community needs\, priorities\, and opportunities
for the next four years.
Residents and caregivers are encouraged t
o attend the in-person session on Tuesday\, March 3\, from 11:00 AM to 1:0
0 PM at the Camp Springs Senior Activity Center\, 6420 Allentown Road\, Ca
mp Springs\, MD 20744.
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The Prince George’s County Department
of Family Services\, Aging & Disabilities Services Division invites resid
ents and community partners to help shape the future of services for older
adults and individuals with disabilities.
Join us for
our FY26 Area Plan Listening Sessions to share your input on community ne
eds\, priorities\, and opportunities for the next four years.
<
p>Residents and caregivers are encouraged to attend the in-person se
ssion on Tuesday\, March 3\, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Camp Springs
Senior Activity Center\, 6420 Allentown Road\, Camp Springs\, MD 20744.
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SUMMARY:March 2\, 2026\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board M
eeting - In Person
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eeting - In Person
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We’re calling on the voices of Prince George’s Count
y. If you are musically gifted and ready to perform the National Anthem wi
th excellence and pride\, this is your opportunity to share your talent on
a distinguished stage.
County Executive Braveboy will hos
t the 40th Annual Women’s History Month Luncheon. We expect over
1\,500 guests\, including women trailblazers\, elected officials\, celebri
ty guests\, women entrepreneurs\, county employees\, and influential membe
rs of our community.
Residents are invited to submit videos showcas
ing their singing and talents. Selected participants will be invit
ed to audition live at a designated location on Friday\, February 27th.
The winner will have the honor of singing the National Anth
em at the 40th Annual Women’s History Month Luncheon and will also receive
additional prizes.
All submissions must be sent to CEXComms@co.pg.md.us
by 5pm on Friday\, February 20\, 2026
Requirements:
Submission Video must be less than 3 minutes
Submissions must be uploaded to Google Drive or Youtube (link must
be public)
Live\, unedited performances only
No studio-edited\, altered recordings\, or profession
ally produced submissions (AI\, autotune\, etc.)
A cap
pella or live vocals (instrumental accompaniment permitted)
We’re calling on the voices of Prin
ce George’s County. If you are musically gifted and ready to perform the N
ational Anthem with excellence and pride\, this is your opportunity to sha
re your talent on a distinguished stage.
County Exec
utive Braveboy will host the 40th Annual Women’s History
Month Luncheon. We expect over 1\,500 guests\, including
women trailblazers\, elected officials\, celebrity guests\, women entrepr
eneurs\, county employees\, and influential members of our community.
Residents are invited to submit videos showcasing their si
nging and talents. Selected participants will be invited to auditi
on live at a designated location on Friday\, February 27th.
The winner will have the honor of singing the National Ant
hem at the 40th Annual Women’s History Month Luncheon and will also receiv
e additional prizes.
We now welcome members of the public to make public comme
nts to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a co
mment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by na
me to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee m
ust maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not disc
uss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing
your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also a
ccept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the publ
ic to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two mi
nutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other memb
ers of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that
by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case informatio
n\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We
look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public in ou
r ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
This week\, Lunch and Learn features Prince
George’s County resident and global advocate\, Matthias Seisay\, in conversation about his experiences in Sierra Leone\, his work
enhancing lived experiences of former child soldiers\, first generation co
llege students\, survivors of conflict\, those experiencing health challen
ges\, and more. Matthias’ life of service has ranged across countries and
areas of support\, and we will talk to him about his efforts and what it m
eans to be a refugee\, an immigrant\, and a citizen of the world.
Matthias Seisay is a healthcare entrepreneur and educator ba
sed in the United States\, where he lives with his wife and children. A fa
n of reggae music and a strong advocate for social justice\, Matthias draw
s inspiration from Bantu Stephen (Steve) Biko (1946–1977)\, a symbol of re
sistance and equity.
Rooted in this inspiration\, Matthias champion
s equitable access to healthcare and education. He has seen firsthand the
transformative power of working with local leaders\, organizations\, and v
olunteers to create meaningful and lasting change. He firmly believes that
partnerships and teamwork are vital to building stronger communities.
Matthias actively seeks to connect with individuals and institutions w
ho share his vision of universal access to education and healthcare. He be
lieves these connections are key to empowering communities\, improving liv
es\, and creating a brighter\, more equitable future. Whether by sharing t
ime\, resources\, or knowledge\, he remains committed to inspiring change
across Sierra Leone and beyond.
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This week\, Lunch and Learn features Prince George’s County resident and
global advocate\, Matthias Seisay\, in conversation about
his experiences in Sierra Leone\, his work enhancing lived experiences of
former child soldiers\, first generation college students\, survivors of
conflict\, those experiencing health challenges\, and more. Matthias’ life
of service has ranged across countries and areas of support\, and we will
talk to him about his efforts and what it means to be a refugee\, an immi
grant\, and a citizen of the world.
Matthias Seisa
y is a healthcare entrepreneur and educator based in the United States\, w
here he lives with his wife and children. A fan of reggae music and a stro
ng advocate for social justice\, Matthias draws inspiration from Bantu Ste
phen (Steve) Biko (1946–1977)\, a symbol of resistance and equity.<
/p>
Rooted in this inspiration\, Matthias champions equitable acc
ess to healthcare and education. He has seen firsthand the transformative
power of working with local leaders\, organizations\, and volunteers to cr
eate meaningful and lasting change. He firmly believes that partnerships a
nd teamwork are vital to building stronger communities.
Matthias actively seeks to connect with individuals and institutions who
share his vision of universal access to education and healthcare. He beli
eves these connections are key to empowering communities\, improving lives
\, and creating a brighter\, more equitable future. Whether by sharing tim
e\, resources\, or knowledge\, he remains committed to inspiring change ac
ross Sierra Leone and beyond.
Ever wondered what policing looks like from the inside? The
Prince George's County Police Department's 13-week interactive academy gi
ves citizens a behind-the-scenes look at PGPD through hands-on activities\
, open discussions\, and insight into patrol\, investigations\, training\,
and policy.
When: Mondays | 6–9 PM | 13 weeks
Wher
e: Prince George's County Police Headquarters\, Upper Marlboro
Wh
o: Open to adults 18+ who live or work in the County (no felony convictio
ns)
Classes begin February 23\, 2026. The application deadline i
s Friday\, February 13\, 2026.
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Ever wondered what policing looks lik
e from the inside? The Prince George's County Police Department's 13-week
interactive academy gives citizens a behind-the-scenes look at PGPD throu
gh hands-on activities\, open discussions\, and insight into patrol\, inve
stigations\, training\, and policy.
When: Monda
ys | 6–9 PM | 13 weeks
Where: Prince George's County
Police Headquarters\, Upper Marlboro
Who: Open to
adults 18+ who live or work in the County (no felony convictions)
Classes begin February 23\, 2026. The application deadline
is Friday\, February 13\, 2026.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will take place over Zoom. The Zoom registration link can be found on
the open agenda. Once registered\, you will get the meeting link directly
from Zoom via email. Please contact the Clerk to the Commission with any a
ccommodation requests no fewer than three (3) business days in advance of
the meeting at 240-328-4145 or via email at AALyons[at]pgcmd.gov.
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This regularly scheduled meeting of t
he Human Rights Commission will take place over Zoom. The Zoom registratio
n link can be found on the open agenda. Once registered\, you will get the
meeting link directly from Zoom via email. Please contact the Clerk to th
e Commission with any accommodation requests no fewer than three (3) busin
ess days in advance of the meeting at 240-328-4145 or via email at AALyons
[at]pgcmd.gov.
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court\, 2nd Floor Large Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 2
0774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If
you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable
to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial i
n Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have
questions\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation pleas
e contact the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-553
1 or (301) 883-5428.
We now welcome me
mbers of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker
has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to re
fer to other members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Pleas
e be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality o
f case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a
public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speaker
s?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public i
n our ACC email\, which is ACComm
ittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to make public comments to the
Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we
encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name to prote
ct their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintai
n the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the par
ticulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views
. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also
accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us<
/a> .
Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Righ
ts and the Mount Rainier Branch Library for our
monthly book club! This month we hope you can join us as we discuss 'Full Disclosure' by Camryn Garrett\, an uplif
ting story of an HIV-positive teen\, falling in love and learning to live
her truth.
The Solidarity Stories Book Club takes place the 3rd Tue
sday of each month in the upstairs lounge area of Mixt Food Hall in Brentw
ood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the garage on 39th Street and R
hode Island Ave. Parking is free for program participants and no purchase
is required\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or d
inner from Mixt’s vendors. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
Abou
t the Book
Simone Garcia-Hampton is starting over at a new school\
, and this time things will be different. She’s making real friends\, maki
ng a name for herself as student director of Rent\, and making a play for
Miles\, the guy who makes her melt every time he walks into a room. The la
st thing she wants is for word to get out that she’s HIV-positive\, becaus
e last time . . . well\, last time things got ugly. Keeping her viral load
under control is easy\, but keeping her diagnosis under wraps is not so s
imple. As Simone and Miles start going out for real–shy kisses escalating
into much more–she feels an uneasiness that goes beyond butterflies. She k
nows she has to tell him that she’s positive\, especially if sex is a poss
ibility\, but she’s terrified of how he’ll react! And then she finds an an
onymous note in her locker: I know you have HIV. You have until Thanksgivi
ng to stop hanging out with Miles. Or everyone else will know too. Simone’
s first instinct is to protect her secret at all costs\, but as she gains
a deeper understanding of the prejudice and fear in her community\, she be
gins to wonder if the only way to rise above is to face the haters head-on
. . . .
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Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Mo
unt Rainier Branch Library for our monthly book club! This month
we hope you can join us as we discuss 'Full Disclosure' b
y Camryn Garrett\, an uplifting story of an HIV-positive
teen\, falling in love and learning to live her truth.
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The Solidarity Stories Book Clu
b takes place the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lounge area of
Mixt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the ga
rage on 39th Street and Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program part
icipants and no purchase is required\, but participants are welcome to ord
er snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from Mixt’s vendors. For more information\,
visit their website: htt
ps://mixtfoodhall.com
About the Book
Simone Garcia-Hampton is starting over at a new school\, and this
time things will be different. She’s making real friends\, making a name
for herself as student director of Rent\, and making a play for Miles\, th
e guy who makes her melt every time he walks into a room. The last thing s
he wants is for word to get out that she’s HIV-positive\, because last tim
e . . . well\, last time things got ugly. Keeping her viral load under con
trol is easy\, but keeping her diagnosis under wraps is not so simple. As
Simone and Miles start going out for real–shy kisses escalating into much
more–she feels an uneasiness that goes beyond butterflies. She knows she h
as to tell him that she’s positive\, especially if sex is a possibility\,
but she’s terrified of how he’ll react! And then she finds an anonymous no
te in her locker: I know you have HIV. You have until Thanksgiving to stop
hanging out with Miles. Or everyone else will know too. Simone’s first in
stinct is to protect her secret at all costs\, but as she gains a deeper u
nderstanding of the prejudice and fear in her community\, she begins to wo
nder if the only way to rise above is to face the haters head-on. . . .
—From the catalog
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om PGCMLS: Print | <
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a href='https://catalog.pgcmls.info/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0
.0.3&pos=3&cn=1143437'>Ebook |
We now welcome members of the public to ma
ke public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. W
hen making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of t
he public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law
the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so w
e will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look for
ward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember
that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which i
s ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome memb
ers of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker h
as up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refe
r to other members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please
be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of
case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a pu
blic forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from t
he public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Terri Blackwell\, Executive Dire
ctor of the Prince George’s Community Collaborative Resolution Cen
ter\, and Tracee Ford\, Director of Quality Deve
lopment for Community Mediation Maryland.
Community Mediation Maryland's (CMM) vision is for every Maryland
resident to have awareness of and access to affordable\, high-quality com
munity mediation services. CMM advances collaborative conflict resolution
in Maryland through educating the public\, providing training and quality
assurance\, conducting research\, and creatively applying mediation to soc
ial challenges.
As a division of Community Mediation Maryland\, Prince George's Community Collaborative Resolution Center en
sures that Prince George’s County residents have free access to high quali
ty mediation services. PGCCRC seeks to make mediation services a first res
ort for residents in conflict and those simply seeking a safe place to hav
e hard conversations.
A seasoned nonprofit leader\, Terri Black
well serves as Executive Director of the Prince George’s Community Collabo
rative Resolution Center\, where she provides strategic and operational le
adership for a countywide community mediation organization. With deep expe
rtise in nonprofit operations\, program development\, and relationship-dev
elopment\, she has successfully transformed the culture of her center\, ex
panded partnerships and advanced mission-centered outcomes through conflic
t resolution and restorative practices. Her work includes overseeing staff
and volunteer supervision\, grant management\, fundraising\, and communit
y engagement efforts across local government\, schools\, and community age
ncies.
Previously\, Terri held leadership roles in sales and progra
m management and spent nearly two decades as an educator\, experiences tha
t inform her collaborative leadership style and commitment to capacity-bui
lding. She holds a Master of Science in Human Services with a concentratio
n in Nonprofit Management and is a certified community mediator and crisis
counselor. Known for fostering inclusive\, high-performing teams and impr
oving operational efficiency\, she remains deeply committed to equity\, ju
stice\, and strengthening communities through dialogue and connection.
Tracee Ford
Tracee Ford is a profes
sional mediator and facilitator with over 15 years’ experience. Tracee use
s her creative energy and talents to help groups meet their goals. From 20
04 to 2011\, Tracee served at different times as the Outreach Coordinator\
, the Director of Training and Outreach\, and the Executive Director for C
ommunity Mediation in Baltimore. She has extensive experience training med
iators for: Office of Public Defenders\, Baltimore City Police Department\
, Office of Labor Commission\, Baltimore City Public Schools\, and communi
ty mediation centers in Prince George’s County\, Anne Arundel County\, Hag
erstown\, and Baltimore. Tracee is an evaluator for the Community Mediatio
n Maryland Performance Based Evaluation for Mediators.
The Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Terri Blackwell\, Executive Director of the Prince Geo
rge’s Community Collaborative Resolution Center\, and Tra
cee Ford\, Director of Quality Development for Community
Mediation Maryland.
Community Mediation Maryland's (CMM) vis
ion is for every Maryland resident to have awareness of and access to affo
rdable\, high-quality community mediation services. CMM advances collabora
tive conflict resolution in Maryland through educating the public\, provid
ing training and quality assurance\, conducting research\, and creatively
applying mediation to social challenges.
As a division
of Community Mediation Maryland\, Prince George's Community Colla
borative Resolution Center ensures that Prince George’s County re
sidents have free access to high quality mediation services. PGCCRC seeks
to make mediation services a first resort for residents in conflict and th
ose simply seeking a safe place to have hard conversations.
Registration not required. Click on the YouTube vi
deo linked below to stream the program live or watch the recording later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q4iBp3lunY<
/p>
About our guests:
Terri Blackwell
A seasoned nonprofit leader\, Terri Blackwell serves as Execut
ive Director of the Prince George’s Community Collaborative Resolution Cen
ter\, where she provides strategic and operational leadership for a county
wide community mediation organization. With deep expertise in nonprofit op
erations\, program development\, and relationship-development\, she has su
ccessfully transformed the culture of her center\, expanded partnerships a
nd advanced mission-centered outcomes through conflict resolution and rest
orative practices. Her work includes overseeing staff and volunteer superv
ision\, grant management\, fundraising\, and community engagement efforts
across local government\, schools\, and community agencies.
Previously\, Terri held leadership roles in sales and program manage
ment and spent nearly two decades as an educator\, experiences that inform
her collaborative leadership style and commitment to capacity-building. S
he holds a Master of Science in Human Services with a concentration in Non
profit Management and is a certified community mediator and crisis counsel
or. Known for fostering inclusive\, high-performing teams and improving op
erational efficiency\, she remains deeply committed to equity\, justice\,
and strengthening communities through dialogue and connection.
Tracee Ford
Trace
e Ford is a professional mediator and facilitator with over 15 years’ expe
rience. Tracee uses her creative energy and talents to help groups meet th
eir goals. From 2004 to 2011\, Tracee served at different times as the Out
reach Coordinator\, the Director of Training and Outreach\, and the Execut
ive Director for Community Mediation in Baltimore. She has extensive exper
ience training mediators for: Office of Public Defenders\, Baltimore City
Police Department\, Office of Labor Commission\, Baltimore City Public Sch
ools\, and community mediation centers in Prince George’s County\, Anne Ar
undel County\, Hagerstown\, and Baltimore. Tracee is an evaluator for the
Community Mediation Maryland Performance Based Evaluation for Mediators.
Join a thoughtful conversation with the Prince Georg
e’s County Office of Human Rights and the Upper Marlboro
Branch Library for our new teen book club! This month's book club
title is 'Iyanu: Child of Wonder\, Vol 1 ' by Ro
ye Okupe. Share your insights\, hear different perspectives\, and
connect with fellow readers. Service learning hour provided by the librar
y.
'The hit graphic novel series from YouNeek Studios and Dark Hors
e—with Volumes 1 and 2 now collected in an oversized volume! Iyanu\, a tee
nage orphan with no recollection of her past\, suddenly discovers that she
has abilities that rival the ancient deities told of in the folklore of h
er people. It is these abilities that are the key to bringing back an 'age
of wonders\,” as Iyanu begins her journey to save a world on the brink of
destruction! The Corrupt—cursed wildlife and strange\, divine beasts—are
determined to destroy humanity\, unless Iyanu can stop them. A timeless fa
ntasy quest inspired by Yoruba culture and myths—from the best Nigerian co
mics talent!'
—From Dark Horse
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SUMMARY:Teen Book Discussion: Iyanu: Child of Wonder\, Vol. 1
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DESCRIPTION:
Please use link below to join meeting. If you have any ques
tions\, please contact the Office of Ethics and Accountability at 301-883-
3445. Thank you.
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing February 11\, 2026
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DESCRIPTION:
Hack4Impact is a one-day hackathon uniting students\, techno
logists\, and local business professionals to create AI-powered solutions
that address real challenges across Prince George's County. Participants w
ill collaborate in 4-5 person teams to build prototypes that empower resid
ents\, improve county operations\, and showcase how technology can drive m
eaningful community impact.
Prizes will be provided by the Prince G
eorge's County Office of Information Technology\, along with certificates
of participation and credible badges.
Hack4Impact is a one-day hackathon un
iting students\, technologists\, and local business professionals to creat
e AI-powered solutions that address real challenges across Prince George's
County. Participants will collaborate in 4-5 person teams to build protot
ypes that empower residents\, improve county operations\, and showcase how
technology can drive meaningful community impact.
Prizes wi
ll be provided by the Prince George's County Office of Information Technol
ogy\, along with certificates of participation and credible badges.
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DESCRIPTION:Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Danny Funt in conversation with the Prince George's
County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's Cou
nty Memorial Library System discussing his newest book\, 'Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling
.' Registration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked
below to stream the program live or watch the recording later. https://www.yo
utube.com/watch?v=EQZn1T2YQm0
About the Book
This jaw-dropping book pulls back the curtain on the alluri
ng yet perilous world of American sports gambling. Built around explosive
interviews with the power players of the betting boom at FanDuel\, DraftKi
ngs\, and beyond\, it reveals the troubling methods that are being used to
bleed gamblers dry.
Everybody Loses is the first major investigati
on into America’s sports gambling industry. Journalist Danny Funt has obta
ined wild stories and stunning admissions from the people trying to transf
orm our nation of sports fans into a nation of sports gamblers\, including
:
Former sportsbook executives who cop to misleading customer
s\, with one admitting they’re “selling that you can win\, but you can’t.”
VIP “hosts” at the gambling companies who divulge the extravagan
t perks they offer their biggest losers to keep them hooked.
Insi
ders who recall secret meetings where NBA\, NFL\, NHL\, and MLB executives
learned how much money their leagues stood to make if they abandoned thei
r opposition to gambling.
Lobbyists who detail how they converted
skeptical politicians into gambling industry cheerleaders.
This riveting narrative will captivate sports fans\, concerned parents\, a
nd anyone intrigued by the intersection of money and morals. Everybody Los
es is the crucial book for understanding why sports gambling is suddenly e
verywhere—and why the odds are so great that the problems it’s creating wi
ll soon spiral out of control.
About the Author
Danny Funt covers sports betting as a cont
ributor at The Washington Post. His reporting has also appeared in The New
Yorker\, The Wall Street Journal\, and the Columbia Journalism Review. He
previously worked as an editor at The Week magazine. A graduate of George
town University and the Columbia Journalism School\, he lives in Charlotte
\, North Carolina\, with his wife and son.
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se of American Sports Gambling'
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Lunch and Learn returns
with special guest Danny Funt in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing his
newest book\, 'Everybody Loses: The Tumultuous Rise of American Sp
orts Gambling.'
This jaw-dropping book pulls back the curtain on
the alluring yet perilous world of American sports gambling. Built around
explosive interviews with the power players of the betting boom at FanDue
l\, DraftKings\, and beyond\, it reveals the troubling methods that are be
ing used to bleed gamblers dry.
Everybody Loses is the first major
investigation into America’s sports gambling industry. Journalist Danny Fu
nt has obtained wild stories and stunning admissions from the people tryin
g to transform our nation of sports fans into a nation of sports gamblers\
, including:
Former sportsbook executives who cop to misleadi
ng customers\, with one admitting they’re “selling that you can win\, but
you can’t.”
VIP “hosts” at the gambling companies who divulge the
extravagant perks they offer their biggest losers to keep them hooked.
Insiders who recall secret meetings where NBA\, NFL\, NHL\, and MLB
executives learned how much money their leagues stood to make if they aba
ndoned their opposition to gambling.
Lobbyists who detail how the
y converted skeptical politicians into gambling industry cheerleaders.
This riveting narrative will captivate sports fans\, concerned
parents\, and anyone intrigued by the intersection of money and morals. Ev
erybody Loses is the crucial book for understanding why sports gambling is
suddenly everywhere—and why the odds are so great that the problems it’s
creating will soon spiral out of control.
About
the Author
Danny Funt covers sports b
etting as a contributor at The Washington Post. His reporting has also app
eared in The New Yorker\, The Wall Street Journal\, and the Columbia Journ
alism Review. He previously worked as an editor at The Week magazine. A gr
aduate of Georgetown University and the Columbia Journalism School\, he li
ves in Charlotte\, North Carolina\, with his wife and son.
We now welcome members of the p
ublic to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two
minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other m
embers of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful t
hat by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case informa
tion\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum.
We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Plea
se remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC emai
l\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md
.us .
We now w
elcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Eac
h speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you
not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their priva
cy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confiden
tiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of ca
ses in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there an
y speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commen
tary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
February 4\, 2026\, Fire Commiss
ion Meeting [TEAMS] - Register Here
AGENDA –
1930 (7:30 p.m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA
Chaplain – Opening Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Vo
lunteer Services Office
District / At Large Fire Comm
issioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire
Commission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prince George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prin
ce George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliar
y President’s Report
Registered Guest who wishes to speak.
<
li>Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE: This Public Meetin
g may be audio- and video-recorded. The recording may be provided in lieu
of written meeting minutes\, in accordance with the Maryland Open Meeting
Act.
February 4\, 2026\, Fire Commission Meeting [TEAMS] - Register Here
AGENDA –<
/span>
1930 (7:3
0 p.m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer
Pledge of Allegia
nce
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Services Office
District / At Large Fi
re Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/T
opics
Prince
George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County Volunteer
Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Asso
ciation Ladies Auxiliary President’s Report
Registered Guest who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adjournment<
/li>
NOTE: This Publ
ic Meeting may be audio- and video-recorded. The recording may be provide
d in lieu of written meeting minutes\, in accordance with the Maryland Ope
n Meeting Act.
This winter\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of Human Ri
ghts and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics from
repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable acces
s to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch an
d Learn returns with special guest W. Ralph Eubanks in conversation with t
he Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's C
ounty Memorial Library System discussing his new book\, 'When It's Darknes
s on the Delta.'
Once the powerhouse of a fledgling country’s economy\,
the Mississippi Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. I
t is often faulted for the sins of the South\, portrayed as a regional bac
kwater that willfully cleaved itself from the modern world. But buried ben
eath the weight of good ol’ boy politics and white-washed histories lies t
he Delta’s true story.
Mississippi native and award-winning writer
W. Ralph Eubanks unearths the region’s buried history\, revealing a microc
osm of economic oppression in the US. He traverses the Delta\, examining i
ts bellwether efforts to combat income inequality through vivid portraits
of key figures like:
Theodore G. Bilbo and William Whittingt
on\, segregationist congressmen who sabotaged federal reparations for form
er sharecroppers in the 1940s and ’50s
Gloria Carter Dickerson\,
founder of the Emmett Till Academy\, whose parents were instrumental in de
segregating schools in Drew\, MS\, where Till was murdered
Calvin
Head\, a community organizer who runs a farming co-op in Mileston\, who r
evived the legacy of his hometown\, the only Black resettlement community
in Mississippi
Eubanks delivers a powerful and insightful ex
amination of how racism and economic instability have shaped life in the M
ississippi Delta. He traces the enduring consequences of political decisio
ns that have entrenched inequality across generations. At the same time\,
he brings attention to the resilience of local communities and the grassro
ots movements working toward meaningful change. The book offers a thoughtf
ul framework for policy reform and community investment\, underscoring the
need to support those who have long sustained the region through their la
bor and lived experience.
About the author:
W. Ralph Euba
nks is a faculty fellow and writer in residence at the Center for the Stud
y of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. He is the author o
f A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Literary
Landscape\, as well as 2 other works of nonfiction\, Ever Is a Long Time
and The House at the End of the Road. He is a writer and an essayist whose
work focuses on race\, identity\, and the American South\, and his writin
g has appeared in Vanity Fair\, the American Scholar\, the Georgia Review\
, and the New Yorker. He is a 2007 Guggenheim fellow\, a 2021-2022 Harvard
Radcliffe Institute fellow\, and the recipient of a 2023 Mississippi Gove
rnor’s Arts Award for excellence in literature and in recognition of his r
ole as a cultural ambassador for the state of Mississippi.
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ta'
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This winter\, gr
ab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with t
he Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s C
ounty Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects of raci
al injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and
loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns w
ith special guest W. Ralph Eubanks in conversation with the Prince George'
s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Li
brary System discussing his new book\, 'When It's Darkness on the Delta.'<
/span>
<
span>Once the powerhouse of a fledgling country’s economy\, the Mississipp
i Delta has been consigned to a narrative of destitution. It is often faul
ted for the sins of the South\, portrayed as a regional backwater that wil
lfully cleaved itself from the modern world. But buried beneath the weight
of good ol’ boy politics and white-washed histories lies the Delta’s true
story.
Mississippi native and award-winning writer W.
Ralph Eubanks unearths the region’s buried history\, revealing a microcos
m of economic oppression in the US. He traverses the Delta\, examining its
bellwether efforts to combat income inequality through vivid portraits of
key figures like:
Theodore G. Bilbo and Willia
m Whittington\, segregationist congressmen who sabotaged federal reparatio
ns for former sharecroppers in the 1940s and ’50s
Gl
oria Carter Dickerson\, founder of the Emmett Till Academy\, whose parents
were instrumental in desegregating schools in Drew\, MS\, where Till was
murdered
Calvin Head\, a community organizer who run
s a farming co-op in Mileston\, who revived the legacy of his hometown\, t
he only Black resettlement community in Mississippi
<
span>Eubanks delivers a powerful and insightful examination of how racism
and economic instability have shaped life in the Mississippi Delta. He tra
ces the enduring consequences of political decisions that have entrenched
inequality across generations. At the same time\, he brings attention to t
he resilience of local communities and the grassroots movements working to
ward meaningful change. The book offers a thoughtful framework for policy
reform and community investment\, underscoring the need to support those w
ho have long sustained the region through their labor and lived experience
.
About the author:
W. Ralph Eu
banks is a faculty fellow and writer in residence at the Center for the St
udy of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. He is the author
of A Place Like Mississippi: A Journey Through a Real and Imagined Litera
ry Landscape\, as well as 2 other works of nonfiction\, Ever Is a Long Tim
e and The House at the End of the Road. He is a writer and an essayist who
se work focuses on race\, identity\, and the American South\, and his writ
ing has appeared in Vanity Fair\, the American Scholar\, the Georgia Revie
w\, and the New Yorker. He is a 2007 Guggenheim fellow\, a 2021-2022 Harva
rd Radcliffe Institute fellow\, and the recipient of a 2023 Mississippi Go
vernor’s Arts Award for excellence in literature and in recognition of his
role as a cultural ambassador for the state of Mississippi.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260202T183000
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SUMMARY:February 3\, 2026\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Boar
d Meeting - In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260202T183000
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SUMMARY:February 3\, 2026\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Boar
d Meeting - In Person
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DESCRIPTION:
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights continues our new monthly virtual interview series celebrating the
civil rights history of Prince George's County\, Maryland\, and the metrop
olitan area as a whole! OHR In Conversation With... explo
res underrated people and places in our region that have Elevated Prince G
eorge's County and contributed to the culture of the communities we call h
ome.
Episode two of OHR In Conversation With... we're talk
ing to Doris Sarumi\, Town Manager of the Town of
Fairmount Heights about the historic Prince George's County muni
cipality\, and why you should take a walking tour!
Mrs. Sarumi has over 40 years of experience as a public adm
inistrator in housing and community development\, local municipal governme
nt\, and non-profit program management. During the 40- year span\, she man
aged housing programs for senior citizens\, for handicapped and disabled\,
and for the homeless. Her employment spanned from New York City Housing
Authority to Charles County Maryland Director of Housing and Community Dev
elopment to that of the Executive Director of the College Park Housing Aut
hority. From 2007 to December 2012\, she was the CEO of the Marshall Heig
hts Community Development Corporation a non profit economic and community
development corporation in Washington\, D.C. From 2009 to February 2024\,
she was the management agent for the Washington McLaughlin Apartments for
Senior Citizens (WMASC). WMASC) is a 9-unit PRAC project funded through
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). She is c
urrently the Town Manager for the Town of Fairmount Heights Maryland. She
began employment with the Town in February 2013. In a 11 -year span\, sh
e was able to bring in over $4 million dollars in funding to fund a joint
housing development project sponsored by the Prince George’s County Redeve
lopment Authority and the Housing Partner Imitative (HIP). Other funding
included: $149\,00 grant to fund a community pocket park (2014)\; $100\,0
00 Maryland State Bond financing grant to make improvements to the municip
al building (2014)\; $75\,000 grant to manufacture and install historic ma
rkers along the African American Historic Trail (2016)\; $23\,000 Maryland
Energy Administration (MEA) grant to fund cost-effective energy projects
(2017)\; and a $10\,000 grant from Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta G
eorgia) Healthy Community Initiative (2017). The project focused on young
men of color between the ages of 14 to 18 who lived in Fairmount Heights
or attended Fairmount Heights High School. The project was to explore pat
hs to healthy living\, to create a healthy community and to learn new care
ers not otherwise considered by young men of color. In 2022\, the town r
eceived a $10\,000 grant from Pepco and Sustainable Maryland to fund the K
-Street Market Circle Alley Enhancement Project. Fairmount Heights receiv
ed the Sustainable Maryland Bronze Certification for 2024-2027.
Mrs. Sarumi received a Bachelor’s of Science Degree from Medgar Evers
College of the City University of New York. Major: Urban Planning. She
did her graduate studies at the University of Maryland\, School of Preserv
ation and Planning. College Park\, Maryland.
She resides in Che
sapeake Beach\, Maryland\, is a grandmother and her favorite hobby is gard
ening or anything that is green.
The Prince George's County Office o
f Human Rights continues our new monthly virtual interview series
celebrating the civil rights history of Prince George's County\, Maryland
\, and the metropolitan area as a whole! OHR In Conversation With.
.. explores underrated people and places in our region that have
Elevated Prince George's County and contributed to the culture of the comm
unities we call home.
Episode two of OHR In Conversation W
ith... we're talking to Doris Sarumi\, Town Manager of th
e Town of Fairmount Heights about the historic Prince Geo
rge's County municipality\, and why you should take a walking tour!
Mrs. Sarumi has ov
er 40 years of experience as a public administrator in housing and communi
ty development\, local municipal government\, and non-profit program manag
ement. During the 40- year span\, she managed housing programs for senior
citizens\, for handicapped and disabled\, and for the homeless. Her emplo
yment spanned from New York City Housing Authority to Charles County Maryl
and Director of Housing and Community Development to that of the Executive
Director of the College Park Housing Authority. From 2007 to December 20
12\, she was the CEO of the Marshall Heights Community Development Corpora
tion a non profit economic and community development corporation in Washin
gton\, D.C. From 2009 to February 2024\, she was the management agent for
the Washington McLaughlin Apartments for Senior Citizens (WMASC). WMASC)
is a 9-unit PRAC project funded through the U.S. Department of Housing a
nd Urban Development (HUD). She is currently the Town Manager for the
Town of Fairmount Heights Maryland. She began employment with the Town i
n February 2013. In a 11 -year span\, she was able to bring in over $4 mi
llion dollars in funding to fund a joint housing development project spons
ored by the Prince George’s County Redevelopment Authority and the Housing
Partner Imitative (HIP). Other funding included: $149\,00 grant to fund
a community pocket park (2014)\; $100\,000 Maryland State Bond financing
grant to make improvements to the municipal building (2014)\; $75\,000 gra
nt to manufacture and install historic markers along the African American
Historic Trail (2016)\; $23\,000 Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) gran
t to fund cost-effective energy projects (2017)\; and a $10\,000 grant fro
m Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta Georgia) Healthy Community Initiat
ive (2017). The project focused on young men of color between the ages of
14 to 18 who lived in Fairmount Heights or attended Fairmount Heights Hig
h School. The project was to explore paths to healthy living\, to create
a healthy community and to learn new careers not otherwise considered by y
oung men of color. In 2022\, the town received a $10\,000 grant from Pep
co and Sustainable Maryland to fund the K-Street Market Circle Alley Enhan
cement Project. Fairmount Heights received the Sustainable Maryland Bronz
e Certification for 2024-2027.
Mrs. Sarumi received a Bachel
or’s of Science Degree from Medgar Evers College of the City University of
New York. Major: Urban Planning. She did her graduate studies at the U
niversity of Maryland\, School of Preservation and Planning. College Park\
, Maryland.
She resides in Chesapeake Beach\, Maryland\, is a g
randmother and her favorite hobby is gardening or anything that is green.<
/p>
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Administrative Charging Committee
9200 Basil Court\,
Suite 400
Virtual ONLY
Thursday\, January 2
9\, 2026
6:00PM - 8:00PM
We now welcome members of
the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up t
o two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to ot
her members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mind
ful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case in
formation\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public fo
rum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC
email\, which is ACCommittee@co.
pg.md.us .
We
now welcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committee
. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage
you not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their
privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the con
fidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars
of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are the
re any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept c
ommentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us
.
Prince George’s County Co
uncil Hearing Room Wayne K. Curry Administration Building 1301 McCormick D
rive\, First Floor Largo\, Maryland 20774 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Budget Listening Session
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T200000
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SUMMARY:FY 2027 Budget Listening Session
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Prince George’s County Co
uncil Hearing Room Wayne K. Curry Administration Building 1301 McCormick D
rive\, First Floor Largo\, Maryland 20774 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Budget Listening Session
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260129T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T175901Z
SUMMARY:FY 2027 Budget Listening Session
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This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will take place over Zoom. The Zoom registration link can be found on
the open agenda. Once registered\, you will get the meeting link directly
from Zoom via email. Please contact the Clerk to the Commission with any a
ccommodation requests no fewer than three (3) business days in advance of
the meeting at 240-328-4145 or via email at AALyons[at]pgcmd.gov.
<
a href='https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/sites/default/files/media-do
cument/Agenda%20January%2028%202026%20%28open%29_0.pdf' data-entity-type='
media' data-entity-uuid='f7a21399-d390-463e-a9f0-3eb0e790ba20' data-entity
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28 2026 (open)
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SUMMARY:Human Rights Commission Meeting
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This regularly scheduled meeting of t
he Human Rights Commission will take place over Zoom. The Zoom registratio
n link can be found on the open agenda. Once registered\, you will get the
meeting link directly from Zoom via email. Please contact the Clerk to th
e Commission with any accommodation requests no fewer than three (3) busin
ess days in advance of the meeting at 240-328-4145 or via email at AALyons
[at]pgcmd.gov.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T130000
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing January 28\, 2026
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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Lunch and Learn returns with special guests Brooke Kidd and
Camille Kashaka of Joe's Movement Emporium in conversation with the Prince
George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Mem
orial Library System about how creativity is a hard skill.
Establis
hed in 1995\, Joe’s Movement Emporium is a cultural arts hub that acts as
a catalyst for creativity and economic opportunity. Based in Mount Rainier
\, Maryland in the Prince George’s Gateway Arts District\, Joe’s serves mo
re than 70\,000 visitors annually. Joe’s has five arts-based youth program
s that bridge the creative divide between under-resourced families and tho
se with means. Through programs and productions in education\, performing
arts\, and work readiness\, Joe’s integrates progressive education\, creat
ivity\, and youth development.
Brooke Kidd\, Ex
ecutive Director and Co-Founder of Joe’s Movement Emporium\, is a dance ar
tist\, choreographer\, and arts education advocate. She received her B.A.
in International Relations and Dance\, Anthropology\, and African Studies\
, and an M.A. in Dance with the thesis “Revitalizing Community through Dan
ce” from American University. For more than 30 years\, Ms. Kidd has design
ed arts programs to engage community\, produced large-scale performances\,
and presented work throughout the region. She received the Alan Kriegs
man Award from Dance Metro DC for lifetime achievement and an Individual A
rtist Award in choreography from the Maryland State Arts Council. Brooke s
erved on the Mount Rainier City Council (2001-2003)\, has been honored as
the Maryland State Arts Advocate of the Year (2015)\, Prince George’s Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year (2015)\, and Gratitude
Award (2018). Brooke is a member of Leadership Greater Washington class of
2017. Brooke has launched and directed a number of projects with broad co
mmunity stakeholders from Maryland\, such as Joe’s project “Mapping Racism
\,” in partnership with the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation\
, which documented the historical and present-day impact of restrictive de
ed covenants in Brentwood and North Brentwood.
Camille Kashaka
Camille Kashaka (she/her/hers) currently serves as the Managing Direc
tor for Joe’s Movement Emporium and Creative Suitland. She is excited to b
e contributing to the broad and powerful community focused cultural and ar
tistic impact of these institutions. She is the former Executive Direc
tor of Motor House in Baltimore\, MD\, Interim Managing Director of Hattil
oo Theatre in Memphis\, TN\, and Director of the Anacostia Arts Center in
Washington\, DC. Camille received her BFA from Howard University in Th
eatre Administration and her Masters from American University in Arts Mana
gement. It is with this specific blend of cultural\, artistic\, and profes
sional experience that she hopes to add to the eclectic cultural ecosystem
of Prince George’s County.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Creativity is a Hard Skill with Joe's Movement Emp
orium
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Lunch and Learn
returns with special guests Brooke Kidd and Camille Kashaka of Joe's Movem
ent Emporium in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Hum
an Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System about how
creativity is a hard skill.
Established in 1995\, Joe
’s Movement Emporium is a cultural arts hub that acts as a catalyst for cr
eativity and economic opportunity. Based in Mount Rainier\, Maryland in th
e Prince George’s Gateway Arts District\, Joe’s serves more than 70\,000 v
isitors annually. Joe’s has five arts-based youth programs that bridge the
creative divide between under-resourced families and those with means. Th
rough programs and productions in education\, performing arts\, and work r
eadiness\, Joe’s integrates progressive education\, creativity\, and youth
development.
Brooke Kidd\, Executive Directo
r and Co-Founder of Joe’s Movement Emporium\, is a dance artist\, choreogr
apher\, and arts education advocate. She received her B.A. in Internationa
l Relations and Dance\, Anthropology\, and African Studies\, and an M.A. i
n Dance with the thesis “Revitalizing Community through Dance” from Americ
an University. For more than 30 years\, Ms. Kidd has designed arts program
s to engage community\, produced large-scale performances\, and presented
work throughout the region. She received the Alan Kriegsma
n Award from Dance Metro DC for lifetime achievement and an Individual Art
ist Award in choreography from the Maryland State Arts Council. Brooke ser
ved on the Mount Rainier City Council (2001-2003)\, has been honored as th
e Maryland State Arts Advocate of the Year (2015)\, Prince George’s County
Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year (2015)\, and Gratitude Aw
ard (2018). Brooke is a member of Leadership Greater Washington class of 2
017. Brooke has launched and directed a number of projects with broad comm
unity stakeholders from Maryland\, such as Joe’s project “Mapping Racism\,
” in partnership with the Hyattsville Community Development Corporation\,
which documented the historical and present-day impact of restrictive deed
covenants in Brentwood and North Brentwood.
Camille Kashak
a
Camille Kashaka (she/her/hers) currently serves as the Man
aging Director for Joe’s Movement Emporium and Creative Suitland. She is e
xcited to be contributing to the broad and powerful community focused cult
ural and artistic impact of these institutions. She is th
e former Executive Director of Motor House in Baltimore\, MD\, Interim Man
aging Director of Hattiloo Theatre in Memphis\, TN\, and Director of the A
nacostia Arts Center in Washington\, DC. Camille received
her BFA from Howard University in Theatre Administration and her Masters
from American University in Arts Management. It is with this specific blen
d of cultural\, artistic\, and professional experience that she hopes to a
dd to the eclectic cultural ecosystem of Prince George’s County.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T173050Z
SUMMARY:January 27\, 2026 Board of License Commissioners Administrative Vot
ing Session (POSTPONED)
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T150042Z
SUMMARY:January 27\, 2026 Board of License Commissioners Regular Session
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SUMMARY:January 27\, 2026 Board of License Commissioners Administrative Vot
ing Session
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DESCRIPTION:
Due to significant snow and ice\, the Prince George's County
Government was closed on Monday\, January 26\, 2026.
Join the Advisory Committee on Aging for a virtual series on
Financial Planning for Older adults on Monday\, January 26\, 2026\, from
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Learn about how to maximize your retirement Income. <
/p>
In addition\, on Thursday\, February 26\, 2026\, the Advisory Commi
ttee on Aging will host a virtual\, health prevention seminar on Stroke Si
gns and Symptoms. Participants will learn about prevention tips and how to
recognize stroke symptoms.
1400 McCormick Dr. Suite 135\, R
ooms 1 & 2 Largo\, MD 20774
Calling al
l County tech entrepreneurs and businesses!
Partner With Us
<
p>Get insights on opportunities to work with and partner with Prince Georg
e's County government\, including how tech entrepreneurs and businesses ca
n engage\, collaborate\, and grow locally.
Learn about OIT’s
2-year strategic plan\, priorities\, and procurement forecast.
Jo
in the Q&A session.
Meet
Vennard Wright\, Dir
ector/CIO\, Office of Information Technology for Prince George's County
OIT Managers and Representatives from the Office of Procurement
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SUMMARY:PGC Future Tech: OIT Vendor Day
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CREATED:20260120T183520Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T190000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T203512Z
SUMMARY:Local Development Council Meeting - January 21\, 2026
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DESCRIPTION:
Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and <
strong>Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights for our mont
hly book club! This month we hope you can join us as we discuss 'T
he Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World'
by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
The Solidarity Stories Boo
k Club takes place the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lounge ar
ea of Mixt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking i
s available via the garage on 39th Street and Rhode Island Ave. Parking is
free for program participants and no purchase is required\, but participa
nts are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from Mixt’s vendors.
For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
About the Book
From the
#1 New York Times bestselling author of 'Braiding Sweetgrass\,' a bold an
d inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude\, reciproc
ity\, and community\, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indige
nous scientist and author of 'Braiding Sweetgrass' Robin Wall Kimmerer har
vests serviceberries alongside the birds\, she considers the ethic of reci
procity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How\, she asks\, can w
e learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we va
lue most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity\, competition\, and the hoardi
ng of resources\, and we have surrendered our values to a system that acti
vely harms what we love. Meanwhile\, the serviceberry’s relationship with
the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity\, interconnectedness\, a
nd gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet\, jui
cy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distributi
on ensures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains\, “Serviceberries show u
s another model\, one based upon reciprocity\, where wealth comes from the
quality of your relationships\, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency
.” As Elizabeth Gilbert writes\, Robin Wall Kimmerer is “a great teacher\,
and her words are a hymn of love to the world.” 'The Serviceberry' is an
antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times\, an
d a reminder that “hoarding won’t save us\, all flourishing is mutual.”
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories Book Club: 'The Serviceberry' by Robin Wall Kimm
erer
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Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and Prince George’s County
Office of Human Rights for our monthly book club! This month we h
ope you can join us as we discuss 'The Serviceberry: Abundance and
Reciprocity in the Natural World' by Robin Wall Kimmerer
.
T
he Solidarity Stories Book Club takes place the 3rd Tuesday of each month
in the upstairs lounge area of Mixt Food Hall in Brentwoo
d\, MD. Limited parking is available via the garage on 39th Street and Rho
de Island Ave. Parking is free for program participants and no purchase is
required\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or din
ner from Mixt’s vendors. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
About the Book
From the #1 New York Times best
selling author of 'Braiding Sweetgrass\,' a bold and inspiring vision for
how to orient our lives around gratitude\, reciprocity\, and community\, b
ased on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist and auth
or of 'Braiding Sweetgrass' Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries al
ongside the birds\, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at th
e heart of the gift economy. How\, she asks\, can we learn from Indigenous
wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy i
s rooted in scarcity\, competition\, and the hoarding of resources\, and w
e have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love
. Meanwhile\, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an
embodiment of reciprocity\, interconnectedness\, and gratitude. The tree
distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet\, juicy berries—to meet the
needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensures its own surv
ival. As Kimmerer explains\, “Serviceberries show us another model\, one b
ased upon reciprocity\, where wealth comes from the quality of your relati
onships\, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.” As Elizabeth Gilbert
writes\, Robin Wall Kimmerer is “a great teacher\, and her words are a hy
mn of love to the world.” 'The Serviceberry' is an antidote to the broken
relationships and misguided goals of our times\, and a reminder that “hoar
ding won’t save us\, all flourishing is mutual.”
Join Prince George’s County nonprofit organizations in your
area honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service this weekend th
rough MLK Day (Monday\, January 19\, 2026).
MLK Day of Service Community Clean-up on Monday\, January 19\,
2026\, from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Address: Beginnin
g at Melrose Sketate Park (4666 Rhode Island Ave\, Hyattsville\, MD 20781)
\, and walking to Community Forlift (4671 Tanglewood Dr.\, Edmonston\, MD
20781)
MLK Day of Service Donations Drive of new and unused items onMonday\, January 19\, 2026\
, from 10 AM to 12 PM
Address: Ernest Everett Ju
st Middle School (1300 Campus Way N\, Mitchellville\, MD 20721)
C
ollection Of Winter Kits For Children\, Essential Items\, And Uniforms
Address: Greenbelt Community Center (15
Crescent Rd\, Greenbelt\, MD 20770)
Collection of Cold Weather a
nd Personal Care Items
Address: St.
Stephen Baptist Church (5757 Temple Hill Road\, Temple Hills\, MD 20748) <
ul>
Collection of CHIPP™ Food Items and Cold Weather Gear Coats\, Hats
\, Gloves\, and Scarves
Hosted By: A
lpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\, Inc.\, Iota Gamma Omega Chapter and Eta Chapter
Discl
aimer
Prince George’s County Government is not endorsing\, sponsor
ing\, or recommending the activities of the external organizations listed
on this page\, but is sharing them for community awareness.
Please
note: The Prince George's County Department of the Environment (DoE) anno
unced that all yard trim\, food scraps\, trash\, and recycling collections
will move one day throughout the week\, due to the holiday. In addition\,
many County departments and facilities will be closed or suspended on Mon
day\, January 19\, 2026.
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SUMMARY:MLK Day of Service in Prince George’s County
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Join Prince George’s County nonprofit
organizations in your area honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of s
ervice this weekend through MLK Day (Monday\, January 19\, 2026).
MLK Day of Service Commu
nity Clean-up on Monday\, January 19\, 2026\, from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Address: Beginning at Melrose Sketate Park (<
span>4666 Rhode Island Ave\, Hyattsville\, MD 20781)\, and walking to Com
munity Forlift (4671 Tanglewood Dr.\, Edmonston\, MD 20781)
MLK Day of Service
Donations Drive of new and unused items onMonday\, January 19\, 2026\, from 10 AM to 12 PM
<
li>Address: Ernest Everett Just Middle School (1300 Campus Way
N\, Mitchellville\, MD 20721)
Collection Of Winter Kits For Chil
dren\, Essential Items\, And U
niforms
Address: Greenbelt Communit
y Center (15 Crescent Rd\, Greenbelt\, MD 20770)
Co
llection of Cold Weather and Personal Care Items
Address: St. Ste
phen Baptist Church (5757 Temple Hill Road\, Temple Hills\, M
D 20748)
Collection of CHIPP™ Food Items and Cold Weather Gear C
oats\, Hats\, Gloves\, and Scarves
Hosted By:Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority\, Inc.\, <
/span>Iota Gamma Omega
Chapter and Eta Chapter
Disclaimer
Prince Georg
e’s County Government is not endorsing\, sponsoring\, or recommending the
activities of the external organizations listed on this page\, but is shar
ing them for community awareness.
Please note: The P
rince George's County Department of the Environment (DoE) announced that a
ll yard trim\, food scraps\, trash\, and recycling collections will move o
ne day throughout the week\, due to the holiday. In addition\, many County
departments and facilities will be closed or suspended on Monday\, Januar
y 19\, 2026.
Curbside Trash
Collection in County-Contracted Areas
Regular collections for
Tuesday\, January 20\, move to Wednesday\, January 21
Wednesday\, January 21\, move to Thursday\, January 22
Thursday\
, January 22\, move to Friday\, January 23
Friday\, January 23\,
move to Saturday\, January 24
Residential Food Scraps and Y
ard Trim Collections
Regular collections for Monday\, January 19\,
move to Tuesday\, January 20
Bulky Trash Collection
(Whi
te goods/appliances and scrap tires\; by appointment only)
No Sched
uled Collections Scheduled collections resume Tuesday\, January 21
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
Regular collections for:
Tuesday\, January 20\, move to Wednesday\, January 21
We
dnesday\, January 21\, move to Thursday\, January 22
Thursday\, J
anuary 22\, move to Friday\, January 23
Friday\, January 23\, mov
e to Saturday\, January 24
Curbside Electronics Recycling C
ollection
The January collection will occur on Tuesday\, January 2
0.
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regular collections f
or:
Tuesday\, January 20\, move to Wednesday\, January 21
Wednesday\, January 21\, move to Thursday\, January 22
Thu
rsday\, January 22\, move to Friday\, January 23
Friday\, January
23\, move to Saturday\, January 24
Curbside Scrap Metal Co
llection
The January collection will occur on Tuesday\, January 20
.
Closed Facilities
Animal Services Facility (3750 B
rown Station Road)
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center
Electronics Recycli
ng Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sanita
ry Landfill) Items accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off
Center and mobile events\; Visit mypgc.us/clearthecurb for dates and locat
ions.
Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (No Longer locate
d at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) Items are accepted at mo
bile events only. Visit mypgc.us/clearthecurb website for dates and locati
ons.
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Cente
r
Prince George's County Organics Composting Facility
Pr
ince George's County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Transportation
TheBus\, a public trans
it service operated by the Prince George's County Department of Pu
blic Works and Transportation\,will operate a r
egular schedule on Monday\, January 19\, 2026\, except fo
r Route P78 service to the Equestrian Center/Courthouse. Regular operation
s of Route P78 will resume on Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026.
The Cou
nty's Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services w
ill not operate on Monday\, January 19\, 2026. Regular operations of the <
strong>Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will res
ume on Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026.
Permitting\, Inspections\, a
nd Enforcement
The Prince George's County Department of P
ermitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement will be closed on Monda
y\, January 19\, 2026. Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday\, Jan
uary 20\, 2026.
PGC311
Additionally\, PGC311 will be closed on Monday\, January 19\, 2026\, and will resume regular
operations on Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026\, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. H
owever\, residents can still submit service/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
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Monday\, January 19\, 2026\, County O
ffices will be closed in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Day.
Curbside Trash Collection in County-Contracted Areas
Regular collections for
Tuesday\, January 20\, move to W
ednesday\, January 21
Wednesday\, January 21\, move to Thursday\,
January 22
Thursday\, January 22\, move to Friday\, January 23
Friday\, January 23\, move to Saturday\, January 24
Residential Food Scraps and Yard Trim Collections
Regular collect
ions for Monday\, January 19\, move to Tuesday\, January 20
Bulky
Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tires\; by app
ointment only)
No Scheduled Collections Scheduled collections re
sume Tuesday\, January 21
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
Regular collections for:
Tuesday\, January 20\, move to Wedn
esday\, January 21
Wednesday\, January 21\, move to Thursday\, Ja
nuary 22
Thursday\, January 22\, move to Friday\, January 23
Friday\, January 23\, move to Saturday\, January 24
Cu
rbside Electronics Recycling Collection
The January collection wil
l occur on Tuesday\, January 20.
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regular collections for:
Tuesday\, January 20\, mov
e to Wednesday\, January 21
Wednesday\, January 21\, move to Thur
sday\, January 22
Thursday\, January 22\, move to Friday\, Januar
y 23
Friday\, January 23\, move to Saturday\, January 24
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
The January collection will
occur on Tuesday\, January 20.
Closed Facilities
An
imal Services Facility (3750 Brown Station Road)
Brown Station Ro
ad Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Cente
r
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at
the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) Items accepted at Brown Stat
ion Road Convenience Drop-off Center and mobile events\; Visit mypgc.us/cl
earthecurb for dates and locations.
Household Hazardous Waste Acc
eptance Site (No Longer located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfil
l) Items are accepted at mobile events only. Visit mypgc.us/clearthecur
b website for dates and locations.
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste
Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George's County Organics C
omposting Facility
Prince George's County Materials Recycling Fac
ility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit service operated by the Pri
nce George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation\, will operate a regular schedule on Monday\, January 19
\, 2026\, except for Route P78 service to the Equestrian
Center/Courthouse. Regular operations of Route P78 will resume on Tuesday\
, January 20\, 2026.
The County's Call-A-Bus<
/strong> and PGC Link services will not operate on Monday
\, January 19\, 2026. Regular operations of the Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will resume on Tuesday\, January
20\, 2026.
Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforceme
nt
The Prince George's County Department of
Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement will be closed on Mond
ay\, January 19\, 2026. Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday\, Ja
nuary 20\, 2026.
PGC311
Addition
ally\, PGC311 will be closed on Monday\, January 19\, 202
6\, and will resume regular operations on Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026\, fr
om 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. However\, residents can still submit service/iss
ue requests online at PGC311.com.
<
p>We now welcome members of the public to make public comments to the Comm
ittee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we enco
urage you not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect t
heir privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain th
e confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particu
lars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Ar
e there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentar
y from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to make publ
ic comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When mak
ing a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the publ
ic by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Com
mittee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will
not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to
hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please re
member that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, w
hich is ACCommittee@
co.pg.md.us .
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Lindsey Baker\, CEO of M
aryland Humanities.
Registration not required. Cli
ck on the YouTube video linked below to stream the program live or watch t
he recording later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjmQ7zZ0QrY<
/p>
About Maryland Humanities
Maryland Humanities is a statewide\, educational nonprofit organization that creates and
supports bold experiences that explore and elevate our shared stories to c
onnect people\, enhance lives\, and enrich communities.
They envisi
on a Maryland where the humanities are understood as central to everyday l
ife because they help us reflect on the past\, understand the present\, an
d shape the future. The result will be a state where thoughtful and inform
ed Marylanders are committed to a lifetime of learning that invigorates an
d strengthens our democracy through an open-minded exchange of ideas.
By providing grants\, educational resources\, and public discussions\,
Maryland Humanities empowers educators\, students\, and citizens to engage
critically with history\, literature\, and culture\, thereby enhancing ci
vic awareness and fostering community collaboration.
About our gue
st:
Lindsey Baker is the Chief Executive Officer
of Maryland Humanities\, where she leads statewide efforts to build connec
tions through stories\, history\, and conversation. Since joining the orga
nization in 2020\, she has guided Maryland Humanities through a period of
renewal and innovation\, launching the Humanities Now strategic plan and e
mphasizing partnerships that demonstrate the humanities’ power to foster u
nderstanding and strengthen communities across Maryland.
A Maryland
er since 2008 and a museum nerd by training\, Lindsey brings more than two
decades of experience in public history\, nonprofit leadership\, and orga
nizational strategy to her work advancing the humanities statewide. She li
ves in West Laurel with her husband\, Danny Cruz\, their two children\, Ad
riana and Axel\, and an assortment of pets.
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The Prince George's County Office o
f Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Li
brary System are excited to host Lindsey Baker\,
CEO of Maryland Humanities.
Maryland Humanities is a statewide\, educational
nonprofit organization that creates and supports bold experiences that ex
plore and elevate our shared stories to connect people\, enhance lives\, a
nd enrich communities.
They envision a Maryland where the humanitie
s are understood as central to everyday life because they help us reflect
on the past\, understand the present\, and shape the future. The result wi
ll be a state where thoughtful and informed Marylanders are committed to a
lifetime of learning that invigorates and strengthens our democracy throu
gh an open-minded exchange of ideas.
By providing grants\, educatio
nal resources\, and public discussions\, Maryland Humanities empowers educ
ators\, students\, and citizens to engage critically with history\, litera
ture\, and culture\, thereby enhancing civic awareness and fostering commu
nity collaboration.
About our guest:
Lindsey Baker
is the Chief Executive Officer of Maryland Humanities\, where sh
e leads statewide efforts to build connections through stories\, history\,
and conversation. Since joining the organization in 2020\, she has guided
Maryland Humanities through a period of renewal and innovation\, launchin
g the Humanities Now strategic plan and emphasizing partnerships that demo
nstrate the humanities’ power to foster understanding and strengthen commu
nities across Maryland.
A Marylander since 2008 and a museum nerd b
y training\, Lindsey brings more than two decades of experience in public
history\, nonprofit leadership\, and organizational strategy to her work a
dvancing the humanities statewide. She lives in West Laurel with her husba
nd\, Danny Cruz\, their two children\, Adriana and Axel\, and an assortmen
t of pets.
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights is kicking off a new monthly virtual interview series celebrating t
he civil rights history of Prince George's County\, Maryland\, and the met
ropolitan area as a whole! OHR In Conversation With... wi
ll explore underrated people and places in our region that have Elevated P
rince George's and contributed to the culture of the communities we call h
ome.
In the first episode of OHR In Conversation W
ith... we're talking to author and professor\, Dr. Jeanne
Theoharis about her 2025 book 'King of the North: Martin
Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South\,' which ex
plores the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. outside of the southern stat
es\, stories and work that are often overlooked due to the the Civil Right
s Movement being viewed as a southern movement.
<
p>The Martin Luther King Jr. of popular memory vanquished Jim Crow in the
South. But in this myth-shattering book\, award-winning and New York Times
bestselling historian Jeanne Theoharis argues that King’s time in Boston\
, New York\, Los Angeles\, and Chicago—outside Dixie—was at the heart of h
is campaign for racial justice. King of the North follows King as he criss
crosses the country from the Northeast to the West Coast\, challenging sch
ool segregation\, police brutality\, housing segregation\, and job discrim
ination. For these efforts\, he was relentlessly attacked by white liberal
s\, the media\, and the federal government.
In this bold retelling\
, King emerges as a someone who not only led a movement but who showed up
for other people’s struggles\; a charismatic speaker who also listened and
learned\; a Black man who experienced police brutality\; a minister who l
ived with and organized alongside the poor\; and a husband who—despite his
flaws—depended on Coretta Scott King as an intellectual and political gui
de in the national fight against racism\, poverty\, and war.
King o
f the North speaks directly to our struggles over racial inequality today.
Just as she restored Rosa Parks’s central place in modern American histor
y\, so Theoharis radically expands our understanding of King’s life and wo
rk—a vision of justice unfulfilled in the present.
About J
eanne Theoharis
Jeanne Theoharis is Dist
inguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of City Unive
rsity of New York. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling The
Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and winner of the 2014 NAACP Image Awa
rd for Outstanding Literary Work Biography/Autobiography and the Letitia W
oods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. Her book
has been adapted into a documentary of the same name\, executive produced
by Soledad O’Brien for Peacock where Theoharis served as a consulting prod
ucer. Her young adult adaptation with Brandy Colbert\, The Rebellious Life
of Mrs. Rosa Parks for Young People\, was included in the Best Books of 2
021 by the Chicago Public Library and Kirkus Reviews. Her book A More Beau
tiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History w
on the 2018 Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize in Nonfiction and was n
amed one of the best Black history books of 2018 by Black Perspectives. Th
eoharis’s writing has appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post
\, MSNBC\, The Nation\, Slate\, The Atlantic\, and many more. She is also
the author of King of the North (The New Press) and lives in Brooklyn.
The Prince George's County Office o
f Human Rights is kicking off a new monthly virtual interview ser
ies celebrating the civil rights history of Prince George's County\, Maryl
and\, and the metropolitan area as a whole! OHR In Conversation Wi
th... will explore underrated people and places in our region tha
t have Elevated Prince George's and contributed to the culture of the comm
unities we call home.
In the first episode of OHR
In Conversation With... we're talking to author and professor\, <
strong>Dr. Jeanne Theoharis about her 2025 book 'King of
the North: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Life of Struggle Outside the South\,' which explores the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. outside of
the southern states\, stories and work that are often overlooked due to th
e the Civil Rights Movement being viewed as a southern movement.
The Martin Luther King Jr. of p
opular memory vanquished Jim Crow in the South. But in this myth-shatterin
g book\, award-winning and New York Times bestselling historian Jeanne The
oharis argues that King’s time in Boston\, New York\, Los Angeles\, and Ch
icago—outside Dixie—was at the heart of his campaign for racial justice. K
ing of the North follows King as he crisscrosses the country from the Nort
heast to the West Coast\, challenging school segregation\, police brutalit
y\, housing segregation\, and job discrimination. For these efforts\, he w
as relentlessly attacked by white liberals\, the media\, and the federal g
overnment.
In this bold retelling\, King emerges as a someone who n
ot only led a movement but who showed up for other people’s struggles\; a
charismatic speaker who also listened and learned\; a Black man who experi
enced police brutality\; a minister who lived with and organized alongside
the poor\; and a husband who—despite his flaws—depended on Coretta Scott
King as an intellectual and political guide in the national fight against
racism\, poverty\, and war.
King of the North speaks directly to ou
r struggles over racial inequality today. Just as she restored Rosa Parks’
s central place in modern American history\, so Theoharis radically expand
s our understanding of King’s life and work—a vision of justice unfulfille
d in the present.
About Jeanne Theoharis
Jeanne Theoharis is Distinguished Professor of Poli
tical Science at Brooklyn College of City University of New York. She is t
he author of the New York Times bestselling The Rebell
ious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and winner of the 2014 NAACP Image Awar
d for Outstanding Literary Work Biography/Autobiography and the Letitia Wo
ods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians. Her book h
as been adapted into a documentary of the same name\, executive produced b
y Soledad O’Brien for Peacock where Theoharis served as a consulting produ
cer. Her young adult adaptation with Brandy Colbert\, The Rebelliou
s Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks for Young People\, was included in the Bes
t Books of 2021 by the Chicago Public Library and Kirkus Reviews. Her book A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and M
isuses of Civil Rights History won the 2018 Brooklyn Public Library
Literary Prize in Nonfiction and was named one of the best Black history b
ooks of 2018 by Black Perspectives. Theoharis’s writing has a
ppeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, MSNBC\, The Nation\, Slate\, The At
lantic\, and many more. She is also the author of King of the
North (The New Press) and lives in Brooklyn.
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PGVFCRA Cha
plain – Opening Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunt
eer Services Office
District / At Large Fire Commissi
oner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Com
mission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prin
ce George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince G
eorge’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prin
ce George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary Pr
esident’s Report
Registered Guest who wishes to speak.
B
enediction
Adjournment
NOTE: This
Public Meeting may be audio and visually recorded. The recording may be
provided in lieu of written meeting minutes in accordance with Maryland Op
en Meeting Act Compliance.
1930 (7:30 p.m) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer
Pl
edge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
V
olunteer Services Office
District / At L
arge Fire Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice
Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prince G
eorge’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Associati
on Ladies Auxiliary President’s Report
Registered Gu
est who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE: This
Public Meeting may be audio and visually recorded. The recording may be
provided in lieu of written meeting minutes in accordance with Maryland Op
en Meeting Act Compliance.
END:VEVENT
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UID:0cb0ba17-27c1-44b5-b235-6e8edf434a5f
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20251208T212317Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260105T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260105T183000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T223703Z
SUMMARY:January 5\, 2026\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board
Meeting - In Person
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:34fa3bd9-30c1-441a-9e08-3d6c8012304f
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20260108T144054Z
DESCRIPTION:
The Department of the Environment makes it easy for resident
s to 'recycle' cut\, live Christmas trees (No artificial trees) by offerin
g curbside pickup and drop-off locations.
The Christmas tr
ee collection runs from December to January every year. Residents with Cou
nty-provided yard trim collection can place their undecorated\, unbagged\,
live Christmas trees at the curb by 6 a.m. on Mondays.
D
uring operating hours\, residents may also drop off holiday trees and othe
r yard trim at the Public Convenience Center on Brown Station Road in Uppe
r Marlboro.
Please ensure that you remove all artificial i
tems and decorations.
Curbside Trash Collectio
n in County-Contracted Areas
Regular collections occur on Tues
day\, December 23\, and Wednesday\, December 24
Regular col
lections for Thursday\, December 25\, shift to Friday\, December 26
Regular collections for Friday\, December 26\, shift to
Saturday\, December 27
Residential Food Scraps and Yard T
rim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\, December 22<
/p>
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap t
ires\; by appointment only)
No Scheduled Collections. Scheduled col
lections resume on Friday\, December 26
Curbside Bulky Trash C
ollection
Regular collections occur on Tuesday\, December 23\, and
Wednesday\, December 24
Regular collections for Thursday\,
December 25\, shift to Friday\, December 26
Regul
ar collections for Friday\, December 26\, shift to Saturday\, December 27<
/strong>
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collection
(By app
ointment only)
Available every third Monday of the month
Cu
rbside Recycling Collection
Regular collections occur on Tuesday\
, December 23\, and Wednesday\, December 24
Regular collect
ions for Thursday\, December 25\, shift to Friday\, December 26
Regular collections for Friday\, December 26\, shift to Satu
rday\, December 27
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
<
p>Available every third Monday of the month
Collection Facilities<
/h2>
The following facilities will be closed on December 25:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown St
ation Road Public Convenience Center
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste
Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics C
omposting Facility
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Fac
ility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site <
br>(No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill)
*Items accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (No longer located at the
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted at mobile even
ts only
Animal Services
The Animal Services Facilit
y (3750 Brown Station Road) will be closed on December 25.
Transpo
rtation
TheBus\, a public transit service operate
d by the Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T)\, will not operate on Thursday\, 25\, 2025. Regula
r operations of TheBus will resume on Friday\, December 2
6\, 2025\, except for Route P78\, which operates only in
downtown Upper Marlboro during peak periods when the Courthouse is open. R
egular operations on Route P78 will resume on Monday\, December 29\, 2025.
Additionally\, the County's Call-A-Bus and PGC
Link services\, including dialysis transportation\, will not oper
ate on Thursday\, December 25\, 2025. Regular operations will resume on F
riday\, December 26\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforc
ement (DPIE)
The Prince George's County Department of Perm
itting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Thu
rsday\, December 25\, 2025. Regular business hours will resume on Friday\,
December 26\, 2025.
PGC311
Additionally\, PGC311<
/strong> will be closed on Thursday\, December 25\, 2025\, and will resume
regular operations on Friday\, December 26\, 2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
However\, residents can still submit service/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251225T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251225T235900
LAST-MODIFIED:20251222T203644Z
SUMMARY:Christmas Day
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Thursday\, December 25\, 2025\, County Offi
ces will be closed in observance of the Christmas holiday.
Curbsid
e Trash Collection in County-Contracted Areas
Regular collecti
ons occur on Tuesday\, December 23\, and Wednesday\, December 24
Regular collections for Thursday\, December 25\, shift to Friday\, D
ecember 26
Regular collections for Friday\, Decemb
er 26\, shift to Saturday\, December 27
Residential Food
Scraps and Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Mond
ay\, December 22
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appli
ances and scrap tires\; by appointment only)
No Scheduled Collectio
ns. Scheduled collections resume on Friday\, December 26
Curbs
ide Bulky Trash Collection
Regular collections occur on Tuesday\,
December 23\, and Wednesday\, December 24
Regular collectio
ns for Thursday\, December 25\, shift to Friday\, December 26
Regular collections for Friday\, December 26\, shift to Saturd
ay\, December 27
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collectio
n
(By appointment only)
Available every third Monday of the
month
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regular collections
occur on Tuesday\, December 23\, and Wednesday\, December 24
Regular collections for Thursday\, December 25\, shift to Friday\, Decem
ber 26
Regular collections for Friday\, December 2
6\, shift to Saturday\, December 27
Curbside Scrap Metal
Collection
Available every third Monday of the month
Colle
ction Facilities
The following facilities will be closed o
n December 25:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill<
/li>
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center
Missouri Av
enue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George’s
County Organics Composting Facility
Prince George’s County Materi
als Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recycling
Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary
Landfill) *Items accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-of
f Center*
Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (No longe
r located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accept
ed at mobile events only
Animal Services
The Animal
Services Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will be closed on December 25
.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transi
t service operated by the Department of Public Works and Transport
ation (DPW&T)\, will not operate on Thursday\, 2
5\, 2025. Regular operations of TheBus will resume on Fr
iday\, December 26\, 2025\, except for RouteP78\, which operates only in downtown Upper Marlboro during peak perio
ds when the Courthouse is open. Regular operations on RouteP78 will resume on Monday\, December 29\, 2025. Addi
tionally\, the County's Call-A-Bus and PGC Link s
ervices\, including dialysis transportation\, will not operate on
Thursday\, December 25\, 2025. Regular operations will resume on Friday\
, December 26\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement
(DPIE)
The Prince George's County Department of Perm
itting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Thu
rsday\, December 25\, 2025. Regular business hours will resume on Friday\,
December 26\, 2025.
PGC311
Additionally\, PGC311 will be closed on Thursday\, December 25\, 2025\, an
d will resume regular operations on Friday\, December 26\, 2025\, from 7 a
.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents can still submit service/issue requests
online at PGC311.com.
We now welcome members of the public to make public commen
ts to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a com
ment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by nam
e to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee mu
st maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discu
ss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing
your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also ac
cept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the publi
c to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two min
utes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other membe
rs of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that
by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case information
\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We l
ook forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
<
span>Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our
ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court 2nd Floor Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 20774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If you wou
ld like to join\, please email mkc
rawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable to join
via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial in Phone#
: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have question
s\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation please contac
t the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-5531 or (30
1) 883-5428.
We now welcome members of the public to make public comments to
the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\
, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name to
protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must ma
intain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss th
e particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your
views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept
commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to
make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes.
When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of
the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by la
w the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so
we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look f
orward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC
email\, which is ACC
ommittee@co.pg.md.us .
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Yolanda Johnson of CASA
(Court Appointed Special Advocate) Prince George's County.
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)/ Prince George’s County\
, Inc. is a volunteer-based organization that partners with the juvenile c
ourt to improve the lives of children living in foster care who have suffe
red from abuse and neglect. With a strong commitment to diversity\, CASA/
Prince George’s County trains and supervises volunteers from the community
who advocate for the best interest of children\, recognizing and respecti
ng each child’s individual needs. By providing a voice to children in the
foster care system\, it is our goal to help children and promote the timel
y placement of those we serve in safe\, permanent homes.
B
y sustaining and strengthening the capacity of our program and the compete
ncy of our diverse community of volunteers\, CASA hopes to continue to exp
and until all children who have suffered from abuse and neglect and live i
n foster care in Prince George’s County are matched with CASA volunteers w
ho will help them navigate their experience in foster care until they are
placed in safe\, nurturing and permanent homes.
Yolanda serves as the Executive Director of Court Appointed Spe
cial Advocates (CASA) of Prince George’s County\, a role she has held for
the past two years. She has been pivotal in positioning the organization i
n a post-pandemic landscape\, maintaining CASA's core mission of serving y
outh in foster care while also expanding its services to provide resources
for former foster youth. Her leadership has been defined by intentionally
strengthening community partnerships\, building equitable organization pr
actices\, inclusion of people with lived experience\, program development\
, and vision planning within a changing funding landscape.
A pr
oud graduate of Bowie State University\, Yolanda utilizes her personal exp
eriences and background in vocational education\, juvenile justice\, and c
ivic and legal education to increase access to services for those who are
most impacted by injustice. When she's not working\, Yolanda enjoys volunt
eering\, traveling\, spending time with family\, cooking\, or sitting quie
tly with a hot cup of dirty chai tea.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251211T170000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T143642Z
SUMMARY:Community Conversation: Yolanda Johnson of CASA Prince George's Cou
nty
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The Prince George's County Office o
f Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Li
brary System are excited to host Yolanda Johnson
of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Prince George
's County.
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)/ Prince
George’s County\, Inc. is a volunteer-based organization that partners wi
th the juvenile court to improve the lives of children living in foster ca
re who have suffered from abuse and neglect. With a strong commitment to d
iversity\, CASA/ Prince George’s County trains and supervises volunteers f
rom the community who advocate for the best interest of children\, recogni
zing and respecting each child’s individual needs. By providing a voice to
children in the foster care system\, it is our goal to help children and
promote the timely placement of those we serve in safe\, permanent homes.<
/p>
By sustaining and strengthening the capacity of our progra
m and the competency of our diverse community of volunteers\, CASA hopes t
o continue to expand until all children who have suffered from abuse and n
eglect and live in foster care in Prince George’s County are matched with
CASA volunteers who will help them navigate their experience in foster car
e until they are placed in safe\, nurturing and permanent homes.
Yolanda serves as the
Executive Director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Prince G
eorge’s County\, a role she has held for the past two years. She has been
pivotal in positioning the organization in a post-pandemic landscape\, mai
ntaining CASA's core mission of serving youth in foster care while also ex
panding its services to provide resources for former foster youth. Her lea
dership has been defined by intentionally strengthening community partners
hips\, building equitable organization practices\, inclusion of people wit
h lived experience\, program development\, and vision planning within a ch
anging funding landscape.
A proud graduate of Bowie State Unive
rsity\, Yolanda utilizes her personal experiences and background in vocati
onal education\, juvenile justice\, and civic and legal education to incre
ase access to services for those who are most impacted by injustice. When
she's not working\, Yolanda enjoys volunteering\, traveling\, spending tim
e with family\, cooking\, or sitting quietly with a hot cup of dirty chai
tea.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251210T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251210T133000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T160020Z
SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing December 10\, 2025
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:35e1d2a4-abb4-4e12-8777-b9191b954db7
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20251124T143020Z
DESCRIPTION:
Bring a book you enjoyed this year and give it away to anoth
er reader! Gift a book from your shelf and take a recommended book home wi
th you.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T193000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T143817Z
SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories Book Club: Holiday Book Swap
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
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UID:fbd81446-b097-482e-be51-78ca9b4cc3de
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250108T171649Z
DESCRIPTION:
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251209T113000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T171749Z
SUMMARY:Business Certification Overview
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
The Housing Authority of Prince George's County will stop ac
cepting pre-applications for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program wait
ing list on Friday\, December 5\, 2025\, at 11:59 p.m. EST. All pre-applic
ations must be submitted online before Friday\, December 5\, 2025 11:59 p.
m. EST.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T235900
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T235900
LAST-MODIFIED:20251204T172740Z
SUMMARY:Housing Choice Voucher Program Wait List Closes
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20251202T152538Z
DESCRIPTION:
Administrative Charging Committee
9201 Basil Court
Largo\, Maryland 20774
Thursday\, December 4\, 2025
6:0
0pm -8:00pm
We now welcome members of the public to make public com
ments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a
comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by
name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee
must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not di
scuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to heari
ng your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also
accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the pu
blic to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two
minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other me
mbers of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful th
at by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case informat
ion\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. W
e look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
<
p>Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public in
our ACC email\, which is <
span>ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to make pub
lic comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When ma
king a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the pub
lic by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Co
mmittee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will
not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward t
o hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that
we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251204T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T210203Z
SUMMARY:Administrative Charging Committee\, December 4\, 2025\, Meeting Age
nda
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Administrative Charging Committee
92
00 Basil Court\, Suite 400
Largo\, MD 20774
Thursday\, Decem
ber 4\, 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm
We now welcome members of
the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up
to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to o
ther members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be min
dful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case i
nformation\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public f
orum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the pub
lic in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
Prince George's County Executive Aisha N. Braveboy cordially
invites you to be our guest at the Golden Seniors Ball o
n Thursday\, December 4\, 2025\, from 11:00 A.M.
- 3:00 P.M. at Martin's Crosswinds. Registration is requi
red to attend.
Event Update:
Registration for this event is full\, and tickets are now sold out. Gold att
ire is optional.
Event Address:
7400 Greenway Center Driv
e\, Greenbelt\, MD 20770
Seniors are the golden jewels of P
rince George's County. The Golden Seniors Ball honors and celebrates their
wisdom\, legacy\, and grace as they continue to inspire future generation
s.
Prince George's County Executive Aisha N. B
raveboy cordially invites you to be our guest at the Golden Senior
s Ball on Thursday\, December 4\, 2025\, from 11:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. at Martin's Crosswinds. Regi
stration is required to attend.
Event Update:
Re
gistration for this event is full\, and tickets are now s
old out. Gold attire is optional.
Event Address:
7400 Gre
enway Center Drive\, Greenbelt\, MD 20770
Senio
rs are the golden jewels of Prince George's County. The Golden Seniors Bal
l honors and celebrates their wisdom\, legacy\, and grace as they continue
to inspire future generations.
Prince George's County Executive Aisha N. Braveboy and the D
epartment of Family Services cordially invites you to the Golden Seniors B
all on Thursday\, December 4\, 2025\, at Martin's Crosswinds. Regi
stration is required to attend. Please call 301-265-8661 from 9:00 AM to 3
:00 PM on Tuesday\, November 18th to reserve your seat.
• 1930 (7:30 p.m) Ho
urs – Meeting Called to Order by Chair PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Pra
yer Pledge of Allegiance • Chaplain Report • Office of the Fire
Chief’s Report Volunteer Services Office • District / At Large Fi
re Commissioner’s Report • Fire Commission Vice Chair Report • Fire
Commission Chair Report • Previously Known Issues/Topics • Prince Ge
orge’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report • Prince George’s C
ounty Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President • Prince George’s C
ounty Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary President’s Rep
ort • Registered Guest who wishes to speak. • Benediction • Adjou
rnment
Join us fo
r the second session of our monthly 'Elevating Prince George's Virtual Tow
n Hall Series: Community Conversations' moderated by Patricia 'Pat' Lawson
Muse. This December\, we will focus on Economic and Business Opportunitie
s. Residents will have the opportunity to connect with County leadership a
nd experts to gain valuable insights.
Under the Braveboy Administra
tion\, we understand that our community has experienced recent changes. We
are here to address those concerns directly. We’re also here to share how
your business can become a County contractor\, the dos and don’ts of star
ting a business in Prince George’s County\, and much more.
Residents will have the chance to hear updates from the following agenci
es and organizations:
Prince George's County Office of the County
Executive
Department of Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement
(DPIE)
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T193000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251124T184900Z
SUMMARY:Community Conversations: Elevating The Economy
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Elevating The Economy Virtual Town Hall
Join us for the second session of our monthly 'Elevating Prince Geo
rge's Virtual Town Hall Series: Community Conversations' moderated by Patr
icia 'Pat' Lawson Muse. This December\, we will focus on Economic and Busi
ness Opportunities. Residents will have the opportunity to connect with Co
unty leadership and experts to gain valuable insights.
Under the Braveboy Administr
ation\, we understand that our community has experienced recent changes. W
e are here to address those concerns directly. We’re also here to share ho
w your business can become a County contractor\, the dos and don’ts of sta
rting a business in Prince George’s County\, and much more.
Residents will have the chance to hear upda
tes from the following agencies and organizations:
Prince George's
County Office of the County Executive
Department of Permitting\, I
nspections\, and Enforcement (DPIE)
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CREATED:20251202T150835Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251202T160000
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SUMMARY:December 2\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Boar
d Meeting - Virtual
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DESCRIPTION:
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest
Pablo Leon in conversation with the Prince George
's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's
County Memorial Library System discussing his new book\, 'Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide.'
In this moving intergenerational ta
le perfect for fans of Messy Roots and Illegal\, Eisner-nominated creator
Pablo Leon combines historical research of the Guatemalan Civil War with h
is own experiences as a Guatemalan immigrant to depict a powerful story of
family\, sacrifice\, survival\, and hope.
Langley Park\, Maryland\
, 2013
Brothers Jose and Charlie know very little about their mothe
r’s life in Guatemala\, until Jose grows curious about the ongoing genocid
e trial of Efrain Rios Montt. At first his mother\, Clara\, shuts his ques
tions down. But as the trial progresses\, she begins to open up to her son
s about a time in her life that she’s left buried for years.
Peten\
, Guatemala\, 1982
Sisters Clara and Elena hear about the armed con
flict every day\, but the violence somehow seems far away from their small
village. But the day the fight comes to their doorstep\, the sisters are
separated and are forced to flee through the mountains\, leaving them to w
onder…Have their paths diverged forever?
About the
Author
Pablo Leon is a Guatemalan author and artist based
in LA\, working in TV animation and comics. An Eisner Award nominee for T
he Journey\, he also illustrated the Miles Morales graphic novel series fo
r Scholastic and Marvel. His clients include Disney\, Warner Bros\, and Ni
ckelodeon. His debut as writer/artist\, Silenced Voices (Harper Alley)\, a
nd his animated short Remember Us—an Academy Award qualifier—reflect his p
assion for historical memory. Outside of work\, he enjoys cooking with his
unhelpful cats: Agave\, Moth\, and Midna.
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: 'Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Gua
temalan Genocide'
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guest Pablo Leon in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the
Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing his ne
w book\, 'Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide.'
In
this moving intergenerational tale perfect for fans of Messy Roots and Ill
egal\, Eisner-nominated creator Pablo Leon combines historical research of
the Guatemalan Civil War with his own experiences as a Guatemalan immigra
nt to depict a powerful story of family\, sacrifice\, survival\, and hope.
Langley Park\, Maryland\, 2013
Brothers Jose and Charlie kn
ow very little about their mother’s life in Guatemala\, until Jose grows c
urious about the ongoing genocide trial of Efrain Rios Montt. At first his
mother\, Clara\, shuts his questions down. But as the trial progresses\,
she begins to open up to her sons about a time in her life that she’s left
buried for years.
Peten\, Guatemala\, 1982
Sisters Clara an
d Elena hear about the armed conflict every day\, but the violence somehow
seems far away from their small village. But the day the fight comes to t
heir doorstep\, the sisters are separated and are forced to flee through t
he mountains\, leaving them to wonder…Have their paths diverged forever?
About the Author
Pablo Leon i
s a Guatemalan author and artist based in LA\, working in TV animation and
comics. An Eisner Award nominee for The Journey\, he also illustrated the
Miles Morales graphic novel series for Scholastic and Marvel. His clients
include Disney\, Warner Bros\, and Nickelodeon. His debut as writer/artis
t\, Silenced Voices (Harper Alley)\, and his animated short Remember Us—an
Academy Award qualifier—reflect his passion for historical memory. Outsid
e of work\, he enjoys cooking with his unhelpful cats: Agave\, Moth\, and
Midna.
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Residents are invited to at
tend all monthly meetings. Doing so\, can play an intricate part in the gr
owth and success of the Commission. Meetings are held the 1st Monday of ev
ery month.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T223654Z
SUMMARY:Commission for Veterans Meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20251125T223802Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T183000
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SUMMARY:December 1\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Boar
d Meeting - In Person
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DESCRIPTION:
The Housing Authority of Prince George’s County will begin a
ccepting pre-applications for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program wai
ting list beginning on Monday\, December 1\, 2025\, at 12:01 a.m. and endi
ng on Friday\, December 5\, 2025\, at 11:59 p.m. EST.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T000100
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251205T235959
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SUMMARY:Housing Choice Voucher Program Wait List Opens
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The Housing Authority of Prince Georg
e’s County will begin accepting pre-applications for the Housing Choice Vo
ucher (HCV) Program waiting list beginning on Monday\, December 1\, 2025\,
at 12:01 a.m. and ending on Friday\, December 5\, 2025\, at 11:59 p.m. ES
T.
Curbside Trash Collection i
n County-Contracted Areas
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\,
November 25\, and Wednesday\, November 26
Collections for T
hursday\, November 27\, move to Friday\, November 28
Regul
ar Collections occur Tuesday\, November 26\, and Wednesday\, November 27<
/p>
Collections for Friday\, November 28\, move to Saturday\, N
ovember 29
Curbside Composting and Yard Trim Collections<
/h3>
Regular collections occur on Monday\, November 24\, 2025
B
ulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tires\; by
appointment only)
No Scheduled Collections. Scheduled collections
resume Wednesday\, December 1
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and Wednesday\, Nove
mber 26
Collections for Thursday\, November 27\, move to Fr
iday\, November 28
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, Nov
ember 25\, and Wednesday\, November 26
Collections for Frid
ay\, November 28\, move to Saturday\, November 29
Curbsid
e Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment only)
Av
ailable every third Monday
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and Wednesday\, Novembe
r 26
Collections for Thursday\, November 27\, move to Frida
y\, November 28
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, Novemb
er 26\, and Wednesday\, November 27
Collections for Friday\
, November 28\, move to Saturday\, November 29
Curbside S
crap Metal Collection
Available every third Monday
Collect
ion Facilities
The following facilities will be closed on
November 27 and reopen on November 28.
Brown Station
Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Cen
ter
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility
Princ
e George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brow
n Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted at Brown Station
Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Hazardous Waste Accep
tance Site (No longer located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landf
ill) *Items accepted at mobile events only
Animal Ser
vices
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will
be closed November 27-28.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public
transit service operated by the Department of Public Works and Transporta
tion (DPW&T)\, will not operate on Thursday\, November 27\, 2025.<
/strong> Regular operations of TheBus will resume on Friday\, November 28
\, 2025\, except for Route P78\, which operates only in downtown Upper Mar
lboro during peak periods when the Courthouse is open. Regular operations
on Route P78 will resume on Monday\, December 1\, 2025.
Additional
ly\, the County's Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, including dialysis tr
ansportation\, will not operate on Thursday\, November 27\, or Fri
day\, November 28\, 2025. Regular operations will resume on Mond
ay\, December 1\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcemen
t (DPIE)
The Department of Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcem
ent (DPIE) will be closed on Thursday\, November 27\, and Friday\,
November 28\, 2025. Regular business hours will resume on Monda
y\, December 1\, 2025.
PGC311
Additionally\, PGC311 will be closed on Thursday\, November 27\, and Friday\, November 28\, 2
025\, and will resume regular operations on Monday\, December 1\,
2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents can still submit se
rvice/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
Curbside T
rash Collection in County-Contracted Areas
Regular Collections
occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and Wednesday\, November 26
Collections for Thursday\, November 27\, move to Friday\, November 28
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 26\, and Wednesd
ay\, November 27
Collections for Friday\, November 28\, mov
e to Saturday\, November 29
Curbside Composting and Yard
Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\, November 24
\, 2025
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and
scrap tires\; by appointment only)
No Scheduled Collections. Sched
uled collections resume Wednesday\, December 1
Curbside Bulky Tras
h Collection
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and
Wednesday\, November 26
Collections for Thursday\, Novembe
r 27\, move to Friday\, November 28
Regular Collections oc
cur Tuesday\, November 25\, and Wednesday\, November 26
Col
lections for Friday\, November 28\, move to Saturday\, November 29
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointmen
t only)
Available every third Monday
Curbside Recycling Co
llection
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and We
dnesday\, November 26
Collections for Thursday\, November 2
7\, move to Friday\, November 28
Regular Collections occur
Tuesday\, November 26\, and Wednesday\, November 27
Collec
tions for Friday\, November 28\, move to Saturday\, November 29
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
Available every third Monda
y
Collection Facilities
The following facilities will be closed on November 27 and reopen on November 28.
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Publi
c Convenience Center
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and R
ecycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facili
ty
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritc
hie Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (No Longer Lo
cated at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted
at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Haza
rdous Waste Acceptance Site (No longer located at the Brown Station Ro
ad Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted at mobile events only
Animal Services
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown St
ation Road) will be closed November 27-28.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit service operated by the Department of Public Wor
ks and Transportation (DPW&T)\, will not operate on Thursday\, Nov
ember 27\, 2025. Regular operations of TheBus will resume on Fri
day\, November 28\, 2025\, except for Route P78\, which operates only in d
owntown Upper Marlboro during peak periods when the Courthouse is open. Re
gular operations on Route P78 will resume on Monday\, December 1\, 2025. <
/p>
Additionally\, the County's Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, incl
uding dialysis transportation\, will not operate on Thursday\, Nov
ember 27\, or Friday\, November 28\, 2025. Regular operations wi
ll resume on Monday\, December 1\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections
\, and Enforcement (DPIE)
The Department of Permitting\, Inspectio
ns\, and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Thursday\, November
27\, and Friday\, November 28\, 2025. Regular business hours wil
l resume on Monday\, December 1\, 2025.
PGC311
Additional
ly\, PGC311 will be closed on Thursday\, November 27\, and Friday\
, November 28\, 2025\, and will resume regular operations on Mond
ay\, December 1\, 2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents c
an still submit service/issue requests online at PGC
311.com.
Curbside Trash Collection i
n County-Contracted Areas
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\,
November 25\, and Wednesday\, November 26
Collections for T
hursday\, November 27\, move to Friday\, November 28
Regul
ar Collections occur Tuesday\, November 26\, and Wednesday\, November 27<
/p>
Collections for Friday\, November 28\, move to Saturday\, N
ovember 29
Curbside Composting and Yard Trim Collections<
/h3>
Regular collections occur on Monday\, November 24\, 2025
B
ulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tires\; by
appointment only)
No Scheduled Collections. Scheduled collections
resume Wednesday\, December 1
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and Wednesday\, Nove
mber 26
Collections for Thursday\, November 27\, move to Fr
iday\, November 28
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, Nov
ember 25\, and Wednesday\, November 26
Collections for Frid
ay\, November 28\, move to Saturday\, November 29
Curbsid
e Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment only)
Av
ailable every third Monday
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and Wednesday\, Novembe
r 26
Collections for Thursday\, November 27\, move to Frida
y\, November 28
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, Novemb
er 26\, and Wednesday\, November 27
Collections for Friday\
, November 28\, move to Saturday\, November 29
Curbside S
crap Metal Collection
Available every third Monday
Collect
ion Facilities
The following facilities will be closed on
November 27 and reopen on November 28.
Brown Station
Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Cen
ter
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility
Princ
e George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brow
n Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted at Brown Station
Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Hazardous Waste Accep
tance Site (No longer located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landf
ill) *Items accepted at mobile events only
Animal Ser
vices
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will
be closed November 27-28.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public
transit service operated by the Department of Public Works and Transporta
tion (DPW&T)\, will not operate on Thursday\, November 27\, 2025.<
/strong> Regular operations of TheBus will resume on Friday\, November 28
\, 2025\, except for Route P78\, which operates only in downtown Upper Mar
lboro during peak periods when the Courthouse is open. Regular operations
on Route P78 will resume on Monday\, December 1\, 2025.
Additional
ly\, the County's Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, including dialysis tr
ansportation\, will not operate on Thursday\, November 27\, or Fri
day\, November 28\, 2025. Regular operations will resume on Mond
ay\, December 1\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcemen
t (DPIE)
The Department of Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcem
ent (DPIE) will be closed on Thursday\, November 27\, and Friday\,
November 28\, 2025. Regular business hours will resume on Monda
y\, December 1\, 2025.
PGC311
Additionally\, PGC311 will be closed on Thursday\, November 27\, and Friday\, November 28\, 2
025\, and will resume regular operations on Monday\, December 1\,
2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents can still submit se
rvice/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
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SUMMARY:Thanksgiving Day
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November 27 – 28\, 2025\, County Offices wi
ll be closed in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.
Curbside T
rash Collection in County-Contracted Areas
Regular Collections
occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and Wednesday\, November 26
Collections for Thursday\, November 27\, move to Friday\, November 28
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 26\, and Wednesd
ay\, November 27
Collections for Friday\, November 28\, mov
e to Saturday\, November 29
Curbside Composting and Yard
Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\, November 24
\, 2025
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and
scrap tires\; by appointment only)
No Scheduled Collections. Sched
uled collections resume Wednesday\, December 1
Curbside Bulky Tras
h Collection
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and
Wednesday\, November 26
Collections for Thursday\, Novembe
r 27\, move to Friday\, November 28
Regular Collections oc
cur Tuesday\, November 25\, and Wednesday\, November 26
Col
lections for Friday\, November 28\, move to Saturday\, November 29
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointmen
t only)
Available every third Monday
Curbside Recycling Co
llection
Regular Collections occur Tuesday\, November 25\, and We
dnesday\, November 26
Collections for Thursday\, November 2
7\, move to Friday\, November 28
Regular Collections occur
Tuesday\, November 26\, and Wednesday\, November 27
Collec
tions for Friday\, November 28\, move to Saturday\, November 29
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
Available every third Monda
y
Collection Facilities
The following facilities will be closed on November 27 and reopen on November 28.
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Publi
c Convenience Center
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and R
ecycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facili
ty
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritc
hie Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (No Longer Lo
cated at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted
at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Haza
rdous Waste Acceptance Site (No longer located at the Brown Station Ro
ad Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted at mobile events only
Animal Services
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown St
ation Road) will be closed November 27-28.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit service operated by the Department of Public Wor
ks and Transportation (DPW&T)\, will not operate on Thursday\, Nov
ember 27\, 2025. Regular operations of TheBus will resume on Fri
day\, November 28\, 2025\, except for Route P78\, which operates only in d
owntown Upper Marlboro during peak periods when the Courthouse is open. Re
gular operations on Route P78 will resume on Monday\, December 1\, 2025. <
/p>
Additionally\, the County's Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, incl
uding dialysis transportation\, will not operate on Thursday\, Nov
ember 27\, or Friday\, November 28\, 2025. Regular operations wi
ll resume on Monday\, December 1\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections
\, and Enforcement (DPIE)
The Department of Permitting\, Inspectio
ns\, and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Thursday\, November
27\, and Friday\, November 28\, 2025. Regular business hours wil
l resume on Monday\, December 1\, 2025.
PGC311
Additional
ly\, PGC311 will be closed on Thursday\, November 27\, and Friday\
, November 28\, 2025\, and will resume regular operations on Mond
ay\, December 1\, 2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents c
an still submit service/issue requests online at PGC
311.com.
Lunch and Learn returns with mother-daughte
r team Laurita Portee and Lauren Portee
in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Ri
ghts and the Prince George's County Memorial Library Syst
em discussing their WETA show 'Get Out of Town\,
' and how traveling and creating experiences locally can be just as empowe
ring as traveling the world.
The Mid-At
lantic region is a traveler’s paradise. Within just a half-day’s drive of
D.C.\, the possibilities for exploration and adventure are endless. With s
o many enticing options\, it can be hard to know exactly where to go —and
what to do when you get there.
Get Out of Town tak
es viewers on adventures within a half-day’s drive of the Washington\, D.C
. area. Enjoying a weekend’s worth of activities at each destination\, mot
her-daughter duo Laurita and Lauren Portee indulge in local cuisine\, stay
at two different lodging options\, and embark on local excursions.
About Our Guests
Get Out of Town
is hosted by Laurita and Lauren Portee\, a moth
er and daughter who share a passion for adventure. They discovered they we
re great travel companions when they took a trip to France in 2012. Today\
, Laurita is retired and Lauren has recently finished graduate school\, so
they are more than ready to hit the road. They consider themselves to be
best friends and love spending time together seeking out new places and tr
ying new activities.
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th mother-daughter team Laurita Portee and Lauren
Portee in conversation with the Prince George's County O
ffice of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memo
rial Library System discussing their WETA show 'Get Out o
f Town\,' and how traveling and creating experiences locally can
be just as empowering as traveling the world.
The Mid-Atlantic region is a traveler
’s paradise. Within just a half-day’s drive of D.C.\, the possibilities fo
r exploration and adventure are endless. With so many enticing options\, i
t can be hard to know exactly where to go —and what to do when you get the
re.
Get Out of Town takes viewers on advent
ures within a half-day’s drive of the Washington\, D.C. area. Enjoying a w
eekend’s worth of activities at each destination\, mother-daughter duo Lau
rita and Lauren Portee indulge in local cuisine\, stay at two different lo
dging options\, and embark on local excursions.
Ab
out Our Guests
Get Out of Town is h
osted by Laurita and Lauren Portee\, a mother and daughte
r who share a passion for adventure. They discovered they were great trave
l companions when they took a trip to France in 2012. Today\, Laurita is r
etired and Lauren has recently finished graduate school\, so they are more
than ready to hit the road. They consider themselves to be best friends a
nd love spending time together seeking out new places and trying new activ
ities.
Join us and your neighbors for a casual conversation over co
ffee. Voice your concerns\, ask questions and get to know the officers in
your community.
Date: November 25\, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Location: Dunkin Donuts 8909 Central Avenue Capitol Heights\, MD 20743
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251125T110000
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SUMMARY:Landover Coffee with a Cop
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DESCRIPTION:
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will take place over Zoom. The Zoom registration link can be found on
the open agenda. Once registered\, you will get the meeting link directly
from Zoom via email. Please contact the Clerk to the Commission with any a
ccommodation requests no fewer than three (3) business days in advance of
the meeting at 240-328-4145 or via email at AALyons[at]pgcmd.gov.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251124T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T205452Z
SUMMARY:Human Rights Commission Meeting
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Gun Turn-In Program on Saturday\, November 22\,
2025\, an initiative to help make our communities safer. Date: November 22\, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00
PM Location: First Baptist Church International
600 Watkins Park Drive - Parking Lot B Upper Marlboro\, MD 20744 The Prince George's Police Department thanks community partners Firs
t Baptist Church of Glenarden International and Zion Church for standing w
ith us and for their support.
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Join us for our Gun Turn-In Program on Sat
urday\, November 22\, 2025\, an initiative to help make our communities sa
fer.
Date: November 22\, 2025 Time
: 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Location: First Ba
ptist Church International 600 Watkins Park Drive - Parking Lot B Upper Marlboro\, MD 20744
The Prince George's Police Department
thanks community partners First Baptist Church of Glenarden International
and Zion Church for standing with us and for their support.
We now welcome members of the public
to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minut
es. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members
of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by
law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\,
so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We loo
k forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please rem
ember that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, wh
ich is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome
members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each spea
ker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to
refer to other members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Pl
ease be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentialit
y of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in
a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any spea
kers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary f
rom the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
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DESCRIPTION:
Join the Advisory Committee on Aging for the Building Better
Caregivers Seminar on November 20\, 2025. This virtual seminar will cover
the following topics:
Self-care methods to improve caregiver
health
Managing difficult emotions and care partner behaviors
Planning for the future and finding resources
And Improvin
g communication with family\, friends\, and healthcare providers
The Braveboy Climate Leadership Summit unites government\, b
usiness\, and community leaders to accelerate climate action throughout Pr
ince George's County.
Thursday\, November 20\, 2025 |
10:00 AM – 3:15 PM
Bowie State
University Student Service Center 14000 Je
richo Park Road Bowie\, MD 20715-9465
Powering a Climate-Ready
Future—Together
Prince George's County is leading the way toward
a cleaner\, healthier\, and more resilient future. The Braveboy Climate Le
adership Summit is the County's first-ever gathering dedicated to empoweri
ng leaders across every sector—government\, business\, education\, faith\,
and community—to turn climate goals into collective action.
Join
County Executive Aisha Braveboy\, officials from Prince George's Community
College\, the Department of the Environment's Climate and Energy Division
\, and partners across Prince George's County for a day of learning\, coll
aboration\, and inspiration as we chart a path toward a climate-ready futu
re for all.
The Braveboy Climate Leadership Summit unit
es government\, business\, and community leaders to accelerate climate act
ion throughout Prince George's County.
Thursday\, November 20\, 2025 | 10:00 A
M – 3:15 PM
Bowie S
tate University Student Service Center 14000 Jericho Park Road Bowie\, MD
20715-9465
Powering a Climate-Ready Future—Together
Prince George's County is leading the way toward a cleaner\, he
althier\, and more resilient future. The Braveboy Climate Leadership Summi
t is the County's first-ever gathering dedicated to empowering leaders acr
oss every sector—government\, business\, education\, faith\, and community
—to turn climate goals into collective action.
Join County Executive Aisha Braveboy\, officials from Prince Ge
orge's Community College\, the Department of the Environment's Climate and
Energy Division\, and partners across Prince George's County for a day of
learning\, collaboration\, and inspiration as we chart a path toward a cl
imate-ready future for all.
Join the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities\, virt
ually\, for their monthly meeting on Wednesday\, November 19\, 2025. The m
ission of the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities is to bring tog
ether businesses\, citizens\, and the government of Prince George's County
to discuss and resolve disability issues in the County. The Commission al
so works with County and State agencies and other Commissions to jointly a
ddress and promote the needs and rights of individuals with disabilities.
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Join the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities\, virtually\, for th
eir monthly meeting on Wednesday\, November 19\, 2025. The mission of the
Commission for Individuals with Disabilities is to bring together business
es\, citizens\, and the government of Prince George's County to discuss an
d resolve disability issues in the County. The Commission also works with
County and State agencies and other Commissions to jointly address and pro
mote the needs and rights of individuals with disabilities.
The Commission on Common Ownership Communities meets to disc
uss HOA\, Co-op and Condominium Association related matters\, legislation\
, and community resources.
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The Commission on Common Ownership Communities meets to discuss HOA\, Co-o
p and Condominium Association related matters\, legislation\, and communit
y resources.
Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Righ
ts and the Mount Rainier Branch Library for our
monthly book club! This month we hope you can join us as we discuss 'Yellow Bird: Oil\, Murder\, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian
Country
' by Sierra Crane Murdoch
<
p>Solidarity Stories Book Club takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each mont
h in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentw
ood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the garage on 39th St & Rhode I
sland Ave. Parking is free for program participants and no purchase is req
uired\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner
from miXt’s vendors. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
About the Book
When Lissa Yellow Bird was released f
rom prison in 2009\, she found her home\, the Fort Berthold Indian Reserva
tion in North Dakota\, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence\
, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition\, her tribal governmen
t swayed by corporate interests\, and her community burdened by a surge in
violence and addiction. Three years later\, when Lissa learned that a you
ng white oil worker\, Kristopher 'KC' Clarke\, had disappeared from his re
servation worksite\, she became particularly concerned. No one knew where
Clarke had gone\, and few people were actively looking for him. Yellow Bir
d traces Lissa's steps as she obsessively hunts for clues to Clarke's disa
ppearance. She navigates two worlds—that of her own tribe\, changed by its
newfound wealth\, and that of the non-Native oilmen\, down on their luck\
, who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession. Her p
ursuit of Clarke is also a pursuit of redemption\, as Lissa atones for her
own crimes and reckons with generations of trauma. Yellow Bird is an exqu
isitely written\, masterfully reported story about a search for justice an
d a remarkable portrait of a complex woman who is smart\, funny\, eloquent
\, compassionate\, and—when it serves her cause—manipulative. Drawing on e
ight years of immersive investigation\, Sierra Crane Murdoch has produced
a profound examination of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a
tribal nation and a tale of extraordinary healing.
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Join the
Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the M
ount Rainier Branch Library for our monthly book club! This month
we hope you can join us as we discuss 'Yellow Bird: Oil\, Murder\
, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country' by
Sierra Crane Murdoch
Solidarity Stor
ies Book Club takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs
lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited
parking is available via the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Parkin
g is free for program participants and no purchase is required\, but parti
cipants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s vendo
rs. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
About the Book
When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009\, sh
e found her home\, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota\,
transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence\, the landscape had bee
n altered beyond recognition\, her tribal government swayed by corporate i
nterests\, and her community burdened by a surge in violence and addiction
. Three years later\, when Lissa learned that a young white oil worker\, K
ristopher 'KC' Clarke\, had disappeared from his reservation worksite\, sh
e became particularly concerned. No one knew where Clarke had gone\, and f
ew people were actively looking for him. Yellow Bird traces Lissa's steps
as she obsessively hunts for clues to Clarke's disappearance. She navigate
s two worlds—that of her own tribe\, changed by its newfound wealth\, and
that of the non-Native oilmen\, down on their luck\, who have come to find
work on the heels of the economic recession. Her pursuit of Clarke is als
o a pursuit of redemption\, as Lissa atones for her own crimes and reckons
with generations of trauma. Yellow Bird is an exquisitely written\, maste
rfully reported story about a search for justice and a remarkable portrait
of a complex woman who is smart\, funny\, eloquent\, compassionate\, and—
when it serves her cause—manipulative. Drawing on eight years of immersive
investigation\, Sierra Crane Murdoch has produced a profound examination
of the legacy of systematic violence inflicted on a tribal nation and a ta
le of extraordinary healing.
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest
Dr. Nussaibah Younis in conversation with the Pri
nce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System discussing her new book\
, 'Fundamentally.'
Whe
n Nadia Amin\, a witty and bighearted PhD\, publishes an article on deradi
calization\, everything changes. The United Nations comes calling with an
opportunity to put her theory into practice and lead a rehabilitation prog
ram for women caught in the crosshairs of harmful ideology. And why not? A
bandoned by her mother and devastated by unrequited love\, she leaps at th
e chance.
In Iraq\, Nadia quickly realizes she’s in over her head.
The UN is a mess of competing interests\, and her team consists of Goody T
wo-shoes Sherri who never passes up an opportunity to remind Nadia of her
objections\; and Pierre\, a snippy Frenchman who has no qualms about perpe
tually scrolling through Grindr. But then Nadia meets Sara\, a hilarious\,
foul-mouthed East Londoner who was pulled into radicalism at just fifteen
. The two are kindred spirits\, and Nadia vows to get Sara home.
As
the rehabilitation program picks up traction\, Sara reveals a secret that
upends everything\, forcing Nadia to make a drastic choice. In the fallou
t\, Nadia’s brown-savior fantasies crumble\, leaving her to wonder if she
can save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.
A fierce\, wildly fu
nny\, and razor-sharp exploration of radicalism\, family\, and the quest f
or belonging\, Fundamentally boldly inspects one of the defining controver
sies of our age and introduces a fearless new voice in contemporary fictio
n.
About the Author
Dr. Nu
ssaibah Younis is a peace-building practitioner and a globally re
cognized expert on contemporary Iraq. She has a PhD in international affai
rs from Durham University in the UK and a BA in modern history and English
from the University of Oxford. Dr. Younis was a senior fellow at the Atla
ntic Council in Washington\, DC\, where she directed the Future of Iraq Ta
sk Force and offered strategic advice to US government agencies on Iraq po
licy. Dr. Younis has published op-eds in The New York Times\, The Wall Str
eet Journal\, and The Guardian\, and has provided on-air commentary for th
e BBC and Al Jazeera. She was born in the United Kingdom to an Iraqi fathe
r and a Pakistani mother\, and currently lives in London.
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guest Dr. Nussaibah Younis in conversation wit
h the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and t
he Prince George's County Memorial Library System discuss
ing her new book\, 'Fundamentally.'
When Nadia Amin\, a witty and bighearted PhD\, publishes an article on
deradicalization\, everything changes. The United Nations comes calling wi
th an opportunity to put her theory into practice and lead a rehabilitatio
n program for women caught in the crosshairs of harmful ideology. And why
not? Abandoned by her mother and devastated by unrequited love\, she leaps
at the chance.
In Iraq\, Nadia quickly realizes she’s
in over her head. The UN is a mess of competing interests\, and her team
consists of Goody Two-shoes Sherri who never passes up an opportunity to r
emind Nadia of her objections\; and Pierre\, a snippy Frenchman who has no
qualms about perpetually scrolling through Grindr. But then Nadia meets S
ara\, a hilarious\, foul-mouthed East Londoner who was pulled into radical
ism at just fifteen. The two are kindred spirits\, and Nadia vows to get S
ara home.
As the rehabilitation program picks up tract
ion\, Sara reveals a secret that upends everything\, forcing Nadia to make
a drastic choice. In the fallout\, Nadia’s brown-savior fantasies crumble
\, leaving her to wonder if she can save someone who doesn’t want to be sa
ved.
A fierce\, wildly funny\, and razor-sharp explora
tion of radicalism\, family\, and the quest for belonging\, Fundame
ntally boldly inspects one of the defining controversies of our age
and introduces a fearless new voice in contemporary fiction.
About the Author
Dr. Nussaibah Y
ounis is a peace-building practitioner and a globally recognized
expert on contemporary Iraq. She has a PhD in international affairs from D
urham University in the UK and a BA in modern history and English from the
University of Oxford. Dr. Younis was a senior fellow at the Atlantic Coun
cil in Washington\, DC\, where she directed the Future of Iraq Task Force
and offered strategic advice to US government agencies on Iraq policy. Dr.
Younis has published op-eds in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journ
al\, and The Guardian\, and has provided on-air commentary for the BBC and
Al Jazeera. She was born in the United Kingdom to an Iraqi father and a P
akistani mother\, and currently lives in London.
Call 301-265-8661 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Tuesday\, Novem
ber 18th to reserve your seat. Prince George's County Executive Aisha N. B
raveboy and the Department of Family Services cordially invites you to the
Golden Seniors Ball on Thursday\, December 4\, 2025\, at Martin's Crosswi
nds. Registration is required to attend.
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This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court 2nd Floor Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 20774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If you wou
ld like to join\, please email mkc
rawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable to join
via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial in Phone#
: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have question
s\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation please contac
t the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-5531 or (30
1) 883-5428.
Free* Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and
Dogs (Rabies vaccination\, pet licenses and microchipping)
Date: Sunday\, November 16\, 2025 Time:
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Rain or shine Prince Geo
rge's County Animal Services and Adoptions Center 3750 Brown Station Rd
Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772
While supplies last (2 animal
s per household max) *Free for Prince George's County
residents. Proof of residency required.
Supplies are provided on a first-come\, first-served basis and registrati
on does not guarantee services will be rendered at the time you drive up.<
br> Details: Pets must be at least four (4)
months old to receive rabies vaccine. Rabies vaccinations and pe
t licenses provided during the event are good for ONE (1) year only. Pets younger than four (4) months are only eligible to receive
a microchip.
Prince George's County Law: All cats\, dogs\, and fer
rets must be licensed with the County by four (4) months old and annually
thereafter. One (1) year pet licenses will be offered for
free during the event.
Pets must be on a leash or in a carrier an
d under control at all times. Please be prepared to remain in your vehicle
for an extended period of time.
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Free* Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Cli
nic for Cats and Dogs (Rabies vaccination\, pet licenses and micr
ochipping)
Date: Sunday\, November 16\
, 2025 Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. <
strong>Rain or shine Prince George's County Animal Servi
ces and Adoptions Center 3750 Brown Station Rd <
span>Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772
While supplies last (
2 animals per household max) *Free for Prince George's
County residents. Proof of residency required.
Supplies are provided on a first-come\, first-served basis
and registration does not guarantee services will be rendered at the time
you drive up.
Details: Pets must be at least four (4) months old to receive ra
bies vaccine. Rabies vaccinations and pet licenses provided during the eve
nt are good for ONE (1) year only. Pets youn
ger than four (4) months are only eligible to receive a microchip.<
br> Prince George's County Law: All cats\, dogs\, and ferrets mus
t be licensed with the County by four (4) months old and annually thereaft
er. One (1) year pet licenses will be offered for free du
ring the event.
Pets must be on a leash or in a carri
er and under control at all times. Please be prepared to remain in your ve
hicle for an extended period of time.
Join Prince George's County Executive Aisha N. Braveboy\, in
collaboration with Prince George's County Council Chair Edward Burroughs
III (D-8) and the Prince George's County Office of Homeland Security\, for
the 'We Elevate Our Own' Food and Personal Care Items Giveaway on Saturday\, November 15\, 2025\, beginning at 10:00 A.M. at Thurgood Marshall Middle School (4909 Brinkley Rd.\, Camp Springs\, MD 20748)—while supplies last. We
are supporting Prince Georgians by offering food and personal care items t
o households for those impacted by the federal government shutdown and lay
offs.
All gifts/contribution
s have been made voluntarily. No promises have been made in receipt of thi
s donation. Prince George's County Government agrees to provide services a
s outlined in the partnership proposal with the donor/sponsor. The undersi
gned waives and releases all rights and claims that might be held against
the Prince George's County Government\, its duly elected officials\, and i
ts employees\, to save and hold harmless the County from losses\, damages\
, or injuries.
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Join Prince George's County Executive Aisha
N. Braveboy\, in collaboration with Prince George's County Council Chair
Edward Burroughs III (D-8) and the Prince George's County Office of Homela
nd Security\, for the 'We Elevate Our Own' Food and Personal Care
Items Giveaway on Saturday\, November 15\, 2025\, beginning at 10:00 A.M. at Thurgood Marshall Mi
ddle School (4909 Brinkley Rd.\, Camp Springs\, MD 20748)—while s
upplies last. We are supporting Prince Georgians by offering food and pers
onal care items to households for those impacted by the federal government
shutdown and layoffs.
All gifts/contributions have be
en made voluntarily. No promises have been made in receipt of this donatio
n. Prince George's County Government agrees to provide services as outline
d in the partnership proposal with the donor/sponsor. The undersigned waiv
es and releases all rights and claims that might be held against the Princ
e George's County Government\, its duly elected officials\, and its employ
ees\, to save and hold harmless the County from losses\, damages\, or inju
ries.
We now welcome members of the public to make public
comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When makin
g a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public
by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Commi
ttee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will no
t discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to h
earing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we
also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
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enda
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Administrative Charging Committee Meeting
Saturday\, November 15\, 2025
9:00 am -11:00 am
VIRTUAL MEETING ONLY
We now welcome members of th
e public to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to
two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to othe
r members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindfu
l that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case info
rmation\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public foru
m. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public
in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the pub
lic to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two m
inutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other mem
bers of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful tha
t by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case informati
on\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We
look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please
remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\
, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.u
s .
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ber 13\, 2025
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Administrative Charging Committee
92
00 Basil Court\, Suite 400
Largo\, Maryland 20774
Thursday\,
November 13\, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
We now wel
come members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each
speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you no
t to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their privacy
. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidenti
ality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of case
s in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any
speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commenta
ry from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Kaitlin Dickinson\, Prin
ce George's County Climate Action Officer.
Katie Dickinson i
s the Climate Action Officer within the Prince George’s County Dep
artment of the Environment\, where she drives the implementation
of the County Climate Action Plan (CAP) and guides the execution of climat
e-related strategies and initiatives. Before beginning this role in March
2025\, Katie worked at the U.S. Department of the Treasury where she serve
d as the Climate Change and Sustainability Specialist in charge of managin
g the Department’s first Sustainability Office. Prior to Treasury\, Katie
worked on green workforce development and climate action implementation fo
r the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District in the San Francisco B
ay Area. Katie holds a Master of Science in Climate Science and Solutions
from Northern Arizona University.
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The Prince George's County Of
fice of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memor
ial Library System are excited to host Kaitlin Dickinson<
/strong>\, Prince George's County Climate Action Officer.
Katie Dickinson is the Climate
Action Officer within the Prince George’s County Department of the
Environment\, where she drives the implementation of the County
Climate Action Plan (CAP) and guides the execution of climate-related stra
tegies and initiatives. Before beginning this role in March 2025\, Katie w
orked at the U.S. Department of the Treasury where she served as the Clima
te Change and Sustainability Specialist in charge of managing the Departme
nt’s first Sustainability Office. Prior to Treasury\, Katie worked on gree
n workforce development and climate action implementation for the Chabot-L
as Positas Community College District in the San Francisco Bay Area. Katie
holds a Master of Science in Climate Science and Solutions from Northern
Arizona University.
Join the Department of Family Services for the next Men’s Ch
allenge Initiative — Living Together Without Violence event on Wednesday\,
November 12\, 2025\, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The event will be held at t
he Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center Inc. located at 1001 Prince Geor
ge's Blvd\, Suite 750\, Upper Marlboro\, MD\, 20774. The purpose of the g
roup discussions is to influence men and boys through conversations about
developing healthy relationships. The Men's Challenge Initiative also feat
ures dynamic presenters who will focus on a wide range of topics. There wi
ll be a free raffle for youth in attendance\, and refreshments will be ser
ved.
Share the flyer with friends and colleagues so they can be a
part of the discussion. For more information\, contact Mr. Elio Wade at 30
1-265-8402 or via email at EMWade@co.p
g.md.us.
Join the Department of Family Services for
the next Men’s Challenge Initiative — Living Together Without Violence eve
nt on Wednesday\, November 12\, 2025\, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The event
will be held at the Maryland Crime Victims Resource Center Inc. located at
1001 Prince George's Blvd\, Suite 750\, Upper Marlboro\, MD\, 20774. The
purpose of the group discussions is to influenc
e men and boys through conversations about developing healthy relationship
s. The Men's Challenge Initiative also features dynamic presenters
who will focus on a wide range of topics. There will be a free raffle for
youth in attendance\, and refreshments will be served.
Share the f
lyer with friends and colleagues so they can be a part of the discussion.
For more information\, contact Mr. Elio Wade at 301-265-84
02 or via email at EMWade@co.pg.md.us.
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SUMMARY:November 12\, 2025\, Board of Registration for Building Contractors
Meeting
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Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251112T130000
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing November 12\, 2025
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DESCRIPTION:
All county offices\, except for public safety agencies\, wil
l be closed on Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025\, in observance of Veterans Da
y. Several county services are also suspended or closed.
The following off
ices\, services\, and facilities will be closed or suspended on Tuesday\,
November 11\, 2025:
Curbside Collection
Learn which curbsi
de collections will slide one day.
Curbside Trash Collection in Co
unty-Contracted Areas
Regular collections occur Tuesday\, Nove
mber 11\, through Friday\, November 14
Residential Food Scraps and
Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\, N
ovember 10
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances
and scrap tires\; by appointment only)
No Scheduled Collections
Scheduled collections resume on Wednesday\, November 12
Curbsi
de Bulky Trash Collection
Regular collections occur Tuesday\, Nove
mber 11\, through Friday\, November 14
Curbside Electronics Recycl
ing Collection
(By appointment only)
Available every third
Monday
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regular collections
occur Tuesday\, November 11\, through Friday\, November 14
Curbsi
de Scrap Metal Collection
Available every third Monday
Col
lection Facilities
The following facilities will be open:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Publ
ic Convenience Center
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and
Recycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facil
ity
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Rit
chie Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (No Longer L
ocated at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted
at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Haz
ardous Waste Acceptance Site (No longer located at the Brown Station R
oad Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted at mobile events only
Animal Services
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown S
tation Road) will be closed on Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025.
Trans
portation
TheBus\, a public transit service operated by the Prince
George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T)\, w
ill operate on Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025\, except for Route P78\, which
operates only in downtown Upper Marlboro during peak periods when the Cou
rthouse is open. Regular operations on Route P78 will resume on Wednesday\
, November 12\, 2025.
In addition\, the County's Call-A-Bus and PG
C Link services\, including dialysis transportation\, will not operate on
Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025. Regular operations of the Call-A-Bus and PGC
Link services will resume on Wednesday\, November 12\, 2025.
Perm
itting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement (DPIE)
The Department of Pe
rmitting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Tuesday\,
November 11\, 2025. Regular business hours will resume on Wednesday\, Nove
mber 12\, 2025.
PGC311
Also\, PGC311 will be closed on Tue
sday\, November 11\, 2025\, and will resume regular operations on Tuesday\
, November 12\, 2025. However\, residents can still submit service/is
sue requests online at PGC311.com.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251111T235900
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SUMMARY:Veterans Day
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All county offices\, except for public safe
ty agencies\, will be closed on Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025\
, in observance of Veterans Day. Several county services are also suspende
d or closed.
The following offices\, services\, and facilities will be clo
sed or suspended on Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025:
Curbside Collect
ion
Learn which curbside collections will slide one day.
C
urbside Trash Collection in County-Contracted Areas
Regular co
llections occur Tuesday\, November 11\, through Friday\, November 14
<
h3>Residential Food Scraps and Yard Trim Collections
Regular c
ollections occur on Monday\, November 10
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tires\; by appointment only)
<
p>No Scheduled Collections
Scheduled collections resume on Wednesda
y\, November 12
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
Regular co
llections occur Tuesday\, November 11\, through Friday\, November 14
<
h3>Curbside Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment only)
Available every third Monday
Curbside Recycling Collectio
n
Regular collections occur Tuesday\, November 11\, through Frida
y\, November 14
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
Available
every third Monday
Collection Facilities
The following fac
ilities will be open:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center
Missouri Aven
ue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George’s Co
unty Organics Composting Facility
Prince George’s County Material
s Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recycling Ac
ceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary La
ndfill) *Items accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off
Center*
Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (No longer
located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted
at mobile events only
Animal Services
The Animal S
ervices Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will be closed on Tuesday\, Nov
ember 11\, 2025.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit
service operated by the Prince George's County Department of Public Works
and Transportation (DPW&T)\, will operate on Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025\
, except for Route P78\, which operates only in downtown Upper Marlboro du
ring peak periods when the Courthouse is open. Regular operations on Route
P78 will resume on Wednesday\, November 12\, 2025.
In addition\,
the County's Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, including dialysis transpo
rtation\, will not operate on Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025. Regular operat
ions of the Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will resume on Wednesday\, No
vember 12\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement (DPIE
)
The Department of Permitting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE
) will be closed on Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025. Regular business hours w
ill resume on Wednesday\, November 12\, 2025.
PGC311
Also\
, PGC311 will be closed on Tuesday\, November 11\, 2025\, and will resume
regular operations on Tuesday\, November 12\, 2025. However\, reside
nts can still submit service/issue requests online a
t PGC311.com.
We now welcome members of the pu
blic to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two
minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other me
mbers of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful th
at by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case informat
ion\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. W
e look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Pleas
e remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email
\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.
us .
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251106T200000
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SUMMARY:Administrative Charging Committee Meeting Agenda\, Thursday\, Novem
ber 6\, 2025
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Administrative Charging Committee
92
00 Basil Court\, Suite 400
Largo\, Maryland 20774
Thursday\,
November 6\, 2025
6:00PM - 8:00 PM
We now we
lcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each
speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you n
ot to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their privac
y. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confident
iality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cas
es in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any
speakers?
Please remember that we also accept comment
ary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
Join the Office of the County Executive\, Employ Prince Geor
ge's\, and community partners on Thursday\, November 6\, 2025\, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Prince Geo
rge’s County Sports and Learning Complex (8001 Sheriff Rd\, Lando
ver\, MD 20785) at our 'We Elevate Our Own' Job & Resource Fair! This even
t will feature employment opportunities\, professional development worksho
ps\, County resources\, and food trucks to support residents impacted by t
he federal shutdown.
Enjoy 20-minute Live Workshops from:
Experience Prince George's
Office of Human Resource Managem
ent
PGC 311
Office of Information Technology
Pu
blic Safety & Homeland with Jason Abbott
Job seekers will me
et employers across multiple industries\, and employers will discover tale
nted job seekers across various industries.
Join the Office of the County Executive\, Employ P
rince George's\, and community partners on Thursday\, November 6\,
2025\, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the
Prince George’s County Sports and Learning Complex (8001 Sheriff
Rd\, Landover\, MD 20785) at our 'We Elevate Our Own' Job & Resource Fair!
This event will feature employment opportunities\, professional developme
nt workshops\, County resources\, and food trucks to support residents imp
acted by the federal shutdown.
Enjoy 20-minute Live Worksho
ps from:
Experience Prince George's
Office of Human
Resource Management
PGC 311
Office of Information Techn
ology
Public Safety & Homeland with Jason Abbott
Jo
b seekers will meet employers across multiple industries\, and employers w
ill discover talented job seekers across various industries.
1930 (7:30
p.m) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain –
Opening Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain
Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Serv
ices Office
District / At Large Fire Commissioner’s R
eport
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission
Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prince Georg
e’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s
County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince Georg
e’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary President’
s Report
Registered Guest who wishes to speak.
Benedicti
on
Adjournment
NOTE: This Public
Meeting may be audio and visually recorded. The recording may be provided
in lieu of written meeting minutes in accordance with Maryland Open Meeti
ng Act Compliance.
1930 (7:30 p.m) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report<
/span>
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Services Office
District /
At Large Fire Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission
Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Pri
nce George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Asso
ciation Ladies Auxiliary President’s Report
Register
ed Guest who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE:
This Public Meeting may be audio and visually recorded. The recording ma
y be provided in lieu of written meeting minutes in accordance with Maryla
nd Open Meeting Act Compliance.
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Residents are invited to at
tend all monthly meetings. Doing so\, can play an intricate part in the gr
owth and success of the Commission. Meetings are held the 1st Monday of ev
ery month.
Open to the public (non-commercial only) and offers an easy\
, safe\, and secure disposal of personal documents.
Bring up to fi
ve (5) boxes of paper per vehicle (non-commercial only)
Please rem
ove all paper clips\, staples\, and other bindings
Documents will N
OT be accepted by walk-up.
Documents will NOT be accepted f
rom businesses.
All vehicles MUST be in l
ine by 1 p.m. to be serviced.
Special accommodations can b
e provided upon request.
This event will occur at
Dr. Henry Wise Jr. High School\, 12650 Brooke Lane\, Upper Marlboro\, MD 2
0772\, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday\, November 1\, 2025. It was ori
ginally scheduled for October 11 but was moved to this new date.<
/p>
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T080000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:Free Document Shredding
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CREATED:20251014T181540Z
DESCRIPTION:Join Police Department's District III and community partners at
their annual drive-through Trunk or Treat event! Free candy while supplie
s last - and lots of family friendly fun! Date: October 31\, 2025 Ti
me: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: 7600 Barlowe Road Landover\,
MD 20785
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251031T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T183630Z
SUMMARY:Landover Trunk or Treat Drive-Thru
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Join Police Department's District III and
community partners at their annual drive-through Trunk or Treat event! Fre
e candy while supplies last - and lots of family friendly fun!
Da
te: October 31\, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: 760
0 Barlowe Road Landover\, MD 20785
As the Government Shutdown continues for the second-longest
funding lapse in history\, we ask that you support our own by donating the
items listed below.
As individuals and families are being impacted
by the Federal Government Shutdown\, the Braveboy Administration has crea
ted the 'We Elevate Our Own' donation program that is designed to encourag
e the community to donate clothing\, toiletries\, and personal items\, alo
ng with contributing to the Prince George's County Federal Shutdown Relief
Fund.
Checklist
Toiletries
Personal Items<
/li>
Baby Items
Pet Supplies
Clothing & Linens
We welcome hygiene and care essentials\, including but not l
imited to:
Toothbrushes & toothpaste
Soap & b
ody wash
Deodorant
Feminine hygiene products
Lo
tion & skin care items
Socks\, hats\, gloves\, scarves
W
ipes & hand sanitizer
Baby care essentials (diapers\, wipes\, lot
ion)
Donate Locations
OHS/Public Safe
ty Communications 17321 Melford Blvd. Bowie\, MD 20715
Prince George’s County Fire Department Training and Leadershi
p Academy 9190 Commo Rd. Cheltenham\, MD 20623
Wayne K. Curry Building 1301 McCormick Dr. Largo\, MD
20774
Largo Government Center 9201 Basil Ct.\
, Suite 452 Largo\, MD 20774
Office of Human Resources
Management 1400 McCormick Dr. Largo\, MD 20774
Fire Services Building 6820 Webster St. Landover Hill
s\, MD 20784
Prince George’s County Department of Correct
ions 13400 Dille Dr. Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772
Prince George’s County Police Department HQ 8801 Police P
laza Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772
Department of Permittin
g\, Inspections\, and Enforcement 9400 Peppercorn Pl.\, Ste. 1
00 Upper Marlboro\, MD 20774
Prince George's County Of
fice of The Sheriff 5303 Chrysler Way Upper Marlboro\, MD 2
0772
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SUMMARY:We Elevate Our Own Donation Program
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As the Government Shutdown continues for th
e second-longest funding lapse in history\, we ask that you support our ow
n by donating the items listed below.
As individuals and families a
re being impacted by the Federal Government Shutdown\, the Braveboy Admini
stration has created the 'We Elevate Our Own' donation program that is des
igned to encourage the community to donate clothing\, toiletries\, and per
sonal items\, along with contributing to the Prince George's County Federa
l Shutdown Relief Fund.
Checklist
Toiletries
Personal Items
Baby Items
Pet Supplies
Clothi
ng & Linens
We welcome hygiene and care essentials
\, including but not limited to:
<
/article>
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a spooktacular evening! Live music - free candy - a
nd lots of family friendly fun! Date: October 30\, 2025 Time: 6:3
0 PM - 8:30 PM Location: 9601 Park Stone Drive Upper Marlboro\,
MD 20772
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T203000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T180854Z
SUMMARY:Westphalia Trunk or Treat Halloween Party
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Join us for a spooktacular evening! Live m
usic - free candy - and lots of family friendly fun!
Date: Oct
ober 30\, 2025 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Location: 9601 Park Sto
ne Drive Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772
We now welcome members of the public to
make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes.
When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of
the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by la
w the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so
we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look f
orward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please rememb
er that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which
is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T200000
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SUMMARY:Administrative Charging Committee Meeting Agenda\, October 30\, 202
5\, 6:00pm
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DESCRIPTION:Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Brian Goldstone in conversation with the Prince Geor
ge's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George'
s County Memorial Library System discussing his newest book\, 'There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.'
Registration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked be
low to stream the program live or watch the recording later. https://www.yout
ube.com/watch?v=LKRUlHGvpYgAbout the Book
By telling the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families\, this land
mark work of journalism exposes a new and troubling trend—the dramatic ris
e of the “working homeless” in cities across America. In a country where h
ard work and determination are supposed to lead to success\, there is some
thing appalling and seemingly-oxymoronic about this phrase. But skyrocketi
ng rents\, low wages\, and a lack of tenant rights have produced a startli
ng phenomenon: People with full-time jobs cannot keep a roof over their he
ad\, especially in America’s booming cities\, where rapid growth is leadin
g to catastrophic displacement. These families are being forced into homel
essness not by a failing economy but a thriving one. Today\, there isn't a
single county in America where a full-time worker earning the local minim
um wage can afford a two-bedroom apartment. Through intimate\, novelisti
c portraits\, Brian reveals the human cost of this crisis by ushering us i
nto the lives of:
Maurice and Natalia make a fresh start in Atlan
ta after being priced out of Washington\, D.C.\, lured by the promise of u
pward mobility in the nation’s Black Mecca. But when their landlord decide
s to sell\, their middle-class aspirations crumble as they’re thrust into
Atlanta’s cutthroat rental market. Before long\, Natalia is stunned to fin
d herself checking the box for “homeless” on an assistance application.
Kara\, a single mother of four\, fantasizes about starting her own
cleaning business while mopping floors at a public hospital. Nights are sp
ent in a cramped motel room or her Toyota Avalon\, where she delivers food
for DoorDash with her kids in tow—teaching them to pee in soda bottles to
avoid late deliveries. Determined to secure housing through a program for
homeless families\, she faces rejection after rejection\, and when she fi
nally secures an apartment\, bureaucratic delays confront her with an impo
ssible choice: move into an unaffordable rental or start over.
Br
itt’s roots in Atlanta stretch back five generations\, and she hopes a lon
g-awaited Section 8 voucher will give her family a foothold in the rapidly
gentrifying\, increasingly unequal city of her birth. But when she finall
y finds a unit near the BeltLine\, the low-income complex is sold to a lux
ury developer\, displacing Britt and more than a hundred other families. O
nce again\, Britt and her two young children confront an uncertain future.
Michelle\, a mother of three\, is pursuing her dream of becoming
a social worker while juggling college coursework and the daily fight to
keep her family housed. After her fiancé squanders their rent money\, she
and her children lose their apartment and eventually end up in a filthy\,
freezing storage room\, selling plasma and food stamps to scrape by. When
a promising daycare job offers a way out\, her own lack of affordable chil
dcare for her youngest leaves her with no choice but to turn it down\, pus
hing Michelle further into the relentless grind of survival.
Cele
ste is a person of a thousand talents\, savvy and unflappable\, but a canc
er diagnosis and a predatory housing system prove overwhelming even for he
r. Forced into a run-down extended-stay hotel\, she transforms her room in
to a makeshift restaurant\, selling meals to neighbors while undergoing ch
emo and working grueling shifts at a warehouse. Yet\, despite her resource
fulness\, systemic barriers to assistance—like being deemed “not homeless
enough” to qualify for housing aid—leave her trapped in instability\, wher
e hope of escape feels agonizingly out of reach.
Shockingly\, a
ll of these people are part of the nation’s hidden homeless—omitted from o
fficial statistics\, and proof that overflowing shelters and street encamp
ments are only the most visible manifestation of a far more pervasive prob
lem. There Is No Place for Us brings them out of the shadow realm and puts
them front and center\, where they—and this societal failure—should be. T
o do so\, Brian spent more than three years reporting the book\, dividing
his time between a squalid extended-stay hotel—a de facto homeless shelter
where two of the families were living—and the cars\, congregate shelters\
, and relatives’ apartments that the other families were cycling in and ou
t of. He followed the parents as they worked gig jobs\, and met with casew
orkers\, teachers\, and child welfare investigators\; he went with them to
court\, to plasma donation centers\, to homeless service agencies. The du
ration of the reporting allows us to see that homelessness is less a decis
ive turning point or intractable “condition” than a continuum of insecurit
y. We feel the anguish of their circumstances all the more because we see
what came prior to it. We’ve long been told that work is a solution to
poverty and homelessness (“Why don’t they just get a job?”). There Is No
Place for Us offers a forceful rejoinder to that idea. About the
AuthorBrian Goldstone is a journalist whose lo
ngform reporting and essays have appeared in The New York Times\, Harper’s
Magazine\, The New Republic\, The California Sunday Magazine\, and Jacobi
n\, among other publications. He has a Ph.D. in anthropology from Duke Uni
versity and was a Mellon Research Fellow at Columbia University. In 2021\,
he was a National Fellow at New America. He lives in Atlanta with his fam
ily.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251028T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T131119Z
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: 'There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in
America' with Brian Goldstone
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Lunch and Learn returns
with special guest Brian Goldstone in conversation with t
he Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the
Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing
his newest book\, 'There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless
in America.'
By telling the unforgettable stories of five A
tlanta families\, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and troub
ling trend—the dramatic rise of the “working homeless” in cities across Am
erica. In a country where hard work and determination are supposed to lead
to success\, there is something appalling and seemingly-oxymoronic about
this phrase. But skyrocketing rents\, low wages\, and a lack of tenant rig
hts have produced a startling phenomenon: People with full-time jobs canno
t keep a roof over their head\, especially in America’s booming cities\, w
here rapid growth is leading to catastrophic displacement. These families
are being forced into homelessness not by a failing economy but a thriving
one. Today\, there isn't a single county in America where a full-time wor
ker earning the local minimum wage can afford a two-bedroom apartment.
Through intimate\, novelistic portraits\, Brian revea
ls the human cost of this crisis by ushering us into the lives of:
<
ul>
Maurice and Natalia make a fresh start in Atlanta after being pric
ed out of Washington\, D.C.\, lured by the promise of upward mobility in t
he nation’s Black Mecca. But when their landlord decides to sell\, t
heir middle-class aspirations crumble as they’re thrust into Atlanta’s cut
throat rental market. Before long\, Natalia is stunned to find herself che
cking the box for “homeless” on an assistance application.
Kara\, a single mother of four\, fantasizes about starting her own cleani
ng business while mopping floors at a public hospital. Nights are sp
ent in a cramped motel room or her Toyota Avalon\, where she delivers food
for DoorDash with her kids in tow—teaching them to pee in soda bottles to
avoid late deliveries. Determined to secure housing through a program for
homeless families\, she faces rejection after rejection\, and when she fi
nally secures an apartment\, bureaucratic delays confront her with an impo
ssible choice: move into an unaffordable rental or start over.
Britt’s roots in Atlanta stretch back five generations\, and she hope
s a long-awaited Section 8 voucher will give her family a foothold in the
rapidly gentrifying\, increasingly unequal city of her birth. But wh
en she finally finds a unit near the BeltLine\, the low-income complex is
sold to a luxury developer\, displacing Britt and more than a hundred othe
r families. Once again\, Britt and her two young children confront an unce
rtain future.
Michelle\, a mother of three\, is pursuing h
er dream of becoming a social worker while juggling college coursework and
the daily fight to keep her family housed. After her fiancé squande
rs their rent money\, she and her children lose their apartment and eventu
ally end up in a filthy\, freezing storage room\, selling plasma and food
stamps to scrape by. When a promising daycare job offers a way out\, her o
wn lack of affordable childcare for her youngest leaves her with no choice
but to turn it down\, pushing Michelle further into the relentless grind
of survival.
Celeste is a person of a thousand talents\, s
avvy and unflappable\, but a cancer diagnosis and a predatory housing syst
em prove overwhelming even for her. Forced into a run-down extended-
stay hotel\, she transforms her room into a makeshift restaurant\, selling
meals to neighbors while undergoing chemo and working grueling shifts at
a warehouse. Yet\, despite her resourcefulness\, systemic barriers to assi
stance—like being deemed “not homeless enough” to qualify for housing aid—
leave her trapped in instability\, where hope of escape feels agonizingly
out of reach.
Shockingly\, all of these people are
part of the nation’s hidden homeless—omitted from official statistics\, an
d proof that overflowing shelters and street encampments are only the most
visible manifestation of a far more pervasive problem. There Is No Place
for Us brings them out of the shadow realm and puts them front and center\
, where they—and this societal failure—should be. To do so\, Brian spent m
ore than three years reporting the book\, dividing his time between a squa
lid extended-stay hotel—a de facto homeless shelter where two of the famil
ies were living—and the cars\, congregate shelters\, and relatives’ apartm
ents that the other families were cycling in and out of. He followed the p
arents as they worked gig jobs\, and met with caseworkers\, teachers\, and
child welfare investigators\; he went with them to court\, to plasma dona
tion centers\, to homeless service agencies. The duration of the reporting
allows us to see that homelessness is less a decisive turning point or in
tractable “condition” than a continuum of insecurity. We feel the anguish
of their circumstances all the more because we see what came prior to it.
We’ve long been told that work is a solution to
poverty and homelessness (“Why don’t they just get a job?”). There Is No P
lace for Us offers a forceful rejoinder to that idea.
<
div>About the Author
Brian Goldstone is a journalist whose longform reporting and essays have appeared
in The New York Times\, Harper’s Magazine\, The New Republic\, The Califor
nia Sunday Magazine\, and Jacobin\, among other publications. He has a Ph.
D. in anthropology from Duke University and was a Mellon Research Fellow a
t Columbia University. In 2021\, he was a National Fellow at New America.
He lives in Atlanta with his family.
Join us for the first session of our monthly 'Elevat
ing Prince George's Virtual Town Hall Series: Community Conversations' moderated by Patricia 'Pat' Lawson Muse. This October\, we will focu
s on Beautification. Residents will have the chance to connect with County
leadership and experts to gain valuable insights. Questions from resident
s must be submitted by Wednesday\, October 23rd\, and will be addressed du
ring the call.
We have launched impactful initiatives such as Stri
keforce 311\, Project Elevate\, and several other programs aimed at enhanc
ing our neighborhoods and improving the overall aesthetic\, feel\, and vib
e of our community. Prince George's County deserves to look as beautiful a
s its residents\, and it is our mission to make that a reality. Gone are t
he days when communities were treated as dumping sites and litter collecti
on areas.
The Braveboy Administration is dedicated to addressing t
his long-overdue issue in the county. Residents are encouraged to submit q
uestions and concerns\, engage with county leadership to learn about our p
rogress\, share ideas\, and help shape the future of Prince George's Count
y.
Residents will have the chance to submit questions to th
e following agencies:
Department of Public Works and
Transportation (DPW&T)
Department of the Environment
De
partment of Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement (DPIE)
Join us for the first session of our
monthly 'Elevating Prince George's Virtual Town Hall Series: Commu
nity Conversations' moderated by Patricia 'Pat' Lawson Muse. This
October\, we will focus on Beautification. Residents will have the chance
to connect with County leadership and experts to gain valuable insights.
Questions from residents must be submitted by Wednesday\, October 23rd\, a
nd will be addressed during the call.
We have launche
d impactful initiatives such as Strikeforce 311\, Project Elevate\, and se
veral other programs aimed at enhancing our neighborhoods and improving th
e overall aesthetic\, feel\, and vibe of our community. Prince George's Co
unty deserves to look as beautiful as its residents\, and it is our missio
n to make that a reality. Gone are the days when communities were treated
as dumping sites and litter collection areas.
The Braveboy Administra
tion is dedicated to addressing this long-overdue issue in the county. Res
idents are encouraged to submit questions and concerns\, engage with count
y leadership to learn about our progress\, share ideas\, and help shape th
e future of Prince George's County.
Residents will h
ave the chance to submit questions to the following agencies:
Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T)
D
epartment of the Environment
Department of Permitting\, Inspectio
ns\, and Enforcement (DPIE)
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court 2nd Floor Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 20774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If you wou
ld like to join\, please email mkc
rawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable to join
via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial in Phone#
: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have question
s\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation please contac
t the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-5531 or (30
1) 883-5428.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will be held over Zoom. The Zoom can be found on the open agenda\, wil
l be posted no fewer than five days before the meeting. Should you like to
attend the meeting and need any accomodations\, please contact the Clerk
to the Commission no fewer than three business days in advance of the meet
ing at AALyons (at) co.pg.md.us or by phoning 240-328-4145.
The Prince George's County Police Athletic League (PGCPAL) w
ill host a day of boxing on Saturday\, October 25\, starting at 12 p.m. T
his event will be held Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington\, Maryland. D
oors open at 11 a.m. The fundraising event will feature multiple amateur
boxing bouts and all are open to the public.
Tickets will be sold a
t the door: $20 Adults and $5 for Kid 12 & under. Proceeds will support
PGPD Connect PAL Boxing\, which is dedicated to providing youth with train
ing\, structure\, and opportunities to develop discipline and life skills
through boxing.
For more information contact Corporal Boone (202) 2
71-9928 or Candy Jacobs (301) 675-2003
See event details below
:
Date October 25\, 2025 Time Doors open @ 11 AM - First b
out @ 12 PM Location Rosecroft Raceway 6336 Rosecroft Drive F
ort Washington\, MD 20744
The next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is on Satu
rday\, October 25\, 2025\, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This event p
rovides a safe\, convenient\, and anonymous way to dispose of unused or ex
pired prescription drugs. The event is organized by the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) in partnership with local law enforcement agencies an
d community groups.
All Police Districts in Prince George's County
will serve as designated prescription drug drop off sites. The locations
are listed below:
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The next National Prescription Drug Take Ba
ck Day is on Saturday\, October 25\, 2025\, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local t
ime. This event provides a safe\, convenient\, and anonymous way to dispos
e of unused or expired prescription drugs. The event is organized by the
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in partnership with local law enforc
ement agencies and community groups.
All Police Districts in Princ
e George's County will serve as designated prescription drug drop off site
s. The locations are listed below:
The National Prescription Take Back Day event wi
ll occur on Saturday\, October 25th from 10am-2pm. No reg
istration required\, residents can simply drive up and drop off an
y unwanted or expired medications or vapes.
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DESCRIPTION:
Drop-off any accepted electronics and household hazardous wa
ste items. Click here for a list.
Open to County residents ONLY (ID may be required).
Commercial
vehicles and commercially generated items are NOT permitted.
Multi
ple trips are not allowed for individuals or vehicles.
All vehicles MUST be in line by 1 p.m. to be serviced.
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p>Special accommodations can be provided upon request.
This event w
ill occur at the High Point High School at 3601 P
owder Mill Rd. Beltsville\, MD 20705 from 8:00 AM to 1:00
PM on Saturday\, October 25\, 2025.
We now welcome members of t
he public to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to
two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to oth
er members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindf
ul that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case inf
ormation\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public for
um. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC
email\, which is ACCommittee@co.p
g.md.us .
We n
ow welcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committee.
Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage
you not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their p
rivacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the conf
identiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars o
f cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are ther
e any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept co
mmentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us
.
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing October 22\, 2025
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Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Righ
ts and Mount Rainier Branch Library for our mont
hly book club! This month we hope you can join us as we discuss Ch
ain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\,
a national best seller and finalist for the National Book Award in Fictio
n (2024).
Solidarity Stories Book Club ta
kes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lounge area of
miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is avai
lable via the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for pr
ogram participants and no purchase is required\, but participants are welc
ome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s vendors. For more inf
ormation\, visit their website: mixtfoodhall.com.
Abou
t the Book
Loretta Thurwar and Hamara “Hurricane Staxxx” S
tacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars\, the cornerstone of CAPE
\, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment\, a highly popular\, highly cont
roversial profit-raising program in America’s increasingly dominant privat
e prison industry. It’s the return of the gladiators\, and prisoners are c
ompeting for the ultimate prize: their freedom. In CAPE\, prisoners trave
l as Links in Chain-Gangs\, competing in death matches before packed arena
s with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwar and Staxxx\, both teamm
ates and lovers\, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well\, Thurwar wi
ll be free in just a few matches\, a fact she carries as heavily as her le
thal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links\, Thurwar considers
how she might help preserve their humanity\, in defiance of these so-call
ed games. But CAPE’s corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect the
ir status quo\, and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar’s path have devastat
ing consequences. Moving from the Links in the field to the protestors\, t
o the CAPE employees and beyond\, Chain-Gang All-Stars is a kaleidoscopic\
, excoriating look at the American prison system’s unholy alliance of sys
temic racism\, unchecked capitalism\, and mass incarceration\, and a clear
-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means from a “new
and necessary American voice.”
—From Tommy Orange\, The New York T
imes Book Review
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories Book Club: 'Chain-Gang All-Stars' by Nana Kwame
Adjei-Brenyah
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Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and Mount
Rainier Branch Library for our monthly book club! This month we h
ope you can join us as we discuss Chain Gang All-Stars by
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah\, a national best seller and fi
nalist for the National Book Award in Fiction (2024).
Solidarity Stories Bo
ok Club takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upsta
irs lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limi
ted parking is available via the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Par
king is free for program participants and no purchase is required\, but pa
rticipants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s ve
ndors. For more information\, visit their website: mixtfoodhall.com.
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/p>
About the Book
Loretta Thurwar and Ha
mara “Hurricane Staxxx” Stacker are the stars of the Chain-Gang All-Stars\
, the cornerstone of CAPE\, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment\, a hig
hly popular\, highly controversial profit-raising program in America’s inc
reasingly dominant private prison industry. It’s the return of the gladiat
ors\, and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom.
In CAPE\, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs\, competing in death ma
tches before packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwa
r and Staxxx\, both teammates and lovers\, are the fan favorites. And if a
ll goes well\, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches\, a fact she car
ries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow
Links\, Thurwar considers how she might help preserve their humanity\, in
defiance of these so-called games. But CAPE’s corporate owners will stop
at nothing to protect their status quo\, and the obstacles they lay in Thu
rwar’s path have devastating consequences. Moving from the Links in the fi
eld to the protestors\, to the CAPE employees and beyond\, Chain-Gang All-
Stars is a kaleidoscopic\, excoriating look at the American prison system’
s unholy alliance of systemic racism\, unchecked capitalism\, and mass in
carceration\, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country
really means from a “new and necessary American voice.”
—From Tommy Orange\, The New York Times Book Review
Please join us for the ceremonial swearing-in of officials o
f the Braveboy Administration. The ceremony will begin at 5:00 PM on Tuesd
ay\, October 21\, 2025\, at City of Praise Family Ministries (8501 Jericho
City Dr\, Landover\, MD 20785).
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Please join us for the ceremonial swearing-
in of officials of the Braveboy Administration. The ceremony will begin at
5:00 PM on Tuesday\, October 21\, 2025\, at City of Praise Family Ministr
ies (8501 Jericho City Dr\, Landover\, MD 20785).
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/p>
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DESCRIPTION:Lunch and Learn returns a little later this we
ek with special guest Julian Brave NoiseCat in conversati
on with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince G
eorge's County Memorial Library System discussing his newest book\, 'We Survived the Night.' Registration not required. C
lick on the YouTube video linked below to stream the program live or watch
the recording later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEMDL3xpeKQ About the Book Julian Brave NoiseCat’s childhood
was rich with culture and contradictions. When his Secwépemc and St’at’imc
father\, an artist haunted by a turbulent past\, abandoned the family\, N
oiseCat and his non-Native mother were embraced by the urban Native commun
ity in Oakland\, California\, as well as by family on the Canim Lake India
n Reserve in British Columbia. In his father’s absence\, NoiseCat immersed
himself in Native history and culture to understand the man he seldom saw
—his past\, his story\, where he came from—and\, by extension\, himself.
Years later\, NoiseCat sets out across the continent to correct the erasu
re\, invisibility\, and misconceptions surrounding the First Peoples of th
is land as he develops his voice as a storyteller and artist. Told in the
style of a 'Coyote Story\,' a legend about the trickster forefather of Noi
seCat’s people who was revered for his wit and mocked for his tendency to
self-destruct\, We Survived the Night brings a traditional art form nearly
annihilated by colonization back to life on the page. Through a dazzling
blend of history and mythology\, memoir and reportage\, NoiseCat unravels
old stories and braids together new ones. He grapples with the erasure of
North America's First Peoples and the trauma that cascades across generati
ons\, while illuminating the vital Indigenous cultural\, environmental\, a
nd political movements reshaping the future. He chronicles the historic as
cent of the first Native American cabinet secretary in the United States a
nd the first Indigenous sovereign of Canada\; probes the colonial origins
and limits of racial ideology and Indian identity through the story of the
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina\; and hauls the golden eggs of an imperile
d fish out of the sea alongside the Tlingit of Sitka\, Alaska. This is a r
ewriting and a restoration—of Native history and\, more intimately\, of fa
mily and self\, as NoiseCat seeks to reclaim a culture effaced by coloniza
tion and reconcile with a father who left. Virtuosic\, compelling\, and de
eply moving\, this is at once an intensely personal journey and a searing
portrait of Indigenous survival\, love\, and resurgence. Drawing from fi
ve years of on-the-ground reporting\, We Survived the Night paints a profo
und and unforgettable portrait of contemporary Indigenous life\, alongside
an intimate and deeply powerful reckoning between a father and a son. A s
oulful\, formally daring\, and indelible work from an important new voice.
About the AuthorJULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT is a writer\, Oscar-nominated filmmaker\, champion powwow dancer\, and s
tudent of Salish art and history. His writing has appeared in dozens of pu
blications\, including The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, and The
New Yorker. NoiseCat has been recognized with numerous awards including th
e 2022 American Mosaic Journalism Prize and many National Native Media Awa
rds. He was a finalist for the Livingston Award and multiple Canadian Nati
onal Magazine Awards\, and was named to the TIME100 Next list in 2021. His
first documentary\, Sugarcane\, was nominated for an Academy Award for Be
st Documentary. Directed alongside Emily Kassie\, Sugarcane premiered at t
he 2024 Sundance Film Festival\, where NoiseCat and Kassie won the Directi
ng Award in U.S. Documentary. NoiseCat is a proud member of the Canim Lake
Band Tsq̓éscen̓ and descendant of the Líl̓wat Nation of Mount Currie. We
Survived the Night is his first book.
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SUMMARY:An Afternoon with Julian Brave NoiseCat on 'We Survived the Night'
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Lunch and Learn returns
a little later this week with special guest Julian Brave NoiseCat<
/strong> in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human R
ights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing hi
s newest book\, 'We Survived the Night.'
Julian
Brave NoiseCat’s childhood was rich with culture and contradictions. When
his Secwépemc and St’at’imc father\, an artist haunted by a turbulent past
\, abandoned the family\, NoiseCat and his non-Native mother were embraced
by the urban Native community in Oakland\, California\, as well as by fam
ily on the Canim Lake Indian Reserve in British Columbia. In his father’s
absence\, NoiseCat immersed himself in Native history and culture to under
stand the man he seldom saw—his past\, his story\, where he came from—and\
, by extension\, himself.
Years later\, NoiseCat s
ets out across the continent to correct the erasure\, invisibility\, and m
isconceptions surrounding the First Peoples of this land as he develops hi
s voice as a storyteller and artist. Told in the style of a 'Coyote Story\
,' a legend about the trickster forefather of NoiseCat’s people who was re
vered for his wit and mocked for his tendency to self-destruct\, We Surviv
ed the Night brings a traditional art form nearly annihilated by colonizat
ion back to life on the page. Through a dazzling blend of history and myth
ology\, memoir and reportage\, NoiseCat unravels old stories and braids to
gether new ones. He grapples with the erasure of North America's First Peo
ples and the trauma that cascades across generations\, while illuminating
the vital Indigenous cultural\, environmental\, and political movements re
shaping the future. He chronicles the historic ascent of the first Native
American cabinet secretary in the United States and the first Indigenous s
overeign of Canada\; probes the colonial origins and limits of racial ideo
logy and Indian identity through the story of the Lumbee Tribe of North Ca
rolina\; and hauls the golden eggs of an imperiled fish out of the sea alo
ngside the Tlingit of Sitka\, Alaska. This is a rewriting and a restoratio
n—of Native history and\, more intimately\, of family and self\, as NoiseC
at seeks to reclaim a culture effaced by colonization and reconcile with a
father who left. Virtuosic\, compelling\, and deeply moving\, this is at
once an intensely personal journey and a searing portrait of Indigenous su
rvival\, love\, and resurgence.
Drawing from five
years of on-the-ground reporting\, We Survived the Night paints a profound
and unforgettable portrait of contemporary Indigenous life\, alongside an
intimate and deeply powerful reckoning between a father and a son. A soul
ful\, formally daring\, and indelible work from an important new voice.
About the Author
JULIAN BRAVE NOISECAT is a writer\, Oscar-nominated filmmaker\,
champion powwow dancer\, and student of Salish art and history. His writin
g has appeared in dozens of publications\, including The New York Times\,
The Washington Post\, and The New Yorker. NoiseCat has been recognized wit
h numerous awards including the 2022 American Mosaic Journalism Prize and
many National Native Media Awards. He was a finalist for the Livingston Aw
ard and multiple Canadian National Magazine Awards\, and was named to the
TIME100 Next list in 2021. His first documentary\, Sugarcane\, was nominat
ed for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Directed alongside Emily Kas
sie\, Sugarcane premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival\, where Noise
Cat and Kassie won the Directing Award in U.S. Documentary. NoiseCat is a
proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq̓éscen̓ and descendant of the Líl̓w
at Nation of Mount Currie. We Survived the Night is his first book.
The mission of the Local Management Board (LMB) is to enhanc
e the quality of life for children\, youth and families in Prince George's
County. Supporting this mission includes planning\, implementation\, moni
toring and evaluation of a comprehensive delivery system for families in P
rince George's County. Meetings are held bi-monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of
the month from 4:30PM - 6:00PM. All meetings are held virtually unless it'
s a closed meeting.
We
now welcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committe
e. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourag
e you not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their
privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the co
nfidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars
of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are th
ere any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary fr
om the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to make public c
omments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making
a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public b
y name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committ
ee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not
discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hea
ring your views. Are there any speakers?
Please rememb
er that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which
is ACCommittee@co.p
g.md.us .
DPIE is offering monthly VIRTUAL training sessions on how to
process an online permit application on our Momentum permitting system an
d how to upload applications and plans for review in our ePlan system. Tra
ining sessions are FREE and are held the third Thursday of every month. The Zoom link will be provided to registered customers 48 hours prio
r to the training.
All those who wish to attend the Octobe
r virtual class need to reply no later than October 9th.
To attend this month's training and for additional information\, click the
Momentum and ePlan Customer Trainings link.
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SUMMARY:Momentum and ePlan Customer Trainings Offered via Zoom
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CREATED:20250213T180419Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T163000
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SUMMARY:October 16\, 2025\, Nuisance Abatement Board Hearing
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CREATED:20251014T145739Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T190000
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SUMMARY:Canceled - Local Development Council Meeting\, October 15th\, 2025
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DESCRIPTION:
Please use the link below to join the meeting. If you have
any questions\, please feel free to contact OEA at 301-883-3445.
Join the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities\, virt
ually\, for their monthly meeting on Wednesday\, January 15\, 2025. The mi
ssion of the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities is to bring toge
ther businesses\, citizens\, and the government of Prince George's County
to discuss and resolve disability issues in the County. The Commission als
o works with County and State agencies and other Commissions to jointly ad
dress and promote the needs and rights of individuals with disabilities. <
/p>
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T183000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T164301Z
SUMMARY:Commission for Individuals with Disabilities Meeting
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CREATED:20250204T171238Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T170000
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SUMMARY:October 14\, 2025\, Board of Registration for Electricians Meeting
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DESCRIPTION:
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251014T113000
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SUMMARY:Business Certification Overview
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
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DESCRIPTION:The Prince George’s County Police Department and members of the
faith community are getting together for a day of fellowship and service.
Join us for family fun and bring new or gently used coats to help those
in need. Date: October 13\, 2025 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Location:
Queens Chapel United Methodist Church 7510 Old Muirkirk Road Beltsvi
lle\, MD We hope to see you there or at another location in the county!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251013T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251013T150000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T175209Z
SUMMARY:Queens Chapel Unite Methodist Church Hosts Faith and Blue Event
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The Prince George’s County Police Departme
nt and members of the faith community are getting together for a day of fe
llowship and service. Join us for family fun and bring new or gently used
coats to help those in need.
Date: October 13\, 2025 12:00
PM - 3:00 PM Location: Queens Chapel United Methodist Church 751
0 Old Muirkirk Road Beltsville\, MD
We hope to see you there
or at another location in the county!
All county offices\, except for public safety agencies\, wil
l be closed on Monday\, October 13\, 2025\, in observance of Native Americ
an Day. Several county services are also suspended or closed.
The followin
g offices\, services\, and facilities will be closed or suspended on Monda
y\, October 13\, 2025.
Curbside Collection
Learn which cur
bside collections will slide one day.
Curbside Trash Collection in
County-Contracted Areas
Regular collections occur Tuesday\, O
ctober 14\, through Friday\, October 17
Residential Food Scraps an
d Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\,
October 13
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances
and scrap tires\; by appointment only)
No scheduled collections
Scheduled collections resume Tuesday\, October 14
Curbside
Bulky Trash Collection
(Up to four (4) items may be placed curbsi
de for collection)
Regular collections occur Tuesday\, October 14\,
through Friday\, October 17
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collec
tion
Available every third Monday
Curbside Recycling Coll
ection
Regular collections occur Tuesday\, October 14\, through F
riday\, October 17
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
Availab
le every third Monday
Collection Facilities
The following
facilities will be open:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center
Missouri A
venue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George’s
County Organics Composting Facility
Prince George’s County Mater
ials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recycling
Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary
Landfill) *Items accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-o
ff Center*
Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (No long
er located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accep
ted at mobile events only
Animal Services
The Anima
l Services Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will be closed on Monday\, O
ctober 13\, 2025.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit
service operated by the Prince George's County Department of Public Works
and Transportation (DPW&T)\, will operate on Monday\, October 13\, 2025\,
except for Route P78\, which operates only in downtown Upper Marlboro dur
ing peak periods when the Courthouse is open. Regular operations on Route
P78 will resume on Tuesday\, October 14\, 2025.
In addition\, the C
ounty's Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, including dialysis transportati
on\, will not operate on Monday\, October 13\, 2025. Regular operations of
the Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will resume on Tuesday\, October 14\
, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement (DPIE)
<
p> The Department of Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement (DPIE)
will be closed on Monday\, October 13\, 2025. Regular business hours will
resume on Tuesday\, October 14\, 2025.
PGC311
Also\, P
GC311 will be closed on Monday\, October 13\, 2025\, and will resume regul
ar operations on Tuesday\, October 14\, 2025. However\, residents can stil
l submit service/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251013T235900
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SUMMARY:Native American Day
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All county offices\, except for public safe
ty agencies\, will be closed on Monday\, October 13\, 2025\,
in observance of Native American Day. Several county services are also sus
pended or closed.
The following offices\, services\, and facilities will b
e closed or suspended on Monday\, October 13\, 2025.
Curbside Collection
Learn which curbside collections will slide on
e day.
Curbside Trash Collection in County-Contracted Areas
Regular collections occur Tuesday\, October 14\, through Friday\, Oc
tober 17
Residential Food Scraps and Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\, October 13
Bulky Trash
Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tires\; by appointmen
t only)
No scheduled collections
Scheduled collections r
esume Tuesday\, October 14
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
(Up to four (4) items may be placed curbside for collection)
Regul
ar collections occur Tuesday\, October 14\, through Friday\, October 17
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collection
Available every th
ird Monday
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regular collect
ions occur Tuesday\, October 14\, through Friday\, October 17
Curb
side Scrap Metal Collection
Available every third Monday
C
ollection Facilities
The following facilities will be open:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Pu
blic Convenience Center
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance an
d Recycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Fac
ility
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 R
itchie Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (No Longer
Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accept
ed at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household H
azardous Waste Acceptance Site (No longer located at the Brown Station
Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted at mobile events only
Animal Services
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown
Station Road) will be closed on Monday\, October 13\, 2025.<
/p>
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit service operated
by the Prince George's County Department of Public Works and Transportatio
n (DPW&T)\, will operate on Monday\, October 13\, 2025\, except for Route
P78\, which operates only in downtown Upper Marlboro during peak periods w
hen the Courthouse is open. Regular operations on Route P78 will resume on
Tuesday\, October 14\, 2025.
In addition\, the County's Call-A-Bus
and PGC Link services\, including dialysis transportation\, will not oper
ate on Monday\, October 13\, 2025. Regular operations of the Call-A-Bus an
d PGC Link services will resume on Tuesday\, October 14\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement (DPIE)
The Departme
nt of Permitting\, Inspections\, and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on
Monday\, October 13\, 2025. Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday\
, October 14\, 2025.
PGC311
Also\, PGC311 will be clos
ed on Monday\, October 13\, 2025\, and will resume regular operations on T
uesday\, October 14\, 2025. However\, residents can still submit serv
ice/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
District VIII - Faith Baptist Church of District Heights
The Prince George’s County Police Department and members of the faith
community are getting together for a day of fellowship and service. Join
us for worship then a meet and greet featuring lots of family friendly fun
!
Date: October 12\, 2025 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM Location:
Faith Baptist Church of District Heights 6320 Riggs Road Hyattsville
\, MD 20783
We hope to see you there or at another location in the county!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T223000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T165150Z
SUMMARY:First Baptist Church of District Heights Faith and Blue Event
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DESCRIPTION:The Prince George’s County Police Department and members of the
faith community are getting together for a day of fellowship and service.
Join us for worship then a meet and greet featuring lots of family frien
dly fun! Date: October 12\, 2025 Starts at 10:00 AM Location:
Great Wesleyan Church 6320 Riggs Road Hyattsville\, MD 20783 We hope
to see you there or at another location in the county!
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T120000
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SUMMARY:Great Wesleyan Church Hosts Faith and Blue Event
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The Prince George’s County Police Departme
nt and members of the faith community are getting together for a day of fe
llowship and service. Join us for worship then a meet and greet featuring
lots of family friendly fun!
Date: October 12\, 2025 Start
s at 10:00 AM Location: Great Wesleyan Church 6320 Riggs Road
Hyattsville\, MD 20783
We hope to see you there
or at another location in the co
unty!
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DESCRIPTION:The Prince George’s County Police Department and members of the
faith community are getting together for a day of fellowship and service.
Join us for food and household item giveaways\, health and wellness reso
urces\, and lots of family fun! Date October 11\, 2025 Time 12:00
PM - 5:00 PM Location Bowie Library 15291 Annapolis Road Bowi
e\, MD 20715 We hope to see you there!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T170000
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SUMMARY:Bowie Library Hosts Faith and Blue Event
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The Prince George’s County Police Departme
nt and members of the faith community are getting together for a day of fe
llowship and service. Join us for food and household item giveaways\, hea
lth and wellness resources\, and lots of family fun!
Date Octo
ber 11\, 2025 Time 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Location Bowie Library15291 Annapolis Road Bowie\, MD 20715
We hope to see you th
ere!
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DESCRIPTION:The Prince George’s County Police Department and members of the
faith community are getting together for a day of fellowship and service.
Join us for food\, music\, family friendly games and lots of fun! Date:<
br>October 11\, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Location: Kent B
aptist Church 7006 Flagstaff Street Hyattsville\, MD 20785 We hope t
o see you there!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T193734Z
SUMMARY:Kent Baptist Church Hosts Faith and Blue Event
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The Prince George’s County Police Departme
nt and members of the faith community are getting together for a day of fe
llowship and service. Join us for food\, music\, family friendly games an
d lots of fun!
Date: October 11\, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM -
2:00 PM Location: Kent Baptist Church 7006 Flagstaff Street Hy
attsville\, MD 20785
We hope to see you there!
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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DESCRIPTION:Join the Prince George’s County Police Department and members o
f the faith community for a day of fellowship and service. There will be
food\, music\, family friendly games and lots of fun! Date: October 11
\, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Location: Padgetts Corner Sho
pping Center 7014 Allentown Road Temple Hills\, MD 20748 We hope to
see you there!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T150000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T194408Z
SUMMARY:Padgett's Corner Center Hosts Faith and Blue Event
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Join the Prince George’s County Police Dep
artment and members of the faith community for a day of fellowship and ser
vice. There will be food\, music\, family friendly games and lots of fun!
Date: October 11\, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Lo
cation: Padgetts Corner Shopping Center 7014 Allentown Road Templ
e Hills\, MD 20748
You are invited to participate in the 6th Annual Pur
ple Bike Ride for Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention on Sat
urday\, October 11\, 2025\, at 8:45 A.M. in Bowie\, MD. Join County Execut
ive Aisha Braveboy in biking or walking along 3 fully-escorted ride trails
\, all beginning at City Hall in Bowie. Enjoy vendors\, food truck
s\, live music\, and fun for the whole community
!
Register TODAY to ride or walk by vis
iting: https://www.bikereg.com/purple-bike-ride. In-person registrati
on for theevent will begin at 7:30 A.M. at City Hall in
Bowie\, MD.
Share this event with friends\, family\, and neighbors
. Together\, we can show our support for survivors of domestic violence an
d work towards raising more awareness of prevention strategies in our comm
unity. Let's come together to elevate Prince George's.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251007T202328Z
SUMMARY:6th Annual Purple Bike Ride
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You are invited to participate in the
6th Annual Purple Bike Ride for Domestic Violence Awareness & Pre
vention on Saturday\, October 11\, 2025\, at 8:45 A.M. in Bowie\,
MD. Join County Executive Aisha Braveboy in biking or walking along 3 ful
ly-escorted ride trails\, all beginning at City Hall in Bowie. Enjoy vendors\, food trucks\, live music\, and fun
for the whole community!
Register TODAY to ride
or walk by visiting: https://www.bikereg.com/purple-bike-rid
e. In-person registration for theevent
will begin at 7:30 A.M. at City Hall in Bowie\, MD.
S
hare this event with friends\, family\, and neighbors. Together\, we can s
how our support for survivors of domestic violence and work towards raisin
g more awareness of prevention strategies in our community. Let's come tog
ether to elevate Prince George's.
Join the Department of Family Services for the Medicare Open
Enrollment event on Friday\, October 10\, 2025\, from 10AM - 3PM. Learn h
ow to save on prescription premiums and healthcare\, how to protect yourse
lf from fraud\, and get one-on-one help for plan comparisons and enrollmen
t for 2026. Let us help you take charge of your Medicare benefits. Light r
efreshments will be provided. To register\, call 301-265-8471 or click the Eventbrite link
.
We now welcome
members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each speak
er has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to
refer to other members of the public by name to protect their privacy. Ple
ase be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality
of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in
a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speak
ers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public
in our ACC email\, which is ACCo
mmittee@co.pg.md.us .
<
p>We now welcome members of the public to make public comments to th
e Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, w
e encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name to pro
tect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maint
ain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the p
articulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your vie
ws. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we al
so accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T093000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T130807Z
SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing October 08\, 2025
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DESCRIPTION:
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Residents are invited to at
tend all monthly meetings. Doing so\, can play an intricate part in the gr
owth and success of the Commission. Meetings are held the 1st Monday of ev
ery month.
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Residents are invited to at
tend all monthly meetings. Doing so\, can play an intricate part in the gr
owth and success of the Commission. Meetings are held the 1st Monday of ev
ery month.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T164220Z
SUMMARY:Commission for Veterans Meeting
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CREATED:20250924T171911Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T183000
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T213223Z
SUMMARY:October 6\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board
Meeting - In Person
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DESCRIPTION:
It's the countdown to Prince George's County Executive Aisha
Braveboy's first 100 days in office! Join us on Saturday\, October 4\, 20
25\, from 12:00-5:00 PM at Watkins Park in Upper Marlboro (301 Watkins Par
k Drive\, Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772 — Right across from the Wizard of Oz p
layground) for the '100 Days Boots On The Ground Cookout'.
You won'
t want to miss this Prince George's County Family Picnic featuring music\,
food\, and entertainment for the whole family\, emceed by Prince George's
County's own Joe Clair. #ElevateP
rinceGeorges
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T170000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T200315Z
SUMMARY:100 Days Boots on the Ground Cookout and Federal Shutdown Resource
Fair
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It's the countdown to Prince George's
County Executive Aisha Braveboy's first 100 days in office! Join us on Sa
turday\, October 4\, 2025\, from 12:00-5:00 PM at Watkins Park in Upper Ma
rlboro (301 Watkins Park Drive\, Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772 — Right across
from the Wizard of Oz playground) for the '100 Days Boots On The Ground Co
okout'.
You won't want to miss this Prince George's Co
unty Family Picnic featuring music\, food\, and entertainment for the whol
e family\, emceed by Prince George's County's own Joe Clair. #ElevatePrinceGeorges
Walk. Run. Unite! Be part of the PGPD’s 4th Annual 5K Domest
ic Violence Walk/Run — where our community comes together for awareness\,
healing\, and hope.
Date: October 4\, 2025 Tim
e: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Location: Fairwood Community
Park and Amphitheater 12390 Fairwood Parkway Bowie\, MD 20720
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T141617Z
SUMMARY:PGPD 4th Annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk / Run
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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DESCRIPTION:
You are invited to watch the live stream of County Executive
Braveboy's First 100 Days Address to Prince George's County. County Execu
tive Braveboy will highlight achievements\, key initiatives\, and delivere
d promises from her first 100 days in office. Join us online to see how we
are elevating Prince George’s and unifying government.
Follo
w our journey on social @PGCountyExec on Facebook\, Instagram\, X\, and Yo
uTube.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251003T144722Z
SUMMARY:County Executive Braveboy's First 100 Days Address
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DESCRIPTION:
Administrative Charging Committee
9200 Basil Court\,
Suite 400
Largo\, MD 20774
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
We now w
elcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Eac
h speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you
not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their priva
cy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confiden
tiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of ca
ses in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there an
y speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the
public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Kathryn Ferguson the Domestic Vi
olence and Sexual Assault Center (DVSAC) Community Outreach and Engagement
Coordinator with The University of Maryland Medical System’s Capi
tal Region Medical Center.
Registration n
ot required. Click on the YouTube video linked below to stream the program
live or watch the recording later.
Kat
hryn Ferguson has been working to advance the rights of individua
ls impacted by violence in the State of MD for over 20 years. A former Cr
ime Victim Specialist with the St. of MD Division of Parole and Probation\
, Ms. Ferguson would go on to develop critical initiatives\, programs\, an
d policies relative to gender-based violence through her work with the Pri
nce George’s Co. Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and the Maryland C
oalition Against Sexual Assault. She currently serves as the Domestic Vio
lence and Sexual Assault Center (DVSAC) Community Outreach and Engagement
Coordinator with The University of MD Medical System’s Capital Region Medi
cal Center.
About the University of Maryland Domes
tic Violence and Sexual Assault Center:
The Unive
rsity of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center is Capital Region
Health's main location — and often victims’ first point of contact — for
assault and abuse services.
The DVSAC is committed to sexual assaul
t prevention through education and advocacy.
The emergency departme
nt and Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center (DVSAC) provide treatme
nt and support to victims including those of sexual assault\, domestic vio
lence\, strangulation\, elder abuse and neglect\, and ex trafficking. Foll
owing emergency care\, the DVSAC offers support services for victims and o
thers affected by assault and abuse — focusing on physical\, mental and em
otional healing. The DVSAC team includes licensed clinical social workers\
, forensic nurse examiners\, strangulation experts and advocates specially
trained in sexual assault and trauma-informed care.
Trained counse
lors provide confidential\, compassionate crisis counseling through our 24
/7 help hotline (240-677-2337). In addition to lending an ear\, they give
information on medical\, legal and community support and help victims dete
rmine their next steps. We encourage callers to come to the DVSAC for furt
her care and support. During regular office hours (11 am to 7 pm)\, they p
rovide individual\, family and group trauma counseling\, both in-person an
d virtually.
The DVSAC uses evidence-based practices to evaluate yo
ur risk for further harm in a domestic violence situation\, and they provi
de guidance on obtaining protective and peace orders\, law enforcement sup
port\, legal services\, safe housing and financial services. DVSAC staff c
an accompany you to medical appointments and court hearings\, and they wor
k directly with law enforcement and social services to assist you with the
investigative and legal processes. If there is assistance they can’t prov
ide\, they will help you find the services you need.
National Helplines
National Sexual Assault Hotline (ope
rated by the Rape\, Abuse & Incest National Network) 1-800-656-4673
National Human Trafficking Hotline 888-373-7888
National Dom
estic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233
If you are in immediate dang
er\, call 911!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T170000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T143541Z
SUMMARY:Community Conversation with UM Medical System's Domestic Violence a
nd Sexual Assault Center
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The Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Kathryn Ferguson the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cent
er (DVSAC) Community Outreach and Engagement Coordinator with The
University of Maryland Medical System’s Capital Region Medical Center.
Registration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked be
low to stream the program live or watch the recording later.
Ka
thryn Ferguson has been working to advance the rights of individu
als impacted by violence in the State of MD for over 20 years. A former C
rime Victim Specialist with the St. of MD Division of Parole and Probation
\, Ms. Ferguson would go on to develop critical initiatives\, programs\, a
nd policies relative to gender-based violence through her work with the Pr
ince George’s Co. Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and the Maryland
Coalition Against Sexual Assault. She currently serves as the Domestic Vi
olence and Sexual Assault Center (DVSAC) Community Outreach and Engagement
Coordinator with The University of MD Medical System’s Capital Region Med
ical Center.
About the University of
Maryland Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Center:
The University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center
is Capital Region Health's main location — and often victims’ fi
rst point of contact — for assault and abuse services.
The DVSAC is committed to sexual assault prevention through education and
advocacy.
The emergency department and Domestic Viole
nce and Sexual Assault Center (DVSAC) provide treatment and support to vic
tims including those of sexual assault\, domestic violence\, strangulation
\, elder abuse and neglect\, and ex trafficking. Following emergency care\
, the DVSAC offers support services for victims and others affected by ass
ault and abuse — focusing on physical\, mental and emotional healing. The
DVSAC team includes licensed clinical social workers\, forensic nurse exam
iners\, strangulation experts and advocates specially trained in sexual as
sault and trauma-informed care.
Trained counselors pro
vide confidential\, compassionate crisis counseling through our 24/7 help
hotline (240-677-2337). In addition to lending an ear\, they give informat
ion on medical\, legal and community support and help victims determine th
eir next steps. We encourage callers to come to the DVSAC for further care
and support. During regular office hours (11 am to 7 pm)\, they provide i
ndividual\, family and group trauma counseling\, both in-person and virtua
lly.
The DVSAC uses evidence-based practices to evalua
te your risk for further harm in a domestic violence situation\, and they
provide guidance on obtaining protective and peace orders\, law enforcemen
t support\, legal services\, safe housing and financial services. DVSAC st
aff can accompany you to medical appointments and court hearings\, and the
y work directly with law enforcement and social services to assist you wit
h the investigative and legal processes. If there is assistance they can’t
provide\, they will help you find the services you need.
<
/p>
National Helplines
Natio
nal Sexual Assault Hotline (operated by the Rape\, Abuse & Incest National
Network) 1-800-656-4673
1930 (7:30 p.
m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – O
pening Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain
Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Servi
ces Office
District / At Large Fire Commissioner’s Re
port
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission C
hair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prince George
’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s C
ounty Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George
’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary President’s
Report
Registered Guest who wishes to speak.
Benedictio
n
Adjournment
NOTE: This Public M
eeting may be audio and visually recorded. The recording may be provided
in lieu of written meeting minutes in accordance with Maryland Open Meetin
g Act Compliance.
1930 (7:30 p.m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Services Office
District /
At Large Fire Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission
Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prin
ce George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
<
span>Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President<
/span>
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Assoc
iation Ladies Auxiliary President’s Report
Registere
d Guest who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE:
This Public Meeting may be audio and visually recorded. The recording may
be provided in lieu of written meeting minutes in accordance with Marylan
d Open Meeting Act Compliance.
Tucker Road Athletic Complex (located near basketball courts) 1770 Tucker Road\, Fort Washingto
n\, MD 20744
Event Details
Step into fun and fitness at <
strong>Step It Up on Walk Maryland Day! Join us for a free\, comm
unity-wide event at Tucker Road Athletic Complex featurin
g a live DJ\, a guided walk along the scenic Loop Trail\, and prizes. Whe
ther you come solo\, with friends\, or as a family\, every step counts tow
ard your health and wellness. Virtual walkers can partici
pate by sharing photos from their walk for a chance to win prizes! Don't m
iss this exciting opportunity for music\, movement\, and community connect
ion.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T180000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250908T194748Z
SUMMARY:Step It Up on Walk Maryland Day - Prince George’s County
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Location
Tucker Road Athletic Complex (located near basketball courts) <
/span> 1770 Tucker Road\, Fort Washington\, MD 20744
Event Details
Step into fun and fitness at
Step It Up on Walk Maryland Day! Join us for a free\, com
munity-wide event at Tucker Road Athletic Complex featuri
ng a live DJ\, a guided walk along the scenic Loop Trail\, and prizes. Wh
ether you come solo\, with friends\, or as a family\, every step counts to
ward your health and wellness. Virtual walkers can partic
ipate by sharing photos from their walk for a chance to win prizes! Don't
miss this exciting opportunity for music\, movement\, and community connec
tion.
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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:a1f8187e-0ddc-4c3d-952c-71642ee7376d
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250923T152018Z
DESCRIPTION:Join your local police officers for National Coffee with a Cop
Day. Various locations and times in Prince George's County are listed bel
ow. District I Starbucks
7336 Baltimore Avenue
College Park\, MD
20740
10am-12pm District II PJ’s
12530 Fairwood Parkway
Bow
ie\, MD 20720
9am-12pm District III 7-Eleven-Landover
7206 Sheriff
Road
Landover MD 20785
9am-11am District IV Target
6163 Oxo
n Hill Road
Oxon Hill\, MD 20744
10am-12pm District V Target
15922 Robert S Crain Hwy
Brandywine\, MD 20613
8am-11am Distri
ct VI McDonald’s
13210 Laurel Bowie Road
Laurel\, MD 20706
1
0am-11am District VII McDonald’s
996 East Swan Creek Road
Fort W
ashington\, MD 20744
9am-11:30am District VIII TGI Fridays
5740 Sil
ver Hill Road
District Heights\, MD 20747
9am-11am
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T163207Z
SUMMARY:National Coffee with a Cop Day
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Join your local police officers for Nation
al Coffee with a Cop Day. Various locations and times in Prince George's
County are listed below.
District I
Starbucks
7336 Baltimore Avenue
College Park\, MD 207
40
10am-12pm
District II
PJ’s
12530 Fairwood Parkway
Bowie\, MD 20720
9
am-12pm
District III
7-Eleven-Landover
<
td>
7206 Sheriff Road
Landover MD 20785
9am-11am<
/td>
District IV
Target
6163 Oxon Hil
l Road
Oxon Hill\, MD 20744
10am-12pm
District V
Target
15922 Robert S Crain Hwy
Brandywine\, MD 20613
8am-11am
Distri
ct VI
McDonald’s
13210 Laurel Bowie Road
Laur
el\, MD 20706
10am-11am
District VII
McDonald’s
996 East Swan Creek Road
Fort Washing
ton\, MD 20744
9am-11:30am
District VIII
TGI Fridays
5740 Silver Hill Road
District H
eights\, MD 20747
9am-11am
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:79fd727f-d0b6-4db9-ae92-bd05c380524a
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250905T130410Z
DESCRIPTION:Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Keith Rushing in conversation with the Prince George
's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's
County Memorial Library System discussing his new book\, 'Descended: Searching for My Gullah-Geechee Roots.' Reg
istration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked below to stream
the program live or watch the recording later. (Link Pending) About the bookA mysterious name initiates a j
ourney to discover one family's past\, and reveals more than was expected<
/strong> It began with a name. Sancho. Gleaned from the memory of his ol
dest living relative\, that name set author Keith Rushing on a quest to re
cover his family's story. Rushing came to learn that Sancho was an Afric
an name\, a common practice among the Gullah-Geechee communities of the So
uth Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. He found that Sancho had been born i
nto slavery on Hilton Head Island and later fought as a soldier in a war f
or self-emancipation. Rushing learned that after that war Sancho had becom
e a small landowner. Above all\, he discovered that his family's story was
richer than he had ever imagined. In Descended\, Rushing recounts his o
wn journey of discovery\, and in the process unfurls a dramatic story abou
t the transformation of Hilton Head. Descended is a story about family\, p
lace\, and the desire to understand where we have been and where we are go
ing. About the AuthorKeith Rushing is
a former reporter who worked at newspapers in Connecticut\, Pennsylvania\
, Virginia\, and California and now works as a communications strategist f
or an environmental nongovernmental organization. He has written blogs and
commentary for the Huffington Post and Ebony.com among other online publi
cations. Rushing grew up in Queens\, NY\, and now lives in Washington\, DC
\, with his wife and two children.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T144043Z
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: 'Descended: Searching for My Gullah-Geechee Roots'
with Keith Rushing
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Lunch and Learn returns
with special guest Keith Rushing in conversation with the
Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing h
is new book\, 'Descended: Searching for My Gullah-Geechee Roots.'
Registration not required. Click
on the YouTube video linked below to stream the program live or watch the
recording later. (Link Pending)
About the book
A mysterious name initiates
a journey to discover one family's past\, and reveals more than was expect
ed
It began with a name. Sancho. Gleaned
from the memory of his oldest living relative\, that name set author Keith
Rushing on a quest to recover his family's story.
Rushing came to learn that Sancho was an African name\, a common practice
among the Gullah-Geechee communities of the South Carolina and Georgia Se
a Islands. He found that Sancho had been born into slavery on Hilton Head
Island and later fought as a soldier in a war for self-emancipation. Rushi
ng learned that after that war Sancho had become a small landowner. Above
all\, he discovered that his family's story was richer than he had ever im
agined.
In Descended\, Rushing recounts his own jo
urney of discovery\, and in the process unfurls a dramatic story about the
transformation of Hilton Head. Descended is a story about family\, place\
, and the desire to understand where we have been and where we are going.<
/div>
About the Author
Keith Rushing is a former reporter who worked at newspapers in
Connecticut\, Pennsylvania\, Virginia\, and California and now works as a
communications strategist for an environmental nongovernmental organizati
on. He has written blogs and commentary for the Huffington Post and Ebony.
com among other online publications. Rushing grew up in Queens\, NY\, and
now lives in Washington\, DC\, with his wife and two children.
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:af25a3e0-8439-45cb-ba59-d7a320edc6a3
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250923T205856Z
DESCRIPTION:As part of a unique partnership with regional law enforcement a
gencies called “Blue Lights Nights”\, the PGPD and dozens of law enforceme
nt agencies in the region is hosting a free movie night in Suitland\, Mary
land. Come join the fun and enjoy the family-friendly Moana 2! Date: Se
ptember 27\, 2025 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: 12600 Fair
wood Parkway Bowie\, MD 20720
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T210805Z
SUMMARY:PGPD Hosts Free Movie Night in Bowie
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As part of a unique partnership with regio
nal law enforcement agencies called “Blue Lights Nights”\, the PGPD and do
zens of law enforcement agencies in the region is hosting a free movie nig
ht in Suitland\, Maryland. Come join the fun and enjoy the family-friendly
Moana 2!
Drop-off any accepted electronics and household hazardous wa
ste items. Click here for a list.
Open to County residents ONLY (ID may be required).
Commercial
vehicles and commercially generated items are NOT permitted.
Multi
ple trips are not allowed for individuals or vehicles.
All vehicles MUST be in line by 1 p.m. to be serviced.
<
p>Special accommodations can be provided upon request.
This event w
ill occur at Surrattsville High School at 6101 Ga
rden Dr\, Clinton\, MD 20735 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday\, September 27\, 2025.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T080000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:E-Waste/Household Hazardous Waste
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:67e4735a-f007-4f13-8586-a1430ea49ae1
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250923T202644Z
DESCRIPTION:As part of a unique partnership with regional law enforcement a
gencies called “Blue Lights Nights”\, the PGPD and dozens of law enforceme
nt agencies in the region are hosting a free movie night in Suitland\, Mar
yland. Come join the fun and enjoy the family-friendly Minecraft Movie! Da
te: September 26\, 2025 Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: D
rew Freeman Middle School 2600 Brooks Drive Suitland\, MD 20746
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T210000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T205548Z
SUMMARY:PGPD Hosts Free Movie Night in Suitland
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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As part of a unique partnership with regio
nal law enforcement agencies called “Blue Lights Nights”\, the PGPD and do
zens of law enforcement agencies in the region are hosting a free movie ni
ght in Suitland\, Maryland. Come join the fun and enjoy the family-friendl
y Minecraft Movie!
Date: September 26\, 2025 Time: 7:00
PM - 9:00 PM Location: Drew Freeman Middle School 2600 Brooks Dri
ve Suitland\, MD 20746
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:3f0572f6-ce11-4114-a20e-7b5492a609c6
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250923T195358Z
DESCRIPTION:Join PGPD's anti-theft efforts. In order to receive a free stee
ring wheel lock\, you must be a Prince George's County resident and must p
rovide proof of ownership of 2015-2020 Hyundai or Kia to qualify for a fre
e Steering Wheel Lock. Limited Supplies - First Come First Serve! Date:<
br>September 26\, 2025 Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Kentl
and Shopping Center 7341 Landover Road Landover\, MD 20785
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T190000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T202128Z
SUMMARY:Steering Wheel Lock Giveaway in Landover\, Maryland
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Join PGPD's anti-theft efforts. In order t
o receive a free steering wheel lock\, you must be a Prince George's Count
y resident and must provide proof of ownership of 2015-2020 Hyundai or Kia
to qualify for a free Steering Wheel Lock.
Limited Supplies -
First Come First Serve!
Date: September 26\, 2025 Time:
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location: Kentland Shopping Center 7341 Landove
r Road Landover\, MD 20785
We
now welcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committe
e. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourag
e you not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their
privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the co
nfidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars
of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are th
ere any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary fr
om the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to make public c
omments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making
a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public b
y name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committ
ee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not
discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hea
ring your views. Are there any speakers?
Please rememb
er that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which
is ACCommittee@co.p
g.md.us .
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host Zaran Gabriel Mowatt the Outreac
h Liaison/Ombudsman for the Maryland Department of Human Services<
/strong>.
Registration not required. Click on the
YouTube video linked below to stream the program live or watch the recordi
ng later. (Link Pending)
Maryland's Depar
tment of Human Services is the state’s primary social services pr
ovider\, offering support through programs such as food assistance\, child
welfare\, energy and housing support\, and services for vulnerable indivi
duals and families. Its mission is to help Marylanders achieve and maintai
n self-sufficiency\, safety\, and stability.
Zaran
Gabriel Mowatt is an Outreach Liaison/Ombudsman with the Marylan
d Department of Human Services (DHS)\, where they specialize in community
outreach and engagement to promote awareness and accessibility of DHS prog
rams. In this role\, Zaran works closely with local organizations and stak
eholders to strengthen community ties and ensure that vital resources reac
h Maryland's diverse populations. Zaran holds a Bachelor of Arts in Intern
ational Studies from the University of Miami\, where they developed a stro
ng foundation in cross-cultural communication\, global policy\, and commun
ity advocacy—skills they now apply in their work to support Maryland’s com
munities.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T170000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T193437Z
SUMMARY:Community Conversation with the Maryland Department of Human Servic
es
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:efa892e1-b433-4766-9fab-6a90783718f9
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250917T124544Z
DESCRIPTION:
You Are Invited to the Fall 2025 Community Partners’ Meeting
!
DPIE\, DoE and DPW&T are looking forward to seeing you at the Fal
l 2025 Community Partners’ Meeting on Thursday\, Sept. 25\, 2025\,
from 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. The meeting will be held on Zoom. Part
icipants will meet leaders from each of the agencies and learn about progr
ams\, services and new initiatives.
Only those who register in advance will
be allowed into the virtual meeting.
Email DPIEPIO@co.pg.md.us by 9/23/25 to submit questions in adv
ance or for additional information.
Please share with your communit
ies and networks!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T110000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250917T151637Z
SUMMARY:Fall Community Partners' Meeting
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You Are Invited to the Fall 2025 Comm
unity Partners’ Meeting!
DPIE\, DoE and DPW&T are look
ing forward to seeing you at the Fall 2025 Community Partners’ Meeting on
Thursday\, Sept. 25\, 2025\, from 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Th
e meeting will be held on Zoom. Participants will meet leaders from each o
f the agencies and learn about programs\, services and new initiatives.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T093000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T141707Z
SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing September 24\, 2025
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ea6035cf-1f8f-48bd-aa9e-8935bf8d6ecd
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250808T180457Z
DESCRIPTION:
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest
Adib Khorram in conversation with the Prince Geor
ge's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George'
s County Memorial Library System discussing his new book\, 'It Had to Be Him.'
Registration not re
quired. Click on the YouTube video linked below to stream the program live
or watch the recording later. (Link Pending)
About 'It Had to Be Him'
Ramin Yazdani's marriage pro
posal has just gone bottoms up: his ex dumped him in public for being bori
ng. Bent on proving him wrong\, Ramin books a spontaneous solo trip to Ita
ly. When he runs into his high school crush while in a gelateria\, however
\, his resolve to reinvent himself is put to the test.
Noah Bartlet
t’s in a rut. Since his divorce\, he's become a bit of a homebody. So when
his ex-wife insists he join her and their son on an Italian holiday\, Noa
h reluctantly agrees. But his reticence turns to excitement when he sees h
is former classmate\, who's aged just like a fine wine. As a teenager\, Ra
min fascinated him—and since Noah now knows that fascination was code for
crush\, all those feelings are quick to come rushing back.
Soon R
amin and Noah are tumbling headfirst into a relationship. Only Ramin fears
Noah’s feelings won’t last without Ramin’s adventurous new persona—and No
ah's not sure he can be the supportive partner Ramin deserves. With the da
ys counting down to the end of their trip\, can their love last without th
e magic of Italy?
About the Author
ADIB KHORRAM is the queer Iranian author of I’ll
Have What He’s Having\, which was an instant USA Today bestselle
r. He is also the author of the young adult novel Darius the Great Is Not
Okay\, which earned the William C. Morris Debut Award\, the Asian/Pacific
American Award for Young Adult Literature\, and a Boston Globe–Horn Book H
onor\, and was named one of Time magazine’s 100 Best YA Novels of All Time
\; his other young adult novels Darius the Great Deserves Better\, Kiss &
Tell\, and The Breakup Lists as well as the picture books Seven Special So
methings: A Nowruz Story and Bijan Always Wins\, have garnered critical ac
claim\, starred reviews\, and bestsellers.
He grew up in Kansas Cit
y—the Milan of the Midwest—but he’d rather be in the real thing\, sitting
on a patio\, enjoying an aperitivo.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250808T183930Z
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Adib Khorram on 'It Had to Be Him'
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:26b109e0-f172-4738-9dd2-3bd5f132b917
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250916T124609Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T110000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T125119Z
SUMMARY:September 23\, 2025 Board of License Commissioners Preliminary Matt
ers
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:02c50d66-bf30-4e61-8d8a-312992a2eb94
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250904T130827Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T192002Z
SUMMARY:September 23\, 2025 Board of License Commissioners Administrative V
oting Session
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:eedeb63a-cc98-48cc-8a27-dc809554a175
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250904T130256Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250923T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T190724Z
SUMMARY:September 23\, 2025 Board of License Commissioners Regular Session
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:ab7ac21a-0103-403f-a43f-158f1949dc36
DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250730T144001Z
DESCRIPTION:
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court 2nd Floor Conference Room\, Largo\, MD 20774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If you wou
ld like to join\, please email mkc
rawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable to join
via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial in Phone#
: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have question
s\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation please contac
t the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-5531 or (30
1) 883-5428.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will be held over Zoom. The Zoom can be found on the open agenda\, wil
l be posted no fewer than five days before the meeting. Should you like to
attend the meeting and need any accomodations\, please contact the Clerk
to the Commission no fewer than three business days in advance of the meet
ing at AALyons (at) co.pg.md.us or by phoning 240-328-4145.
Free* Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and
Dogs (Rabies vaccination\, pet licenses and microchipping)
Date: Sunday\, September 21\, 2025 Time
: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Rain or shine Prince Ge
orge's County Animal Services and Adoptions Center 3750 Brown Station R
d Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772
While supplies last (2 anima
ls per household max) *Free for Prince George's County
residents. Proof of residency required.
Details: Pets must be at least four (4) months old<
/strong> to receive rabies vaccine. Rabies vaccinations provided during th
e event are good for ONE (1) year only. Pets younger than
four (4) months are only eligible to receive a microchip.
Prince G
eorge's County Law: All cats\, dogs\, and ferrets must be licensed with th
e County by four (4) months old and annually thereafter. One (1) y
ear pet licenses will be offered for free during the event. <
br>Pets must be on a leash or in a carrier and under control at all times.
Please be prepared to remain in your vehicle for an extended period of ti
me.
Supplies are provided on a first-come\, first-served basis and
registration does not guarantee services will be rendered at the time you
drive up.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T122902Z
SUMMARY:Free Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs
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Free* Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Cli
nic for Cats and Dogs (Rabies vaccination\, pet licenses and micr
ochipping)
Date: Sunday\, September 21
\, 2025 Time: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Rain or shine Prince George's County Animal Serv
ices and Adoptions Center 3750 Brown Station Rd Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772
While supplies last
(2 animals per household max) *Free for Prince George'
s County residents. Proof of residency required.
Details:<
/span> Pets must be at least four (4) months old
to receive rabies vaccine. Rabies vaccinations provided during the event
are good for ONE (1) year only. Pets younger
than four (4) months are only eligible to receive a microchip.
Prince George's County Law: All cats\, dogs\, and ferrets must b
e licensed with the County by four (4) months old and annually thereafter.
One (1) year pet licenses will be offered for free durin
g the event.
Pets must be on a leash or in a carrier
and under control at all times. Please be prepared to remain in your vehic
le for an extended period of time.
Supplies are provid
ed on a first-come\, first-served basis and registration does not guarante
e services will be rendered at the time you drive up.
Join the Movement. Make a Difference. Walk with the Healthy
Revolution Team.
The Prince George's County Health Department is pr
oud to support the Alzheimer's Association® in leading the fight against t
he global dementia crisis. Through education\, support\, and groundbreakin
g research\, we're working toward prevention\, treatment\, and ultimately
a cure.
Walk with Us
Whether you walk in honor of a loved
one\, to support a friend\, or to champion the cause\, your steps matter.
Join the Healthy Revolution Team and help us raise awareness\, funds\, an
d hope.
How to Get Involved
Start walking with us as
part of the Healthy Revolution Team
Register or donate to suppor
t Alzheimer's care and research
Share the message and invite othe
rs to join the movement
National Har
bor 141 American Way Oxon Hill\, MD 20745
Event Det
ails
Check-in at 8:30 am Ceremony at 9:30 am Walk at 10:00 am
Related Docum
ents
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SUMMARY:2025 Walk to End Alzheimer's - Prince George's County
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The Department of Family Services (DFS) in partnership with
the M-NCPPC\, Department of Parks and Recreation\, is hosting the annual S
enior Fitness Day and Picnic at Six Flags America in Bowie. This year's ev
ent will be held on Friday\, September 19\, from 10:00AM to 2:00PM. Prince
George's County residents who are 60 years and older are encouraged to pa
rticipate in this event that will feature dancing\, fitness classes\, food
and resources for older adults from local vendors. Registration is requir
ed to attend.
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SUMMARY:2025 Annual Senior Picnic and Fitness Day
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Administrative Charging Committee
9200 Basil Court\,
Suite 400
Largo\, MD 20774
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
We now w
elcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Eac
h speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you
not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their priva
cy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confiden
tiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of ca
ses in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there an
y speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the
public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to make public comment
s to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comm
ent\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name
to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee mus
t maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discus
s the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing y
our views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember tha
t we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.u
s .
DPIE is offering monthly VIRTUAL training sessions on how to
process an online permit application on our Momentum permitting system an
d how to upload applications and plans for review in our ePlan system. Tra
ining sessions are FREE and are held the third Thursday of every month. The Zoom link will be provided to registered customers 48 hours prio
r to the training.
All those who wish to attend the Septem
ber virtual class need to reply no later than September 11th. To attend this month's training and for additional information\, clic
k the Momentum and ePlan Customer Trainings link.
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SUMMARY:Momentum and ePlan Customer Trainings Offered via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T093000
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SUMMARY:September 18\, 2025\, Nuisance Abatement Board Hearing
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SUMMARY:Canceled - Local Development Council Meeting\, September 17\, 2025
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Work\, Live & Thrive.
Join the Commission for Indiv
iduals with Disabilities Wednesday\, September 17\, 2025\, for the Annual
Community Listening Session at St. Mark's Church\, 7501 Adelphi Road\, in
Hyattsville\, MD. Residents are invited to share their feedback and learn
from County agencies and service providers who represent employment and ho
using in Prince George's County.
You can also Join the meeting virtually: Meeting ID: 8
97 2960 0835 Passcode: 798808 One tap mobile +1-301-715-8592\, Meeting ID: 89729600835#\, Passcode: *798808# US (Washington DC)
ASL and CART will be provided as well as Spanish language translation
. For other accommodations\, requests or help with registration\, please c
ontact Lydia Williams via email at LLWilliams@co.pg.md.us.
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SUMMARY:Annual Disability Listening Session
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T130000
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SUMMARY:September 17\, 2025\, Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coor
dinating Committee Meeting
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DESCRIPTION:Come join your local police officers for coffee and conversatio
ns at the McDonald's in Temple Hills. Voice your concerns\, ask questions
and get to know the officers in your community. Date: September 17\, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM<
br>Location: McDonald's 3501 Branch Avenue Hill
crest Heights\, MD 20748
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Come join your local police officers for c
offee and conversations at the McDonald's in Temple Hills. Voice your con
cerns\, ask questions and get to know the officers in your community.
Date: September 17\, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Location: McDonald's
3501 Branch Avenue Hillcrest Heights\, MD 20748
Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and
Mount Rainier Branch Library for our monthly book club! This month we will
discuss NYT bestseller & Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Centu
ry\, 'Solito: A Memoir' by Javier Zamora.
Solidarity Stori
es: Community Led Book Discussion takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each m
onth in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limi
ted parking is available via the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Par
king is free for program participants and no purchase is required\, but pa
rticipants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s ve
ndors. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
A young poet tel
ls the inspiring story of his migration from El Salvador to the United Sta
tes at the age of nine in this “gripping memoir” (NPR) of bravery\, hope\,
and finding family. A memoir as gripping as it is moving\, Solito provide
s an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-imp
ossible journey\, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered a
t the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora’s story\, but it’s
also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home.<
/p>
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories Book Club: 'Solito: A Memoir' by Javier Zamora
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DESCRIPTION:
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest
Leyla K. King in conversation with the Prince Geo
rge's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George
's County Memorial Library System discussing her new book\, 'Daughters of Palestine: A Memoir in Five Generations.'
From Palestine
to Texas in 100 years\, this epic family tale follows five generations of
Christian women as their family’s intimate dramas—full of hope\, fear\, gr
ief\, and joy— play out against a backdrop of violence that would rip them
from their homeland.
Leyla King has been a keeper of family storie
s since long before she sat down across from her grandmother with a tiny c
assette tape recorder. And in this beautifully crafted memoir\, she braids
matriarchal memory into a vivid saga of love and survival as her ancestor
s flee war and poverty. From Haifa to Ramallah\, Damascus\, Beirut\, and f
inally Texas\, Leyla makes global politics deeply personal as family squab
bles\, ambition\, mental illness\, romance\, and religion shape their immi
grant journey. Narrated in immersive\, lyrical vignettes\, Daughters of Pa
lestine is both an urgent testimony from Palestinian Christians and a time
less story of resilience.
“We start with laughing now. Now\, in th
e comfort of my own home\, with steaming cups of tea before us and the pro
mise of the cookies I made yesterday awaiting us in the kitchen\, we share
these stories\, to be recorded and retained and remembered\, with joy and
thankfulness. But it wasn’t always that way. There was much suffering\, t
oo. To get to this place\, this moment\, with Leylati\, there was first pa
in and heartache and so much loss. . . . We start with laughing now\, but
before that\, first\, there was Za’leh.”
About the
author:
Leyla K. King is a Palestinian
American Episcopal priest and writer. She is a founding member of Palestin
ian Anglicans and Clergy Allies (Palestiniananglicans.org) and The Small C
hurches Big Impact Collective (smallchurchesbigimpact.org). Currently\, sh
e serves as the Canon for Mission in Small Congregations for the Episcopal
Diocese of West Texas.
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guest Leyla K. King in conversation with the <
strong>Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing her
new book\, 'Daughters of Palestine: A Memoir in Five Generations<
/strong>.'
From Palestine to Texas in 100
years\, this epic family tale follows five generations of Christian women
as their family’s intimate dramas—full of hope\, fear\, grief\, and joy— p
lay out against a backdrop of violence that would rip them from their home
land.
Leyla King has been a keeper of family stories since long bef
ore she sat down across from her grandmother with a tiny cassette tape rec
order. And in this beautifully crafted memoir\, she braids matriarchal mem
ory into a vivid saga of love and survival as her ancestors flee war and p
overty. From Haifa to Ramallah\, Damascus\, Beirut\, and finally Texas\, L
eyla makes global politics deeply personal as family squabbles\, ambition\
, mental illness\, romance\, and religion shape their immigrant journey. N
arrated in immersive\, lyrical vignettes\, Daughters of Palestine is both
an urgent testimony from Palestinian Christians and a timeless story of re
silience.
“We start with laughing now. Now\, in the comfort of my
own home\, with steaming cups of tea before us and the promise of the cook
ies I made yesterday awaiting us in the kitchen\, we share these stories\,
to be recorded and retained and remembered\, with joy and thankfulness. B
ut it wasn’t always that way. There was much suffering\, too. To get to th
is place\, this moment\, with Leylati\, there was first pain and heartache
and so much loss. . . . We start with laughing now\, but before that\, fi
rst\, there was Za’leh.”
About the author:
Leyla K. King is a Palestinian American Episcop
al priest and writer. She is a founding member of Palestinian Anglicans an
d Clergy Allies (Palestiniananglicans.org) and The Small Churches Big Impa
ct Collective (smallchurchesbigimpact.org). Currently\, she serves as the
Canon for Mission in Small Congregations for the Episcopal Diocese of West
Texas.
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SUMMARY:September 15\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Bo
ard Meeting - In Person
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From the Bi-County Business Roundtable:
Come
Learn About the New CATS Contract Vehicle
Join the Bi
-County Business Roundtable's Monthly Breakfast Meeting on September 15th
for an essential conversation no entrepreneur should miss. As technology a
nd government contracting evolve\, staying ahead of new opportunities is c
ritical. This month's topic\, 'Navigating the New CATS Contract Vehicle
\,' introduces you to the latest updates shaping how you can do business w
ith the State of Maryland.
Our guest speaker\,
Prince George's County CIO\, Vennard Wright\, is also CEO & Founder of
PerVista\, an award-winning Al weapon and object detection firm based in
Greenbelt\, MD.
He will share his expertise and perspective on leve
raging this new contract vehicle to grow your business. Register today
to be in the room where partnerships begin.
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From the Bi-County Business Roundtable:
Come Learn About the New CATS Contract Vehicle
Join the Bi-County Business Roundtable's Monthly Breakfast Meeting
on September 15th for an essential conversation no entrepreneur should mis
s. As technology and government contracting evolve\, staying ahead of new
opportunities is critical. This month's topic\, 'Navigating the New CAT
S Contract Vehicle\,' introduces you to the latest updates shaping how you
can do business with the State of Maryland.
Our guest speaker\, Prince George's County CIO\, Vennard Wright\, is als
o CEO & Founder of PerVista\, an award-winning Al weapon and object detect
ion firm based in Greenbelt\, MD.
He will share his expertise and p
erspective on leveraging this new contract vehicle to grow your business.<
br>Register today to be in the room where partnerships begin.
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights is proud to partner with Marietta House Museum for Movies at Marietta in honor of Underground Railroad Mon
th. Join us for a screening of the 2019 biopic 'Harriet' starring Cynthia Erivo\, followed by a Q&A moderated by D
r. Dennis Doster. Subtitles and an ASL interpreter will be provid
ed.
Open to the public (non-commercial only) and offers an easy\
, safe\, and secure disposal of personal documents.
Bring up to fi
ve (5) boxes of paper per vehicle (non-commercial only)
Please rem
ove all paper clips\, staples\, and other bindings
Documents will N
OT be accepted by walk-up.
Documents will NOT be accepted f
rom businesses.
All vehicles MUST be in l
ine by 1 p.m. to be serviced.
Special accommodations can b
e provided upon request.
This event will occur at the Accokeek Library Parking Lot at 15773 Livingston Rd.
Accokeek\, MD 20607 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on <
strong>Saturday\, September 13\, 2025.
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SUMMARY:Free Document Shredding
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DESCRIPTION:Join PGPD's District VII-Fort Washington in celebrating our Hom
etown Heroes in a family-friendly\, fun-filled game day. Date:
September 11\, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM - 2:
00 PM Location: Southern Regional Technology & Recr
eational Complex 7007 Bock Road Fort Washington\, MD 20744 Contact: Poli
ce_District7@co.pg.md.us
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SUMMARY:Pickleball with Hometown Heroes
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Join PGPD's District VII-Fort Washington i
n celebrating our Hometown Heroes in a family-friendly\, fun-filled game d
ay.
Date: September 11\, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Location: South
ern Regional Technology & Recreational Complex 7007 Bock Road Fort W
ashington\, MD 20744 Contact: Police_District7@co.pg.md.us
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T093000
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing September 10\, 2025
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DESCRIPTION:
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest
Lauren Rhoades in conversation with the Prince Ge
orge's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince Georg
e's County Memorial Library System discussing her new book\, 'Split the Baby: A Memoir in Pieces.'
In honest and captivating p
rose\, 'Split the Baby' chronicles the toll of divorce an
d family rupture from the perspective of a child who was nearly torn in tw
o. Lauren Rhoades retells her experience of growing up ca
ught between two homes run by equally strong women: a fervently Catholic s
tepmother and a deeply sensitive Jewish mother. Pulled toward radically di
stinct family cultures with rich but conflicting religious traditions\, th
e young girl struggles to reconcile her stepmother's possessive charm with
her mother's fierce and vulnerable love. Working with a trove of salvaged
documents including psychological evaluations\, legal records\, and perso
nal family diaries— Rhoades searches for answers to questions of identity\
, spirituality\, and the relationships that most deeply shape us. Ultimate
ly\, this debut memoir-in-pieces is a thoughtful story of learning to beco
me whole again.
About the author:
<
p>Lauren Rhoades is a writer and editor living in Jackson
\, Mississippi. Originally from Denver\, Colorado\, Lauren has served with
AmeriCorps\, started Mississippi's first fermentation company\, and helme
d the Eudora Welty House & Garden. She is now director of grants at the Mi
ssissippi Arts Commission and a host of MPB’s The Mississippi Arts Hour. I
n 2022\, Lauren founded Rooted Magazine\, a bestselling Substack publicati
on dedicated to telling unfiltered stories about what it means to call Mis
sissippi home. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the Mississippi U
niversity for Women. Her debut memoir\, 'Split the Baby: A Memoir in Piece
s' was published in June 2025.
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guest Lauren Rhoades in conversation with the
Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing he
r new book\, 'Split the Baby: A Memoir in Pieces.'
Registration not required. Click on the YouTube video li
nked below to stream the program live or watch the recording later.
In honest and captivating prose\, '
Split the Baby' chronicles the toll of divorce and family rupture
from the perspective of a child who was nearly torn in two. Laure
n Rhoades retells her experience of growing up caught between two
homes run by equally strong women: a fervently Catholic stepmother and a
deeply sensitive Jewish mother. Pulled toward radically distinct family cu
ltures with rich but conflicting religious traditions\, the young girl str
uggles to reconcile her stepmother's possessive charm with her mother's fi
erce and vulnerable love. Working with a trove of salvaged documents inclu
ding psychological evaluations\, legal records\, and personal family diari
es— Rhoades searches for answers to questions of identity\, spirituality\,
and the relationships that most deeply shape us. Ultimately\, this debut
memoir-in-pieces is a thoughtful story of learning to become whole again.
About the author:
Lauren
Rhoades is a writer and editor living in Jackson\, Mississippi.
Originally from Denver\, Colorado\, Lauren has served with AmeriCorps\, st
arted Mississippi's first fermentation company\, and helmed the Eudora Wel
ty House & Garden. She is now director of grants at the Mississippi Arts C
ommission and a host of MPB’s The Mississippi Arts Hour. In 2022\, Lauren
founded Rooted Magazine\, a bestselling Substack publication dedicated to
telling unfiltered stories about what it means to call Mississippi home. S
he holds an MFA in creative writing from the Mississippi University for Wo
men. Her debut memoir\, 'Split the Baby: A Memoir in Pieces' was published
in June 2025.
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
We
now welcome members of the public to make public comments to the Committe
e. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourag
e you not to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their
privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the co
nfidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars
of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are th
ere any speakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary fr
om the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
We now welcome members of the public to make public c
omments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making
a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public b
y name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committ
ee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not
discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hea
ring your views. Are there any speakers?
Please rememb
er that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which
is ACCommittee@co.p
g.md.us .
1930 (7:30 p.m.)
Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – Openi
ng Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Repo
rt
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Services
Office
District / At Large Fire Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair
Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prince George’s C
ounty Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s Count
y Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s C
ounty Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary President’s Rep
ort
Registered Guest who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE: This Public Meeting may be audio an
d visually recorded. The recording may be provided in lieu of written mee
ting minutes in accordance with Maryland Open Meeting Act Compliance.
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Residents are invited to at
tend all monthly meetings. Doing so\, can play an intricate part in the gr
owth and success of the Commission. Meetings are held the 1st Monday of ev
ery month. For more information\, click here.
Growing up in Puerto Rico\, Wanda Díaz Merced want
ed to learn everything she could about the stars. But in college she start
ed losing her sight. How could she study what she couldn’t see?
Wan
da found a way. She learned to hear the stars using sonification\, which c
onverts data into sounds. Listening to those chimes and drumbeats\, she ma
de new discoveries about the universe.
About the a
uthors:
Amy S. Hansen is an an award-win
ning author of more than thirty-five books\, most of them about science. S
he and Wanda met when Wanda first arrived at NASA Goddard Space Flight Cen
ter. Amy was astounded when she tried listening to Wanda’s data. The two f
riends decided to write a book together to inspire all young readers to fi
nd a path to success. Amy lives with her family in Maryland. www.amyshansen.com
Dr.
Wanda Díaz Merced is a blind astrophysicist who studies the star
s by turning data into sound. She is a leading advocate of multisensorial
data\, which increases access to information\, and has spoken before the U
N and given TED talks about the need for more inclusive science. Today\, W
anda is a professor at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250821T201410Z
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: 'Wanda Hears the Stars' with Amy S. Hansen
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guest Amy S. Hansen in conversation with the <
a href='https://civilrights.mypgc.us'>Prince George's County Offic
e of Human Rights\, <
strong>Joe's Movement Emporium\, and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing her new book\, 'Wanda Hears the Stars: A Bli
nd Astronomer Listens to the Universe\,' which follows the journe
y of Wanda Diaz Merced (who will answer pre-provided questions via email)!
Growing u
p in Puerto Rico\, Wanda Díaz Merced wanted to learn everything she could
about the stars. But in college she started losing her sight. How could sh
e study what she couldn’t see?
Wanda found a way. She learned to he
ar the stars using sonification\, which converts data into sounds. Listeni
ng to those chimes and drumbeats\, she made new discoveries about the univ
erse.
About the authors:
Amy S. Hansen is an an award-winning author of more than thirty-f
ive books\, most of them about science. She and Wanda met when Wanda first
arrived at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Amy was astounded when she t
ried listening to Wanda’s data. The two friends decided to write a book to
gether to inspire all young readers to find a path to success. Amy lives w
ith her family in Maryland. www.amysh
ansen.com
Dr. Wanda Díaz Merced is a
blind astrophysicist who studies the stars by turning data into sound. She
is a leading advocate of multisensorial data\, which increases access to
information\, and has spoken before the UN and given TED talks about the n
eed for more inclusive science. Today\, Wanda is a professor at Universida
d del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico.
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250811T204558Z
DESCRIPTION:Come join your local police officers for coffee and conversatio
ns at the WAWA in Hyattsville. Date September 1\, 2025 Time 9:00
AM - 11:00 AM Location WAWA 9100 Riggs Road Hyattsville\, MD
20783
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250901T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250901T110000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250811T210337Z
SUMMARY:Hyattsville Coffee with a Cop
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Come join your local police officers for c
offee and conversations at the WAWA in Hyattsville.
Date Septe
mber 1\, 2025 Time 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Location WAWA 9100 Ri
ggs Road Hyattsville\, MD 20783
All county offices\, except for public safety agencies\, wil
l be closed on Monday\, September 1\, 2025\, in observance of Labor Day. S
everal county services are also suspended or closed.
The following offices
\, services\, and facilities will be closed or suspended on Monday\, Septe
mber 1\, 2025.
Curbside Collection
Learn which curbside co
llections will slide one day.
Curbside Trash Collection in County-
Contracted Areas
Regular collections occur from Wednesday\, Se
ptember 3\, through Saturday\, September 6
Residential Food Scraps
and Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Tuesda
y\, September 2
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/applia
nces and scrap tires\; by appointment only)
No scheduled collec
tions
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
(Up to four (4) item
s may be placed curbside for collection)
Regular collections occur
from Wednesday\, September 3\, through Saturday\, September 6
Curb
side Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment only\, every
third Monday of the month)
Curbside Recycling Collection
<
p>Regular collections occur from Wednesday\, September 3\, through Saturda
y\, September 6
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
(By appoin
tment only\, every third Monday of the month)
Collection Faciliti
es
The following facilities will be closed:
Brown Sta
tion Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience
Center
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Cent
er
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility
P
rince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Items accepted at Brown Stat
ion Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Hazardous Waste A
cceptance Site (No longer located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary L
andfill) *Items accepted at mobile events only
Animal
Services
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) w
ill be closed on Monday\, September 1\, 2025.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit service operated by the Prin
ce George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T)\,
will not operate on Monday\, September 1\, 2025. Regular
operations of TheBus will resume on Tuesday\, September
2\, 2025.
Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, including dialysis transportation\, will not
operate on Monday\, September 1\, 2025. Regular operations of the
Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will resume on Tuesday\, Septemb
er 2\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE)
The Prince George’s County Department of Permitting\, Inspections and
Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Monday\, September 1\, 2025. Regular
business hours will resume on Tuesday\, September 2\, 2025.
PGC31
1
Also\, PGC311 will be closed on Monday\, September 1\, 2025\, an
d will resume regular operations on Tuesday\, September 2\, 2025\, from 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents can still submit service/issue requests
online at PGC311.com.
We now welc
ome members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each s
peaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not
to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their privacy.
Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidentia
lity of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases
in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any s
peakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the pu
blic in our ACC email\, which is
ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T192804Z
SUMMARY:Administrative Charging Committee Meeting Agenda August 28\, 2025
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250827T194600Z
DESCRIPTION:Join PGPD's theft prevention efforts. Must be a Prince George's
County resident and must provide proof of ownership of 2015-2020 Hyundai
or Kia to qualify for a free Steering Wheel Lock. Date August 28\, 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location Mall at Prince George's (P
lanet Fitness front parking lot) 3500 East West Highway Hyattsville\
, MD 20782
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250828T190000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250827T200626Z
SUMMARY:Steering Wheel Lock Giveaway
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Join PGPD's theft prevention efforts. Must
be a Prince George's County resident and must provide proof of ownership
of 2015-2020 Hyundai or Kia to qualify for a free Steering Wheel Lock.
Date August 28\, 2025 Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Location Mall at Prince George's (Planet Fitness front parking lot) 3500 Eas
t West Highway Hyattsville\, MD 20782
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250827T093000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing August 27\, 2025
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250808T184137Z
DESCRIPTION:
Lunch and Learn returns with special guests
Juyanne James\, Julie Liddell Whitehead
\, and Audrey Lau in conversation with the Prince
George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince Ge
orge's County Memorial Library System\, discussing the legacy of
Katrina\, what we learn from natural disasters\, how we came together – or
didn’t – as a community and as a nation\, and also about the art that ste
mmed specifically from Katrina and more generally\, from such moments of d
isaster.
Hurricane Katrina (August 2005) became a large and extremely
powerful hurricane that caused enormous destruction and significant loss
of life. It is the costliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. In a
ddition\, Katrina is one of the five deadliest hurricanes to ever strike t
he United States. In all\, Hurricane Katrina was responsible for 1\,833 fa
talities and approximately $108 billion in damage (un-adjusted 2005 dollar
s).
On August 23rd\, a tropical depression formed over the southeas
tern Bahamas\, becoming Tropical Storm Katrina on August 24th as it moved
into the central Bahamas. The storm continued to track west while graduall
y intensifying and made its initial landfall along the southeast Florida c
oast on August 25th as a Category 1 hurricane (80mph) on the Saffir-Simpso
n Hurricane Scale. After moving west across south Florida and into the ver
y warm waters of the Gulf\, Katrina intensified rapidly and attained Categ
ory 5 status (with peak sustained winds of 175mph) for a period of time as
it moved northwest on August 28th. Katrina weakened to a Category 3 befor
e making landfall along the northern Gulf Coast\, first in southeast Louis
iana (sustained winds: 125mph) and then made landfall once more along the
Mississippi Gulf Coast (sustained winds: 120mph). Katrina finally weakened
below hurricane intensity late on August 29th over east central Mississip
pi.
The damage and loss of life inflicted by this massive hurricane
in Louisiana and Mississippi was staggering with significant effects exte
nding into Alabama and the western Florida panhandle. This was a storm tha
t captivated the public and media with most coverage occurring in the New
Orleans area. Considering the scope of its impacts\, Katrina was one of th
e most devastating natural disasters in United States history.
As K
atrina set new minimum central pressure records while approaching the nor
thern Gulf Coast on Sunday\, August 28th\, the storm made its final turn t
o the north as it moved toward southeastern Louisiana. Katrina was a large
storm with a very distinct eye. Early on the 28th\, Katrina reached a min
imum central pressure of 902mb (at the peak) - ranking 7th lowest on recor
d for all Atlantic Basin hurricanes - and rapidly intensified to a Categor
y 5 (175mph).
Katrina then weakened to a Category 4 hurricane as it
moved across the north central Gulf and weakened further to a strong Cate
gory 3 hurricane shortly before making landfall in southeast Louisiana. Th
e central pressure at landfall was 920mb - ranking 3rd lowest on record fo
r a US landfalling hurricane\, behind Hurricane Camille in 1969 (900mb) an
d the Labor Day Hurricane that struck the Florida Keys in 1935 (892mb).
The storm continued moving north-northeast and made a second landfall
over Hancock County\, Mississippi (near the mouth of the Pearl River) - s
till Category 3. After Katrina moved inland into southern Mississippi on t
he afternoon of August 29th\, the storm left a wake of devastation that wi
ll never be forgotten. The loss of life and property damage was heightened
by breaks in the levees that separate New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain
. At least 80% of New Orleans was under flood waters on August 31st.
<
p>
About the panel:
Juyanne James<
/strong> is a Louisiana native and is the author of The Persimmon Trail an
d Other Stories (Chin Music Press\, 2015)\, as well as Table Scraps and Ot
her Essays (Resource Publishers\, 2019). Her stories and essays have been
published in journals\, such as The Louisville Review\, Bayou Magazine\, E
leven Eleven\, Thrice\, Ponder Review\, Xavier Review\, Burningword Litera
ry Journal\, and NonBinary Review\, and included in the anthologies New St
ories from the South: 2009 (Algonquin) and Something in the Water: 20 Loui
siana Stories (Portals Press\, 2011). Her essay “Table Scraps” was a notab
le essay in The Best American Essays 2014. Juyanne lives and teaches in Ne
w Orleans.
Julie Liddell Whitehead lives
and writes from Mississippi. An award-winning freelance writer\, Julie cov
ered disasters from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina throughout her career. Her f
irst book is Hurricane Baby: Stories\, published by Madville Publishing. S
he writes on mental health\, mental health education\, and mental health a
dvocacy. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication\, with a journalism
emphasis\, and a master’s degree in English\, both from Mississippi State
University. In August 2021\, she completed her MFA from Mississippi Univer
sity for Women.
Audrey Lau is the Adult a
nd Senior Services Specialist for the Prince George's County Memorial Libr
ary System\, joining the PGCMLS staff in 2014. A native of Pennsylvania\,
she moved to Mississippi in 2003 to pursue her graduate degrees in history
at the University of Mississippi. She was in Oxford\, MS for the duration
of the storm and its aftermath\, helping hurricane-affected students tran
sition to UM mid-semester and participating in relief efforts.
Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guests Juyanne James\, Julie Liddell W
hitehead\, and Audrey Lau in conversation with t
he Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the
Prince George's County Memorial Library System\, discussi
ng the legacy of Katrina\, what we learn from natural disasters\, how we c
ame together – or didn’t – as a community and as a nation\, and also about
the art that stemmed specifically from Katrina and more generally\, from
such moments of disaster.
Hu
rricane Katrina (August 2005) became a large and extremely powerful hurric
ane that caused enormous destruction and significant loss of life. It is t
he costliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. In addition\, Katrin
a is one of the five deadliest hurricanes to ever strike the United States
. In all\, Hurricane Katrina was responsible for 1\,833 fatalities and app
roximately $108 billion in damage (un-adjusted 2005 dollars).
On Au
gust 23rd\, a tropical depression formed over the southeastern Bahamas\, b
ecoming Tropical Storm Katrina on August 24th as it moved into the central
Bahamas. The storm continued to track west while gradually intensifying a
nd made its initial landfall along the southeast Florida coast on August 2
5th as a Category 1 hurricane (80mph) on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scal
e. After moving west across south Florida and into the very warm waters of
the Gulf\, Katrina intensified rapidly and attained Category 5 status (wi
th peak sustained winds of 175mph) for a period of time as it moved northw
est on August 28th. Katrina weakened to a Category 3 before making landfal
l along the northern Gulf Coast\, first in southeast Louisiana (sustained
winds: 125mph) and then made landfall once more along the Mississippi Gulf
Coast (sustained winds: 120mph). Katrina finally weakened below hurricane
intensity late on August 29th over east central Mississippi.
The d
amage and loss of life inflicted by this massive hurricane in Louisiana an
d Mississippi was staggering with significant effects extending into Alaba
ma and the western Florida panhandle. This was a storm that captivated the
public and media with most coverage occurring in the New Orleans area. Co
nsidering the scope of its impacts\, Katrina was one of the most devastati
ng natural disasters in United States history.
As Katrina set new m
inimum central pressure records while approaching the northern Gulf Coast
on Sunday\, August 28th\, the storm made its final turn to the north as i
t moved toward southeastern Louisiana. Katrina was a large storm with a ve
ry distinct eye. Early on the 28th\, Katrina reached a minimum central pre
ssure of 902mb (at the peak) - ranking 7th lowest on record for all Atlant
ic Basin hurricanes - and rapidly intensified to a Category 5 (175mph).
Katrina then weakened to a Category 4 hurricane as it moved across th
e north central Gulf and weakened further to a strong Category 3 hurricane
shortly before making landfall in southeast Louisiana. The central pressu
re at landfall was 920mb - ranking 3rd lowest on record for a US landfalli
ng hurricane\, behind Hurricane Camille in 1969 (900mb) and the Labor Day
Hurricane that struck the Florida Keys in 1935 (892mb).
The storm c
ontinued moving north-northeast and made a second landfall over Hancock Co
unty\, Mississippi (near the mouth of the Pearl River) - still Category 3.
After Katrina moved inland into southern Mississippi on the afternoon of
August 29th\, the storm left a wake of devastation that will never be forg
otten. The loss of life and property damage was heightened by breaks in th
e levees that separate New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain. At least 80% o
f New Orleans was under flood waters on August 31st.
About the panel:
Juyanne James is a Lo
uisiana native and is the author of The Persimmon Trail and Other Stories
(Chin Music Press\, 2015)\, as well as Table Scraps and Other Essays (Reso
urce Publishers\, 2019). Her stories and essays have been published in jou
rnals\, such as The Louisville Review\, Bayou Magazine\, Eleven Eleven\, T
hrice\, Ponder Review\, Xavier Review\, Burningword Literary Journal\, and
NonBinary Review\, and included in the anthologies New Stories from the S
outh: 2009 (Algonquin) and Something in the Water: 20 Louisiana Stories (P
ortals Press\, 2011). Her essay “Table Scraps” was a notable essay in The
Best American Essays 2014. Juyanne lives and teaches in New Orleans.
<
p>
Julie Liddell Whitehead lives and writes from
Mississippi. An award-winning freelance writer\, Julie covered disasters f
rom 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina throughout her career. Her first book is Hur
ricane Baby: Stories\, published by Madville Publishing. She writes on men
tal health\, mental health education\, and mental health advocacy. She has
a bachelor’s degree in communication\, with a journalism emphasis\, and a
master’s degree in English\, both from Mississippi State University. In A
ugust 2021\, she completed her MFA from Mississippi University for Women.<
/p>
Audrey Lau is the Adult and Senior Servic
es Specialist for the Prince George's County Memorial Library System\, joi
ning the PGCMLS staff in 2014. A native of Pennsylvania\, she moved to Mis
sissippi in 2003 to pursue her graduate degrees in history at the Universi
ty of Mississippi. She was in Oxford\, MS for the duration of the storm an
d its aftermath\, helping hurricane-affected students transition to UM mid
-semester and participating in relief efforts.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will be held over Zoom. The Zoom can be found on the open agenda\, wil
l be posted no fewer than five days before the meeting. Should you like to
attend the meeting and need any accomodations\, please contact the Clerk
to the Commission no fewer than three business days in advance of the meet
ing at AALyons (at) co.pg.md.us.
We now welcome members of the public to m
ake public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes.
When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of
the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law
the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so
we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look fo
rward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Please remembe
r that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which
is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .<
/p>
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T135804Z
SUMMARY:Administrative Charging Committee Meeting Agenda
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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CREATED:20250820T160157Z
DESCRIPTION:Join the Prince George’s County Police Department’s Academy Ses
sion 153 on Thursday\, August 21\, 2025\, for 'Before the Badge' – a free\
, hands-on event where you can learn what to do during a traffic stop. Thi
s event is open to drivers of all ages. Learn More and Register Here!!Date: August 21\, 2025 Time: 10:00
AM - 2:00 PM Location: Riverdale Baptist Church
1177 Largo Road Upper Marlboro\, MD
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T161945Z
SUMMARY:Before the Badge Mock Traffic Stops
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Join the Prince George’s County Police Dep
artment’s Academy Session 153 on Thursday\, August 21\, 2025\, for 'Before
the Badge' – a free\, hands-on event where you can learn what to do durin
g a traffic stop. This event is open to drivers of all ages.
Date: August 21\, 2
025 Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Location: Riverdale Baptist Church 1177 Largo Road Upper Marlboro\,
MD
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250213T175943Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250821T163000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T184125Z
SUMMARY:August 21\, 2025\, Nuisance Abatement Board Hearing
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250815T171734Z
DESCRIPTION:Come join your local police officers and neighbors for a delici
ous cup of coffee at Mix and Mingle Coffee Lounge. Voice your concerns and
ask questions about what is going on in your community at this open and i
nformal gathering. Date: August 20\, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 P
M Location: Mix & Mingle Coffee Lounge 8923 Woodyard Road Clin
ton\, MD 207e5
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250818T153603Z
SUMMARY:Clinton Coffee with a Cop
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Come join your local police officers and n
eighbors for a delicious cup of coffee at Mix and Mingle Coffee Lounge. Vo
ice your concerns and ask questions about what is going on in your communi
ty at this open and informal gathering.
Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Righ
ts and the Mount Rainier Branch Library for our
monthly book club! This month we hope you can join us as we discuss 'Dopesick: Dealers\, Doctors\, and the Drug Company that Addicted Americ
a' by Beth Macy.
The Sol
idarity Stories Book Club takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each
month in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Br
entwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the garage on 39th St & Rho
de Island Ave. Parking is free for program participants and no purchase is
required\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or din
ner from miXt’s vendors. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
<
p>About the Book
Beth Macy takes
us into the epicenter of America's twenty-plus year struggle with opioid a
ddiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealt
hy suburbs\; from disparate cities to once-idyllic farm towns\; it's a hea
rtbreaking trajectory that illustrates how this national crisis has persis
ted for so long and become so firmly entrenched. Beginning with a single d
ealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high schoo
l football stars into heroin overdose statistics\, Macy endeavors to answe
r a grieving mother's question-why her only son died-and comes away with a
harrowing story of greed and need. From the introduction of OxyContin in
1996\, Macy parses how America embraced a medical culture where overtreatm
ent with painkillers became the norm. In some of the same distressed commu
nities featured in her bestselling book Factory Man\, the unemployed use p
ainkillers both to numb the pain of joblessness and pay their bills\, whil
e privileged teens trade pills in cul-de-sacs\, and even high school stand
outs fall prey to prostitution\, jail\, and death. Through unsparing\, yet
deeply human portraits of the families and first responders struggling to
ameliorate this epidemic\, each facet of the crisis comes into focus. In
these politically fragmented times\, Beth Macy shows\, astonishingly\, tha
t the only thing that unites Americans across geographic and class lines i
s opioid drug abuse. But in a country unable to provide basic healthcare f
or all\, Macy still finds reason to hope-and signs of the spirit and tenac
ity necessary in those facing addiction to build a better future for thems
elves and their families.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T193000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250723T171818Z
SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories Book Club: Dopesick: Dealers\, Doctors\, and the
Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250815T144901Z
DESCRIPTION:
Solid Waste Advisory Commission Virtual Meeting
Tuesday\, August 19\, 2025\, 6 p.m.
For more informatio
n\, visit Solid Waste Advisory Commission.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T180000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:Solid Waste Advisory Commission Meeting\, August 19\, 2025
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DESCRIPTION:
The mission of the Local Management Board (LMB) is to enhanc
e the quality of life for children\, youth and families in Prince George's
County. Supporting this mission includes planning\, implementation\, moni
toring and evaluation of a comprehensive delivery system for families in P
rince George's County. Meetings are held bi-monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of
the month from 4:30PM - 6:00PM. All meetings are held virtually unless it'
s a closed meeting.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T180000
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SUMMARY:Commission for Children\, Youth and Families (Local Management Boar
d) Meeting
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The mission of the Local Management Board (LMB) is to enhance the quality
of life for children\, youth and families in Prince George's County. Suppo
rting this mission includes planning\, implementation\, monitoring and eva
luation of a comprehensive delivery system for families in Prince George's
County. Meetings are held bi-monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from
4:30PM - 6:00PM. All meetings are held virtually unless it's a closed mee
ting.
Join us and your neighbors for a conversation with no agend
as or speeches. Voice your concerns\, ask questions and get to know the of
ficers in your community.
Date: August 19\, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Royal Farms 8211
Ardwick Ardmore Road Hyattsville\, MD 20785
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250819T090000
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SUMMARY:Landover Coffee with a Cop
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DESCRIPTION:
Interested in becoming a resource parent (foster parent) in
Prince George's County? Join our PGCDSS Resource Parent Recruiters for a <
strong>Resource Information Session on Saturday\, August
16\, 2025 at the South Bowie Library\, 15301 Hall Road\,
Bowie MD!
During the session\, our team will:
Provide you with an overview of the program.
Sh
are details on how you can get started.
Share personal stories fr
om local families\, who are currently fostering youth.
We now welcome members of the p
ublic to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two
minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other m
embers of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful t
hat by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case informa
tion\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum.
We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Plea
se remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC emai
l\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md
.us .
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250814T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250814T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250814T020035Z
SUMMARY:Administrative Charging Committee Meeting August 14\, 2025 Agenda
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CREATED:20250213T161730Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T170000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250812T200608Z
SUMMARY:August 13\, 2025\, Board of Registration for Building Contractors M
eeting
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DESCRIPTION:Join us and get to know the officers in your community. This i
s an opportunity to discuss your concerns and ask questions one-on-one ove
r a delicious cup of coffee. Date August 13\, 2025 Time 10:00 AM
- 11:00 AM Location Panera Bread 10914 Baltimore Avenue Beltsv
ille\, MD
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T110000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250811T203058Z
SUMMARY:Beltsville Coffee with a Cop
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Join us and get to know the officers in yo
ur community. This is an opportunity to discuss your concerns and ask que
stions one-on-one over a delicious cup of coffee.
Date August
13\, 2025 Time 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Location Panera Bread 10
914 Baltimore Avenue Beltsville\, MD
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250813T093000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing August 13\, 2025
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CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250204T170929Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T170000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T173515Z
SUMMARY:August 12\, 2025\, Board of Registration for Electricians Meeting
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DESCRIPTION:
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250812T113000
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
We now welcome members of the p
ublic to make public comments to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two
minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not to refer to other m
embers of the public by name to protect their privacy. Please be mindful t
hat by law the Committee must maintain the confidentiality of case informa
tion\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases in a public forum.
We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any speakers?
Plea
se remember that we also accept commentary from the public in our ACC emai
l\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md
.us .
1930 (7:30 p.m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
P
GVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Services Office
District / At Large Fir
e Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair Report
Previously Known Issues/Topics
Prince George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Au
xiliary President’s Report
Registered Guest who wishes to speak.<
/li>
Benediction
Adjournment
NOTE: This Public
Meeting may be audio and visually recorded. The recording may be provided
in lieu of written meeting minutes in accordance with Maryland Open Meeti
ng Act Compliance.
Join us and your neighbors for a conversation with no agend
as or speeches. Voice your concerns\, ask questions and get to know the of
ficers in your community.
Date: August 6\, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Royal Farms
100 Monument Avenue Oxon Hill\, MD 20745
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250806T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250806T120000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250703T201130Z
SUMMARY:Oxon Hill Coffee with A Cop
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DESCRIPTION:
The Prince George's County Office of Human
Rights will be at a National Night Out event nea
r you! Find our table at one of the below locations\, and learn more about
your rights in Prince George's County\, how to spot trafficking\, how to
access government materials in a language of your choice\, and more!
<
ul>
Baden
Bowie
Colmar Manor
Fairmount Heig
hts
Glenarden
Greenbelt
Hyattsville
Up
per Marlboro
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T170000
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The Prince Geor
ge's County Office of Human Rights will be at a National
Night Out event near you! Find our table at one of the below loca
tions\, and learn more about your rights in Prince George's County\, how t
o spot trafficking\, how to access government materials in a language of y
our choice\, and more!
The remarkable story of E
dward McCabe\, a Black man who tried to establish a Black state within the
United States.
In this paradigm-shattering work of American histor
y\, Caleb Gayle recounts the extraordinary tale of Edward McCabe\, a Black
man who championed the audacious idea to create a state within the Union
governed by and for Black people — and the racism\, politics\, and greed t
hat thwarted him.
As the sweeping changes and brief glimpses of ho
pe brought by the Civil War and Reconstruction began to wither\, anger at
the opportunities available to newly freed Black people were on the rise.
As a result\, both Blacks and whites searched for new places to settle. Th
at was when Edward McCabe\, a Black businessman and a rising political sta
r in the American West\, set in motion his plans to found a state within t
he Union for Black people to live in and govern. His chosen site: Oklahoma
\, a place that the U.S. government had deeded to Indigenous people in the
1830s when it forced thousands of them to leave their homes under Indian
Removal\, which became known as the Trail of Tears.
McCabe lobbied
politicians in Washington\, D.C.\, Kansas\, and elsewhere as he exhorted
Black people to move to Oklahoma to achieve their dreams of self-determina
tion and land ownership. His rising profile as a leader and spokesman for
Black people as well as his willingness to confront white politicians led
him to become known as Black Moses. And like his biblical counterpart\, Mc
Cabe nearly made it to the promised land but was ultimately foiled by poli
tics\, business interests\, and the growing ambitions of white settlers wh
o also wanted the land.
In Black Moses\, Gayle brings to vivid lif
e the world of Edward McCabe: the Black people who believed in his dream o
f a Black state\, the white politicians who didn’t\, and the larger challe
nges of confronting the racism and exclusion that bedeviled Black people’s
attempts to carve a place in America for themselves. Gayle draws from ext
raordinary research and reporting to reveal an America that almost was.
About the author:
Caleb Gay
le is an award-winning journalist who writes about race and ident
ity and is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine. His writ
ing has been recognized by the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award\, th
e PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship\, the Center for Fiction Emer
ging Writers Fellowship\, the New America Fellowship\, among others. Caleb
’s writing has been featured in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, the Th
ree Penny Review\, Guernica\, the New York Times Magazine\, the Atlantic\,
the Harvard Review\, Pacific Standard\, the New Republic\, The Boston Glo
be\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, The Root\, the Daily Beast\, and more.
Caleb’s writing has been anthologized as a Notable Essay in the 2019 Best
American Essays.
His first book\, 'We Refuse to Forget: A True Stor
y of Black Creeks\, American Identity\, and Power\,' tells the extraordina
ry story of the Creek Nation\, a Native tribe that two centuries ago both
owned slaves and accepted Black people as full citizens. You can find the
book in the PGCMLS collection here.
He
is also the author of the children's book\, 'What Was the Tulsa Race Mass
acre of 1921?' where he writes about what led to one of the worst moments
of racial violence in America's history\, The Tulsa Race Massacre\, which
destroyed a flourishing neighborhood of 10\,000 Black residents. You can f
ind the book in the PGCMLS collection here.
Caleb completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Oklaho
ma as a Truman Scholar. He also completed his graduate studies at the Univ
ersity of Oxford\, and has an MBA and a master’s in public policy\, both H
arvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School respectively where h
e attended as a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow. In addition to writing\, Gayle
serves as a Senior Fellow and Professor of Practice at Northeastern Univer
sity as well as a Visiting Scholar at the Arthur Carter Journalism Institu
te at NYU. He is currently completing his next book as a fellow at Harvard
’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Caleb lives in Boston wi
th his wife\, Ramone\, and mini-goldendoodle\, Asher.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Caleb Gayle on 'Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition an
d the Fight for a Black State'
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The remarkable story of Edward McCabe\, a Black man who tr
ied to establish a Black state within the United States.
In this pa
radigm-shattering work of American history\, Caleb Gayle recounts the extr
aordinary tale of Edward McCabe\, a Black man who championed the audacious
idea to create a state within the Union governed by and for Black people
— and the racism\, politics\, and greed that thwarted him.
As the
sweeping changes and brief glimpses of hope brought by the Civil War and R
econstruction began to wither\, anger at the opportunities available to ne
wly freed Black people were on the rise. As a result\, both Blacks and whi
tes searched for new places to settle. That was when Edward McCabe\, a Bla
ck businessman and a rising political star in the American West\, set in m
otion his plans to found a state within the Union for Black people to live
in and govern. His chosen site: Oklahoma\, a place that the U.S. governme
nt had deeded to Indigenous people in the 1830s when it forced thousands o
f them to leave their homes under Indian Removal\, which became known as t
he Trail of Tears.
McCabe lobbied politicians in Washington\, D.C.
\, Kansas\, and elsewhere as he exhorted Black people to move to Oklahoma
to achieve their dreams of self-determination and land ownership. His risi
ng profile as a leader and spokesman for Black people as well as his willi
ngness to confront white politicians led him to become known as Black Mose
s. And like his biblical counterpart\, McCabe nearly made it to the promis
ed land but was ultimately foiled by politics\, business interests\, and t
he growing ambitions of white settlers who also wanted the land.
I
n Black Moses\, Gayle brings to vivid life the world of Edward McCabe: the
Black people who believed in his dream of a Black state\, the white polit
icians who didn’t\, and the larger challenges of confronting the racism an
d exclusion that bedeviled Black people’s attempts to carve a place in Ame
rica for themselves. Gayle draws from extraordinary research and reporting
to reveal an America that almost was.
About the a
uthor:
Caleb Gayle is an award-winning j
ournalist who writes about race and identity and is a contributing writer
for the New York Times Magazine. His writing has been recognized by the Ma
tthew Power Literary Reporting Award\, the PEN America Writing for Justice
Fellowship\, the Center for Fiction Emerging Writers Fellowship\, the New
America Fellowship\, among others. Caleb’s writing has been featured in T
he New York Times\, The Guardian\, the Three Penny Review\, Guernica\, the
New York Times Magazine\, the Atlantic\, the Harvard Review\, Pacific Sta
ndard\, the New Republic\, The Boston Globe\, Los Angeles Review of Books\
, The Root\, the Daily Beast\, and more. Caleb’s writing has been antholog
ized as a Notable Essay in the 2019 Best American Essays.
His first
book\, 'We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks\, American Iden
tity\, and Power\,' tells the extraordinary story of the Creek Nation\, a
Native tribe that two centuries ago both owned slaves and accepted Black p
eople as full citizens. You can find the book in the PGCMLS collection here.
He is also the author of the childr
en's book\, 'What Was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921?' where he writes ab
out what led to one of the worst moments of racial violence in America's h
istory\, The Tulsa Race Massacre\, which destroyed a flourishing neighborh
ood of 10\,000 Black residents. You can find the book in the PGCMLS collec
tion here.
Caleb completed his undergra
duate studies at the University of Oklahoma as a Truman Scholar. He also c
ompleted his graduate studies at the University of Oxford\, and has an MBA
and a master’s in public policy\, both Harvard Business School and the Ha
rvard Kennedy School respectively where he attended as a Paul & Daisy Soro
s Fellow. In addition to writing\, Gayle serves as a Senior Fellow and Pro
fessor of Practice at Northeastern University as well as a Visiting Schola
r at the Arthur Carter Journalism Institute at NYU. He is currently comple
ting his next book as a fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanc
ed Study.
Caleb lives in Boston with his wife\, Ramone\, and mini-g
oldendoodle\, Asher.
Don't w
ait until the last minute! Schedule your child's immunization appointment
today to ensure a healthy and successful start to the new school year. Bac
k-to-school Vaccine Clinics are available at our convenient locations from
August 6\, 2025\, through September 27\, 2025.
W
eekend Clinics (featuring Food\, Backpack Giveaways\, County Executive & S
uperintendent Meet & Greet\, and Family Fun)
Sunday\, August
24\, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Largo High School
S
aturday\, September 13\, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM at James Madis
on Middle School
Saturday\, September 27\, 9:00 AM – 3:00
PM at High Point High School
Weekday Clinics (IM
MUNIZATIONS ONLY)
Wednesday\, August 6\, 11:30 AM –
6:30 PM at Thurgood Marshall Middle School
Thursday\, A
ugust 7\, 11:30 AM – 6:30 PM at Northwestern High School<
/li>
Wednesday\, August 13\, 11:30 AM – 6:30 PM at Bl
adensburg High School
Thursday\, August 14\, 11:30 AM – 6
:30 PM at Benjamin Tasker Middle School
Wednesday\, Augu
st 20\, 11:30 AM – 6:30 PM at Drew Freeman Middle School<
/li>
Thursday\, August 21\, 11:30 AM – 6:30 PM at Gre
enbelt Middle School
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SUMMARY:Back-to-School Vaccine Clinics (AVAILABLE NOW August 6 - September
27)
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CREATED:20250731T171113Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250804T173038
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SUMMARY:August 4\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board
Meeting - In Person
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DESCRIPTION:
Interested in becoming a resource parent (foster parent) in
Prince George's County? Join the Prince George's County Department
of Social Services on Sunday\, August 3\, 2025\, at Bladensburg Waterfron
t Park from 1-3 PM\, and hear from current resource families (foster famil
ies) and our resource parent recruitment team.
Ou
r Resource Parent Recruitment Team would be thrilled to have you walk with
us at our first-ever 5K walk recruitment event. This walk is a great oppo
rtunity for you to support us in increasing the opportunities of children
in the county getting loving and supportive resource families.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250803T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250803T150000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250718T191616Z
SUMMARY:Foster Love 5K Walk
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Interested in becoming a resource parent (f
oster parent) in Prince George's County? Join the Prince George's
County Department of Social Services on Sunday\, August 3\, 2025\, at Blad
ensburg Waterfront Park from 1-3 PM\, and hear from current resource famil
ies (foster families) and our resource parent recruitment team.
Our Resource Parent Recruitment Team would be thrilled to h
ave you walk with us at our first-ever 5K walk recruitment event. This wal
k is a great opportunity for you to support us in increasing the opportuni
ties of children in the county getting loving and supportive resource fami
lies.
Administrative Charging Committee Meeting
In
person: 400 Basil Court\, Suite 400\, Landover\, MD 20774
Thursday\, July 31\, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
We now welco
me members of the public to make public comments to the Committee. Each sp
eaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we encourage you not
to refer to other members of the public by name to protect their privacy.
Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain the confidential
ity of case information\, so we will not discuss the particulars of cases
in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views. Are there any sp
eakers?
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the pub
lic in our ACC email\, which is A
CCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
Lunch and Learn returns with special guests
Dr. David A. Crocker\, Dr. Stacy J. Kosko\, and Theo Dolan in conversation with the Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System to discuss misinformatio
n\, how to spot it\, why it’s important to notice misinformation and propa
ganda\, and how to combat them.
Dr. David A. Crocker is a Res
earch Professor Emeritus in the University of Maryland’s Thurgood Marshall
School of Public Policy. He came to UMD in 1993 and retired in 2019. He s
pecializes in international development ethics\, sociopolitical philosophy
\, transitional justice\, democracy and democratization. He was the founde
r and first president of the International Development Ethics Association.
In 2010\, Crocker received the Landmark Award 'given for exceptional long
-term achievements in support of international life at the University of M
aryland.' In 2018\, he received the School of Public Policy’s award for “S
ocial Impact.”
Dr. Stacy J. Kosko is an A
ssociate Research Professor in the Department of Government and Politics a
nd Director of the College Park Scholars International Studies program at
the University of Maryland. Her research and consulting work focuses on d
evelopment ethics\, human rights\, and marginalized populations while her
teaching and pedagogy emphasize experiential and project-based learning.
She spent the 2017-2018 academic year as a Fulbright Scholar in Moldova. A
t UMD she co-founded the Experiential Learning Working Group. She is a fe
llow of the Human Development and Capability Association and Vice Presiden
t of the International Development Ethics Association as well as Vice Chai
r of the Board at the Center for Values in International Development.
Theo Dolan currently serves as Digital Techn
ology and Civic Activism Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Deve
lopment (USAID). Dolan has twenty years of experience working at the inter
section of media\, technology and peacebuilding\, including by designing a
nd leading international initiatives to address digital threats such as di
sinformation and hate speech. Dolan has collaborated with local partners i
n Iraq\, Afghanistan\, South Sudan and Somalia to produce entertaining mul
timedia programs to educate youth audiences about their roles in building
peace and help them feel empowered to take up those roles. While working f
or international NGOs such as IREX\, FHI 360 and the United States Institu
te of Peace (USIP)\, he has led projects designed to prevent election viol
ence\, counter violent extremism\, and support civil society’s role in eng
endering good governance. From 2013-2018\, he lived in Nairobi\, Kenya whi
le heading the regional office of PeaceTech Lab\, an offshoot of USIP. He
is a seasoned expert in educating youth and marginalized groups about medi
a literacy as a tool for building resilience to manipulative information a
nd serves on the board of Media Literacy Now\, a US-based advocacy organiz
ation. Mr. Dolan holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University’s Scho
ol of Foreign Service and a Bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College.
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guests Dr. David A. Crocker\, Dr. Stac
y J. Kosko\, and Theo Dolan in conversation with
the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and th
e Prince George's County Memorial Library System to discu
ss misinformation\, how to spot it\, why it’s important to notice misinfo
rmation and propaganda\, and how to combat them.
Dr. David A. Crocker is a Research Professor Emeritus in the U
niversity of Maryland’s Thurgood Marshall School of Public Policy. He came
to UMD in 1993 and retired in 2019. He specializes in international devel
opment ethics\, sociopolitical philosophy\, transitional justice\, democra
cy and democratization. He was the founder and first president of the Inte
rnational Development Ethics Association. In 2010\, Crocker received the L
andmark Award 'given for exceptional long-term achievements in support of
international life at the University of Maryland.' In 2018\, he received t
he School of Public Policy’s award for “Social Impact.”
Dr. Stacy J. Kosko is an Associate Research Professor in th
e Department of Government and Politics and Director of the College Park S
cholars International Studies program at the University of Maryland. Her
research and consulting work focuses on development ethics\, human rights\
, and marginalized populations while her teaching and pedagogy emphasize e
xperiential and project-based learning. She spent the 2017-2018 academic
year as a Fulbright Scholar in Moldova. At UMD she co-founded the Experien
tial Learning Working Group. She is a fellow of the Human Development and
Capability Association and Vice President of the International Developmen
t Ethics Association as well as Vice Chair of the Board at the Center for
Values in International Development.
Theo Dolan <
/strong>currently serves as Digital Technology and Civic Activism Advisor
at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Dolan has twenty
years of experience working at the intersection of media\, technology and
peacebuilding\, including by designing and leading international initiati
ves to address digital threats such as disinformation and hate speech. Dol
an has collaborated with local partners in Iraq\, Afghanistan\, South Suda
n and Somalia to produce entertaining multimedia programs to educate youth
audiences about their roles in building peace and help them feel empowere
d to take up those roles. While working for international NGOs such as IRE
X\, FHI 360 and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)\, he has led p
rojects designed to prevent election violence\, counter violent extremism\
, and support civil society’s role in engendering good governance. From 20
13-2018\, he lived in Nairobi\, Kenya while heading the regional office of
PeaceTech Lab\, an offshoot of USIP. He is a seasoned expert in educating
youth and marginalized groups about media literacy as a tool for building
resilience to manipulative information and serves on the board of Media L
iteracy Now\, a US-based advocacy organization. Mr. Dolan holds a Master’s
degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Bache
lor’s degree from Middlebury College.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will be held over Zoom. The Zoom can be found on the open agenda\, wil
l be posted no fewer than five days before the meeting. Should you like to
attend the meeting and need any accomodations\, please contact the Clerk
to the Commission no fewer than three business days in advance of the meet
ing at AALyons (at) co.pg.md.us.
This meeting will take place at Housing Authority offices lo
cated at 9200 Basil Court 2nd Floor Conference Room\, Largo\, Maryland 207
74.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If y
ou would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable t
o join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial In
Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have qu
estions\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation please
contact the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-5531
or TTY (301) 883-5428.
We now welcome members of the public to make public comments
to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comme
nt\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name
to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must
maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss
the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing yo
ur views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also acce
pt commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us
Join District VII officers for a free\, all-ages pickleball
event. All skill levels welcome!
Saturday\, July 19\, 9 AM – 1 P
M
Tucker Road Community Center 1771 Tucker Road Ft. Washing
ton\, MD 20744
Come play\, connect\, and have fun with your commu
nity!
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DESCRIPTION:
We now welcome members of the public to make public comments
to the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comme
nt\, we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name
to protect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must
maintain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss
the particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing yo
ur views. Are there any speakers?
Please remember that we also acce
pt commentary from the public in our ACC email\, which is ACCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
DPIE is offering monthly VIRTUAL training sessions on how to
process an online permit application on our Momentum permitting system an
d how to upload applications and plans for review in our ePlan system. Tra
ining sessions are FREE and are held the third Thursday of every month. The Zoom link will be provided to registered customers 48 hours prio
r to the training.
All those who wish to attend the July v
irtual class need to reply no later than July 10th. To at
tend this month's training and for additional information\, click the
Momentum and ePlan Customer Trainings link.
Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and <
strong>Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights for our mont
hly book club! This month we hope you can join us as we discuss 'T
rue Biz' by Sara Nović.
The Solidarity Stories Book Club takes place on the 3rd Tuesday o
f each month in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the garage on 39th S
t & Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program participants and no purc
hase is required\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\,
or dinner from miXt’s vendors. For more information\, visit their website
: https://mixtfoodhall.com
TRUE BIZ (adj./exclamation\; American Sign Language): really\, s
eriously\, definitely\, real-talk True biz? The students at the River Vall
ey School for the Deaf just want to hook up\, pass their history finals\,
and have politicians\, doctors\, and their parents stop telling them what
to do with their bodies. This revelatory novel plunges readers into the ha
lls of a residential school for the deaf\, where they'll meet Charlie\, a
rebellious transfer student who's never met another deaf person before\; A
ustin\, the school's golden boy\, whose world is rocked when his baby sist
er is born hearing\; and February\, the headmistress\, who is fighting to
keep her school open and her marriage intact\, but might not be able to do
both. As a series of crises both personal and political threaten to unrav
el each of them\, Charlie\, Austin\, and February find their lives inextri
cable from one another's—and changed forever. This is a story of sign lang
uage and lip-reading\, disability and civil rights\, isolation and injusti
ce\, first love and loss\, and\, above all\, great persistence\, daring\,
and joy. Absorbing and assured\, idiosyncratic and relatable\, this is an
unforgettable journey into the Deaf community and a universal celebration
of human connection.
We welcome members of the public to make public comments to the C
ommittee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\, we e
ncourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name to protec
t their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must maintain
the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the part
iculars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your views.
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the public i
n our ACC email\, which is ACComm
ittee@co.pg.md.us .
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Lunch and Learn returns with special guests
Natalia M. Febo and Gabriela Ríos Villegas in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Huma
n Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library
System discussing their work as members of the staff of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the A
merican Latino.
Registration not req
uired. Click on the YouTube video linked below to stream the program live
or watch the recording later.
About the Smithsonian's National Museum of the A
merican Latino:
The National Museum of the American Latino is one of two museu
ms created in 2020 by an act of Congress\, establishing it and the Smithso
nian National Women’s History Museum as part of the Smithsonian. Although
there is no building yet for the American Latino Museum\, founding directo
r Jorge Zamanillo and his staff are working on exhibitions\, programs and
fundraising while operating a 4\,500-square-foot gallery in the Smithsonia
n’s National Museum of American History.
The museum is integrating
and building on programs previously managed by the former Smithsonian Lati
no Center. It will continue to advance the representation\, understanding\
, and appreciation of Latino history and culture in the United States. The
museum also provides resources and collaborates with other museums to exp
and scholarly research\, public programs\, digital content\, collections a
nd more.
The National Museum of the American Latino opened the Moli
na Family Latino Gallery\, the Smithsonian’s first gallery dedicated to La
tino contributions to America\, in June 2022 at the National Museum of Ame
rican History. The 4\,500-square-foot gallery offers temporary exhibitions
and educational programs in the decade or so leading up to the grand open
ing of the museum’s own building.
“¡Presente! A Latino Hist
ory of the United States” is the museum’s first exhibition in the
gallery. It introduces visitors to critical concepts\, moments and biogra
phies that shine a light on the historical and cultural legacy of U.S. Lat
inos. It will be on view until Nov. 30\, 2025\, at the National Museum of
American History. A c
ompanion website highlights select oral histories\, 3D objects\, histo
rical biographies and objects. To plan a visit or learn more\, click here.
The mu
seum's next temporary exhibition\, “¡Puro Ritmo: The Musical Journ
ey of Salsa\,” is slated to open in spring 2026.
About our guests:
Natalia M. Febo is a museum educator and a visual artist born and raised in Puerto Rico.
She is the Community Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator at the Smithson
ian National Museum of the American Latino in Washington\, D.C.\, where sh
e established the museum's first volunteer program. Natalia is passionate
about visual arts\, history\, and cultural programs and has worked in muse
um education and arts programs for over fifteen years. Before joining the
Smithsonian\, she worked as an arts integration educator at Carlos Rosario
School International Public Charter School in Washington\, D.C.\, where s
he developed and co-taught arts integration programs for adult English Lan
guage Learners and Spanish literacy classes. Natalia’s experience includes
working as a lead facilitator at Spark! Lab at the Smithsonian National M
useum of American History and a Maker Educator at the KID Museum in Maryla
nd. Natalia holds an M.A. in Museum Studies from George Washington Univers
ity and a B.A. in Advertising and Public Relations with a minor in Fine Ar
ts from the University of Puerto Rico.
From Caguas\, Puert
o Rico\, Gabriela Ríos Villegas is a museum professional
currently working as Volunteer & Community Engagement Program Assistant at
the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino. She holds a bache
lor’s degree in both Art History & Marketing from the University of Puerto
Rico\, Río Piedras Campus and a master’s degree in Museum Studies from th
e George Washington University. Before joining the Smithsonian\, Ríos Vill
egas conducted data collection at the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Muse
um\, the U.S. Botanical Garden and the Smithsonian National Museum of the
American Latino. Prior to arriving to D.C.\, Gabriela gained experience in
Puerto Rico’s art museums and galleries through internships and volunteer
ing. She’s currently working on making her curatorial debut in Puerto Rico
and is interested in honing more curatorial skills in the future. Gabriel
a Ríos Villegas hopes to make art museums more accessible and inclusive\,
especially back home in Puerto Rico.
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guests Natalia M. Febo and Gabriela Rí
os Villegas in conversation with the Prince George's Coun
ty Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County
Memorial Library System discussing their work as members of the s
taff of the Smithsonian's Nationa
l Museum of the American Latino.
Reg
istration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked below to stream
the program live or watch the recording later.
About t
he Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Latino:
T
he National Museum of the America
n Latino is one of two museums created in 2020 by an act of C
ongress\, establishing it and the Smithsonian National Women’s History Mus
eum as part of the Smithsonian. Although there is no building yet for the
American Latino Museum\, founding director Jorge Zamanillo and his staff a
re working on exhibitions\, programs and fundraising while operating a 4\,
500-square-foot gallery in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American H
istory.
The museum is integrating and building on programs previous
ly managed by the former Smithsonian Latino Center. It will continue to ad
vance the representation\, understanding\, and appreciation of Latino hist
ory and culture in the United States. The museum also provides resources a
nd collaborates with other museums to expand scholarly research\, public p
rograms\, digital content\, collections and more.
The National Muse
um of the American Latino opened the Molina Family Latino Gallery\, the Sm
ithsonian’s first gallery dedicated to Latino contributions to America\, i
n June 2022 at the National Museum of American History. The 4\,500-square-
foot gallery offers temporary exhibitions and educational programs in the
decade or so leading up to the grand opening of the museum’s own building.
“¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States
” is the museum’s first exhibition in the gallery. It introduces visitors
to critical concepts\, moments and biographies that shine a light on the h
istorical and cultural legacy of U.S. Latinos. It will be on view until No
v. 30\, 2025\, at the National Museum of American History. A companion website highlights s
elect oral histories\, 3D objects\, historical biographies and objects. To
plan a visit or learn more\, click here.
The museum's next temporary exhibition\
, “¡Puro Ritmo: The Musical Journey of Salsa\,” is slated
to open in spring 2026.
About our guests:
Natalia M. Febo is a museum educator and a visu
al artist born and raised in Puerto Rico. She is the Community Engagement
and Volunteer Coordinator at the Smithsonian National Museum of the Americ
an Latino in Washington\, D.C.\, where she established the museum's first
volunteer program. Natalia is passionate about visual arts\, history\, and
cultural programs and has worked in museum education and arts programs fo
r over fifteen years. Before joining the Smithsonian\, she worked as an ar
ts integration educator at Carlos Rosario School International Public Char
ter School in Washington\, D.C.\, where she developed and co-taught arts i
ntegration programs for adult English Language Learners and Spanish litera
cy classes. Natalia’s experience includes working as a lead facilitator at
Spark! Lab at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and a M
aker Educator at the KID Museum in Maryland. Natalia holds an M.A. in Muse
um Studies from George Washington University and a B.A. in Advertising and
Public Relations with a minor in Fine Arts from the University of Puerto
Rico.
From Caguas\, Puerto Rico\, Gabriela Ríos Vi
llegas is a museum professional currently working as Volunteer &
Community Engagement Program Assistant at the Smithsonian National Museum
of the American Latino. She holds a bachelor’s degree in both Art History
& Marketing from the University of Puerto Rico\, Río Piedras Campus and a
master’s degree in Museum Studies from the George Washington University. B
efore joining the Smithsonian\, Ríos Villegas conducted data collection at
the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum\, the U.S. Botanical Garden an
d the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino. Prior to arrivin
g to D.C.\, Gabriela gained experience in Puerto Rico’s art museums and ga
lleries through internships and volunteering. She’s currently working on m
aking her curatorial debut in Puerto Rico and is interested in honing more
curatorial skills in the future. Gabriela Ríos Villegas hopes to make art
museums more accessible and inclusive\, especially back home in Puerto Ri
co.
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
The following offices\, services\, and facilities will be closed o
r suspended on Friday\, July 4\, 2025.
Curbside Collection
Learn which curbside collections will slide one day.
Curbside Tra
sh Collection in County-Contracted Areas
Regular collections o
ccur on Tuesday\, July 1\, Wednesday\, July 2\, and Thursday\, July 3
Collections shift from:
Friday\, July 4 to Saturday\, July
5
Residential Food Scraps and Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\, June 30
Bulky Trash C
ollection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tires\; by appointment
only)
No scheduled collection
Scheduled collections res
ume Monday\, July 7
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
(Up to
four (4) items may be placed curbside for collection)
Regular coll
ections occur on Tuesday\, July 1\, Wednesday\, July 2\, and Thursday\, Ju
ly 3
Collections shift from:
Friday\, July 4 to Satur
day\, July 5
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment only\, every third Monday of the month)
Curbs
ide Recycling Collection
Regular collections occur on Tuesday\, J
uly 1\, Wednesday\, July 2\, and Thursday\, July 3
Collections shif
t from:
Friday\, July 4 to Saturday\, July 5
C
urbside Scrap Metal Collection
(By appointment only\, every third
Monday of the month)
Collection Facilities
The following
facilities will be closed:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfi
ll
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center
Missouri
Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George
’s County Organics Composting Facility
Prince George’s County Mat
erials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recycli
ng Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sanita
ry Landfill) Items accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-
off Center
Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (No Long
er Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) Items accep
ted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center Next mobile event
: July 26
Animal Services
The Animal Services Facil
ity (3750 Brown Station Road) will be closed on Friday\, July 4\, 2025.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit se
rvice operated by the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works an
d Transportation (DPW&T)\, will not operate on Friday\, J
uly 4\, 2025. Regular operations of TheBus will resume on Saturday\, July
5\, 2025.
Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, including dialysis transportation\, will not operate on Frida
y\, July 4\, 2025. Regular operations will resume on Saturday\, July 5\, 2
025.
Permitting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE)
Th
e Prince George's County Department of Permitting\, Inspections and Enforc
ement (DPIE) will be closed on Friday\, July 4\, 2025. Regular business ho
urs will resume on Monday\, July 7\, 2025.
PGC311
PGC311 w
ill be closed on Friday\, July 4\, 2025\, and will resume regular operatio
ns on Monday\, July 7\, 2025\, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. However\, residents can sti
ll submit service/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
In-person L
ocation: 9200 Basil Court\, Suite 400\, Upper Marlboro\, MD 20774
We welcome members of the public to make public comments to
the Committee. Each speaker has up to two minutes. When making a comment\,
we encourage you not to refer to other members of the public by name to p
rotect their privacy. Please be mindful that by law the Committee must mai
ntain the confidentiality of case information\, so we will not discuss the
particulars of cases in a public forum. We look forward to hearing your v
iews.
Please remember that we also accept commentary from the pub
lic in our ACC email\, which is A
CCommittee@co.pg.md.us .
1930 (7:30 p.m.) Hours – Meeting Called to Order by Cha
ir PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer Pledge of Allegiance Chaplain Repo
rt Office of the Fire Chief’s Report Volunteer Services Office Distr
ict / At Large Fire Commissioner’s Report Fire Commission Vice Chair Repor
t Fire Commission Chair Report Previously Known (Old Business) LOSAP
Payments Update Prince George’s County Volunteer Chief’s Council Chair
Report Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Pres
ident Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies
Aux President’s Report Registered Guest who wishes to speak. Benedicti
on Adjournment
Come meet your local police department’s community officers
for a casual gathering and discussion at The Mall at Prince George's in H
yattsville.
Date: June 27\, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Location: The Mall at Prince George's 3500 East West Highway Hyattsville\, MD
20782
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SUMMARY:Hyattsville Coffee with a Cop
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DESCRIPTION:
Event Location
7400 Greenway Center Dr. Greenbelt\,
Maryland 20770
Event Details
A free one-day in-person eve
nt dedicated to strengthening community mental wellness\, advancing suicid
e prevention\, and equipping participants with practical tools to support
behavioral health in Prince George’s County.
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest
Mike Curato in conversation with the Prince Georg
e's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's
County Memorial Library System discussing his new book\, 'Gaysians.'
“I've been hunting for books like this my who
le life\; this story broke my heart and healed it.' - Maia Kobabe\, author
of 'Genderqueer.'
From the acclaimed author of the
young adult graphic novel Flamer comes a heartwarming story following four
gay Asians navigating love\, identity\, and friendship—a celebration of q
ueer chosen family.
When AJ moves to Seattle in the early aughts\,
he’s ready to reinvent himself as a gay Asian man—but his dreams hit real
ity fast with no friends\, no job\, and an apartment so far out\, “not eve
n lesbians live there.” Then a spilled drink at a bar introduces him to K\
, a glamorous drag queen\; John\, a shy gamer\; and Steven\, a reckless fl
irt. AJ’s “Boy Luck Club” helps him find love\, pride\, and belonging—unti
l a brutal attack tests everything they know about friendship and family.
Meticulously observed and gorgeously illustrated\, 'Gaysians' is
a fierce\, funny\, and tender story of queer resilience and self-discovery
. ~From the publisher
Mike Curato is the author and illustrator
the children's book series 'Little Elliot.' He has also illustrated' What
If…' by Samantha Berger\, 'All the Way to Havana' by Margarita Engle\, 'W
orm Loves Worm' by J.J. Austrian\, 'The Power of One' written by Trudy Lud
wig\, 'If I Were a Fish' by Corook and Olivia Barton\, and contributed to
'What's Your Favorite Color?' by Eric Carle and Friends\, 'Sunny Day: A Ce
lebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song\,' and 'Dear Heartbreak: YA Auth
ors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love.' Publishers Weekly named Mike a “F
all 2014 Flying Start.” In the same year he won the Society of Illustrator
s Original Art Show Founder’s Award. Mike’s debut young adult graphic nove
l\, 'Flamer\,' was awarded the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Young
Adult and the 2021 Massachusetts Book Award for Middle Grade/Young Adult.
'Gaysians' is his adult debut.
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guest Mike Curato in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System discussing his n
ew book\, 'Gaysians.'
“I've been hunting for books
like this my whole life\; this story broke my heart and healed it.' - Mai
a Kobabe\, author of 'Genderqueer.'
From the acclaimed author of the young adult graphic novel Flamer
comes a heartwarming story following four gay Asians navigating love\, ide
ntity\, and friendship—a celebration of queer chosen family.
When
AJ moves to Seattle in the early aughts\, he’s ready to reinvent himself a
s a gay Asian man—but his dreams hit reality fast with no friends\, no job
\, and an apartment so far out\, “not even lesbians live there.” Then a sp
illed drink at a bar introduces him to K\, a glamorous drag queen\; John\,
a shy gamer\; and Steven\, a reckless flirt. AJ’s “Boy Luck Club” helps h
im find love\, pride\, and belonging—until a brutal attack tests everythin
g they know about friendship and family.
Meticulously observed an
d gorgeously illustrated\, 'Gaysians' is a fierce\, funny\, and tender sto
ry of queer resilience and self-discovery. ~From the publisher
Mike Cura
to is the author and illustrator the children's book series 'Litt
le Elliot.' He has also illustrated' What If…' by Samantha Berger\, 'All t
he Way to Havana' by Margarita Engle\, 'Worm Loves Worm' by J.J. Austrian\
, 'The Power of One' written by Trudy Ludwig\, 'If I Were a Fish' by Coroo
k and Olivia Barton\, and contributed to 'What's Your Favorite Color?' by
Eric Carle and Friends\, 'Sunny Day: A Celebration of the Sesame Street Th
eme Song\,' and 'Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of
Love.' Publishers Weekly named Mike a “Fall 2014 Flying Start.” In the sa
me year he won the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show Founder’s Awa
rd. Mike’s debut young adult graphic novel\, 'Flamer\,' was awarded the 20
20 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Young Adult and the 2021 Massachusetts
Book Award for Middle Grade/Young Adult. 'Gaysians' is his adult debut.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will be held over Zoom. The Zoom link can be found on the open agenda.
Please contact the Clerk with any accessability requests at OHRStaff (at)
co.pg.md.us no fewer than three days in advance of the meeting.
This meeting will take place at the Housing Authority office
s located at 9200 Basil Court 2nd Floor Conference Room Largo\, Maryland 2
0774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-Meeting. If
you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you are unable
to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-conference: Dial I
n Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
If you have
questions\, or if you have a disability and require an accommodation pleas
e contact the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (301) 883-553
1 or TTY (301) 883-5428.
Free Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs
Sunday\, June 22\, 2025 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 3750 Brown Station Road\, Upper Marlboro\, MD 20772 Rain or
shine While supplies last (2 animals per household max) FREE for Pri
nce George's County residents. Proof of residency required.
Each animal MUST be registered and pre-registration is required:
Supplies are provided on a first-come\, first-served basis and regi
stration does not guarantee services will be rendered at the time you driv
e up.
Prince George's County Law: All cats\, dogs\
, and ferrets must be licensed with the County by four (4) months old and
annually thereafter. One (1) year pet licenses will be offered for free du
ring the event. Donations welcomed.
Pet must be at least four (4) m
onths old to receive rabies vaccine. Rabies vaccines are good for one (1)
year unless prior rabies certificate is provided at time of service. Pets must be on a leash or in a carrier and under control at all times.<
br> Please be prepared to remain in your vehicle for an extended period
of time.
If you have questions or do not receive a confirmation em
ail within 24 hours of submitting\, please contact ASDcommunityoutreach@co.pg.md.us.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250609T201642Z
SUMMARY:Free Drive-Up Pet Vaccination Clinic for Cats and Dogs
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DESCRIPTION:
If you are interested in learning how you can become a foste
r parent\, join us for an engaging information session\, Saturday\, June 2
1st from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM at the Bladensburg Branch Library at 4820 Ann
apolis Road\, Bladensburg\, MD!
This is your opportunity to learn w
hat foster parenting in Prince George's County is all about. Save this pos
t and share with your friends and neighbors to help us find our next group
of incredible foster parents in the County! #FosterLoveMaryland
<
strong>During the session\, our team will:
Provide y
ou with an overview of the program.
Share details on how you can
get started.
Share personal stories from local families\, who are
currently fostering youth.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250621T123000
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SUMMARY:Foster Parent Information Session
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If you are interested in learning how you c
an become a foster parent\, join us for an engaging information session\,
Saturday\, June 21st from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM at the Bladensburg Branch Li
brary at 4820 Annapolis Road\, Bladensburg\, MD!
This is your oppor
tunity to learn what foster parenting in Prince George's County is all abo
ut. Save this post and share with your friends and neighbors to help us fi
nd our next group of incredible foster parents in the County! #FosterLoveM
aryland
During the session\, our team will:
<
ul>
Provide you with an overview of the program.
Share detail
s on how you can get started.
Share personal stories from local f
amilies\, who are currently fostering youth.
The Prince George’s County Office of Community Relations wil
l partner with the Commission on Common Ownership Communities to host a vi
rtual meeting. The Commission will meet to strategize on engaging\, educat
ing and empowering common ownership communities with activities.
All county offices\, except for public safety agencies\, wil
l be closed on Thursday\, June 19\, 2025\, in observance of Juneteenth. Se
veral county services are also suspended or closed.
The following offices\
, services\, and facilities will be closed or suspended on Thursday\, June
19\, 2025.
Curbside Collection
Learn which curbside colle
ctions will slide one day.
Curbside Trash Collection in County-Con
tracted Areas
Regular collections occur on Tuesday\, June 17\,
and Wednesday\, June 18
Collections shift from:
Thurs
day\, June 19 to Friday\, June 20
Friday\, June 20 to Saturday\,
June 21
Residential Food Scraps and Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\, June 16
Bulky T
rash Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tires\; by appoi
ntment only)
No scheduled collection
Scheduled collectio
ns resume Friday\, June 20
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
<
p>(Up to four (4) items may be placed curbside for collection)
Regu
lar collections occur on Tuesday\, June 17\, and Wednesday\, June 18
<
p>Collections shift from:
Thursday\, June 19 to Friday\, Jun
e 20
Friday\, June 20 to Saturday\, June 21
Curb
side Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment only\, every
third Monday of the month)
Curbside Recycling Collection
<
p>Regular collections occur on Tuesday\, June 17\, and Wednesday\, June 18
Collections shift from:
Thursday\, June 19 to Friday\
, June 20
Friday\, June 20 to Saturday\, June 21
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
(By appointment only\, every thir
d Monday of the month)
Collection Facilities
The followin
g facilities will be closed:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Land
fill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center
Missou
ri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince Geor
ge’s County Organics Composting Facility
Prince George’s County M
aterials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recyc
ling Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sani
tary Landfill) Items accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Dro
p-off Center\; Next mobile event: June 14
Household Hazardous
Waste Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sa
nitary Landfill) Items accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience D
rop-off Center\; Next mobile event: June 14
Animal Serv
ices
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will b
e closed on Thursday\, June 19\, 2025.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit service operated by the Prince Geor
ge’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T)\, will operate as scheduled on Thursday\, June 19\, except for Ro
ute 51X. Regular operations of Route51X will resume on Friday\, June 20\,
2025.
Call-A-Bus and PGC Link s
ervices\, including dialysis transportation\, will not operate on Thursday\, June 19\, 2025. Regular operations will resume on Frid
ay\, June 20\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections and Enforcement (
DPIE)
The Prince George’s County Department of Permitting\, Inspec
tions and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Thursday\, June 19\, 2025.
Regular business hours will resume on Friday\, June 20\, 2025.
PGC311
Also\, PGC311 will be closed on Thursday\, June 19\, 2025\
, and will resume regular operations on Friday\, June 20\, 2025\, from 7 a
.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents can still submit service/issue requests
online at PGC311.com.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250619T235900
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T185524Z
SUMMARY:Juneteenth Day
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CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250612T125559Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T190000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:Local Development Council Meeting - June 18\, 2025
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DESCRIPTION:
Empowering the Game makes its grand return
with four-time\, bronze and gold medal winning Paralympian\, Trevo
n Jenifer. We're chatting with Trevon about his journey from trac
k and wrestling to wheelchair basketball\, his FOUR trips to the Paralympi
c Games (in 2012\,2016\, 2021\, and 2024)\, and more!
Trevon Jenifer was born with congenital amputation. H
e was a successful track athlete in his early years and a top wrestler in
high school. A Maryland native\, he attended Huntingtown High School and j
oined the wrestling team\, competing against able-bodied athletes and fini
shing third in his weight class at the Maryland state tournament his senio
r year. Trevon started playing wheelchair basketball in 1992 with team Air
Capital in Washington D.C. He was a three-year captain and two-time All-A
merican for the Edinboro men’s wheelchair basketball team and played profe
ssional basketball for two years overseas in France. Trevon penned an insp
irational autobiography\, “From the Ground Up”\, at 17 years old. Trey is
employed with the US Federal Government\, and in his free time enjoys hunt
ing\, fishing\, shooting\, camping and spending time with family and frien
ds.
Empowering the Game makes
its grand return with four-time\, bronze and gold medal winning Paralympia
n\, Trevon Jenifer. We're chatting with Trevon about his
journey from track and wrestling to wheelchair basketball\, his FOUR trips
to the Paralympic Games (in 2012\,2016\, 2021\, and 2024)\, and more!
Trevon Jenif
er was born with congenital amputation. He was a successful track athlete
in his early years and a top wrestler in high school. A Maryland native\,
he attended Huntingtown High School and joined the wrestling team\, compet
ing against able-bodied athletes and finishing third in his weight class a
t the Maryland state tournament his senior year. Trevon started playing wh
eelchair basketball in 1992 with team Air Capital in Washington D.C. He wa
s a three-year captain and two-time All-American for the Edinboro men’s wh
eelchair basketball team and played professional basketball for two years
overseas in France. Trevon penned an inspirational autobiography\, “From t
he Ground Up”\, at 17 years old. Trey is employed with the US Federal Gove
rnment\, and in his free time enjoys hunting\, fishing\, shooting\, campin
g and spending time with family and friends.
Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights for our mont
hly book club! This month we discuss 'On Earth We're Briefly Gorge
ous\,' by Ocean Vuong.
O
n Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother
who cannot read. Written when the speaker\, Little Dog\, is in his late t
wenties\, the letter unearths a family's history that began before he was
born — a history whose epicenter is rooted in Vietnam — and serves as a do
orway into parts of his life his mother has never known\, all of it leadin
g to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness to the fraught yet und
eniable love between a single mother and her son\, it is also a brutally h
onest exploration of race\, class\, and masculinity. Asking questions cent
ral to our American moment\, immersed as we are in addiction\, violence\,
and trauma\, but undergirded by compassion and tenderness\, On Earth We're
Briefly Gorgeous is as much about the power of telling one's own story as
it is about the obliterating silence of not being heard. With stunning ur
gency and grace\, Ocean Vuong writes of people caught between disparate wo
rlds\, and asks how we heal and rescue one another without forsaking who w
e are. The question of how to survive\, and how to make of it a kind of jo
y\, powers the most important debut novel of many years.
The Solidarit
y Stories Book Group takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the u
pstairs lounge area of miXt Foo
d Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via th
e garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program partic
ipants and no purchase is required\, but participants are welcome to order
snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s vendors. For more information\, v
isit miXt's website.
This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Libr
ary System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injusti
ce to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let
’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn contin
ues with special guest Hakeem Oluseyi discussing his unco
nventional path to astrophysics\, his work as a science educator\, and the
mission of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific\, where he currently w
orks as the CEO.
Hakeem Oluseyi i
s an American astrophysicist\, cosmologist\, inventor\, educator\, televis
ion personality\, and public speaker. Since 2007\, he has been a professor
of physics and space sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology\, an
d has served at Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washin
gton\, D.C. He appears regularly on the Science Channel’s highly popular p
rogram\, Outrageous Acts of Science\, as well as other science shows produ
ced by Discovery\, Inc.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T184816Z
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: In conversation with Astrophysicist Dr. Hakeem Olu
seyi
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This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at n
oon and tune in to virtual conversations with the Prince George’s
County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s Cou
nty Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects
of racial injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering from ex
ile and loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Lear
n continues with special guest Hakeem Oluseyi di
scussing his unconventional path to astrophysics\, his work as a science e
ducator\, and the mission of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific\, whe
re he currently works as the CEO.
Hakeem Oluseyi is an American astrophysicist\, co
smologist\, inventor\, educator\, television personality\, and public spea
ker. Since 2007\, he has been a professor of physics and space sciences at
the Florida Institute of Technology\, and has served at Science Mission D
irectorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington\, D.C. He appears regularly
on the Science Channel’s highly popular program\, Outrageous Acts of Scien
ce\, as well as other science shows produced by Discovery\, Inc.
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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CREATED:20250522T153320Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250616T183000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T145513Z
SUMMARY:June 16\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board M
eeting - In Person
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DESCRIPTION:
This free event is open to the public (non-commercial only)
and offers an easy\, safe\, and secure disposal of personal documents.
Bring up to five (5) boxes of paper per vehicle
Please rememb
er to remove all paper clips\, staples\, and other bindings
Documen
ts will NOT be accepted by walk-up or from businesses.
AND
Residents will be able to drive thru and drop off accepted household hazar
dous waste (HHW) and electronic items.
Open to County residents ONL
Y (ID may be required)
Commercial vehicles and commercially generat
ed items are NOT permitted.
Multiple trips are not allowed for indi
viduals or vehicles.
Special accommodations can be provide
d upon request.
Father’s Day is a celebration that honors fathers and recogn
izes the important role they play in families and in society. This eve
nt highlights the positive influence fathers have in our communities. Join
us in taking a united pledge to support a community free from Domestic Vi
olence and Human Trafficking. Doors open at 5:30PM | Register at: https://PGCFathersDayPledge2025.eventbrite.com
For more information\, contact Carmen Teves-Duran or Elio Wade at
(301) 265-8423 or email EMWade@co.pg.
md.us
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T211014Z
SUMMARY:Father's Day Pledge June 11
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250213T161057Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250611T170000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250807T132155Z
SUMMARY:June 11\, 2025\, Board of Registration for Building Contractors Mee
ting
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CREATED:20250724T135519Z
DESCRIPTION:
Zoom meeting for June 11\, 2025\, hearing docket. See agenda
below.
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T113000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250108T170700Z
SUMMARY:Business Certification Overview
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
1930 (7:30 p.m.) Ho
urs – Meeting Called to Order by Chair
PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening
Prayer
Pledge of Allegiance
Chaplain Report
Office of the Fire Chief’s Report
Volunteer Services Of
fice
District / At Large Fire Commissioner’s Report
Fire Commission Vice Chair Report
Fire Commission Chair R
eport
Previously Known Issues/Topics
LOSAP Payments Upda
te
Station Management Distribution Policy
Senator Amoss
“508” Distribution Policy
Prince George’s County Volu
nteer Chiefs Council Chair Report
Prince George’s County Voluntee
r Fire & Rescue Association President
Prince George’s County Volu
nteer Fire & Rescue Association Ladies Auxiliary President’s Report
<
li>Registered Guest who wishes to speak.
Benediction
Adj
ournment
NOTE: This Public Meeting may be
audio and visually recorded. The recording may be provided in lieu of wri
tten meeting minutes in accordance with Maryland Open Meeting Act Complian
ce.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250602T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250602T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T195452Z
SUMMARY:Early Voting for the Special General Election
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DESCRIPTION:
Location:
11414 Livingston Road\
, Fort Washington\, MD 20744
Enjoy live entertainment from the PGPD
Band\, face painting\, line dancing with an instructor\, a live DJ\, and
more! This event marks the start of a summer filled with community outreac
h\, engagement\, and celebration across the County.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250601T180000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T195351Z
SUMMARY:Early Voting for the Special General Election
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DESCRIPTION:
Visit the Board of Elections to check your voter registratio
n and find a vote center near you!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T165157Z
SUMMARY:Early Voting for the Special General Election
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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CREATED:20250507T165308Z
DESCRIPTION:
Visit the Board of Elections to check your voter registratio
n and find a vote center near you!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250530T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T165537Z
SUMMARY:Early Voting for the Special General Election
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DESCRIPTION:
Visit the Board of Elections to check your voter registratio
n and find a vote center near you!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T164551Z
SUMMARY:Early Voting for the Special General Election
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DESCRIPTION:
The Police Accountability Board is comprised of eleven count
y residents appointed by the County Executive and the County Council.
When: May 28\,2025 @ 6:30pm
Public Comments
Youn must register at pgpab@co.pg
.md.us by the Tuesday before a regular scheduled meeting to make publi
c comments.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250528T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250528T200000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T164339Z
SUMMARY:Early Voting for the Special General Election
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DESCRIPTION:
Animal Control Commission Hearing May 28\, 2025
Zoom meeting for May 28\, 2025\, hearing docket. See agenda below.
All county offices\, except for public safety agencies\, wil
l be closed on Monday\, May 26\, 2025\, in observance of Memorial Day. Sev
eral county services are also suspended or closed.
The following offices\,
services\, and facilities will be closed or suspended on Monday\, May 26\
, 2025.
Curbside Collection
Learn which curbside collectio
ns will slide one day.
Curbside Trash Collection in County-Contrac
ted Areas
Regular collections occur on Wednesday\, May 28\, th
rough Saturday\, May 31
Residential Food Scraps and Yard Trim Col
lections
Regular collections occur on Tuesday\, May 27
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tires\;
by appointment only)
No scheduled collections
Curbside
Bulky Trash Collection
(Up to four (4) items may be placed curbsid
e for collection)
Regular collections occur on Wednesday\, May 28\,
through Saturday\, May 31
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collecti
on
(By appointment only\, every third Monday of the month)
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regular collections occur on Wedn
esday\, May 28\, through Saturday\, May 31
Curbside Scrap Metal C
ollection
(By appointment only\, every third Monday of the month)
Collection Facilities
The following facilities will be cl
osed:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Sta
tion Road Public Convenience Center
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste A
cceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Co
mposting Facility
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Faci
lity (1000 Ritchie Road)
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *
Temporarily Closed at Landfill Due to Construction *Items accepted at B
rown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Hazardou
s Waste Acceptance Site (No longer located at the Brown Station Road S
anitary Landfill) *Closed at Landfill Due to Construction *Items
accepted at mobile event only: May 17\, 2025
Animal Service
s
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will be c
losed on Monday\, May 26\, 2025.
Transportation
Th
eBus\, a public transit service operated by the Prince George’s C
ounty Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T)\, will
not operate on Monday\, May 26\, 2025. Regular operations of TheBus will resume on Tuesday\, May 27\, 2025.
Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, including d
ialysis transportation\, will not operate on Monday\, May
26\, 2025. Regular operations of the Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will resume on Tuesday\, May 27\, 2025.
Permitting
\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE)
The Prince George’s County D
epartment of Permitting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) will be close
d on Monday\, May 26\, 2025. Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday
\, May 27\, 2025.
PGC311
Also\, PGC311 will be closed on M
onday\, May 26\, 2025\, and will resume regular operations on Tuesday\, Ma
y 27\, 2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents can still submit s
ervice/issue requests online at PGC
311.com.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250526T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250526T235900
LAST-MODIFIED:20250603T185411Z
SUMMARY:Memorial Day
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CREATED:20250513T144817Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T190000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:Cancelled - Local Development Council Meeting - May 21\, 2025
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250213T170202Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T214651Z
SUMMARY:May 21\, 2025\, Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordinati
ng Committee Meeting
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DESCRIPTION:
Join your neighbors and police officers for coffee and conve
rsation. We hope to meet you there!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T100000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T210713Z
SUMMARY:Westphalia Coffee with a Cop
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DESCRIPTION:
Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and <
strong>Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights for our mont
hly book club! This month we discuss Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman.
A brutally movin
g work of art—widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written—Mau
s recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holo
caust\, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. M
aus is a haunting tale within a tale\, weaving the author’s account of his
tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling
of one of history’s most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable st
ory of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.
Solidarity Stories Book Club takes place on the 3
rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food
Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the gara
ge on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program participants
and no purchase is required\, but participants are welcome to order snack
s\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s vendors. For more information\, visit t
heir website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T193000
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories Book Club - 'Maus I'
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DESCRIPTION:
Solid Waste Advisory Commission Virtual Meeting Tuesday\, Ma
y 20\, 2025\, 6 p.m.
Lunch and Learn returns with special guests
Dr. Anthony Harkins and Dr. Meredith McCarroll in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the <
a href='https://pgcmls.info'>Prince George's County Memorial Libra
ry System discussing their edited volume 'Appalachia
n Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy.'
Registration not required. Click on the YouTube video linked below to st
ream the program live or watch the recording later.
'Appalachian Reckoning' is a retort\, at turns r
igorous\, critical\, angry\, and hopeful\, to the long shadow Hillbilly El
egy has cast over the region and its imagining. But it also moves beyond H
illbilly Elegy to allow Appalachians from varied backgrounds to tell their
own diverse and complex stories through an imaginative blend of scholarsh
ip\, prose\, poetry\, and photography. The essays and creative work collec
ted in Appalachian Reckoning provide a deeply personal portrait of a place
that is at once culturally rich and economically distressed\, unique and
typically American. Complicating simplistic visions that associate the reg
ion almost exclusively with death and decay\, Appalachian Reckoning makes
clear Appalachia’s intellectual vitality\, spiritual richness\, and progre
ssive possibilities. ~From the Publisher
About the
editors:
Dr. Anthony Harkins is a profes
sor of history at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green\, Kentucky
and a scholar of U.S. popular culture history\, particularly representatio
ns of rural America. He is the author of 'Hillbilly: A Cultural History of
an American Icon' (Oxford University Press\, 2004) and co-editor\, with M
eredith McCarroll\, of 'Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbi
lly Elegy' (West Virginia University Press\, 2019)\, which expresses the c
omplexities and possibilities of contemporary Appalachia through scholarsh
ip\, narrative essay\, photography and poetry.
Mer
edith McCarroll was born and raised in Waynesville\, North Caroli
na. She graduated from Appalachian State University\, and later earned a M
asters from Simmons College and a PhD from University of Tennessee. She li
ves now in Portland\, Maine where she writes and teaches writing.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Dr. Anthony Harkins and Dr. Meredith McCarroll on
'Appalachian Reckoning'
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'Appalachian Rec
koning' is a retort\, at turns rigorous\, critical\, angry\, and
hopeful\, to the long shadow Hillbilly Elegy has cast over the region and
its imagining. But it also moves beyond Hillbilly Elegy to allow Appalachi
ans from varied backgrounds to tell their own diverse and complex stories
through an imaginative blend of scholarship\, prose\, poetry\, and photogr
aphy. The essays and creative work collected in Appalachian Reckoning prov
ide a deeply personal portrait of a place that is at once culturally rich
and economically distressed\, unique and typically American. Complicating
simplistic visions that associate the region almost exclusively with death
and decay\, Appalachian Reckoning makes clear Appalachia’s intellectual v
itality\, spiritual richness\, and progressive possibilities. ~From the Pu
blisher
About the editors:
Dr. Anthony Harkins is a professor of history at Western Kentuck
y University in Bowling Green\, Kentucky and a scholar of U.S. popular cul
ture history\, particularly representations of rural America. He is the au
thor of 'Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon' (Oxford Univer
sity Press\, 2004) and co-editor\, with Meredith McCarroll\, of 'Appalachi
an Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy' (West Virginia Univers
ity Press\, 2019)\, which expresses the complexities and possibilities of
contemporary Appalachia through scholarship\, narrative essay\, photograph
y and poetry.
Meredith McCarroll was born
and raised in Waynesville\, North Carolina. She graduated from Appalachia
n State University\, and later earned a Masters from Simmons College and a
PhD from University of Tennessee. She lives now in Portland\, Maine where
she writes and teaches writing.
This meeting will take place at the Wayne K. Curry Administr
ation Building located at 1301 McCormick Drive Training Room #1174 Largo\,
Maryland 20774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also be held via Go-To-
Meeting. If you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting information. If you
are unable to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into the tele-confere
nce: Dial In Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819-222-557
I
f you have questions\, or if you have a disability and require an accommod
ation please contact the Housing Authority of Prince George's County on (3
01) 883-5531 or TTY (301) 883-5428.
If you are interested in learning how you can become a foste
r parent\, join us for an engaging information session\, this Saturday\, M
ay 17th from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM at the Laurel Branch Library at 507 7th S
treet\, Laurel\, MD 20707!
This is your opportunity to learn what f
oster parenting in Prince George's County is all about. Save this post and
share with your friends and neighbors to help us find our next group of i
ncredible foster parents in the County! #FosterLoveMaryland
During the session\, our team will:
Provide you wi
th an overview of the program.
Share details on how you can get s
tarted.
Share personal stories from local families\, who are curr
ently fostering youth.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250517T123000
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If you are interested in learning how you c
an become a foster parent\, join us for an engaging information session\,
this Saturday\, May 17th from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM at the Laurel Branch Lib
rary at 507 7th Street\, Laurel\, MD 20707!
This is your opportunit
y to learn what foster parenting in Prince George's County is all about. S
ave this post and share with your friends and neighbors to help us find ou
r next group of incredible foster parents in the County! #FosterLoveMaryla
nd
During the session\, our team will:
<
li>Provide you with an overview of the program.
Share details on
how you can get started.
Share personal stories from local famili
es\, who are currently fostering youth.
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min-width: 1170px) and (max-width: 1439px)' type='image/webp'> <
img class='coh-image coh-image-responsive-xl coh-image-responsive-sm coh-i
mage-responsive-ps' src='https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/sites/defau
lt/files/styles/coh_x_large/public/media-image/Foster%20Parent%20Info%20Se
ssion_05-17-25.png.webp?itok=IbFKAMy4' title alt='Photo of African America
n/Black Father and Son smiling next to text: Foster Parent Information Ses
sion Saturday\, May 17\, 2025\, 11 AM to 12:30 PM\, Laurel Branch Library'
>
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DESCRIPTION:
Due to ongoing construction at the landfill\, residents will
be able to drive thru and drop off accepted household hazardous waste (HH
W) and electronic items.
Open to County residents ONLY (ID
may be required)
Commercial vehicles and commercially generated it
ems are NOT permitted.
Multiple trips are not allowed for individua
ls or vehicles.
Special accommodations can be provided upo
n request.
The event will take place a
t the (Bowie) Chesapeake Baysox Stadium at 4101 Crain Hwy. Bowie\,
MD 20716\, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on S
aturday\, May 17\, 2025.
The Office of Procurement (OOP) will host a
virtual informational session for County vendors from 1pm - 2pm on Thursday\, May 15. Please complete this form to register and share
your questions with OOP by close of business on Tuesday\, May 13<
/strong>. This session will focus on SAP Ariba Implementation and provide
you with an opportunity to ask questions to both OOP & SAP staff.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250508T194036Z
SUMMARY:Register Today for Office of Procurement's May 15 SAP Ariba Impleme
ntation Informational Session
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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CREATED:20250213T175150Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250515T163000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T133132Z
SUMMARY:Canceled — May 15\, 2025\, Nuisance Abatement Board Hearing
TRANSP:OPAQUE
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250311T182355Z
DESCRIPTION:
The Magic of Maryland Music Celebration is a ticketed waterf
ront concert with DJ D-nice\, Club Quarantine 5 Live\, the BSO alongside Conductor Igmar
Thomas and friends including Ari Lennox\, Jadakiss\, Deborah Cox\, Chanté Moore<
/strong>\, Too $hort\, Lil’ Mo\, Raheem DeVaughn\, 803Fresh\, DJ Quicksi
lva\, DJ Class\, Cordae\, 2 Hyped Brothers & A Dog with Frank Ski\, Michael Phil
lips\, Fred Yonnet\, Father MC\
, and Kenny Burns!
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T203000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250505T025137Z
SUMMARY:Magic of Maryland Music Celebration with DJ D-Nice
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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CREATED:20250513T151736Z
DESCRIPTION:
The Police Accountability Board is comprised of eleven count
y residents appointed by the County Executive and County Council.
When: May 14\,2025 @6:30 pm
Publi
c Comments
You must register at pgpab@co.pg.md.us by the Tue
sday before a regular scheduled meeting to make public comments.
In this stunning work of historical fiction\, Natasha Lester\, the
New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Orphan\, brings to life the
true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade who led one of the largest and mos
t effective resistance networks in France during World War II. ~From the P
ublisher
Get Natasha Lester's previous books in PGCMLS' collection:
Na
tasha Lester is the New York Times bestselling author of 'The Par
is Seamstress\,' 'The Paris Orphan\,' 'The Paris Secret\,' and 'The Mademo
iselle Alliance\,' and a former marketing executive for L’Oréal. Her novel
s have won several awards\, been international bestsellers and are transla
ted into 21 different languages and published all around the world. When s
he’s not writing\, she loves collecting vintage fashion\, practicing the a
rt of fashion illustration\, and traveling the world. Lester lives with he
r husband and three children in Perth\, Western Australia.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250514T193000
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SUMMARY:Natasha Lester on 'The Mademoiselle Alliance'
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In this stunning work of h
istorical fiction\, Natasha Lester\, the New York Times bestselling author
of The Paris Orphan\, brings to life the true story of Marie-Madeleine Fo
urcade who led one of the largest and most effective resistance networks i
n France during World War II. ~From the Publisher
Get Natasha Leste
r's previous books in PGCMLS' collection:
Natasha Lester is the New
York Times bestselling author of 'The Paris Seamstress\,' 'The Paris Orpha
n\,' 'The Paris Secret\,' and 'The Mademoiselle Alliance\,' and a former m
arketing executive for L’Oréal. Her novels have won several awards\, been
international bestsellers and are translated into 21 different languages a
nd published all around the world. When she’s not writing\, she loves coll
ecting vintage fashion\, practicing the art of fashion illustration\, and
traveling the world. Lester lives with her husband and three children in P
erth\, Western Australia.
An “intimate and searching” (Natasha
Trethewey\, New York Times–bestselling author of Memorial Drive) memoir o
f family\, color\, and being Black\, white\, and other in America\, from “
one of our country’s greatest historians” (Clint Smith\, #1 New York Times
–bestselling author of How the Word is Passed)
Martha S. Jones grew
up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks i
nto college\, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones’s right to speak.
Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair\, he conf
ronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: “Who
do you think you are?”
Now a prizewinning scholar of Black history
\, Jones delves into her family’s past for answers. In every generation si
nce her great-great-great-grandmother survived enslavement to raise a free
family\, color determined her ancestors’ lives. But the color line was sh
ifting and jagged\, not fixed and straight. Some backed away from it\, oth
ers skipped along it\, and others still were cut deep by its sharp teeth.
Journeying across centuries\, from rural Kentucky and small-town N
orth Carolina to New York City and its suburbs\, 'The Trouble of Color' is
a lyrical\, deeply felt meditation on the most fundamental matters of ide
ntity\, belonging\, and family.
Dr. Martha S. Jones is a writer\, historian\, legal scholar and public intellectual whose
work aims to understanding the politics\, culture\, and poetics of Black
America. She can be found at work in seminar rooms\, at podiums\, in front
of microphones\, and on the pages of books\, newspapers\, Substack\, and
social media. Her happy place is the archives where she never tires of the
adventure of discovery.
Her creative practice is rooted in the pe
rsonal essay. Her latest book\, 'The Trouble of Color: An American Family
Memoir '(2025) recounts her family’s encounters with race and color throug
h the story of five generations. You’ll recognize signs of a historian’s r
esearch skills\, but you will also discover how she felt about inheriting
the troubles of the jagged color line – from slavery and sexual violence t
hrough passing and colorism and on through civil rights and today’s “mixed
-race” generation. Venues from CNN to the Michigan Quarterly Review and Cl
audia Rankine’s Racial Imaginary Institute nurtured the stories that have
taken full form in The Trouble of Color.
She is the author of prize
-winning histories that survey the vast American past\, from slavery and t
he founding\, the Civil War and Reconstruction\, women’s suffrage and Jim
Crow\, on through modern Civil Rights and present day race and identity. H
er 2020 book\, 'Vanguard' chronicled a long struggle for the ballot that e
xtended from the first Black women preachers on through the candidacy of K
amala Harris. 'Birthright Citizens' (2018) told a new history of citizensh
ip in the U.S. as the product of Black American activism\, legal claims-ma
king\, and persistence. Her work is grounded in women’s history\, includin
g her foundational first two books\, co-edited 'Toward an Intellectual His
tory of Black Women' (2015) and 'All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question
in African American Public Culture: 1830 to 1900' (2007).
Her by-l
ine has appeared in the New York Times on culture and travel\, including t
he widely-read “Enslaved to A Founding Father\, She Sought Freedom in Fran
ce” about Abigail\, a woman held by the family of John Jay. Her opinion co
lumns have appeared in the Washington Post\, the Atlantic\, Politico\, Tal
king Points Memo\, and USA Today. You can also hear or see her via outlets
such as NPR’s Here & Now and 1A\, CNN’s Amanpour\, and MSNBC’s the Rachel
Maddow Show. Podcasts such as the Ezra Klein Show and the 19th*’s Amendme
nt have given her opportunities for long-form conversation.
Book pr
izes from the American Historical Association\, the Organization for Ameri
can History\, the American Society for Legal History\, and the Los Angeles
Times brought her writing to even broader audiences. Her research has bee
n supported by the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advance St
udy\,) the National Humanities Center\, the American Council of Learned So
cieties\, the Library of Congress Kluge Center\, and the American Historic
al Association. She is an elected member of the American Antiquarian Socie
ty\, the Massachusetts Historical Society\, the Society of American Histor
ians\, and the American Society for Legal History\, which named her an hon
orary fellow in 2024\, the society’s highest distinction.
Behind th
e scenes\, her expertise supports media productions and cultural instituti
ons. She has been an advisor and consultant to the Library of Congress\, t
he National Portrait Gallery\, the Smithsonian National Museum of African
American History and Culture\, the Obama Foundation\, the National Women’s
History Museum\, and the U.S. Capital Historical Society. She has joined
television and film productions\, in front of and behind the camera for Ne
tflix\, Arte (France)\, and PBS American Experience.
At Johns Hopk
ins University\, she teaches for the Department of History and the SNF Ago
ra Institute. She directs the Hard Histories at Hopkins Project where her
lab investigates the history of slavery and racism connected with Johns Ho
pkins University and Medicine. She has also taught and engaged with learne
rs of many ages and stations thanks to organizations such as the National
Constitution Center\, the Pulitzer Center\, the Zinn Education Project\, t
he Gilder-Lehrman Institute\, and the Institute for Constitutional History
at New York Historical. She is indebted to the educators in my own family
\, and her teachers. At the CUNY School of Law\, she was trained by mentor
s such as Patricia Williams and Victor Goode\, and at Columbia University
she studied under Eric Foner\, the late Manning Marable\, and Alice Kessle
r-Harris.
Her parents\, a full decade before Loving v. Virginia\, m
arried despite the threat of the color line. She was baptized in upper Man
hattan’s Ascension Roman Catholic Church\, took my first steps on the side
walks of Harlem’s Riverton\, and started school in the Long Island suburb
of Port Washington. She eventually returned to New York City\, a student
at Hunter College and\, after law school as a store-front poverty lawyer b
attling for people facing homelessness\, mental illness\, and HIV/AIDS. A
year as a Charles H. Revson Fellow on the Future of the City of New York l
et her see how she might mix social justice and academic research. That ha
s been her purpose ever since.
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Martha S. Jones on 'The Trouble of Color: An Ameri
can Family Memoir'
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An “intimate and searching” (Natasha Trethewey\, New York Times–bests
elling author of Memorial Drive) memoir of family\, color\, and being Blac
k\, white\, and other in America\, from “one of our country’s greatest his
torians” (Clint Smith\, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of How the Wo
rd is Passed)
Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity wa
s obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college\, a Black Studies cla
ssmate challenged Jones’s right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her s
kin and the texture of her hair\, he confronted her with a question that i
nspired a lifetime of introspection: “Who do you think you are?”
No
w a prizewinning scholar of Black history\, Jones delves into her family’s
past for answers. In every generation since her great-great-great-grandmo
ther survived enslavement to raise a free family\, color determined her an
cestors’ lives. But the color line was shifting and jagged\, not fixed and
straight. Some backed away from it\, others skipped along it\, and others
still were cut deep by its sharp teeth.
Journeying across centuri
es\, from rural Kentucky and small-town North Carolina to New York City an
d its suburbs\, 'The Trouble of Color' is a lyrical\, deeply felt meditati
on on the most fundamental matters of identity\, belonging\, and family.
Dr. Martha S. Jones is a writer\, historian\, le
gal scholar and public intellectual whose work aims to understanding the p
olitics\, culture\, and poetics of Black America. She can be found at work
in seminar rooms\, at podiums\, in front of microphones\, and on the page
s of books\, newspapers\, Substack\, and social media. Her happy place is
the archives where she never tires of the adventure of discovery.
Her creative practice is rooted in the personal essay. Her latest book\, '
The Trouble of Color: An American Family Memoir '(2025) recounts her famil
y’s encounters with race and color through the story of five generations.
You’ll recognize signs of a historian’s research skills\, but you will als
o discover how she felt about inheriting the troubles of the jagged color
line – from slavery and sexual violence through passing and colorism and o
n through civil rights and today’s “mixed-race” generation. Venues from CN
N to the Michigan Quarterly Review and Claudia Rankine’s Racial Imaginary
Institute nurtured the stories that have taken full form in The Trouble of
Color.
She is the author of prize-winning histories that survey th
e vast American past\, from slavery and the founding\, the Civil War and R
econstruction\, women’s suffrage and Jim Crow\, on through modern Civil Ri
ghts and present day race and identity. Her 2020 book\, 'Vanguard' chronic
led a long struggle for the ballot that extended from the first Black wome
n preachers on through the candidacy of Kamala Harris. 'Birthright Citizen
s' (2018) told a new history of citizenship in the U.S. as the product of
Black American activism\, legal claims-making\, and persistence. Her work
is grounded in women’s history\, including her foundational first two book
s\, co-edited 'Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women' (2015) and '
All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Cultu
re: 1830 to 1900' (2007).
Her by-line has appeared in the New York
Times on culture and travel\, including the widely-read “Enslaved to A Fou
nding Father\, She Sought Freedom in France” about Abigail\, a woman held
by the family of John Jay. Her opinion columns have appeared in the Washin
gton Post\, the Atlantic\, Politico\, Talking Points Memo\, and USA Today.
You can also hear or see her via outlets such as NPR’s Here & Now and 1A\
, CNN’s Amanpour\, and MSNBC’s the Rachel Maddow Show. Podcasts such as th
e Ezra Klein Show and the 19th*’s Amendment have given her opportunities f
or long-form conversation.
Book prizes from the American Historical
Association\, the Organization for American History\, the American Societ
y for Legal History\, and the Los Angeles Times brought her writing to eve
n broader audiences. Her research has been supported by the Wissenschaftsk
olleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advance Study\,) the National Humanities Ce
nter\, the American Council of Learned Societies\, the Library of Congress
Kluge Center\, and the American Historical Association. She is an elected
member of the American Antiquarian Society\, the Massachusetts Historical
Society\, the Society of American Historians\, and the American Society f
or Legal History\, which named her an honorary fellow in 2024\, the societ
y’s highest distinction.
Behind the scenes\, her expertise supports
media productions and cultural institutions. She has been an advisor and
consultant to the Library of Congress\, the National Portrait Gallery\, th
e Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture\, th
e Obama Foundation\, the National Women’s History Museum\, and the U.S. Ca
pital Historical Society. She has joined television and film productions\,
in front of and behind the camera for Netflix\, Arte (France)\, and PBS A
merican Experience.
At Johns Hopkins University\, she teaches for
the Department of History and the SNF Agora Institute. She directs the Har
d Histories at Hopkins Project where her lab investigates the history of s
lavery and racism connected with Johns Hopkins University and Medicine. Sh
e has also taught and engaged with learners of many ages and stations than
ks to organizations such as the National Constitution Center\, the Pulitze
r Center\, the Zinn Education Project\, the Gilder-Lehrman Institute\, and
the Institute for Constitutional History at New York Historical. She is i
ndebted to the educators in my own family\, and her teachers. At the CUNY
School of Law\, she was trained by mentors such as Patricia Williams and V
ictor Goode\, and at Columbia University she studied under Eric Foner\, th
e late Manning Marable\, and Alice Kessler-Harris.
Her parents\, a
full decade before Loving v. Virginia\, married despite the threat of the
color line. She was baptized in upper Manhattan’s Ascension Roman Catholic
Church\, took my first steps on the sidewalks of Harlem’s Riverton\, and
started school in the Long Island suburb of Port Washington. She eventual
ly returned to New York City\, a student at Hunter College and\, after law
school as a store-front poverty lawyer battling for people facing homeles
sness\, mental illness\, and HIV/AIDS. A year as a Charles H. Revson Fello
w on the Future of the City of New York let her see how she might mix soci
al justice and academic research. That has been her purpose ever since.
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250513T113000
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
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CREATED:20250423T150006Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:May 12\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board Me
eting - In Person
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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DESCRIPTION:
This ticketed premier golf event will bring together busines
s leaders\, community advocates\, and top athletes for a day of friendly c
ompetition and networking.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250511T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250511T150000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250331T151249Z
SUMMARY:Mother's Day at the Races
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DESCRIPTION:
Meet your Maryland Horses! Visit the places where Maryland h
orses are grown!
A Maryland-bred horse represents the heart and sou
l of Maryland racing. Born and raised in the state\, these horses contribu
te to Maryland’s rich racing tradition and fuel the local economy. With th
e dream of the Preakness—the crown jewel of Maryland racing—guiding their
journey\, every foal carries the hope of future glory. Visit the state’s p
icturesque farms\, where mares and their foals roam freely in lush\, open
fields.
Who knows? You might just meet a future Preakness c
hampion in the making! A digital horse farm tour guide with a lis
t of farm locations and addresses to local agri-businesses that you can in
clude in your trip plans. Select thoroughbred farms will be open free of c
harge 11:00am – 3:00pm on Sunday\, May 11th.
Sign up for free to vi
sit\, explore\, and spend time with horses.
Maryland Horse Breeders Association\, Maryland Racing Commi
ssion\, Maryland Million Ltd\, The Department of Labor\, Maryland Departme
nt of Agriculture\, & Maryland Horse Industry Board
Honoring George “Spider” Anderson\, the first African-Americ
an jockey to win the Preakness Stakes\, this free\, family-friendly festiv
al will feature horseback riding\, live entertainment\, and games. In asso
ciation with Park Heights Renaissance.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T180000
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SUMMARY:George 'Spider' Anderson Music and Arts Festival
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DESCRIPTION:
Please register for the Public Fire Commission Meeting on We
dnesday\, May 7\, 2025 @ 7:30 p.m. This meeting is on TEAMS only.
• 1930 (7:30 p.m.) Hours – Meetin
g Called to Order by Chair PGVFCRA Chaplain – Opening Prayer Ple
dge of Allegiance • Chaplain Report • Office of the Fire Chief’s Rep
ort Volunteer Services Office • District / At Large Fire Commissio
ner’s Report • Fire Commission Vice Chair Report • Fire Commission C
hair Report • Previously Known (Old Business) LOSAP Payments Updat
e Station Management Distribution Policy Senator Amoss “508” Dis
tribution Policy • Prince George’s County Volunteer Chiefs Council Chai
r Report • Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association P
resident • Prince George’s County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association L
adies Auxiliary President’s Report • Registered Guest who wishes to spe
ak. • Benediction • Adjournment
NOTE: This Public Meeting
may be audio and visually recorded. The recording may be provided in lieu
of written meeting minutes in accordance with Maryland Open Meeting Act C
ompliance.
The second night of public hearing before the Human Rights C
ommission in the matter OHR24-0106 will take place over Zoom\, should the
second night be necessary.
Please contact the Clerk to the Comm
ission\, Azeem Lyons\, at 240-328-4145 or at AALyons (at) co.pg.md.us with
any accommodation requests no fewer than three business days before the p
ublic hearing.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250507T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250507T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:Public Hearing - OHR/Cooper v Sanders - Night Two
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DESCRIPTION:
THIS HEARING HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT TAKE PLACE ON M
AY 6th.
This public hearing before the Human Rights Commi
ssion in the matter OHR24-0106 will take place over Zoom.
Plea
se contact the Clerk to the Commission\, Azeem Lyons\, at 240-328-4145 or
at AALyons (at) co.pg.md.us with any accommodation requests no fewer than
three business days before the public hearing.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:POSTPONED Public Hearing - OHR/Cooper v Sanders
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CLASS:PUBLIC
CREATED:20250424T171936Z
DESCRIPTION:
A hau
nting\, an obsession\, a calling: Tim Z. Hernandez has been searching for
people his whole life. Now\, in this highly anticipated memoir\, he takes
us along on an investigative odyssey through personal and collective histo
ry to uncover the surprising conjunctions that bind our stories together.
Hernandez's mission to find the families of the twenty-eight Mexicans who
were killed in the 1948 plane wreck at Los Gatos Canyon formed the basis f
or his acclaimed documentary novel All They Will Call You\, which The San
Francisco Chronicle dubbed 'a stunning piece of investigative journalism\,
' and The New York Times hailed as 'painstaking detective work by a writer
who is the descendent of farmworkers.' In this riveting new work\, Hernan
dez continues his search for the plane crash victims while also turning th
e lens on himself and his ancestral past\, revealing the tumultuous and de
eply intimate experiences that have fueled his investigations--a lifelong
journey haunted by memory\, addiction\, generational trauma\, and the spir
it world. They Call You Back is the true chronicle of one man's obsession
to restore dignity to an undignified chapter in America's past\, while at
the same time making a case for why we must heal our personal wounds if we
are ever to heal our political ones. ~From the catalog
Tim Z. Hernandez is an award winning aut
hor\, investigative researcher\, performer\, and documentary filmmaker. As
a writer\, his work includes poetry\, novels\, historical fiction\, memoi
r\, and screenplays\, many of which have received international acclaim. H
is work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times\, the New York Times\,
C-Span\, and highlighted in NPR’s Latino USA\, All Things Considered and A
lt.Latino. In 2013\, Public Radio International hailed his book\, 'Mañana
Means Heaven\,' as a Book of the Year\, and in 2011 he was selected among
the “New American Poets” by the Poetry Society of America.
His debut collection of poetry\, 'Skin Tax' received the American Book Aw
ard\, and his debut novel\, 'Breathing\, In Dust' received the 2010 Premio
Aztlan Prize. His second collection of poetry\, 'Natural Takeover of Smal
l Things' received the 2014 Colorado Book Award\, and his novel\, 'Mañana
Means Heaven\,' received the 2014 International Latino Book Award in hist
orical fiction. His book\, 'All They Will Call You\,' is a genre bending w
ork of non-fiction based on the song by Woody Guthrie\, “Deportee (Plane W
reck at Los Gatos).” This book is the first installment of the plane crash
series. The second installment\, 'They Call You Back\,' a memoir based on
his search\, was released Fall 2024. His most recent collection of poetry
\, “Some of the Light: New & Selected Poems” was released with Beacon Pres
s (2023)\, for which he was featured in People Magazine.
On January 29\, 2018\, Hernandez was honored by the California State Senat
e in a recognition ceremony that took place at the state capital in Sacram
ento\, Ca. The ceremony included the families of the victims of the plane
crash at Los Gatos\, as well as folk icon Joan Baez. As a performer\, he h
as collaborated with various troupes\, theater ensembles\, and artists\, a
nd has performed in spaces such as Theaterwork in Santa Fe\, Dixon Place i
n NYC\, and The Getty Center in Los Angeles. He’s lent his poetry and voic
e to music albums\, performing and recording with acclaimed musicians\, su
ch as jazz legend and composer\, David Amram\, latin jazz/ hip-hop group 4
0 Watt Hype\, folk rocker Johnny Irion\, bluesman Lance Canales\, and Gram
my Award winning classical composer Eugene Freisen.
Since
2007-2016\, he collaborated with Poets & Writers Inc. teaching creative wr
iting workshops across the west coast\, and from 2010-14 he was the state-
wide coordinator for Colorado Writers-in-the-Schools with focus on rural\,
under-served communities\, teaching creative writing to grades K-12. Sinc
e 2015 he has been the co-host for the popular literary radio program Word
s on a Wire KTEP 88.5fm\, the NPR affiliate for the borderlands\, and he i
s a frequent guest artist at Universities\, cultural institutions\, and li
terary centers across the United States and internationally.
Hernandez holds an M.F.A. from Bennington College in Vermont\, and a B
.A. in Writing & Literature from Naropa University\, the first accredited
Buddhist University in the United States. He is currently an Associate Pro
fessor in the University of Texas El Paso’s Bilingual M.F.A. in Creative W
riting program\, and he lives in El Paso\, Texas with his two children.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250430T144521Z
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Tim Z. Hernandez on “They Call You Back”
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A haunting\, an obsession\, a calling:
Tim Z. Hernandez has been searching for people his whole life. Now\, in t
his highly anticipated memoir\, he takes us along on an investigative odys
sey through personal and collective history to uncover the surprising conj
unctions that bind our stories together. Hernandez's mission to find the f
amilies of the twenty-eight Mexicans who were killed in the 1948 plane wre
ck at Los Gatos Canyon formed the basis for his acclaimed documentary nove
l All They Will Call You\, which The San Francisco Chronicle dubbed 'a stu
nning piece of investigative journalism\,' and The New York Times hailed a
s 'painstaking detective work by a writer who is the descendent of farmwor
kers.' In this riveting new work\, Hernandez continues his search for the
plane crash victims while also turning the lens on himself and his ancestr
al past\, revealing the tumultuous and deeply intimate experiences that ha
ve fueled his investigations--a lifelong journey haunted by memory\, addic
tion\, generational trauma\, and the spirit world. They Call You Back is t
he true chronicle of one man's obsession to restore dignity to an undignif
ied chapter in America's past\, while at the same time making a case for w
hy we must heal our personal wounds if we are ever to heal our political o
nes. ~From the catalog
Tim Z. Hernandez is an award winning author\, investigative researcher\,
performer\, and documentary filmmaker. As a writer\, his work includes poe
try\, novels\, historical fiction\, memoir\, and screenplays\, many of whi
ch have received international acclaim. His work has been featured in the
Los Angeles Times\, the New York Times\, C-Span\, and highlighted in NPR’s
Latino USA\, All Things Considered and Alt.Latino. In 2013\, Public Radio
International hailed his book\, 'Mañana Means Heaven\,' as a Book of the
Year\, and in 2011 he was selected among the “New American Poets” by the P
oetry Society of America.
His debut collection of poetry\,
'Skin Tax' received the American Book Award\, and his debut novel\, 'Brea
thing\, In Dust' received the 2010 Premio Aztlan Prize. His second collect
ion of poetry\, 'Natural Takeover of Small Things' received the 2014 Colo
rado Book Award\, and his novel\, 'Mañana Means Heaven\,' received the 201
4 International Latino Book Award in historical fiction. His book\, 'All T
hey Will Call You\,' is a genre bending work of non-fiction based on the s
ong by Woody Guthrie\, “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos).” This book is
the first installment of the plane crash series. The second installment\,
'They Call You Back\,' a memoir based on his search\, was released Fall 2
024. His most recent collection of poetry\, “Some of the Light: New & Sele
cted Poems” was released with Beacon Press (2023)\, for which he was featu
red in People Magazine.
On January 29\, 2018\, Hernandez
was honored by the California State Senate in a recognition ceremony that
took place at the state capital in Sacramento\, Ca. The ceremony included
the families of the victims of the plane crash at Los Gatos\, as well as f
olk icon Joan Baez. As a performer\, he has collaborated with various trou
pes\, theater ensembles\, and artists\, and has performed in spaces such a
s Theaterwork in Santa Fe\, Dixon Place in NYC\, and The Getty Center in L
os Angeles. He’s lent his poetry and voice to music albums\, performing an
d recording with acclaimed musicians\, such as jazz legend and composer\,
David Amram\, latin jazz/ hip-hop group 40 Watt Hype\, folk rocker Johnny
Irion\, bluesman Lance Canales\, and Grammy Award winning classical compos
er Eugene Freisen.
Since 2007-2016\, he collaborated with
Poets & Writers Inc. teaching creative writing workshops across the west c
oast\, and from 2010-14 he was the state-wide coordinator for Colorado Wri
ters-in-the-Schools with focus on rural\, under-served communities\, teach
ing creative writing to grades K-12. Since 2015 he has been the co-host fo
r the popular literary radio program Words on a Wire KTEP 88.5fm\, the NPR
affiliate for the borderlands\, and he is a frequent guest artist at Univ
ersities\, cultural institutions\, and literary centers across the United
States and internationally.
Hernandez holds an M.F.A. fro
m Bennington College in Vermont\, and a B.A. in Writing & Literature from
Naropa University\, the first accredited Buddhist University in the United
States. He is currently an Associate Professor in the University of Texas
El Paso’s Bilingual M.F.A. in Creative Writing program\, and he lives in
El Paso\, Texas with his two children.
Redevelopment Authority Board Meeting will be held in-person
and available via Zoom. Please contact Lakeisha Smith for the login crede
ntials\, email: ldsmith@co.pg.md.us<
/a>
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Residents are invited to at
tend all monthly meetings. Doing so\, can play an intricate part in the gr
owth and success of the Commission. Meetings are held the 1st Monday of ev
ery month.
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Residents are invited to at
tend all monthly meetings. Doing so\, can play an intricate part in the gr
owth and success of the Commission. Meetings are held the 1st Monday of ev
ery month.
Join the Office of Procurement (“OO
P”) in celebrating Small Business Week from May 4th through May 10th! From May 5 to May
9\, OOP will spotlight and feature local small businesses based in Prince
George’s County that embody this year’s theme of innovation\, contribution
\, and resilience.
On Monday\, May 5\, OO
P begins the week with a small business pop-up visit to Prince George’s Co
unty-based PerVista AI.
On Tuesday\, May 6\, OOP continues its pop-ups with another small business visit the week w
ith a small business pop-up visit to Prince George’s County-based Clean Wa
ter Partnership\,
OOP’s final event of the week\, Me
ntor-Protégé Networking\, takes place on Thursday\, M
ay 8 at NGEN in Lanham\, MD from 5pm-7pm
. Please registerto attend. RVSP is required to atte
nd this event. Food and refreshments will be provided. Join us for this sp
ecial opportunity to connect with and learn from other business leaders.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250508T190000
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SUMMARY:The Office of Procurement celebrates Small Business Week
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DTSTAMP:20260514T190943Z
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DESCRIPTION:
Join us for a day dedicated to helping seniors navigate lega
l issues. Our online event on Thur\, May 01\, 2025\, at <
strong>11:00 AM EST will feature informative sessions on the esse
ntial documents needed by age 55 and more. Connect with legal experts and
get your questions answered from the comfort of your home. Whether you're
a senior yourself or caring for an elderly loved one\, this event is perfe
ct for anyone looking to learn more about elder law. Don'
t miss out on this valuable opportunity! To register\, visit https://www.
eventbrite.com/e/elder-law-day-tickets-1115845095719
Da
te: May 1\, 2025
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250429T185737Z
SUMMARY:Elder Law Day
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DESCRIPTION:
This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Libr
ary System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injusti
ce to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let
’s learn together!
This week\, Lunch and Learn fea
tures author Vinh Nguyen discussing his new memoir The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse.
An unconventional memoir of conjuring the uncertain past and a long
-lost homeland\, and a vital document of one family’s journey through worl
d history.
With the fall of Saigon on April 30\, 1975\, th
e U.S. war in Vietnam ended\, but the refugee crisis was only beginning. A
mong the millions of people who fled Vietnam by boat were Vinh Nguyen\, al
ong with his mother and siblings\, and his father\, who left separately an
d then mysteriously vanished.
Decades later\, Nguyen goes
looking for the story of his father. What he discovers is a sea of questio
ns drifting above sunken truths. To come to terms with the past\, Nguyen m
ust piece together the debris of history with family stories that have bee
n scattered across generations and continents\, kept for decades in broken
hearts and guarded silences.
The Migrant Rain Fal
ls in Reverse takes readers on a poignant tour of disappeared ref
ugee camps\, abandoned family homes\, and the lives that could have been.
As the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War approaches\, thi
s powerful memoir is timelier and more important than ever\, illuminating
the stories\, real and imagined\, that become buried in the rubble of war.
About the Author
VINH NGUYEN is a writer and educator whose work has appeared in Brick\, Literary H
ub\, The Malahat Review\, PRISM international\, Grain\, Queen’s Quarterly\
, Current\, and MUBI’s Notebook. He is a nonfiction editor at The New Quar
terly\, where he curates an ongoing series on refugee\, migrant\, and dias
poric writing. He is the co-editor of the academic books Refugee States: C
ritical Refugee Studies in Canada and The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Na
rratives\, and the author of Lived Refuge: Gratitude\, Resentment\, Resili
ence. His writing has been short-listed for a National Magazine Award and
has received the John Charles Polanyi Prize in Literature. In 2022\, he wa
s a Lambda Literary Fellow in Nonfiction for emerging LGBTQ writers. He li
ves in Toronto\, Canada.
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This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at n
oon and tune in to virtual conversations with the Prince George’s
County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s Cou
nty Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects
of racial injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering from ex
ile and loss. Let’s learn together!
This week\, Lunch and L
earn features author Vinh Nguyen discussing his
new memoir The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse.
An unconventional memoir o
f conjuring the uncertain past and a long-lost homeland\, and a vital docu
ment of one family’s journey through world history.
With t
he fall of Saigon on April 30\, 1975\, the U.S. war in Vietnam ended\, but
the refugee crisis was only beginning. Among the millions of people who f
led Vietnam by boat were Vinh Nguyen\, along with his mother and siblings\
, and his father\, who left separately and then mysteriously vanished.
Decades later\, Nguyen goes looking for the story of his fath
er. What he discovers is a sea of questions drifting above sunken truths.
To come to terms with the past\, Nguyen must piece together the debris of
history with family stories that have been scattered across generations an
d continents\, kept for decades in broken hearts and guarded silences.
The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse takes read
ers on a poignant tour of disappeared refugee camps\, abandoned family hom
es\, and the lives that could have been. As the fiftieth anniversary of th
e end of the Vietnam War approaches\, this powerful memoir is timelier and
more important than ever\, illuminating the stories\, real and imagined\,
that become buried in the rubble of war.
About the Author<
/strong>
VINH NGUYEN is a writer and educator whos
e work has appeared in Brick\, Literary Hub\, The Malahat Review\, PRISM i
nternational\, Grain\, Queen’s Quarterly\, Current\, and MUBI’s Notebook.
He is a nonfiction editor at The New Quarterly\, where he curates an ongoi
ng series on refugee\, migrant\, and diasporic writing. He is the co-edito
r of the academic books Refugee States: Critical Refugee Studies in Canada
and The Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives\, and the author of Live
d Refuge: Gratitude\, Resentment\, Resilience. His writing has been short-
listed for a National Magazine Award and has received the John Charles Pol
anyi Prize in Literature. In 2022\, he was a Lambda Literary Fellow in Non
fiction for emerging LGBTQ writers. He lives in Toronto\, Canada.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250429T093049
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing April 29\, 2025
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DESCRIPTION:
This meeting will take place at the Wayne K. Curry Administr
ation Building located at 1301 McCormick Drive Training Room #1174
Largo\, Maryland 20774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also b
e held via Go-To-Meeting. If you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting in
formation. If you are unable to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into
the tele-conference: Dial In Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819
-222-557
If you have questions\, or if you have a disability and re
quire an accommodation please contact the Housing Authority of Prince Geor
ge's County on (301) 883-5531 or TTY (301) 883-5428.
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will take place over Zoom. The Zoom link can be found on the open agen
da. Please contact the Clerk to the Commission at ohrstaff (at) co.pg.md.u
s with any accomodation requests no fewer than three days before the meeti
ng.
The Prince George's County Department of Social Services (PG
CDSS) Child Advocacy Center (CAC) invites you to our 2nd Annual Ch
ild Abuse Awareness Walkathon on Saturday\, April 26\, 20
25\, from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM at 925 Bri
ghtseat Road\, Landover MD 20785! Event registration opens at 9:3
0 A.M. and non-perishable food donations for local shelters & food pantrie
s will be accepted at registration!
Lace up your sneakers and join
PGCDSS employees and other supporters taking a stand against child abuse
and walking towards a brighter future for all children in Prince George's
County.
Due to ongoing construction at the landfill\, residents will
be able to drive thru and drop off accepted household hazardous waste (HH
W) and electronic items.
Open to County residents ONLY (ID
may be required)
Commercial vehicles and commercially generated it
ems are NOT permitted.
Multiple trips are not allowed for individua
ls or vehicles.
Special accommodations can be provided upo
n request.
The event will take place a
t the Friendly High School at 10000 Allentown Rd.
Fort Washington\, MD 20744 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday\, April 26\, 2025.
During Stitching a Loneliness Antidote\, th
e Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the <
strong>Prince George's County Memorial Library System will look a
t 'stitch-and-bitch'es as ways (primarily) women come together to form and
be in community\, how that has a long history and in these times of a lon
eliness epidemic\, ever more critical\; how fiber arts have historically a
nd continue to be places of social justice/revolutionary work. We will be
joined by a panel made up of local crafters in various needlework spaces.
Tune in here: https:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zt2F2WnFqg
About th
e Panelists
Wanting to keep her Mexican heritage alive\, <
strong>Maria Fernanda Vivar-Guzman's mother taught her to embroid
er around the age of 10\, and she continued to learn other needlecraft as
she got older. Crochet and embroidery have become Maria's main needlework
outlets. During and after the pandemic\, many decided to learn a new needl
ework skill\, or even just resume forgotten projects from the past\, which
was the reason for her creating Needlework Social at the Hyattsville Bran
ch Library. So many friendships and communities have started with needlewo
rk projects\, and it continues to be a major connection to Maria's family
and culture.
After completing her Ph.D. in American History\, <
strong>Audrey Lau wanted a new creative and intellectual challeng
e. Stumbling upon a 19th century Amish bookmark pattern at a gift shop fol
lowing a tour of President James Buchanan’s home\, Audrey realized she cou
ld combine her love of history with a newfound love of “painting with thre
ad.” During the pandemic\, Audrey found the online world of “FlossTube” an
d discovered the concept of “craftivism\,” activism using crafts and a wor
ld of people trying to modernize\, diversify\, and complicate the narrativ
e of crafts often associated with rich white women. As the Adult and Senio
r Services Specialist for PGCMLS\, Audrey encourages library staff to crea
te and cultivate communities of stitchers\, fiber artists\, knitters\, cro
cheters\, craftivists\, needleworkers\, sewists\, ravelutionaries\, and an
yone seeking to try something new in libraries throughout PGC.
Tiana Davis first became interested in sewing in her teen
s\, watching hours of videos about upcycling clothes for a refreshed wardr
obe without supporting fast fashion. During the pandemic\, when everyone s
tarted collecting new hobbies\, Tiana decided to dust off her mom's handy
(and still in the box!) Singer and subscribed to Sew It Academy. Five year
s on\, Tiana enjoys sewing in her free time\, and has become a regular pat
tern tester for Greenstyle Patterns. She has a very loose\, informal sewin
g club with her group of friends\, that she is looking to turn into a gene
ral crafting group in an effort to build a stable community.
Wh
en Corrina Sowden was eight years old\, her Great Gram ta
ught her how to knit along with many life lessons. While taking an Arts &
Crafts class in high school\, she rediscovered knitting. Corrina worked at
a fabric store for a year\, but since then knitting and more recently emb
roidery have been fun hobbies. Her friends and family have been gifted man
y knitted scarves.
Kate Blattner is the owner
and founder of Three Little Birds Sewing Co.\, a vibrant modern fabric and
craft supply store located in the Arts District of Hyattsville\, MD. For
over a decade\, Three Little Birds has been a beloved hub for the maker co
mmunity in the Washington\, DC area\, offering a carefully curated selecti
on of fabrics and craft supplies. In addition to retail\, the store is kno
wn for its wide range of sewing and quilting classes\, which cater to make
rs of all skill levels. With a passion for fostering creativity and suppor
ting local artisans\, Kate has built a welcoming space where people can le
arn\, create\, and connect.
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This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Libr
ary System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injusti
ce to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let
’s learn together!
This week\, we're speaking to disabilit
y awareness consultant and activist\, Andrew Garza about
his new book Notes from a Queer Cripple: How to Cultivate Queer Di
sabled Joy (and Be Hot While Doing It).
A
bout the Book
How can I enjoy my hot disabled body whilst
dealing with internalised ableism?
How can I best navigate my sex l
ife with mobility issues or a carer?
Why are queer spaces so inacce
ssible - and what can I do about it?
Andrew Gurza is seriously hot.
He's also seriously disabled. Having spent a lifetime navigating the bars
\, clubs and apps of the queer scene\, he's learned a thing or two about s
parking queer crip joy amidst the hellscape of ableism\, microaggressions
and 'pity sex'.
With advice on everything from sexual autonomy and
self-pleasure to date-prep and disability disclosure - this is both a self
-care bible and an urgent call for the queer community to do better.
<
p>
About the Author
Andrew Gurza is an award-winning Disability Awareness Consultant and the Chief
Disability Officer and Co-founder of Bump’n\, a sex toy company for and by
disabled people. Andrew uses they/he pronouns and identifies proudly as
disabled. Their work has been featured on BBC\, CBC\, Daily Xtra\, Gay Ti
mes UK\, Huffington Post\, The Advocate\, Everyday Feminism\, Mashable\, O
ut.com\, and several anthologies. He was the subject of an award-winning
National Film Board of Canada Documentary “Picture This”. Andrew has gues
ted on several podcasts\, including Dan Savage’s Savage Love and Cameron E
sposito’s Queery. He has spoken all over the world on sex\, disability and
what it means to be a Queer Cripple.
He is also the host of Disabi
lity After Dark: The Podcast Shining a Bright Light on Disability Stories
which won a Canadian Podcast Award in 2021\, was a Queerty Award nominee\
, and was chosen as an Honoree at the 2020 Webby Awards. The show is avail
able on all platforms. Andrew is also the creator of the viral hashtag #D
isabledPeopleAreHot. You can find out more about Andrew by going to www.andrewgurza.com.
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Disabled Joy (and Be Hot While Doing It!) with Andrew Gurza
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SUMMARY:April 22\, 2025 Board of License Commissioners Preliminary Matters
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SUMMARY:April 22\, 2025 Board of License Commissioners Administrative Votin
g Session
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SUMMARY:April 22\, 2025 Board of License Commissioners Regular Session
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The Department of the Environment (DoE) - Resource Recovery
Division (RRD) sponsor a Mulch Madness giveaway in the spring to provide C
ounty residents with free mulch. The mulch for this event is derived from
Christmas trees collected or dropped off for recycling.
The Mulch
Madness source reduction event is in conjunction with Earth Day and is jus
t one of the many departmental programs celebrating Earth Month in April!
The Event is for County residents only\, proof of residency may be
required.
Residents transporting mulch by car must bring their own
containers\, shovels\, pitch forks\, and/or tarps to secure/transport the
material. A skid loader will be available to load mulch directly into pic
kup trucks.
Only non-commercial vehicles with a maximum weight of 3
/4 tons are permitted. No business vehicle signage will be permitted\; all
commercial signs should be covered or removed prior to entering the site.
Event will take place at the Prince George's County Organics Comp
osting Facility - 6550 Maude Savoy Brown Rd.\, Upper Marlboro\, MD.
From 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or while supplies last.
DPIE is offering FREE\, virtual Momentum and ePlan Training
sessions on the third Thursday of every month. The Momentum and ePlan Trai
ning explains and demonstrates how to process an online permit application
on our Momentum permitting system\, and how to upload applications and pl
ans for review in our ePlan system. View the DPIE News page for sign-u
p information.
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DPIE is offering FREE\, virtual Momen
tum and ePlan Training sessions on the third Thursday of every month. The
Momentum and ePlan Training explains and demonstrates how to process an on
line permit application on our Momentum permitting system\, and how to upl
oad applications and plans for review in our ePlan system. View the DPIE News page for sign-up information.
Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Righ
ts and the Mount Rainier Branch Library for our
monthly Solidarity Stories Book Club! This month we will
discuss The Other Americans by Pulitzer Prize winning aut
hor Laila Lalami.
Late one spring night\,
Driss Guerraoui\, a Moroccan immigrant living in California\, is walking
across a darkened intersection when he is killed by a speeding car. The re
percussions of his death bring together a diverse cast of characters: Guer
raoui's daughter Nora\, a jazz composer who returns to the small town in t
he Mojave she thought she'd left for good\; his widow\, Maryam\, who still
pines after her life in the old country\; Efraín\, an undocumented witnes
s whose fear of deportation prevents him from coming forward\; Jeremy\, an
old friend of Nora's and an Iraq War veteran\; Coleman\, a detective who
is slowly discovering her son's secrets\; Anderson\, a neighbor trying to
reconnect with his family\; and the murdered man himself.
As the characters--deeply divided by race\, religion\, and class--tell the
ir stories\, connections among them emerge\, even as Driss's family confro
nts its secrets\, a town faces its hypocrisies\, and love\, messy and unpr
edictable\, is born. The Other Americans is a timely and powerful novel ab
out the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant--at once a family saga\,
a murder mystery\, and a love story\, informed by the treacherous fault li
nes of American culture.
The Solidarity Stories Book Club takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of e
ach month in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food Hall i
n Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the garage on 39th St &
Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program participants and no purchas
e is required\, but participants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or
dinner from miXt’s vendors. For more information\, visit
their website: https://mixtfoodhall.c
om
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Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Mo
unt Rainier Branch Library for our monthly Solidarity Sto
ries Book Club! This month we will discuss T
he Other Americans by Pulitzer Prize winning author
Laila Lalami.
Late one spring night\, Driss Guerraoui\, a Mo
roccan immigrant living in California\, is walking across a darkened inter
section when he is killed by a speeding car. The repercussions of his deat
h bring together a diverse cast of characters: Guerraoui's daughter Nora\,
a jazz composer who returns to the small town in the Mojave she thought s
he'd left for good\; his widow\, Maryam\, who still pines after her life i
n the old country\; Efraín\, an undocumented witness whose fear of deporta
tion prevents him from coming forward\; Jeremy\, an old friend of Nora's a
nd an Iraq War veteran\; Coleman\, a detective who is slowly discovering h
er son's secrets\; Anderson\, a neighbor trying to reconnect with his fami
ly\; and the murdered man himself.
As the cha
racters--deeply divided by race\, religion\, and class--tell their stories
\, connections among them emerge\, even as Driss's family confronts its se
crets\, a town faces its hypocrisies\, and love\, messy and unpredictable\
, is born. The Other Americans is a timely and powerful novel about the su
spicious death of a Moroccan immigrant--at once a family saga\, a murder m
ystery\, and a love story\, informed by the treacherous fault lines of Ame
rican culture.
The Solidarity Stories Book Club ta
kes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lounge area of<
strong> miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is avai
lable via the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for pr
ogram participants and no purchase is required\, but participants are welc
ome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s vend
ors. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Libr
ary System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injusti
ce to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let
’s learn together!
This week\, Lunch and Learn fea
tures author V. Castro discussing her 2021 book T
he Queen of the Cicadas\, and the upcoming anthology she's workin
g on that celebrates the richness of Latine cultures.
In 1950s south Texas a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis P
otosi\, Mexico\, is murdered. Her death is ignored by the town\, but not t
he Aztec goddess of death\, Mictecacíhuatl. The goddess hears the dying cr
ies of Milagros and creates a plan for both to be physically reborn by fee
ding on vengeance and worship.
in 2018\, Belinda and the new owner
of the farmhouse - Hector\, find themselves immersed in the legend and rea
lize it is part of their fate as well.
About the Author
V. Castro is a two time Bram Stoker Award no
minated Mexican American writer from San Antonio\, Texas now residing in t
he UK. She writes horror\, erotic horror\, and science fiction. Her books
include Immortal Pleasures\, The Haunting of Alejandra\, Alien: Vasquez\,
Mestiza Blood\, The Queen of the Cicadas\, Out of Aztlan\, Las Posadas\, R
ebel Moon (official Netflix film novelization)\, The pink Agave Motel\, an
d Goddess of Filth.
Her forthcoming book is a YA short story collec
tion\, Tejano Tales to Tell in The Dark and Tales of The Dark Feminine: In
spirational stories of The World's Fiercest Goddesses.
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This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at n
oon and tune in to virtual conversations with the Prince George’s
County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s Cou
nty Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects
of racial injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering from ex
ile and loss. Let’s learn together!
This week\, Lunch and L
earn features author V. Castro discussing her 20
21 book The Queen of the Cicadas\, and the upcoming antho
logy she's working on that celebrates the richness of Latine cultures.
In 1950s south Tex
as a farmworker- Milagros from San Luis Potosi\, Mexico\, is murdered. Her
death is ignored by the town\, but not the Aztec goddess of death\, Micte
cacíhuatl. The goddess hears the dying cries of Milagros and creates a pla
n for both to be physically reborn by feeding on vengeance and worship.
in 2018\, Belinda and the new owner of the farmhouse - Hector\, find
themselves immersed in the legend and realize it is part of their fate as
well.
About the Author
V. Castro is a two time Bram Stoker Award nominated Mexican American writer f
rom San Antonio\, Texas now residing in the UK. She writes horror\, erotic
horror\, and science fiction. Her books include Immortal Pleasures\, The
Haunting of Alejandra\, Alien: Vasquez\, Mestiza Blood\, The Queen of the
Cicadas\, Out of Aztlan\, Las Posadas\, Rebel Moon (official Netflix film
novelization)\, The pink Agave Motel\, and Goddess of Filth.
Her fo
rthcoming book is a YA short story collection\, Tejano Tales to Tell in Th
e Dark and Tales of The Dark Feminine: Inspirational stories of The World'
s Fiercest Goddesses.
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to welcome Kevin Nguyen for a conversati
on about his newest darkly satirical novel\, MỸ DOCUMENTS.
A moving speculative novel about
a Vietnamese American family confronting ambition and assimilation during
exceptionally troubled times\, MỸ DOCUMENTS gives us a v
ersion of reality only a few degrees away from our own. Nguyen\, whose wor
k grew from extensive research on the incarceration of Japanese citizens i
n the U.S. during the 1940s\, imagines what a mass detention program might
look like in the age of the internet.
When the U.S. government
begins detaining Vietnamese Americans amid a wave of national panic\, hal
f-siblings Ursula\, Alvin\, Jen\, and Duncan find themselves coming of age
during a harsh new reality. While Ursula fosters a nascent career in jou
rnalism and Alvin interns at Google\, Jen and Duncan are forced into the u
nforgiving confines of Camp Tacoma\, a chilling echo of America’s internme
nt camps. When Ursula begins to use her detained siblings as a rare source
of insider information about the camps\, her career skyrockets and she is
forced to contend with what it means that her success has come at the cos
t of her own family. As all four siblings have their lives upended\, they
must adapt to their strained realities and search for a way back to each o
ther.
About the Author
Kev
in Nguyen is features editor of The Verge\, and was previously a
senior editor at GQ. He has edited stories that have been finalists for th
e National Magazine Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His debut novel\, New Wa
ves (2020\, One World)\, was one of NPR’s Best Books of the Year in 2020\,
and was widely celebrated for its mordant humor\, fierce intelligence\, a
nd stylish prose. Bryan Washington called it “a delight and a gamble and a
treasure and a miracle.”
Now\, Nguyen delivers another spellbi
nding treasure with MỸ DOCUMENTS. We hope you’re as captivated by this nov
el as we are\, and we look forward to hearing your thoughts!
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The Prince George's County Office o
f Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Li
brary System are excited to welcome Kevin Nguyen
for a conversation about his newest darkly satirical novel\, MỸ
DOCUMENTS.
A moving speculative novel about a Vietnamese American family con
fronting ambition and assimilation during exceptionally troubled times\, <
strong>MỸ DOCUMENTS gives us a version of reality only a few degr
ees away from our own. Nguyen\, whose work grew from extensive research on
the incarceration of Japanese citizens in the U.S. during the 1940s\, ima
gines what a mass detention program might look like in the age of the inte
rnet.
When the U.S. government begins detaining Vietnamese Amer
icans amid a wave of national panic\, half-siblings Ursula\, Alvin\, Jen\,
and Duncan find themselves coming of age during a harsh new reality. Whi
le Ursula fosters a nascent career in journalism and Alvin interns at Goog
le\, Jen and Duncan are forced into the unforgiving confines of Camp Tacom
a\, a chilling echo of America’s internment camps. When Ursula begins to u
se her detained siblings as a rare source of insider information about the
camps\, her career skyrockets and she is forced to contend with what it m
eans that her success has come at the cost of her own family. As all four
siblings have their lives upended\, they must adapt to their strained real
ities and search for a way back to each other.
Abo
ut the Author
Kevin Nguyen is features ed
itor of The Verge\, and was previously a senior editor at GQ. He has edite
d stories that have been finalists for the National Magazine Award and the
Pulitzer Prize. His debut novel\, New Waves (2020\, One World)\, was one
of NPR’s Best Books of the Year in 2020\, and was widely celebrated for it
s mordant humor\, fierce intelligence\, and stylish prose. Bryan Washingto
n called it “a delight and a gamble and a treasure and a miracle.”
Now\, Nguyen delivers another spellbinding treasure with MỸ DOCUMENTS.
We hope you’re as captivated by this novel as we are\, and we look forwar
d to hearing your thoughts!
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SUMMARY:April 14\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Board
Meeting - In Person
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SUMMARY:April 9\, 2025 Board of License Commissioners Administrative Voting
Session
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SUMMARY:April 9\, 2025 Board of License Commissioners Regular Session
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The Police Accountability Board is comprised of eleven count
y residents appointed by the County Executive and County Council.
When: April 9\, 2025 @ 6:30 pm
P
ublic Comments
You must register at pgpab@co.pg.md.us by th
e Tuesday before a regular scheduled meeting to make public comments.
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing April 09\, 2025
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SUMMARY:April 8\, 2025\, Board of Registration for Electricians Meeting
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This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Libr
ary System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injusti
ce to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let
’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn contin
ues with special guest Dr. Philip Deloria in conversation
about indigeneity\, art\, history\, representation\, and their intersecti
ons.
Philip J. Deloria (Dakota descent) is the Leverett Salton
stall Professor of History at Harvard University\, where his research and
teaching focus on the social\, cultural and political histories of the rel
ations among American Indian peoples and the United States. He is the aut
hor of several books\, including Playing Indian (Yale University Press\, 1
998)\, Indians in Unexpected Places (University Press of Kansas\, 2004)\,
American Studies: A User’s Guide (University of California Press\, 2017)\,
with Alexander Olson\, and Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian
Abstract (University of Washington Press\, 2019)\, as well as two co-edit
ed books and numerous articles and chapters. Deloria received the Ph.D. i
n American Studies from Yale University in 1994\, taught at the University
of Colorado\, and then\, from 2001 to 2017\, at the University of Michiga
n\, before joining the faculty at Harvard in January 2018. Deloria was a
long-serving trustee of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of t
he American Indian. He is former president of the American Studies Associ
ation\, the Organization of American Historians\, and the Society for Amer
ican History\, an elected member of the American Philosophical Society and
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and the recipient of numerous
prizes and recognitions.
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on\, and more
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This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at n
oon and tune in to virtual conversations with the Prince George’s
County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s Cou
nty Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects
of racial injustice to fighting for equitable access to recovering from ex
ile and loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Lear
n continues with special guest Dr. Philip Deloria in conversation about indigeneity\, art\, history\, representation\, and
their intersections.
Philip J. Deloria (Dakota descent) is the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Har
vard University\, where his research and teaching focus on the social\, cu
ltural and political histories of the relations among American Indian peop
les and the United States. He is the author of several books\, including
Playing Indian (Yale University Press\, 1998)\, Indians in Unexpected Plac
es (University Press of Kansas\, 2004)\, American Studies: A User’s Guide
(University of California Press\, 2017)\, with Alexander Olson\, and Becom
ing Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract (University of Washingt
on Press\, 2019)\, as well as two co-edited books and numerous articles an
d chapters. Deloria received the Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale Univ
ersity in 1994\, taught at the University of Colorado\, and then\, from 20
01 to 2017\, at the University of Michigan\, before joining the faculty at
Harvard in January 2018. Deloria was a long-serving trustee of the Smith
sonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. He is former
president of the American Studies Association\, the Organization of Ameri
can Historians\, and the Society for American History\, an elected member
of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences\, and the recipient of numerous prizes and recognitions.
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Residents are invited to at
tend all monthly meetings. Doing so\, can play an intricate part in the gr
owth and success of the Commission. Meetings are held the 1st Monday of ev
ery month.
The mission of Coffee with a Cop is to break down barriers b
etween police officers and the citizens they serve. Join us for coffee an
d conversation. We hope to meet you there!
Date: Apr
il 4\, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Location:
Le Creuset 6800 Oxon Hill Road #640
Oxon Hill\, MD 20745
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Please register for the Public Fire Commission Meeting on We
dnesday\, April 2\, 2025\, at 7:30 p.m. This Hybrid meeting will be held i
n person at the Fire Services Building. No registration is required\; howe
ver\, please sign the logbook.
For TEAMS\, please register using t
he link below.
Hosted at a Cou
nty Resident-owned\, certified local business\, this Summit will provide y
ou exclusive access to panels on Access to Capital\, County Government Pro
curement\, Procurement Opportunities Beyond Prince George’s County Governm
ent\, and more!
This event\, which features business networking\, l
ive music\, happy hour\, panel discussions\, presentations\, resource part
ner exhibitions\, and lunch\, starts at 12 p.m. and ends at 6:30 p.m.
Don't delay\, register for the FY25 PGCG Procurement Summit today!
You ma
y direct any questions regarding the Summit to the OOP Communications Mana
ger\, Uhunoma Edamwen\, at ucedamwe
n@co.pg.md.us.
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Are you registered for Prince George's County's premier <
span>annual Procurement Summit? If not\, register now to join the Office o
f Procurement ('OOP') on Wednesday\, April 2\, 2025\, at Hennessy
Creek.
Hosted at a County Resident-owned\, c
ertified local business\, this Summit will provide you exclusive access to
panels on Access to Capital\, County Government Procurement\, Procurement
Opportunities Beyond Prince George’s County Government\, and more!
This event\, which features business networking\, live music
\, happy hour\, panel discussions\, presentations\, resource partner exhib
itions\, and lunch\, starts at 12 p.m. and ends at 6:30 p.m.
Don't delay\, register for the FY25 PGCG Procurement Summit today!<
/span>
Redevelopment Board Meeting will be held in-person and virtu
al. Please contact Lakeisha Smith via email: ldsmith@co.pg.md.us for Zoom login credentials.
<
p>In Person Location: 9200 Basil Court 2nd Floor 208B
*Starting Marc
h 24th\, if you are joining a county-hosted Teams or Zoom
meeting as a guest or unverified user\, you must complete a quic
k verification check before accessing the meeting.
*Star
ting March 24th\, if you are joining a count
y-hosted Teams or Zoom meeting as a guest or
unverified user\, you must complete a quick verification check before acc
essing the meeting.
*Starting March
24th\, if you are joining a county-hosted Teams or Zoom
meeting as a guest or unverified user\, you must complete a quick
verification check before accessing the meeting.
*Starting March 24th\, if you are joining a county-hosted
Teams or Zoom meeting as a guest or unverified user\, yo
u must complete a quick verification check before accessing the meeting.
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing March 26\, 2025
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Coffee with a Cop
Come meet your local police departm
ent’s community officers for a casual gathering and discussion at Dunkin’
Donuts in Riverdale Park. Date: March 25\, 2025 Time:
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Location: Dunkin Donuts
5603 Riverdale Road Riverdale\, MD 20
737
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This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Libr
ary System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injusti
ce to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let
’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns with spec
ial guest Frank X. Walker in conversation with the Prince
George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Mem
orial Library System. Walker will be discussing his latest book Lo
ad in Nine Times: Poems.
About the book:
For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential Ameri
can lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new
collection\, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers--i
ncluding his own ancestors--who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for
emancipation. Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Rec
onstruction\, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops
with their family members\, as well as slave owners and prominent histori
cal figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner.
Imbued with atmospheric imagery\, these persona poems and more '[clarify]
not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building o
f America\, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing th
at labor' (Khadijah Queen). 'How do you un-orphan a people?' Walker asks.
'How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of di
shes fit to eat off?' While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horror
s of war\, Walker's poems pay equal care to the pride\, perseverance\, and
triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles
Young\, Walker hums: 'I am America's promise\, my mother's song\, / and t
he reason my father had every right to dream.' Expansive and intimate\, Lo
ad in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual an
d cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry. ~From the ca
talog
About the author:
A native
of Danville\, Kentucky\, Frank X Walker is the first African American writ
er to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen colle
ctions of poetry\, including 'Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Ever
s\,' which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the Black
Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. He is also th
e author of 'Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York\,' winner of the 2004 Lill
ian Smith Book Award\, and 'Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride\,' which he
adapted for stage\, earning him the Paul Green Foundation Playwrights Fel
lowship Award. His poetry was also dramatized for the 2016 Contemporary Am
erican Theater Festival in Shepherdstown\, WV and staged by Message Theate
r for the 2015 Breeders Cup Festival. A lover of comics\, Walker curated “
We Wear the Mask: Black Superheroes through the Ages\,” an exhibit of his
personal collection of action figures\, comics\, and related memorabilia a
t the Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center in 2015\; he reprised the exh
ibit in 2018 at Purdue University and Western Carolina University. Walker
recently returned to the world of visual art with a collection of new and
early multimedia works\, “Black Star Seed: When Mi Cyaan Find Di Words” wh
ich was on exhibit at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lex
ington.
Voted one of the most creative professors in the south\, Wa
lker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co- founded the Affrilachian Poets\
, subsequently publishing the much-celebrated eponymous collection. His ho
nors also include a 2004 Lannan Literary Fellowship for Poetry\, the 2008
and 2009 Denny C. Plattner Award for Outstanding Poetry in Appalachian Her
itage\, the 2013 West Virginia Humanities Council’s Appalachian Heritage A
ward\, as well as fellowships and residences with Cave Canem\, the Nationa
l Endowment for the Humanities\, and the Kentucky Arts Council. In 2020 Wa
lker received the Donald Justice Award for Poetry from the Fellowship of S
outhern Writers. The recipient of honorary doctorates from University of K
entucky\, Transylvania University\, Spalding University and Centre College
\, Walker is the founding editor of pluck! The Journal of Affrilachian Art
s & Culture and serves as Professor of English and African American and Af
ricana Studies at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. His most recent
collection is 'Masked Man\, Black: Pandemic & Protest Poems.'
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This spring\, gr
ab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with t
he Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the
Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics
from repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable a
ccess to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns with spe
cial guest Frank X. Walker in conversation with the Princ
e George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Me
morial Library System. Walker will be discussing his latest book Load in Nine Times: Poems.
<
p>
About the book:
For
decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his
pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection\, he reim
agines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers--including his own ance
stors--who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation. Moving
chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction\, Walker
braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family me
mbers\, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abra
ham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmosphe
ric imagery\, these persona poems and more '[clarify] not only the inextri
cable value of Black life and labor to the building of America\, but the t
errible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor' (Khadijah Q
ueen). 'How do you un-orphan a people?' Walker asks. 'How do you pick up /
shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?'
While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war\, Walker's p
oems pay equal care to the pride\, perseverance\, and triumphs of their sp
eakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young\, Walker hums:
'I am America's promise\, my mother's song\, / and the reason my father h
ad every right to dream.' Expansive and intimate\, Load in Nine Times is a
resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry b
y an indelible voice in American poetry. ~From the catalog
About the author:
A na
tive of Danville\, Kentucky\, Frank X Walker is the first African American
writer to be named Kentucky Poet Laureate. Walker has published thirteen
collections of poetry\, including 'Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar
Evers\,' which was awarded the 2014 NAACP Image Award for Poetry and the
Black Caucus American Library Association Honor Award for Poetry. He is al
so the author of 'Buffalo Dance: The Journey of York\,' winner of the 2004
Lillian Smith Book Award\, and 'Isaac Murphy: I Dedicate This Ride\,' whi
ch he adapted for stage\, earning him the Paul Green Foundation Playwright
s Fellowship Award. His poetry was also dramatized for the 2016 Contempora
ry American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown\, WV and staged by Message T
heater for the 2015 Breeders Cup Festival. A lover of comics\, Walker cura
ted “We Wear the Mask: Black Superheroes through the Ages\,” an exhibit of
his personal collection of action figures\, comics\, and related memorabi
lia at the Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center in 2015\; he reprised th
e exhibit in 2018 at Purdue University and Western Carolina University. Wa
lker recently returned to the world of visual art with a collection of new
and early multimedia works\, “Black Star Seed: When Mi Cyaan Find Di Word
s” which was on exhibit at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning i
n Lexington.
Voted one of the most creative professors
in the south\, Walker coined the term “Affrilachia” and co- founded the A
ffrilachian Poets\, subsequently publishing the much-celebrated eponymous
collection. His honors also include a 2004 Lannan Literary Fellowship for
Poetry\, the 2008 and 2009 Denny C. Plattner Award for Outstanding Poetry
in Appalachian Heritage\, the 2013 West Virginia Humanities Council’s Appa
lachian Heritage Award\, as well as fellowships and residences with Cave C
anem\, the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and the Kentucky Arts C
ouncil. In 2020 Walker received the Donald Justice Award for Poetry from t
he Fellowship of Southern Writers. The recipient of honorary doctorates fr
om University of Kentucky\, Transylvania University\, Spalding University
and Centre College\, Walker is the founding editor of pluck! The Journal o
f Affrilachian Arts & Culture and serves as Professor of English and Afric
an American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky in Lexingto
n. His most recent collection is 'Masked Man\, Black: Pandemic & Protest P
oems.'
This regularly scheduled meeting of the Human Rights Commiss
ion will be held over Zoom. The Zoom link is on the open agenda. Please c
ontact the Clerk to the Commission\, Azeem Lyons\, with any questions at O
HRStaff (at) co.pg.md.us
This meeting will take place at the Wayne K. Curry Administr
ation Building located at 1301 McCormick Drive Training Room #1174
Largo\, Maryland 20774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also b
e held via Go-To-Meeting. If you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting in
formation. If you are unable to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into
the tele-conference: Dial In Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819
-222-557
If you have questions\, or if you have a disability and re
quire an accommodation please contact the Housing Authority of Prince Geor
ge's County on (301) 883-5531 or TTY (301) 883-5428.
The Fort Washington Division VII's Community Engagement Unit
(CEU) will be hosting a Steering Wheel Lock Giveaway for Kia and Hyundai
owners at the Olde Forte Village Shopping Center on Friday\, March 21\, 20
25. Free to residents of Prince George's County. Must show vehicle regi
stration and ID. Only for 2011 – 2021 Hyundai and Kia Models with a key s
tart.
Date: March 21\, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m. UNTIL SUPPLIES
RUN OUT
Location: Olde Forte Village Shopping Center
900 Block East Swan Creek Road
Fort Washington\, MD 20744
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The Fort Washington Division VII's Communit
y Engagement Unit (CEU) will be hosting a Steering Wheel Lock Giveaway for
Kia and Hyundai owners at the Olde Forte Village Shopping Center on Frida
y\, March 21\, 2025.Free to residents of Prince George's C
ounty.Must show vehicle registration and ID.
Only for 2011 – 2021 Hyundai and Kia Models with a key start.
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial System are
excited to welcome author Deanna Raybourn for a virtual
conversation about her upcoming release Kills Well with Others\, the highly anticipated follow-up to the Killers book series\, and
what else she has in store!
About the Book: Four w
omen assassins\, senior in status—and in age—sharpen their knives for anot
her bloody good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the New York Times
bestselling sensation Killers of a Certain Age.
After more than a y
ear of laying low\, Billie\, Helen\, Mary Alice\, and Natalie are called b
ack into action. They have enjoyed their time off\, but the lack of excite
ment is starting to chafe: a professional killer can only take so many wat
ercolor classes and yoga sessions without itching to strangle someone…lite
rally. When they receive a call from the head of the elite assassin organi
zation known as the Museum\, they are ready tackle the greatest challenge
of their careers.
Someone on the inside has compiled a list of impo
rtant kills committed by Museum agents\, connected to a single\, shadowy f
igure\, an Eastern European gangster with an iron fist\, some serious crim
inal ambition\, and a tendency to kill first and ask questions later. This
new nemesis is murdering agents who got in the way of their power hungry
plans and the aging quartet of killers is next.
Together the fourso
me embark on a wild ride across the globe on the double mission of rooting
out the Museum’s mole and hunting down the gangster who seems to know the
ir next move before they make it. Their enemy is unlike any they’ve faced
before\, and it will take all their killer experience to get out of this m
ission alive.
About the Author: Deanna Raybourn is the New York Times bestselling and Edgar® Aw
ard–nominated author of the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries\, the Lady Julia
Grey series\, and several stand-alone novels\, including Killers of a Cert
ain Age. She lives in Virginia with her family.
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The Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial System are excited to welcome author Deanna Raybourn for a virtual conversation about her upcomin
g release Kills Well with Others\, the highly anticipated follow-up to the Killers book series\, and what else she has in store!
About the Book: Four women ass
assins\, senior in status—and in age—sharpen their knives for another bloo
dy good adventure in this riotous follow-up to the New York Times bestsell
ing sensation Killers of a Certain Age.
After more tha
n a year of laying low\, Billie\, Helen\, Mary Alice\, and Natalie are cal
led back into action. They have enjoyed their time off\, but the lack of e
xcitement is starting to chafe: a professional killer can only take so man
y watercolor classes and yoga sessions without itching to strangle someone
…literally. When they receive a call from the head of the elite assassin o
rganization known as the Museum\, they are ready tackle the greatest chall
enge of their careers.
Someone on the inside has compi
led a list of important kills committed by Museum agents\, connected to a
single\, shadowy figure\, an Eastern European gangster with an iron fist\,
some serious criminal ambition\, and a tendency to kill first and ask que
stions later. This new nemesis is murdering agents who got in the way of t
heir power hungry plans and the aging quartet of killers is next.
Together the foursome embark on a wild ride across the globe o
n the double mission of rooting out the Museum’s mole and hunting down the
gangster who seems to know their next move before they make it. Their ene
my is unlike any they’ve faced before\, and it will take all their killer
experience to get out of this mission alive.
About the Author:<
/span> Deanna Raybourn is the New York Times bes
tselling and Edgar® Award–nominated author of the Veronica Sp
eedwell Mysteries\, the Lady Julia Grey series\, and several stand-alone novels\, including Kill
ers of a Certain Age. She lives in Virginia with her family.<
/span>
Join the Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s Coun
ty Memorial Library System for a Community Conversation with representativ
es from the Police Accountability Board
(PAB).
What is the PAB? How does it serve you\, the p
ublic? And what does it mean for Prince George’s County to have this kind
of resource?
The Prince
George’s County Police Accountability Board is mandated to provide indepe
ndent oversight to law enforcement agencies and make recommendations to im
prove policing and ensure greater accountability of law enforcement office
rs in the County. The PAB is responsible for evaluating police departments
’ disciplinary processes regarding complaints of police misconduct that in
volve a police officer and a member of the public. The PAB seeks to identi
fy any trends within policing\, and recommend the creation of new\, or mod
ify existing\, policies and procedures that will help to ensure greater po
lice accountability and\, thus\, improve the relationship between law enfo
rcement and the community.
Join the Office of Human Rights and t
he Prince George’s County Memorial Library System for a Community Conversa
tion with representatives from the Police Accountability Board (PAB).
What is the PAB? How does it serve you\, the public? And what does it m
ean for Prince George’s County to have this kind of resource?
The Prince George’s County Police Accountability Board is m
andated to provide independent oversight to law enforcement agencies and m
ake recommendations to improve policing and ensure greater accountability
of law enforcement officers in the County. The PAB is responsible for eval
uating police departments’ disciplinary processes regarding complaints of
police misconduct that involve a police officer and a member of the public
. The PAB seeks to identify any trends within policing\, and recommend the
creation of new\, or modify existing\, policies and procedures that will
help to ensure greater police accountability and\, thus\, improve the rela
tionship between law enforcement and the community.
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You Are Invited to
DPIE's Third-Thursday Community Information Session
Virtual Open Forum
DPIE experts will discuss the latest
agency updates and answer your questions.
DPIE is offering FREE\, virtual Momentum and ePlan Training
sessions on the third Thursday of every month. The Momentum and ePlan Trai
ning explains and demonstrates how to process an online permit application
on our Momentum permitting system\, and how to upload applications and pl
ans for review in our ePlan system. View the DPIE News page for sign-u
p information.
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DPIE is offering FREE\, virtual Momen
tum and ePlan Training sessions on the third Thursday of every month. The
Momentum and ePlan Training explains and demonstrates how to process an on
line permit application on our Momentum permitting system\, and how to upl
oad applications and plans for review in our ePlan system. View the DPIE News page for sign-up information.
A Local Devel
opment Council (LDC) must be established in each jurisdiction where a
gaming licensee operates. This body\, composed of 15 individuals represent
ing different stakeholder groups\, consults with the county on the followi
ng:
The development of a multiyear plan for the expenditure o
f local impact grant funds
The review of a master plan provided b
y the gaming licensee for the development of the gaming site
The
development of a comprehensive transportation plan for the gaming facility
The council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 p
m on Zoom.
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A Local Development Council (LDC) must be established in each juri
sdiction where a gaming licensee operates. This body\, composed of 15 indi
viduals representing different stakeholder groups\, consults with the coun
ty on the following:
The development of a multiyear pla
n for the expenditure of local impact grant funds
Th
e review of a master plan provided by the gaming licensee for the developm
ent of the gaming site
The development of a comprehe
nsive transportation plan for the gaming facility
The
council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm on Zoom.
Join the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities\, virt
ually\, for their monthly meeting on Wednesday\, March 19\, 2025. The miss
ion of the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities is to bring togeth
er businesses\, citizens\, and the government of Prince George's County to
discuss and resolve disability issues in the County. The Commission also
works with County and State agencies and other Commissions to jointly addr
ess and promote the needs and rights of individuals with disabilities.
Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rig
hts and the Mount Rainier Branch Library for our
monthly book club! This month we hope you can join us as we discuss 'The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Toget
her' by Heather McGhee.
Heather
McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so of
ten fails the American public. From the financial crisis of 2008 to rising
student debt to collapsing public infrastructure\, she found a root probl
em: racism in our politics and policymaking. But not just in the most obvi
ous indignities for people of color. Racism has costs for white people\, t
oo. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems\, the
core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and mo
ral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way o
ut?
McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country
from Maine to Mississippi to California\, tallying what we lose when we bu
y into the zero-sum paradigm—the idea that progress for some of us must co
me at the expense of others. Along the way\, she meets white people who co
nfide in her about losing their homes\, their dreams\, and their shot at b
etter jobs to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the stor
y of how public goods in this country—from parks and pools to functioning
schools—have become private luxuries\; of how unions collapsed\, wages sta
gnated\, and inequality increased\; and of how this country\, unique among
the world’s advanced economies\, has thwarted universal healthcare.
<
p>But in unlikely places of worship and work\, McGhee finds proof of what
she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come t
ogether across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The
Sum of Us is not only a brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also
a heartfelt message\, delivered with startling empathy\, from a black wom
an to a multiracial America. It leaves us with a new vision for a future i
n which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.
Solidarity Stories Boo
k Club takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstai
rs lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is ava
ilable via the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for p
rogram participants and no purchase is required\, but participants are wel
come to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s vendors. For more in
formation\, visit their website: https
://mixtfoodhall.com
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Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the M
ount Rainier Branch Library for our monthly book club! This month
we hope you can join us as we discuss 'The Sum of Us: What Racism
Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together' by Heath
er McGhee.
<
p>
Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and th
e mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial
crisis of 2008 to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure
\, she found a root problem: racism in our politics and policymaking. But
not just in the most obvious indignities for people of color. Racism has c
osts for white people\, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexi
ng public problems\, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutiv
e of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this hap
pen? And is there a way out?
McGhee embarks on a deepl
y personal journey across the country from Maine to Mississippi to Califor
nia\, tallying what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm—the ide
a that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others. Along t
he way\, she meets white people who confide in her about losing their home
s\, their dreams\, and their shot at better jobs to the toxic mix of Ameri
can racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this countr
y—from parks and pools to functioning schools—have become private luxuries
\; of how unions collapsed\, wages stagnated\, and inequality increased\;
and of how this country\, unique among the world’s advanced economies\, ha
s thwarted universal healthcare.
But in unlikely place
s of worship and work\, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarit
y Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to
accomplish what we simply can’t do on our own. The Sum of Us is not only a
brilliant analysis of how we arrived here but also a heartfelt message\,
delivered with startling empathy\, from a black woman to a multiracial Ame
rica. It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally real
ize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.
So
lidarity Stories Book Club takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each
month in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Li
mited parking is available via the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. P
arking is free for program participants and no purchase is required\, but
participants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s
vendors. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com
Join as we talk with extraordinary artist Pierre Sylvian abo
ut his work in many mediums\, how art can be used to highlight and celebra
te social justice\, and why creating art matters – for all of us.
P
ierre Sylvain is a self-taught multi-media artist represented thr
oughout the country in both solo and group shows. He works with different
mediums including paintings\, tile\, stained glass\, textile\, and found o
bjects and has been recognized publicly for his advocacy and impact reflec
ting current social issues. Mr. Sylvain is the Gallery Director and Curato
r for the Charter Oak Cultural Center\, serving the mission of elevating t
he importance of art in healing society by providing access to highly skil
led artists and students who may otherwise not have easy access and visibi
lity in the greater community. His award-winning art is most recognized fo
r how it makes people feel and brings communities together. He was the rec
ipient of the Middletown Art Advocacy Award.
His work are
in private and public collections\, including at Wesleyan University\, Mid
dletown CT\; Charter Oak Cultural Center\, Hartford CT\; Middletown Town H
all\, Middletown CT\; Russell library\, Middletown CT\; and Body Connect H
ealth & Wellness\, Washington DC.
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Join as we talk with extraordinary ar
tist Pierre Sylvian about his work in many mediums\, how art can be used t
o highlight and celebrate social justice\, and why creating art matters –
for all of us.
Pierre Sylvain is a self-taught
multi-media artist represented throughout the country in both solo and gr
oup shows. He works with different mediums including paintings\, tile\, st
ained glass\, textile\, and found objects and has been recognized publicly
for his advocacy and impact reflecting current social issues. Mr. Sylvain
is the Gallery Director and Curator for the Charter Oak Cultural Center\,
serving the mission of elevating the importance of art in healing society
by providing access to highly skilled artists and students who may otherw
ise not have easy access and visibility in the greater community. His awar
d-winning art is most recognized for how it makes people feel and brings c
ommunities together. He was the recipient of the Middletown Art Advocacy A
ward.
His wo
rk are in private and public collections\, including at Wesleyan Universit
y\, Middletown CT\; Charter Oak Cultural Center\, Hartford CT\; Middletown
Town Hall\, Middletown CT\; Russell library\, Middletown CT\; and Body Co
nnect Health & Wellness\, Washington DC.
We will review the following features below and
more: • Easier access to pending tasks • How-to videos
at the point of processing • More efficient navigation •
Review comments in one convenient location • New 'Ask a Question
' feature • New status page for easy-to-view tracking of your pro
ject
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Join us for the “ePlan New Look & Fee
l Overview”! Date: Monday\, March 17\, 2025 Time: 9:30–11:30 a.m.
We will review the f
ollowing features below and more: • Easier access to
pending tasks • How-to videos at the point of proce
ssing • More efficient navigation •
Review comments in one convenient location • N
ew 'Ask a Question' feature • New status page for ea
sy-to-view tracking of your project
Due to ongoing construction at the landfill\, residents will
be able to drive thru and drop off accepted household hazardous waste (HH
W) and electronic items.
Open to County residents ONLY (ID may be required)
Commercial vehicles and commerc
ially generated items are NOT permitted.
Multiple
trips are not allowed for individuals or vehicles.
Special
accommodations can be provided upon request.
Th
e Amica Center for Immigrant Rights
\, formely known as the Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition\, is a n
on-profit legal service provider defending immigrant community members aga
inst ICE detention and deportation. Since 2017\, they have partnered with
Prince George's County to provide deportation defense services to impacted
people and have created positive systemic changes through our impact liti
gation team. For the past 25 years\, Amica Center has been a leader in the
DMV region in the immigration legal services sector and more recently the
ir work has expanded to have a national impact.
Bradley Je
nkins is a managing attorney in Amica Center’s Detained Adult Pro
gram. Prior to his work at Amica Center\, he managed pro bono programs and
coordinated federal litigation at the Catholic Legal Immigration Network
(CLINIC) and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP). Bradley has litiga
ted several significant cases to advance the rights of immigrants\, includ
ing Matter of L-E-A-\, 28 I&N Dec. 304 (A.G. 2021)\, Albizures-Lopez v. Ba
rr\, No. 20-70640\, 2020 WL 7406164 (9th Cir. Dec. 10\, 2020)\; Leticia v.
United States\, No. 22-CV-7527\, 2023 WL 7110953 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 27\, 2023
)\; A.E.S.E. v. United States\, 1:21-cv-00569\, 2022 WL 4289930 (D.N.M. Se
pt. 16\, 2022)\; L.M.-M. v. Cuccinelli\, 442 F.Supp.3d 1 (D.D.C. 2020)\; a
nd Matter of Deang\, 27 I&N Dec. 57 (BIA 2017). Bradley was a contributing
author to the Fifth and Sixth Editions of Representing Clients in Immigra
tion Court\, and he frequently speaks on the topics of removal defense\, a
ppellate procedure\, asylum\, and federal litigation.
Bradley is a
graduate of Harvard Law School and is admitted to practice law in the Sta
te of Maryland.
The Am
ica Center for Immigrant Rights\, formely known as the Capital Area Immigrant
s' Rights Coalition\, is a non-profit legal service provider defending imm
igrant community members against ICE detention and deportation. Since 2017
\, they have partnered with Prince George's County to provide deportation
defense services to impacted people and have created positive systemic cha
nges through our impact litigation team. For the past 25 years\, Amica Cen
ter has been a leader in the DMV region in the immigration legal services
sector and more recently their work has expanded to have a national impact
.
Bradley Jenkins is a managing attorney in Amica Center
’s Detained Adult Program. Prior to his work at Amica Center\, he managed
pro bono programs and coordinated federal litigation at the Catholic Legal
Immigration Network (CLINIC) and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP
). Bradley has litigated several significant cases to advance the rights o
f immigrants\, including Matter of L-E-A-\, 28 I&N Dec. 304 (A.G. 2021)\,
Albizures-Lopez v. Barr\, No. 20-70640\, 2020 WL 7406164 (9th Cir. Dec. 10
\, 2020)\; Leticia v. United States\, No. 22-CV-7527\, 2023 WL 7110953 (E.
D.N.Y. Oct. 27\, 2023)\; A.E.S.E. v. United States\, 1:21-cv-00569\, 2022
WL 4289930 (D.N.M. Sept. 16\, 2022)\; L.M.-M. v. Cuccinelli\, 442 F.Supp.3
d 1 (D.D.C. 2020)\; and Matter of Deang\, 27 I&N Dec. 57 (BIA 2017). Bradl
ey was a contributing author to the Fifth and Sixth Editions of Representi
ng Clients in Immigration Court\, and he frequently speaks on the topics o
f removal defense\, appellate procedure\, asylum\, and federal litigation.
Bradley is a graduate of Harvard Law School and is admitted to practice
law in the State of Maryland.
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to welcome back TJ Alexander to discuss
their newest book\, A Gentleman's Gentleman\, a 'groundbr
eaking trans Regency romance that's both delightfully witty and refreshing
ly iconoclastic.' Don't miss this discussion!
The notoriously eccentric Lord Christopher Eden is a “man
of unusual make” and even more unusual habits: he prefers to live far fro
m the prying eyes and ears of the ton\, and would rather have the comforta
ble company of his childhood cook and his aged butler than the swarm of se
rvants and hangers-on befitting a man of his station. But Christopher’s pl
easant\, if occasionally lonely life is upended when he receives word from
his lawyers that\, according to his late father’s will\, he must find a w
ife by the end of the Season if he intends to keep his family’s fortune an
d the Eden estate. Christopher cannot imagine a worse fate: as he isn’t at
tracted to women\, his chances of making a wife happy are slim. Furthermor
e\, if his quest to marry has any hope of succeeding\, he must move to Lon
don posthaste and acquire some more suitable staff.
Enter James Har
ding\, Christopher’s new\, distractingly handsome—if rigidly traditional—v
alet. After a rocky start\, the two strike up a fragile friendship amid th
e throes of the London Season . . . a friendship that threatens to shatter
under the looming shadow of Christopher’s impending nuptials—and the secr
ets both men are keeping. With its heady combination of dry wit\, slow-bur
n romance\, and a nuanced portrait of trans identity\, 'A Gentleman’s Gent
leman' stands to transform the historical romance genre as we know it.
About the Author: TJ Alexander i
s a Lambda Literary Award finalist and critically acclaimed author who wri
tes about queer love. Originally from Florida\, they received their MA in
writing and publishing from Emerson College in Boston. They live in New Yo
rk City with their wife and various houseplants.
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The Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System are excited to welcome ba
ck TJ Alexander to discuss their newest book\, A Gentleman's Gentleman\, a 'groundbreaki
ng trans Regency romance that's both delightfully witty and refreshingly i
conoclastic.' Don't miss this discussion!
The
notoriously eccentric Lord Christopher Eden is a “man of unusual make” and
even more unusual habits: he prefers to live far from the prying eyes and
ears of the ton\, and would rather have the comfortable company of his ch
ildhood cook and his aged butler than the swarm of servants and hangers-on
befitting a man of his station. But Christopher’s pleasant\, if occasiona
lly lonely life is upended when he receives word from his lawyers that\, a
ccording to his late father’s will\, he must find a wife by the end of the
Season if he intends to keep his family’s fortune and the Eden estate. Ch
ristopher cannot imagine a worse fate: as he isn’t attracted to women\, hi
s chances of making a wife happy are slim. Furthermore\, if his quest to m
arry has any hope of succeeding\, he must move to London posthaste and acq
uire some more suitable staff.
Enter James Harding\, C
hristopher’s new\, distractingly handsome—if rigidly traditional—valet. Af
ter a rocky start\, the two strike up a fragile friendship amid the throes
of the London Season . . . a friendship that threatens to shatter under t
he looming shadow of Christopher’s impending nuptials—and the secrets both
men are keeping. With its heady combination of dry wit\, slow-burn romanc
e\, and a nuanced portrait of trans identity\, 'A Gentleman’s Gentleman' s
tands to transform the historical romance genre as we know it.
About the Author:
TJ Alexander is a Lambda Litera
ry Award finalist and critically acclaimed author who writes about queer l
ove. Originally from Florida\, they received their MA in writing and publi
shing from Emerson College in Boston. They live in New York City with thei
r wife and various houseplants.
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SUMMARY:March 12\, 2025\, Board of Registration for Building Contractors Me
eting
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Join the Prince George’s County Beltsville Division VI and t
he Montgomery County Police 3rd District Silver Spring for coffee and conv
ersation. We hope to see you there!
Date: Mar
ch 12\, 2025 Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Location:
Riderwood Village – Lakeside Commons
3150 Gracefield Road Silver Spring\, MD
20904
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Animal Control Commission Hearing March 12\, 2025
Zoom meeting for March 12\, 2025\, hearing docket. See agenda below.
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights is excited to partner with the Prince George's County Offic
e Memorial Library System. Join us for a book discussion leading
up to WorldPride 2025 in Washington D.C.! We'll discuss <
strong>Falling Back in Love with Being Human by Kai Cheng
Thom\, a powerful exploration of identity\, healing\, and self-l
ove. This event offers a space to share insights and reflections on the th
emes of vulnerability\, queer identity\, and collective healing.
<
/p>
What happens when we imagine loving the people—and the parts of our
selves—that we do not believe are worthy of love?
Click here to register and
join the discussion live!
About the Author:
Kai Cheng Thom grew up a Chinese Canadian trans
gender girl in a hostile world. As an activist\, psychotherapist\, conflic
t mediator\, and spiritual healer\, she’s always pursued the same deeply p
ersonal mission: to embrace the revolutionary belief that every human bein
g\, no matter how hateful or horrible\, is intrinsically sacred.
Bu
t then Kai Cheng found herself in a crisis of faith\, overwhelmed by the v
iciousness with which people treated one another\, and barely clinging to
the values and ideals she’d built her life around: justice\, hope\, love\,
and healing. Rather than succumb to despair and cynicism\, she gathered a
ll her rage and grief and took one last leap of faith: she wrote. Whether
prayers or spells or poems—and whether there’s a difference—she wrote to a
ffirm the outcasts and runaways she calls her kin. She wrote to flawed but
nonetheless lovable men\, to people with good intentions who harm their o
wn\, to racists and transphobes seemingly beyond saving. What emerged was
a blueprint for falling back in love with being human.
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uman' by Kai Cheng Thom
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Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
Join your neighbors and the Fort Washington Community Engage
ment Unit officers for coffee and conversation. We hope to meet you there
!
Date: March 11\, 2025 Time:
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Location: Fort Washington Division VII Stat
ion 11108 Fort Washington Road
Fort Washington\, MD 20744
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The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to welcome Jes and Cin Wibowo to discuss their newest book\, Lunar Boy. Don't mi
ss this discussion!
This week\, Lunch and Learn becomes Rise and Shine because our guests are 12 hours
in the future! So grab some OJ or a cup of coffee and tune in to a virtua
l conversation with the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and
the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System. Our special guests wil
l be Jes and Cin Wibowo in conversation about their graphic novel\, 'Lunar
Boy.' You may also recognize their illustrative work from 'Weirdo' writte
n by Tony Weaver\, Jr.\, a November 2024 Lunch and Learn\, which you can f
ind here.
About the Book:
Indu\,
a boy from the moon\, feels like he doesn't belong. He hasn't since he an
d his adoptive mom disembarked from their spaceship--their home--to live o
n Earth with their new blended family. The kids at school think he's weird
\; he has a crush on his pen pal\, who might not like him back\; and his s
tepfamily doesn't seem to know what to do with him. Worst of all\, Indu ca
n't even talk to his mom about how he's feeling because she's so busy. In
a moment of loneliness\, Indu calls out to the moon\, begging them to take
him back. And against all odds\, the moon hears him and agrees to bring h
im home of the first day of the New Year. But as the promised day draws ne
arer\, Indu finds friendship in unlikely places and discovers that home is
more than where you come from. And when the moon calls again\, Indu must
decide: is he willing to give up what he's just found?
Jes and Cin Wibowo are award winning Indonesian twin authors an
d artists\, who love making magical and bittersweet graphic novels for mid
dle grade readers. The two were born and raised mostly in Jakarta\, travel
ing between the US and Indonesia often. They both graduated with a BFA and
MFA in Sequential Arts from Savannah College of Art and Design. Now based
in Jakarta\, the two enjoy eating comfort food and being perpetually cult
ure shocked wherever they go.
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The Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System are excited to welcome Jes and Cin Wibowo to discuss their newest
book\, Lunar Boy. Don't miss t
his discussion!
This week\, Lunch and Learn becomes Rise and Shine beca
use our guests are 12 hours in the future! So grab some OJ or a cup of cof
fee and tune in to a virtual conversation with the Prince George’s County
Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library Sys
tem. Our special guests will be Jes and Cin Wibowo in conversation about t
heir graphic novel\, 'Lunar Boy.' You may also recognize their illustrativ
e work from 'Weirdo' written by Tony Weaver\, Jr.\, a November 2024 Lunch
and Learn\, which you can find here.
About the Book:
I
ndu\, a boy from the moon\, feels like he doesn't belong. He hasn't since
he and his adoptive mom disembarked from their spaceship--their home--to l
ive on Earth with their new blended family. The kids at school think he's
weird\; he has a crush on his pen pal\, who might not like him back\; and
his stepfamily doesn't seem to know what to do with him. Worst of all\, In
du can't even talk to his mom about how he's feeling because she's so busy
. In a moment of loneliness\, Indu calls out to the moon\, begging them to
take him back. And against all odds\, the moon hears him and agrees to br
ing him home of the first day of the New Year. But as the promised day dra
ws nearer\, Indu finds friendship in unlikely places and discovers that ho
me is more than where you come from. And when the moon calls again\, Indu
must decide: is he willing to give up what he's just found?
Jes and Cin Wibowo are award winning Indonesian twin a
uthors and artists\, who love making magical and bittersweet graphic novel
s for middle grade readers. The two were born and raised mostly in Jakarta
\, traveling between the US and Indonesia often. They both graduated with
a BFA and MFA in Sequential Arts from Savannah College of Art and Design.
Now based in Jakarta\, the two enjoy eating comfort food and being perpetu
ally culture shocked wherever they go.
Amanda K. Gross
was born in the heart of Atlanta\, Georgia\, to two white Mennonites. Rais
ed in the social justice legacies of Dr. King and her Anabaptist ancestors
\, she was also raised to be a good little white girl in a system built fo
r her advantage. Over the past two decades\, she has committed to the life
\, study\, and embodied work of social justice\, including studies in Rest
orative Justice\, Conflict Transformation\, and Sociology\, apprenticing w
ith YogaRoots On Location’s Anti-Racist Raja Yoga School and the People’s
Institute for Survival & Beyond’s Undoing Racism Workshop\, and organizing
with Youth Undoing Institutional Racism\, the American Friends Service Co
mmittee\, and the Black Girls Equity Alliance.
Amanda has a PhD fr
om the European Graduate School examining the role of arts and culture in
sustaining white settlers in long term decolonization and anti-racist effo
rts and an MA in Conflict Transformation with a concentration in Restorati
ve Justice from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennon
ite University. Find her website here.
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The Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial System are excited to welcome author Amanda Gross to the Laurel Branch Library f
or a conversation about her book\, White Women Get Re
ady.
About the Book:
White Women\, Get Ready tells the story
of how we white ladies have been groomed to uphold overlapping systems of
oppression\, the harmful multigenerational impact\, and how we can use our
unique white lady positioning to help upend these violent structures. Aut
hor Amanda K. Gross intimately reflects on her attempts to divest from whi
teness and mobilizes toward co-creating healthier\, more authentic relatio
nships\, cultures\, and communities.
Amanda K. Gross was bo
rn in the heart of Atlanta\, Georgia\, to two white Mennonites. Raised in
the social justice legacies of Dr. King and her Anabaptist ancestors\, she
was also raised to be a good little white girl in a system built for her
advantage. Over the past two decades\, she has committed to the life\, stu
dy\, and embodied work of social justice\, including studies in Restorativ
e Justice\, Conflict Transformation\, and Sociology\, apprenticing with Yo
gaRoots On Location’s Anti-Racist Raja Yoga School and the People’s Instit
ute for Survival & Beyond’s Undoing Racism Workshop\, and organizing with
Youth Undoing Institutional Racism\, the American Friends Service Committe
e\, and the Black Girls Equity Alliance.
Amanda has a
PhD from the European Graduate School examining the role of arts and cult
ure in sustaining white settlers in long term decolonization and anti-raci
st efforts and an MA in Conflict Transformation with a concentration in Re
storative Justice from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern
Mennonite University. Find her website here.
The next board meeting will be conducted in-person on Tuesda
y\, March 4\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Prince George's County
Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\, MD 2
0774
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ted in-person on Tuesday\, March 4\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. L
ocation: Prince George's County Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\, MD
20774
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Lunch and Learn continues with special guest Dr. Kurt Gray i
n conversation about his new book\, Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality
and Politics and How to Find Common Ground. Timely and critically importan
t\, 'Outraged' is a groundbreaking new perspective on the moral mind that
rewrites our understanding of where moral judgments come from\, and how we
can overcome the feelings of outrage that so often divide us. It’s easy t
o assume that liberals and conservatives have radically different moral fo
undations. In 'Outraged\,' Kurt Gray showcases the latest science to demon
strate that we all have the same moral mind—that everyone’s moral judgment
s stem from feeling threatened or vulnerable to harm\,” Penguin Random Hou
se writes.
This incredible program will not be available on
demand so set a reminder – clear your lunch break – to join us on March 4
th from 12 – 1 pm ET here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfFp2sQFRuI.
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SUMMARY:SP25 Canvass - 3/4/2025
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Where to Vote
You can vote at any of the nine vote
centers during early voting and on election day.
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Residents are invited to at
tend all monthly meetings. Doing so\, can play an intricate part in the gr
owth and success of the Commission. Meetings are held the 1st Monday of ev
ery month.
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Celebrate American Heart Month by rai
sing your awareness with the Living Well with High Blood Pressure
Workshop!
Join us for a free two-hour
online class for individuals who want to learn how to better con
trol their high blood pressure (hypertension).
<
span>This is a FREE workshop currently offered online. Re
gistration is required. Contact WellnessInfo@co.pg.md.us for more informatio
n and to register.
Class Schedule
Download the Living Well with High Blood Pressure flyer.
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest
George M. Johnson in conversation with the Prince
George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince Ge
orge's County Memorial Library System. Johnson will be discussing
their latest book Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wis
h I'd Known\, and the queer stories you may have missed.
About the Book: From the New York Times–bestselling author
of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and
Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance.
In Flamboyants\,
George M. Johnson celebrates writers\, performers\, and activists from 19
20s Black America whose sexualities have been obscured throughout history.
Through 14 essays\, Johnson reveals how American culture has been shaped
by icons who are both Black and Queer – and whose stories deserve to be ce
lebrated in their entirety.
Interspersed with personal nar
rative\, powerful poetry\, and illustrations by award-winning illustrator
Charly Palmer\, Flamboyants looks to the past for understanding as to how
Black and Queer culture has defined the present and will continue to impac
t the future. With candid prose and an unflinching lens towards truth and
hope\, George M. Johnson brings young adult readers an inspiring collectio
n of biographies that will encourage teens today to be unabashed in their
layered identities. -From the publisher (https://us.macmillan.com/books/978037
4391249/flamboyants)
About the Author:
George M. Johnson (they/them) is an Emmy nomina
ted\, award-winning\, and bestselling Black nonbinary author and activist.
They have written on race\, gender\, sex\, and culture for Essence\, the
Advocate\, BuzzFeed News\, Teen Vogue\, and more than forty other national
publications. George has appeared on BuzzFeed’s AM2DM as well as on MSNBC
. They are also a proud HBCU alum twice over and a member of Alpha Phi Alp
ha Fraternity\, Incorporated. Their debut memoir\, All Boys Aren’t Blue\,
was a New York Times bestseller and garnered many accolades. It was the se
cond-most banned book of 2022 in the United States\, according to the Amer
ican Library Association. For their work fighting book bans and challenges
\, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) honored George with it
s Free Speech Defender Award\, and TIME Magazine named them one of the “10
0 Next Most Influential People in the World.” While writing their memoir\,
George used he/him pronouns. Originally from Plainfield\, New Jersey\, th
ey now live in Los Angeles\, California.
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: 'Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish
I'd Known' by George M. Johnson
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Lunch and Learn returns wi
th special guest George M. Johnson in conversation with t
he Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the
Prince George's County Memorial Library System. Johnson w
ill be discussing their latest book Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem
Renaissance I Wish I'd Known\, and the queer stories you may have
missed.
About the Book: F
rom the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an
empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Rena
issance.
In Flamboyants\, George M. Johnson celebrates wri
ters\, performers\, and activists from 1920s Black America whose sexualiti
es have been obscured throughout history. Through 14 essays\, Johnson reve
als how American culture has been shaped by icons who are both Black and Q
ueer – and whose stories deserve to be celebrated in their entirety.
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p>
Interspersed with personal narrative\, powerful poetry\, and il
lustrations by award-winning illustrator Charly Palmer\, Flamboyants looks
to the past for understanding as to how Black and Queer culture has defin
ed the present and will continue to impact the future. With candid prose a
nd an unflinching lens towards truth and hope\, George M. Johnson brings y
oung adult readers an inspiring collection of biographies that will encour
age teens today to be unabashed in their layered identities. -From the
publisher (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374391249/flamboyants)
About the Author:
George M. Johns
on (they/them) is an Emmy nominated\, award-winning\, and bestsel
ling Black nonbinary author and activist. They have written on race\, gend
er\, sex\, and culture for Essence\, the Advocate\, BuzzFeed News\, Teen V
ogue\, and more than forty other national publications. George has appeare
d on BuzzFeed’s AM2DM as well as on MSNBC. They are also a proud HBCU alum
twice over and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity\, Incorporated. The
ir debut memoir\, All Boys Aren’t Blue\, was a New York Times bestseller a
nd garnered many accolades. It was the second-most banned book of 2022 in
the United States\, according to the American Library Association. For the
ir work fighting book bans and challenges\, the National Coalition Against
Censorship (NCAC) honored George with its Free Speech Defender Award\, an
d TIME Magazine named them one of the “100 Next Most Influential People in
the World.” While writing their memoir\, George used he/him pronouns. Ori
ginally from Plainfield\, New Jersey\, they now live in Los Angeles\, Cali
fornia.
This regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Human Rights
Commission will take place over Zoom. The Zoom link can be found on the o
pen agenda. Please contact the Clerk to the Commission with any accommodat
ion requests no later than three days before the meeting at OHRStaff (at)
co.pg.md.us
This meeting will take place at the Wayne K. Curry Administr
ation Building located at 1301 McCormick Drive Training Room #1174
Largo\, Maryland 20774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also b
e held via Go-To-Meeting. If you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting in
formation. If you are unable to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into
the tele-conference: Dial In Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819
-222-557
If you have questions\, or if you have a disability and re
quire an accommodation please contact the Housing Authority of Prince Geor
ge's County on (301) 883-5531 or TTY (301) 883-5428.
Participants will engage in a 6-month Rites of Passage progr
am that will culminate with a graduation ceremony.
In addition to
weekly interactive group sessions\, participants will engage in coursework
outside of class\, including tasks to further enhance the foundation of f
atherhood\, family reintegration\, and relationship sustainability.
DPIE is offering FREE\, virtual Momentum and ePlan Training
sessions on the third Thursday of every month. The Momentum and ePlan Trai
ning explains and demonstrates how to process an online permit application
on our Momentum permitting system\, and how to upload applications and pl
ans for review in our ePlan system. View the DPIE News page for sign-u
p information.
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DPIE is offering FREE\, virtual Momen
tum and ePlan Training sessions on the third Thursday of every month. The
Momentum and ePlan Training explains and demonstrates how to process an on
line permit application on our Momentum permitting system\, and how to upl
oad applications and plans for review in our ePlan system. View the DPIE News page for sign-up information.
A Local Devel
opment Council (LDC) must be established in each jurisdiction where a
gaming licensee operates. This body\, composed of 15 individuals represent
ing different stakeholder groups\, consults with the county on the followi
ng:
The development of a multiyear plan for the expenditure o
f local impact grant funds
The review of a master plan provided b
y the gaming licensee for the development of the gaming site
The
development of a comprehensive transportation plan for the gaming facility
The council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 p
m on Zoom.
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A Local Development Council (LDC) must be established in each juri
sdiction where a gaming licensee operates. This body\, composed of 15 indi
viduals representing different stakeholder groups\, consults with the coun
ty on the following:
The development of a multiyear pla
n for the expenditure of local impact grant funds
Th
e review of a master plan provided by the gaming licensee for the developm
ent of the gaming site
The development of a comprehe
nsive transportation plan for the gaming facility
The
council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm on Zoom.
Join the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities\, virt
ually\, for their monthly meeting on Wednesday\, February 19\, 2025. The m
ission of the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities is to bring tog
ether businesses\, citizens\, and the government of Prince George's County
to discuss and resolve disability issues in the County. The Commission al
so works with County and State agencies and other Commissions to jointly a
ddress and promote the needs and rights of individuals with disabilities.
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Join the Commission for Individuals with Di
sabilities\, virtually\, for their monthly meeting on Wednesday\, February
19\, 2025. The mission of the Commission for Individuals with Disabilitie
s is to bring together businesses\, citizens\, and the government of Princ
e George's County to discuss and resolve disability issues in the County.
The Commission also works with County and State agencies and other Commiss
ions to jointly address and promote the needs and rights of individuals wi
th disabilities.
La Oficina de Relaciones Comunitarias en asociación con la O
ficina de Manejo de Emergencias del Condado de Prince George estarán ofrec
iendo gratuitamente el curso de resucitación cardiopulmonar y primeros aux
ilios básicos a residentes de habla hispana el día 18 de febrero 2025 en e
l Centro Comunitario de Glassmanor.
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SUMMARY:CPR Training for Spanish Speakers
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La Oficina de Relaciones Comunitarias
en asociación con la Oficina de Manejo de Emergencias del Condado de Prin
ce George estarán ofreciendo gratuitamente el curso de resucitación cardio
pulmonar y primeros auxilios básicos a residentes de habla hispana el día
18 de febrero 2025 en el Centro Comunitario de Glassmanor.
Matricúlese usando el código QR o accediendo a este enlace: <
a href='https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1223621146789?aff=oddtdtcreator'>https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1223621146789?aff=oddtdtcreator<
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Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights for our mont
hly book club! This month we will discuss\, The City We Became by 4-time Hugo Award winning author N.K. Jemisin.
The Solidarity Stories Book Club takes place on the
3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Foo
d Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available via the ga
rage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program participan
ts and no purchase is required\, but participants are welcome to order sna
cks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s vendors. For more information\, visit
their website: https://mixtfoodhall.co
m
'In Manhattan\, a young grad student gets off the tr
ain and realizes he doesn't remember who he is\, where he's from\, or even
his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of the city\, see its hi
story\, and feel its power. In the Bronx\, a Lenape gallery director disco
vers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city\, so beautiful and pow
erful it's as if the paint is literally calling to her. In Brooklyn\, a po
litician and mother finds she can hear the songs of her city\, pulsing to
the beat of her Louboutin heels.'
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Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and Prince George’s County
Office of Human Rights for our monthly book club! This month we w
ill discuss\, The City We Became by 4-time Hugo Award winning author N.K. Jemisin.
The Solidarity Stories Book Club takes pla
ce on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available v
ia the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program p
articipants and no purchase is required\, but participants are welcome to
order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s vendors. For more informatio
n\, visit their website: https://mixtfo
odhall.com
'In Manhattan\, a young grad s
tudent gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is\, whe
re he's from\, or even his own name. But he can sense the beating heart of
the city\, see its history\, and feel its power. In the Bronx\, a Lenape
gallery director discovers strange graffiti scattered throughout the city\
, so beautiful and powerful it's as if the paint is literally calling to h
er. In Brooklyn\, a politician and mother finds she can hear the songs of
her city\, pulsing to the beat of her Louboutin heels.'
—From Catalog.
Borrow the book from PGCMLS: <
a href='https://catalog.pgcmls.info/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0
.0.3&pos=4&cn=1169161'>Print | eBook | <
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diobook
All county offices\, except for public safety agencies\, wil
l be closed on Monday\, February 17\, 2025\, in observance of Presidents'
Day. Several county services are also suspended or closed.
The following o
ffices\, services\, and facilities will be closed or suspended on Monday\,
February 17\, 2025.
Curbside Collection
Learn which curbs
ide collections will slide one day.
Curbside Trash Collection in C
ounty-Contracted Areas
Regular collections occur Tuesday\, Feb
ruary 18 through Friday\, February 21
Residential Food Scraps and
Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\, F
ebruary 17
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances
and scrap tires\; by appointment only)
Scheduled Collections wi
ll occur
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
(Up to four (4)
items may be placed curbside for collection)
Regular collections oc
cur Tuesday\, February 18 through Friday\, February 21
Curbside E
lectronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment only\, every third
Monday of the month)
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regu
lar collections occur Tuesday\, February 18 through Friday\, February 21
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
(By appointment only\, ever
y third Monday of the month)
Collection Facilities
The fo
llowing facilities will be closed:
Electronics Recycling Acce
ptance Site (No Longer Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Land
fill) *Temporarily Closed at Landfill Due to Construction *Items
accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Hous
ehold Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (No Longer located at the Brown
Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Closed at Landfill Due to Construct
ion *Items accepted at mobile event only: March 15\, 2025
Animal Services
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown Station
Road) will be closed on Monday\, February 17\, 2025.
Transportati
on
TheBus\, a public transit service operated by
the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation\,
will operate on a regular schedule on Monday\, February 17\, 2025\, with
the exception of Route 51X. Regular operations of Route 51x will resume o
n Tuesday\, February 18\, 2025.
The County’s Call-A-Bus
and PGC Link services will not operate on Monday\,
February 17\, 2025. Regular operations of the Call-A-Bus and PGC Link ser
vices will resume on Tuesday\, February 18\, 2025.
Permitting\, In
spections and Enforcement (DPIE)
The Department of Permitting\, In
spections and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Monday\, February 17\,
2025. Regular business hours will resume on Tuesday\, February 18\, 2025.
PGC311
Also\, PGC311 will be closed on Monday\, February
17\, 2025\, and will return to regular operations on Tuesday\, February 18
\, 2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents can still submit serv
ice/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
The Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee present a special presentation by Kamau B.A. Sadiki o
f Diving with Purpose. Mr. Sadiki will discuss the archae
ological underwater research of the Slave Wrecks Project of the Smithsonia
n's National Museum of African American Culture and History in partnership
with the Izeko Museum of South Africa\, George Washington University\, an
d Diving With Purpose.
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Join the conversation at our monthly
Coffee Circle Meeting. We hope to see you there!
Date
: February 12\, 2025
Time:
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location: Panera B
read 10914 Baltimore Avenue Beltsville\, MD 20705
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing February 12\, 2025
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SUMMARY:Canceled - February 11\, 2025\, Board of Registration for Electrici
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This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting fo
r equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together
!
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Kathleen DuVal\, author of Native Nations: A Millenniu
m in North America in conversation with the Prince George
's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's
County Memorial Library System.
'In this magisterial history of the continent\, Kathle
en DuVal traces the power of Native nations from the rise of ancient citie
s more than 1000 years ago to the present. She reframes North American his
tory\, noting significantly that Indigenous civilizations did not come to
a halt when a few wandering explorers or hungry settlers arrived\, even wh
en the strangers came well-armed. A millennium ago\, North American cities
rivaled urban centers around the world in size\, but following a period o
f climate change and instability DuVal shows how numerous nations emerged
from previously centralized civilizations. From this urban past\, patterns
of egalitarian government structures\, complex economies and trade\, and
diplomacy spread across North America. And\, when Europeans did arrive in
the 16th century\, they encountered societies they did not understand and
whose power they often underestimated. For centuries\, Indigenous people m
aintained an upper hand and used Europeans in pursuit of their own interes
ts. In Native Nations\, we see how Mohawks closely controlled trade with t
he Dutch--and influenced global trade patterns--and how Quapaws manipulate
d French colonists. With the American Revolution\, power dynamics shifted\
, but Indigenous people continued to control the majority of the continent
. The Shawnee brothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa built alliances across the
continent and encouraged a controversial new definition of Native identit
y to attempt to wall off U.S. ambitions. The Cherokees created new institu
tions to assert their sovereignty to the U.S. and on the global stage\, an
d the Kiowas used their preponderance of power in the west to regulate the
passage of white settlers across their territory. The definitions of powe
r and means of exerting it shifted over time\, but the sovereignty and inf
luence of Indigenous nations has been a constant.' -From the Catalog
Kathleen DuVal is a history professor at the Univers
ity of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. She is a Guggenheim Fellow and the au
thor of Native Nations: A Millennium in North America\, which was shortlis
ted for the Cundill History Prize. Her other books include Independence Lo
st: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution\, The Native Ground: Indi
ans and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent\, and the U.S. history tex
tbook Give Me Liberty! She has published in the William and Mary Quarterly
\, the Journal of the Early Republic\, The Atlantic\, Time magazine\, and
the New York Times\, and she is a regular book reviewer for the Wall Stree
t Journal.
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th Kathleen DuVal
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This spring\, gr
ab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with t
he Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince Ge
orge’s County Memorial Library System on topics from repairing th
e effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable access to recoveri
ng from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Kathleen DuVal
\, author of Native Nations: A Millennium in
North America in conversation with the Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System.
<
span>'In this magisterial history of the continent\, Kathleen DuVal traces
the power of Native nations from the rise of ancient cities more than 100
0 years ago to the present. She reframes North American history\, noting s
ignificantly that Indigenous civilizations did not come to a halt when a f
ew wandering explorers or hungry settlers arrived\, even when the stranger
s came well-armed. A millennium ago\, North American cities rivaled urban
centers around the world in size\, but following a period of climate chang
e and instability DuVal shows how numerous nations emerged from previously
centralized civilizations. From this urban past\, patterns of egalitarian
government structures\, complex economies and trade\, and diplomacy sprea
d across North America. And\, when Europeans did arrive in the 16th centur
y\, they encountered societies they did not understand and whose power the
y often underestimated. For centuries\, Indigenous people maintained an up
per hand and used Europeans in pursuit of their own interests. In Native N
ations\, we see how Mohawks closely controlled trade with the Dutch--and i
nfluenced global trade patterns--and how Quapaws manipulated French coloni
sts. With the American Revolution\, power dynamics shifted\, but Indigenou
s people continued to control the majority of the continent. The Shawnee b
rothers Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa built alliances across the continent and
encouraged a controversial new definition of Native identity to attempt to
wall off U.S. ambitions. The Cherokees created new institutions to assert
their sovereignty to the U.S. and on the global stage\, and the Kiowas us
ed their preponderance of power in the west to regulate the passage of whi
te settlers across their territory. The definitions of power and means of
exerting it shifted over time\, but the sovereignty and influence of Indig
enous nations has been a constant.' -From the Catalog
Kathleen DuVal is a history professor
at the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. She is a Guggenheim Fe
llow and the author of Native Nations: A Millennium in North America\, whi
ch was shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize. Her other books include
Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution\, The Nati
ve Ground: Indians and Colonists in the Heart of the Continent\, and the U
.S. history textbook Give Me Liberty! She has published in the William and
Mary Quarterly\, the Journal of the Early Republic\, The Atlantic\, Time
magazine\, and the New York Times\, and she is a regular book reviewer for
the Wall Street Journal.
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
Join your neighbors and police officers for coffee and conve
rsation. We hope to meet you there!
Date: Februar
y 11\, 2025
Time: 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Locati
on: Fort Washington Division VII Station
11108 Fort Washington Road For
t Washington\, MD 20744
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Join your neighbors and police office
rs for coffee and conversation. We hope to meet you there!
Date: February 11\, 2025
Time:
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Location:
Fort Washington Division VII Station
11108 Fort Washington Road
Fort Washington\, MD 20744
Join your neighbors and police officers for coffee and conve
rsation. We hope to meet you there!
Date: Februar
y 6\, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Locati
on: PJ's Coffee of New Orleans
4501 Telfair Blvd #100 Camp Springs\, MD
20746
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SUMMARY:Oxon Hill Coffee with a Cop
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Join your neighbors and police office
rs for coffee and conversation. We hope to meet you there!
Date: February 6\, 2025
Time:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location:
PJ's Coffee of New Orleans
4501 Telfair Blvd #100 Cam
p Springs\, MD 20746
'An intimate and search
ing account of the life and legacy of one of America's towering educators\
, a woman who dared to center the progress of Black women and girls in the
larger struggle for political and social liberation. When Mary MacLeod Be
thune died\, many of the tributes in newspapers around the country said th
e same thing: she should be on the 'Mount Rushmore' of Black American achi
evement. Indeed\, Bethune is the only Black American whose statue stands i
n the rotunda of the U.S. Capital\, and yet for most Americans\, she remai
ns a marble figure from the dim past. Now\, seventy years later\, Noliwe R
ooks turns Bethune from stone to flesh\, showing her to have been a vision
ary leader with lessons to still teach us as we continue on our journey to
wards a freer and more just nation. Any serious effort to understand how t
he Black Civil Rights generation found role models\, vision\, and inspirat
ion during their midcentury struggle for political power must place Bethun
e at its heart. Her success was unlikely: the 15th of 17 children and the
first born into freedom\, Bethune survived brutal poverty and caste subord
ination to become the first in her family to learn to read and to attend c
ollege. She gave that same gift to others when in 1904\, at age 29\, Bethu
ne welcomed her first class of five girls to the Daytona\, Florida school
she herself had founded. In short order\, the school enrolled hundreds of
children and eventually would become the university that bears her name to
this day. Bethune saw education as an essential dimension of the larger s
truggle for freedom\, vitally connected to the vote and to economic self-s
ufficiency. She played a big game\, and a long game\, enrolling Eleanor Ro
osevelt\, Harry Truman\, Franklin D. Roosevelt\, and many other powerful l
eaders in her cause. Rooks grew up in Florida\, in Bethune's shadow: her g
randparents trained to be teachers at Bethune-Cookman University\, and her
family vacationed at the all-Black beach that Bethune helped found in one
of her many entrepreneurial projects for the community. The story of how-
in a state with some of the highest lynching rates in the country-Bethune
carved out so much space\, and how she catapulted from there onto the nati
onal stage\, is\, in Rooks' hands\, a moving and astonishing example of th
e power of a will and a vision that had few equals. Now\, when the gains a
nd losses in the long struggle for full Black equality in this country fee
l particularly near-and centered on the state of Florida-\, it is an enorm
ous gift to have this brilliant and lyrical reckoning with Bethune's journ
ey from one of our own great educators and scholars of that same struggle.
' -provided by the catalog.
An interdisciplinary scholar\, Noliwe Rooks is the L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Af
ricana Studies\, and the chair of Africana Studies at Brown University. He
r work explores how race and gender both impact and are impacted by popula
r culture\, social history and political life in the United States. She wo
rks on the cultural and racial implications of beauty\, fashion and adornm
ent\; race\, capitalism and education\, and the urban politics of food and
cannabis production. The author of six books and numerous articles\, essa
ys and Op-Ed’s\, Rooks has received research funding from the Ford Foundat
ion\, the Mellon Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson School among others. Sh
e lectures frequently at colleges and universities around the country and
is a regular contributor to popular outlets such as The New York Times\, T
he Washington Post\, The Chronicle of Higher Education\, Time Magazine and
NPR.
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liwe Rooks
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<
p>'An intimate and searching account of the life and legacy of one o
f America's towering educators\, a woman who dared to center the progress
of Black women and girls in the larger struggle for political and social l
iberation. When Mary MacLeod Bethune died\, many of the tributes in newspa
pers around the country said the same thing: she should be on the 'Mount R
ushmore' of Black American achievement. Indeed\, Bethune is the only Black
American whose statue stands in the rotunda of the U.S. Capital\, and yet
for most Americans\, she remains a marble figure from the dim past. Now\,
seventy years later\, Noliwe Rooks turns Bethune from stone to flesh\, sh
owing her to have been a visionary leader with lessons to still teach us a
s we continue on our journey towards a freer and more just nation. Any ser
ious effort to understand how the Black Civil Rights generation found role
models\, vision\, and inspiration during their midcentury struggle for po
litical power must place Bethune at its heart. Her success was unlikely: t
he 15th of 17 children and the first born into freedom\, Bethune survived
brutal poverty and caste subordination to become the first in her family t
o learn to read and to attend college. She gave that same gift to others w
hen in 1904\, at age 29\, Bethune welcomed her first class of five girls t
o the Daytona\, Florida school she herself had founded. In short order\, t
he school enrolled hundreds of children and eventually would become the un
iversity that bears her name to this day. Bethune saw education as an esse
ntial dimension of the larger struggle for freedom\, vitally connected to
the vote and to economic self-sufficiency. She played a big game\, and a l
ong game\, enrolling Eleanor Roosevelt\, Harry Truman\, Franklin D. Roosev
elt\, and many other powerful leaders in her cause. Rooks grew up in Flori
da\, in Bethune's shadow: her grandparents trained to be teachers at Bethu
ne-Cookman University\, and her family vacationed at the all-Black beach t
hat Bethune helped found in one of her many entrepreneurial projects for t
he community. The story of how-in a state with some of the highest lynchin
g rates in the country-Bethune carved out so much space\, and how she cata
pulted from there onto the national stage\, is\, in Rooks' hands\, a movin
g and astonishing example of the power of a will and a vision that had few
equals. Now\, when the gains and losses in the long struggle for full Bla
ck equality in this country feel particularly near-and centered on the sta
te of Florida-\, it is an enormous gift to have this brilliant and lyrical
reckoning with Bethune's journey from one of our own great educators and
scholars of that same struggle.' -provided by the catalog.
An interdisciplinary scholar\, Noliwe Rooks is the
L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Africana Studies\, and the chair
of Africana Studies at Brown University. Her work explores how race and g
ender both impact and are impacted by popular culture\, social history and
political life in the United States. She works on the cultural and racial
implications of beauty\, fashion and adornment\; race\, capitalism and ed
ucation\, and the urban politics of food and cannabis production. The auth
or of six books and numerous articles\, essays and Op-Ed’s\, Rooks has rec
eived research funding from the Ford Foundation\, the Mellon Foundation an
d the Woodrow Wilson School among others. She lectures frequently at colle
ges and universities around the country and is a regular contributor to po
pular outlets such as The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, The Chron
icle of Higher Education\, Time Magazine and NPR.
The mission of the Commission for Veterans is to elevate\, d
evelop and promote new and existing programs and services for Veterans and
their families within Prince George’s County. Meetings are held the 1st M
onday of every month.
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The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights to host an in-person interfaith discussion titled Small Act
s of Kindness at the Greenbelt Community Church
(1 Hillside Road). This panel discussion will explore how faith guides in
dividuals to small acts like kindness\, justice\, and inclusion. We will d
iscuss what we all can do right now\, in the lives we have\, in the nation
we have\, with the leadership we have\, and beyond. The panel members wil
l include Rabbi Saul Oresky\, Dr. Hema Sidhu\, YaYa\, and Reverend
Clara Young. Click here to register now - https://lp.constantcontactpages.com
/ev/reg/ft85ymw
About the Panelists:<
/p>
Rabbi Saul F. Oresky has served as Mishkan Torah’s
rabbi since August 2017. He is passionate about Jewish education for stud
ents of all ages and has been teaching continuously since he was 16 in are
a-wide post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah programs\, in religious schools\, and in tutor
ing well over 300 B’nai Mitzvah students. He hails from the Washington\, D
C area. Rabbi Saul is a 2013 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical
College (RRC) in Wyncote\, PA. He left his Federal government job as a tec
hnical writer-editor at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington\, DC\,
in July 2014 after a 24-year career there and after 12 years in previous
writing-editing positions in private industry. Rabbi Saul’s first pulpit
was in Boardman\, Ohio\, serving for three years as the rabbi of congregat
ion Ohev Tzedek-Shaarei Torah (now part of Congregation Ohev Beth Sholom i
n Youngstown). He is glad to be back in the congregation in which he and P
hyllis have been members since 1978 and where he began teaching in 1975.
---
Dr. Hema Kaur Sidhu boasts a rich profes
sional background in Neuroscience and Sleep Medicine\, spanning academia\,
research\, industry\, and clinical practice. Beyond her professional purs
uits\, she actively engages in interfaith initiatives\, serving as a panel
ist and speaker at the Parliament of World Religions and various interfait
h gatherings. She currently holds a position on the Board of the Interfait
h Council of Metropolitan Washington and participates in the All Faiths in
Friendship Book Group\, fostering understanding across religious lines. D
r. Sidhu is also deeply committed to community service\, volunteering as a
pastor at Howard County General Hospital for a decade and contributing to
disaster drills and bias dialogues in Montgomery County. Additionally\, s
he is a charter member and former president of the Khalsa Toastmasters Int
ernational Club and serves as a counselor for the Youth Khalsa Toastmaster
s Gavel Club.
---
YaYa is spiritual seeker
and co-host of
Real Talk on Godtalk\, a podcast for people who skip church f
or brunch on Sundays. With her work YaYa seeks to blurr the lines between
the secular and sacred in public discourse\, helping people make meaning
of their lives by exploring the unexpected ways spirituality is relevant t
o our everyday experiences. YaYa considers herself a 'religious- none'\, t
he segment of American society that is religiously unaffiliated\, and one
of the fastest growing groups according to the Pew Research Center. YaYa c
urrently lives in Washington DC\, is a former chaplain and holds an MDiv f
rom Union Theological Seminary with a concentration in Psychology and Reli
gion.
---
The Rev. Clara L. Young\, Interi
m Pastor Greenbelt Community Church United Church of Christ\, was born in
1946. She graduated from Pfeiffer College (now University) with a Bachelo
r’s Degree in Christian Education\, minoring in Sociology. She graduated
with a M.Div. from The School of Divinity\, Howard University\, Washington
DC. She was Ordained into Christian Ministry in October 2000 and is an A
uthorized Minister in the United Church of Christ.
The Rev
. Young has spent her adult working career in the service of the church\,
first as a Church Educator. She has served as a consultant in Christian E
ducation both privately and as a Partner in Education of the UCC. In addi
tion\, she was an Army Wife. She is a wife of 52 years\, mother of two ch
ildren\, grandmother of three.
She currently serves as Tra
nsitional Interim at Greenbelt Community Church UCC as that church engages
in the Search and Call Process for their next Settled Pastor.
Accommodation notice
This location has a
wheelchair accessible entrance. Please contact the Office of Human Rights
with any accommodation requests no later than January 24\, 2025 at OHRStaff@co.pg.md.us.
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The Prince George's County Of
fice of Human Rights to host an in-person interfaith discussion t
itled Small Acts of Kindness a
t the Greenbelt Community Church (1 Hillside Road). This
panel discussion will explore how faith guides individuals to small acts l
ike kindness\, justice\, and inclusion. We will discuss what we all can do
right now\, in the lives we have\, in the nation we have\, with the leade
rship we have\, and beyond. The panel members will include Rabbi S
aul Oresky\, Dr. Hema Sidhu\, YaYa\, and Reverend Clara Young. Cl
ick here to register now - https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/ft85
ymw
About the Panelists:
<
p>Rabbi Saul F. Oresky has served as Mishkan Torah’s rabb
i since August 2017. He is passionate about Jewish education for students
of all ages and has been teaching continuously since he was 16 in area-wid
e post-Bar/Bat Mitzvah programs\, in religious schools\, and in tutoring w
ell over 300 B’nai Mitzvah students. He hails from the Washington\, DC are
a. Rabbi Saul is a 2013 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Colle
ge (RRC) in Wyncote\, PA. He left his Federal government job as a technica
l writer-editor at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington\, DC\, in J
uly 2014 after a 24-year career there and after 12 years in previous writi
ng-editing positions in private industry. Rabbi Saul’s first pulpit was i
n Boardman\, Ohio\, serving for three years as the rabbi of congregation O
hev Tzedek-Shaarei Torah (now part of Congregation Ohev Beth Sholom in You
ngstown). He is glad to be back in the congregation in which he and Phylli
s have been members since 1978 and where he began teaching in 1975.
---
Dr. Hema Kaur Sidhu boasts a rich professiona
l background in Neuroscience and Sleep Medicine\, spanning academia\, rese
arch\, industry\, and clinical practice. Beyond her professional pursuits\
, she actively engages in interfaith initiatives\, serving as a panelist a
nd speaker at the Parliament of World Religions and various interfaith gat
herings. She currently holds a position on the Board of the Interfaith Cou
ncil of Metropolitan Washington and participates in the All Faiths in Frie
ndship Book Group\, fostering understanding across religious lines. Dr. Si
dhu is also deeply committed to community service\, volunteering as a past
or at Howard County General Hospital for a decade and contributing to disa
ster drills and bias dialogues in Montgomery County. Additionally\, she is
a charter member and former president of the Khalsa Toastmasters Internat
ional Club and serves as a counselor for the Youth Khalsa Toastmasters Gav
el Club.
---
YaYa is spiritual seeker and c
o-host of Real
Talk on Godtalk\, a podcast for people who skip church for br
unch on Sundays. With her work YaYa seeks to blurr the lines between the
secular and sacred in public discourse\, helping people make meaning of th
eir lives by exploring the unexpected ways spirituality is relevant to our
everyday experiences. YaYa considers herself a 'religious- none'\, the se
gment of American society that is religiously unaffiliated\, and one of th
e fastest growing groups according to the Pew Research Center. YaYa curren
tly lives in Washington DC\, is a former chaplain and holds an MDiv from U
nion Theological Seminary with a concentration in Psychology and Religion.
---
The Rev. Clara L. Young\, Interim Pas
tor Greenbelt Community Church United Church of Christ\, was born in 1946.
She graduated from Pfeiffer College (now University) with a Bachelor’s D
egree in Christian Education\, minoring in Sociology. She graduated with
a M.Div. from The School of Divinity\, Howard University\, Washington DC.
She was Ordained into Christian Ministry in October 2000 and is an Author
ized Minister in the United Church of Christ.
The Rev. You
ng has spent her adult working career in the service of the church\, first
as a Church Educator. She has served as a consultant in Christian Educat
ion both privately and as a Partner in Education of the UCC. In addition\
, she was an Army Wife. She is a wife of 52 years\, mother of two childre
n\, grandmother of three.
She currently serves as Transiti
onal Interim at Greenbelt Community Church UCC as that church engages in t
he Search and Call Process for their next Settled Pastor.
Accommodation notice
This location has a
wheelchair accessible entrance. Please contact the Office of Human Rights
with any accommodation requests no later than January 24\, 2025 at OHRStaff@co.
pg.md.us.
The next board meeting will be conducted in-person on Monday
\, February 3\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Prince George's Coun
ty Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\, MD
20774
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d Meeting - In Person
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The next board meeting will be conduc
ted in-person on Monday\, February 3\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Prince George's County Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\, M
D 20774
The Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host a Community Conversation with Carmen Duran\, the Domestic Violence and Human Traf
ficking Division Manager with the Prince George's County
Department of Family Services.
January is Nati
onal Human Trafficking Awareness Month\, and 2025 marks 25 years
since the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 was s
igned into law. To learn more about the Victims of Trafficking and Violenc
e Protection Act of 2000\, click here.
Carmen Dur
an previously served with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s\, where
she played a pivotal role in establishing the Human Trafficking and Elder
Exploitation Units. These units not only addressed critical issues but al
so served as a model for other prosecutorial agencies\, showcasing best pr
actices in victim support\, prevention\, and accountability. During her t
enure\, Carmen collaborated with community partners to create innovative p
rograms aimed at raising awareness\, supporting victims\, and preventing e
xploitation.
Carmen brings a unique blend of legal and hea
lthcare expertise to her work. She holds a Juris master’s in healthcare la
w\, a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice\, and is also a licensed nurse
. This diverse background has been integral in shaping her ability to addr
ess complex issues involving vulnerable populations with compassion and pr
ecision.
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The Prin
ce George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince
George's County Memorial Library System are excited to host a Community Conversation with Carmen Duran\,
the Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Division Manager with the Prince George's County Department of Family Services<
/strong>.
January is Nat
ional Human Trafficking Awareness Month\, and 2025 marks 25 years
since the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 was
signed into law. To learn more about the Victims of Trafficking and Violen
ce Protection Act of 2000\, click here.<
/p>
Carmen Duran previously served with
the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s\, where she played a pivotal role in esta
blishing the Human Trafficking and Elder Exploitation Units. These units n
ot only addressed critical issues but also served as a model for other pro
secutorial agencies\, showcasing best practices in victim support\, preven
tion\, and accountability. During her tenure\, Carmen collaborated with c
ommunity partners to create innovative programs aimed at raising awareness
\, supporting victims\, and preventing exploitation.
<
p>Carmen brings a unique blend of legal and healthcare expertise to
her work. She holds a Juris master’s in healthcare law\, a bachelor’s degr
ee in criminal justice\, and is also a licensed nurse. This diverse backgr
ound has been integral in shaping her ability to address complex issues in
volving vulnerable populations with compassion and precision. <
/div>
Acting County Executive Tara H. Jackson is hosting a budget
listening session for Prince George's County residents to provide input as
she develops the FY 2026 budget.
Learn why the budget mat
ters to you and how you can participate.
Written comments can be submitted via email to OMB@co.pg.md.us until Friday\, January 31\, 2025.
En español
¿Cómo puedo participar en la Sesión de Escucha del
Presupuesto del Año Fiscal 2026?
Puede participar asistiendo y pro
porcionando su testimonio durante la sesión de escucha del presupuesto. La
sesión de escucha para el Año Fiscal 2026 se llevará a cabo el:
Fe
cha: miércoles\, 29 de enero de 2025 Hora: 6:00 PM a 8:00 PM Lugar:
Prince George’s Community College Center for Performing Arts Proscenium Theater 301 Largo Rd.\, Largo\, MD\, 20774
Tod
os los oradores tendrán tres minutos para proporcionar comentarios.
<
h3>¿Cómo me registro para la sesión de escucha del presupuesto?
De
be registrarse con anticipación para hablar en la
sesión de escucha del presupuesto. Debe registrarse antes del martes\, 25
de enero de 2025.
También se puede proporcionar te
stimonio por escrito enviándolo por correo electrónico a OMB@co.pg.md.us Todas las presentaciones deben enviars
e antes del viernes\, 31 de enero de 2025.
Acting County Executive Tara H. Jackson is
hosting a budget listening session for Prince George's County residents to
provide input as she develops the FY 2026 budget.
Learn w
hy the budget matters to you and how you can participate.
Written comments can be submitted via email to OMB@co.pg.md.us until Friday\, January
31\, 2025.
En español
¿Cómo puedo participar en la Sesión de Escucha del Presupuesto de
l Año Fiscal 2026?
Puede participar asistiendo y proporcionando su
testimonio durante la sesión de escucha del presupuesto. La sesión de esc
ucha para el Año Fiscal 2026 se llevará a cabo el:
Fecha: miércoles
\, 29 de enero de 2025 Hora: 6:00 PM a 8:00 PM Lugar: Prince George’
s Community College Center for Performing Arts Proscenium
Theater 301 Largo Rd.\, Largo\, MD\, 20774
Todos los oradore
s tendrán tres minutos para proporcionar comentarios.
¿Cómo me re
gistro para la sesión de escucha del presupuesto?
Debe registrarse con anticipación para hablar en la sesión de esc
ucha del presupuesto. Debe registrarse antes del martes\, 25 de enero de 2
025.
También se puede proporcionar testimonio por e
scrito enviándolo por correo electrónico a OMB@co.pg.md.us Todas las presentaciones deben enviarse antes del vi
ernes\, 31 de enero de 2025.
This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Libr
ary System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injusti
ce to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let
’s learn together!
This week\, we are excited to welcome <
strong>Briana Thomas to Lunch and Learn. Briana
wrote the book Black Broadway in Washington\, DC and host
s walking tours on U Street that explore the forgotten Black history of th
e area.
Briana A. Thomas's writing
and research serves as a platform to amplify diverse voices and narratives
. Through her articles\, books\, and other forms of media\, she brings att
ention to the often overlooked or marginalized stories that have shaped th
e fabric of America. Briana is the author of the Black history book\, Blac
k Broadway in Washington\, DC\, and a contributing author to the travel bo
ok Where to Go When: The Americas. She is the Arts and Culture Writer for
Washingtonian Magazine\, and a frequent contributor to Smithsonian Magazin
e. Briana co-hosts a weekly culture segment on WTOP Radio. She earned a Ma
ster of Journalism degree from the University of Maryland-College Park an
d a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communications from Greensboro
College. Briana is a licensed DC tour guide\, and the founder of walking t
our company Black Broadway Travel\, which has been featured on television
networks such as ABC\, NBC and CBS.
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This spring\, gr
ab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with t
he Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the
Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics
from repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable a
ccess to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!
This week\, we
are excited to welcome Briana Thomas to Lunch an
d Learn. Briana wrote the book Black Broadwa
y in Washington\, DC and hosts walking tours on U St
reet that explore the forgotten Black history of the area.
Briana A. Thomas's writing and research serves a
s a platform to amplify diverse voices and narratives. Through her article
s\, books\, and other forms of media\, she brings attention to the often o
verlooked or marginalized stories that have shaped the fabric of America.
Briana is the author of the Black history book\, Black Broadway in Washing
ton\, DC\, and a contributing author to the travel book Where to Go When:
The Americas. She is the Arts and Culture Writer for Washingtonian Magazin
e\, and a frequent contributor to Smithsonian Magazine. Briana co-hosts a
weekly culture segment on WTOP Radio. She earned a Master of Journalism de
gree from the University of Maryland-College Park and a Bachelor of Arts
degree in English and Communications from Greensboro College. Briana is a
licensed DC tour guide\, and the founder of walking tour company Black Bro
adway Travel\, which has been featured on television networks such as ABC\
, NBC and CBS.
This regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Human Rights
Commission will take place over Zoom. The Zoom link can be found on the o
pen agenda. For accommodation requests\, please contact the Clerk to the C
ommission at OHRStaff (at) co.pg.md.us no fewer than three business days b
efore the meeting.
This meeting will take place at the Wayne K. Curry Administr
ation Building located at 1301 McCormick Drive Training Room #1174
Largo\, Maryland 20774.
Monthly Board Meeting will also b
e held via Go-To-Meeting. If you would like to join\, please email mkcrawford@co.pg.md.us for meeting in
formation. If you are unable to join via Go-To-Meeting\, you can dial into
the tele-conference: Dial In Phone#: 1-866-899-4679 Participant PIN#: 819
-222-557
If you have questions\, or if you have a disability and re
quire an accommodation please contact the Housing Authority of Prince Geor
ge's County on (301) 883-5531 or TTY (301) 883-5428.
Join us for informative sessions on how to protect yourself
from online threats and avoid falling for scams. Learn practical tips and
tricks to keep your personal information secure while navigating the digit
al world. Our expert speakers will share valuable insights to help you sta
y safe online. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your cyberse
curity knowledge and safeguard your online presence. Register now
to secure your virtual seat! To register\, click here.
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SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing January 22\, 2025
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Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and t
he Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights for our
monthly book club! This month we will discuss What Storm\, What Th
under by Myriam J.A. Chancy. This book was the O
ne Maryland\, One Book pick for 2024\, an American Book Award Winner\, and
an Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist.
The Solid
arity Stories Book Club takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each mo
nth in the upstairs lounge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limit
ed parking is available via the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Park
ing is free for program participants and no purchase is required\, but par
ticipants are welcome to order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s ven
dors. For more information\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com.
About Wh
at Storm\, What Thunder:
'At the end of a
long\, sweltering day\, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital
of Haiti\, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy maste
rfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster—R
ichard\, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daugh
ter\; the daughter\, Anne\, an architect who drafts affordable housing str
uctures for a global NGO\; a small-time drug trafficker\, Leopold\, who pi
nes for a beautiful call girl\; Sonia and her business partner\, Dieudonné
\, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death\; D
idier\, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston\; Sara\, a mother
haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp\; her husband\, Oliv
ier\, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves\; their son\, Jona
s\, who haunts them both\; and Ma Lou\, the old woman selling produce in t
he market who remembers them all.Brilliantly crafted\, fiercely imagined\,
and deeply haunting\, What Storm\, What Thunder is a singular\, stunning
record\, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster\, and—at the
same time—an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit.'
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SUMMARY:Solidarity Stories: 'What Storm\, What Thunder' by Myriam J.A. Chan
cy
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Join the Mount Rainier Branch Library and the Prince George’s Cou
nty Office of Human Rights for our monthly book club! This month
we will discuss What Storm\, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy. This book was the One M
aryland\, One Book pick for 2024\, an American Book Award Winner\, and an
Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist.
The Solidarity Stories Book Club
takes place on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in the upstairs lou
nge area of miXt Food Hall in Brentwood\, MD. Limited parking is available
via the garage on 39th St & Rhode Island Ave. Parking is free for program
participants and no purchase is required\, but participants are welcome t
o order snacks\, drinks\, or dinner from miXt’s vendors. For more informat
ion\, visit their website: https://mixtfoodhall.com.
About What
Storm\, What Thunder:
'At the end o
f a long\, sweltering day\, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capi
tal of Haiti\, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy ma
sterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaste
r—Richard\, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret da
ughter\; the daughter\, Anne\, an architect who drafts affordable housing
structures for a global NGO\; a small-time drug trafficker\, Leopold\, who
pines for a beautiful call girl\; Sonia and her business partner\, Dieudo
nné\, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death\
; Didier\, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston\; Sara\, a mot
her haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp\; her husband\, O
livier\, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves\; their son\, J
onas\, who haunts them both\; and Ma Lou\, the old woman selling produce i
n the market who remembers them all.Brilliantly crafted\, fiercely imagine
d\, and deeply haunting\, What Storm\, What Thunder is a singular\, stunni
ng record\, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster\, and—at t
he same time—an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spiri
t.'
The next board meeting will be conducted in-person on Tuesda
y\, January 21\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Prince George's Cou
nty Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\, M
D 20774
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d Meeting - In Person
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The next board meeting will be conduc
ted in-person on Tuesday\, January 21\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Prince George's County Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\,
MD 20774
This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in t
o virtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of
Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Libr
ary System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injusti
ce to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let
’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn return
s with special guest Rebecca Hass in conversation with t
he Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's C
ounty Memorial Library System. Library staff are under attack from book ba
ns to budget challenges and need tools to sustain their psychological safe
ty and critical role in our social infrastructure. Her new book\,
101 Seeds for Library Joy\, brims with dozens of joy-centering ap
proaches and activities ready to draw on whenever your day could use a boo
st. Library joy is more than a feeling\; it is a choice and call to everyd
ay practices of connection\, empowerment\, and wellbeing. And it isn’t a h
eavy lift—in fact\, it can all start with a few tiny seeds.
About Rebecca Hass:
Rebecca Hass (she/her/hers)
is the programming and outreach manager for Anne Arundel County Public Li
brary (AACPL). Prior to AACPL\, she served in librarianship and management
with the Enoch Pratt Free Library and Ramsey County Public Library. Rebec
ca received her MLIS from Dominican University in 2008 and her Life and En
gagement Coaching Certificate from Anne Arundel Community College in 2022.
Rebecca integrates positive psychology practices with DEIB approaches in
libraries\, community engagement\, coaching\, and consulting in her busine
ss\, Joy Work\, LLC.
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: '101 Seeds of Library Joy' with Rebecca Hass
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This spring\, gr
ab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with t
he Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the
Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics
from repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable a
ccess to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!
Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Rebecca Hass in conversation with the Prince George's County
Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library Sy
stem. Library staff are under attack from book bans to budget challenges a
nd need tools to sustain their psychological safety and critical role in o
ur social infrastructure. Her new book\, 101 Seeds fo
r Library Joy\, brims with dozens of joy-centering a
pproaches and activities ready to draw on whenever your day could use a bo
ost. Library joy is more than a feeling\; it is a choice and call to every
day practices of connection\, empowerment\, and wellbeing. And it isn’t a
heavy lift—in fact\, it can all start with a few tiny seeds.
<
p>
About Rebecca Hass:
Rebecca Hass
(she/her/hers) is the programming and outreach manager for Anne Arundel Co
unty Public Library (AACPL). Prior to AACPL\, she served in librarianship
and management with the Enoch Pratt Free Library and Ramsey County Public
Library. Rebecca received her MLIS from Dominican University in 2008 and h
er Life and Engagement Coaching Certificate from Anne Arundel Community Co
llege in 2022. Rebecca integrates positive psychology practices with DEIB
approaches in libraries\, community engagement\, coaching\, and consulting
in her business\, Joy Work\, LLC.
All county offices\, except for public safety agencies\, wil
l be closed on Monday\, January 20\, 2025\, in observance of Rev. Dr. Mart
in Luther King\, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day. Several county services are
also suspended or closed.
The following offices\, services\, and faciliti
es will be closed or suspended on Monday\, January 20\, 2025.
Curb
side Collection
Learn which curbside collections will slide one da
y.
Curbside Trash Collection in County-Contracted Areas
<
p>Collections on:
Tuesday\, January 21\, move to Wednesday\,
January 22
Wednesday\, January 22\, move to Thursday\, January 23
Thursday\, January 23\, move to Friday\, January 24
Fri
day\, January 24\, move to Saturday\, January 25
Residentia
l Food Scraps and Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections fo
r Monday\, January 20\, move to Tuesday\, January 21
Bulky Trash
Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tires\; by appointmen
t only)
No Scheduled Collections
Scheduled collections r
esume Tuesday\, January 21
Curbside Bulky Trash Collection
<
p>(Up to four (4) items may be placed curbside for collection)
Coll
ections on:
Tuesday\, January 21\, move to Wednesday\, Januar
y 22
Wednesday\, January 22\, move to Thursday\, January 23
Thursday\, January 23\, move to Friday\, January 24
Friday\
, January 24\, move to Saturday\, January 25
Curbside Elec
tronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment only)
January
collection will occur on Tuesday\, Jan. 21
Curbside Recycling Co
llection
Collections on:
Tuesday\, January 21\, move
to Wednesday\, January 22
Wednesday\, January 22\, move to Thurs
day\, January 23
Thursday\, January 23\, move to Friday\, January
24
Friday\, January 24\, move to Saturday\, January 25
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
(By appointment only)
January collection will occur on Tuesday\, Jan. 21
Collection
Facilities
The following facilities will be closed on January 20:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station
Road Public Convenience Center
Electronics Recycling Acceptance S
ite (Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Temp
orarily Closed at Landfill Due to Construction *Items accepted at Brown
Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Hazardous Wa
ste Acceptance Site (Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill)
*Closed at Landfill Due to Construction *Items accepted at mobil
e event only: March 15\, 2025
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Accepta
nce and Recycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composti
ng Facility
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility
(1000 Ritchie Road)
Animal Services
The Animal Serv
ices Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will be closed on January 20.
Transportation
TheBus\, a public transit service operate
d by the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportat
ion\, will operate a regular schedule on Monday\, January 20\, 2025\, exce
pt for Route 51x service to the Equestrian Center/Courthouse. Regular oper
ations of Route 51x will resume on Tuesday\, January 21\, 2025.
Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will not operate on Mon
day\, January 20\, 2025. Regular operations will resume on Tuesday\, Janua
ry 21\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE)
The Prince George’s County Department of Permitting\, Inspections an
d Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Monday\, January 20\, 2025. Regular
business hours will resume on Tuesday\, January 21\, 2025.
PGC311
PGC311 will be closed on Monday\, January 20\, 2025\, and will re
turn to regular operations on Tuesday\, January 21\, 2025\, from 7 a.m. to
7 p.m. However\, residents can still submit service/issue requests onlin
e at PGC311.com.
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All county offices\, except for public safe
ty agencies\, will be closed on Monday\, January 20\, 2025\, in observance
of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day. Several co
unty services are also suspended or closed.
The following offices\, servic
es\, and facilities will be closed or suspended on Monday\, January 20\, 2
025.
Curbside Collection
Learn which curbside collections
will slide one day.
Curbside Trash Collection in County-Contracted
Areas
Collections on:
Tuesday\, January 21\, mov
e to Wednesday\, January 22
Wednesday\, January 22\, move to Thur
sday\, January 23
Thursday\, January 23\, move to Friday\, Januar
y 24
Friday\, January 24\, move to Saturday\, January 25
Residential Food Scraps and Yard Trim Collections
Regul
ar collections for Monday\, January 20\, move to Tuesday\, January 21
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tire
s\; by appointment only)
No Scheduled Collections
Schedu
led collections resume Tuesday\, January 21
Curbside Bulky Trash
Collection
(Up to four (4) items may be placed curbside for collec
tion)
Collections on:
Tuesday\, January 21\, move to W
ednesday\, January 22
Wednesday\, January 22\, move to Thursday\
, January 23
Thursday\, January 23\, move to Friday\, January 24
Friday\, January 24\, move to Saturday\, January 25
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment only
)
January collection will occur on Tuesday\, Jan. 21
Curb
side Recycling Collection
Collections on:
Tuesday\,
January 21\, move to Wednesday\, January 22
Wednesday\, January 2
2\, move to Thursday\, January 23
Thursday\, January 23\, move to
Friday\, January 24
Friday\, January 24\, move to Saturday\, Jan
uary 25
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
(By appoint
ment only)
January collection will occur on Tuesday\, Jan. 21 <
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mage-responsive-ps' src='https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/sites/defau
lt/files/styles/coh_x_large/public/media-image/MLKJr2025-HWCS-web.png.webp
?itok=j7SxDf8a' title alt='Graphic highlighting MLK holiday waste collecti
on schedule'>
Collection Facilities
The
following facilities will be closed on January 20:
Brown Stat
ion Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public Convenience
Center
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (Located at the
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Temporarily Closed at Landfi
ll Due to Construction *Items accepted at Brown Station Road Convenienc
e Drop-off Center*
Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (Loc
ated at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Closed at Landfi
ll Due to Construction *Items accepted at mobile event only: March 15\,
2025
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility
Pr
ince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road)
Animal Services
The Animal Services Facility (3750 Brow
n Station Road) will be closed on January 20.
Transportation
TheB
us\, a public transit service operated by the Prince George’s
County Department of Public Works and Transportation\, will operate a reg
ular schedule on Monday\, January 20\, 2025\, except for Route 51x service
to the Equestrian Center/Courthouse. Regular operations of Route 51x will
resume on Tuesday\, January 21\, 2025.
Call-A-Bus and PGC
Link services will not operate on Monday\, January 20\, 2025.
Regular operations will resume on Tuesday\, January 21\, 2025.
P
ermitting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE)
The Prince George’
s County Department of Permitting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) wil
l be closed on Monday\, January 20\, 2025. Regular business hours will res
ume on Tuesday\, January 21\, 2025.
PGC311
PGC311 will be
closed on Monday\, January 20\, 2025\, and will return to regular operatio
ns on Tuesday\, January 21\, 2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, resid
ents can still submit service/issue requests online at PGC311.com
.
DPIE is offering FREE\, virtual Momentum and ePlan Training
sessions on the third Thursday of every month. The Momentum and ePlan Trai
ning explains and demonstrates how to process an online permit application
on our Momentum permitting system\, and how to upload applications and pl
ans for review in our ePlan system. View the DPIE News page for sign-u
p information.
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DPIE is offering FREE\, virtual Momentum and ePlan Training sessions
on the third Thursday of every month. The Momentum and ePlan Training exp
lains and demonstrates how to process an online permit application on our
Momentum permitting system\, and how to upload applications and plans for
review in our ePlan system. View the DPIE News page for s
ign-up information.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T210000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T172040Z
SUMMARY:January 15\, 2025 Public Fire Commission Meeting - Hybrid
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A Local Devel
opment Council (LDC) must be established in each jurisdiction where a
gaming licensee operates. This body\, composed of 15 individuals represent
ing different stakeholder groups\, consults with the county on the followi
ng:
The development of a multiyear plan for the expenditure o
f local impact grant funds
The review of a master plan provided b
y the gaming licensee for the development of the gaming site
The
development of a comprehensive transportation plan for the gaming facility
The council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 p
m on Zoom.
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A Local Development Council (LDC) must be established in each juri
sdiction where a gaming licensee operates. This body\, composed of 15 indi
viduals representing different stakeholder groups\, consults with the coun
ty on the following:
The development of a multiyear pla
n for the expenditure of local impact grant funds
Th
e review of a master plan provided by the gaming licensee for the developm
ent of the gaming site
The development of a comprehe
nsive transportation plan for the gaming facility
The
council meets on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 pm on Zoom.
The Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System presents a thought-provoking conversation exploring the intersection
of faith and politics.
Our four panelists: Quamar-ul Huda\, Rabbi Abbi Sharofsky\, Ya-Ya\,
and Alex Barriento will discuss how (if) faith and polit
ics can enhance and affirm our shared humanity and promote the common good
. Can these forces be used for the good of humanity\, and if so\, how do w
e use them to engage in political discussion and civil activity to enhance
lives? How do we engage in constructive dialogue\, foster empathy\, and b
uild relationships across ideological differences that threaten to alienat
e and divide us?
Qamar-ul Huda is the Michael E. P
aul Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Affairs at the Unite
d States Naval Academy. He has previously served as Senior Policy Advisor
for U.S. Department of State Secretary's Office for Religion and Global Af
fairs (S/RGA) where he focused on civil society\, religious communities\,
and diplomacy with non-government organizations.
Qamar-ul Huda’s ne
w book examines the variety of strategic peacebuilding and conflict resolu
tion activities conducted by Muslim practitioners and nongovernmental orga
nizations in Muslim-majority communities. He explores ways that Muslim sch
olars\, civil society members\, and communities interpret violence and non
violence\, peacebuilding\, and conflict resolution in an interconnected gl
obalized age\, focusing on methods\, practices\, and strategies. He shows
how a faith-based commitment can empower effective social\, political\, an
d intellectual action that results in meaningful change. Qamar-ul Huda cha
rts a vision of contemporary ethics of peacebuilding\, pluralism\, reconci
liation\, and dialogue.
Rabbi Abbi Sharofsky is the Director of Intergroup Relations and Rabbi in Residence for the
Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington. She was ordaine
d by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2012. Rabbi Sharofsky also holds a
master’s degree from the Davidson School of Jewish Education at JTS. She
previously served as deputy director of the Jewish Welfare Board Jewish Ch
aplains Council. Rabbi Sharofsky is the recipient of local and national aw
ards for work in and beyond the Jewish community. She serves in several la
y leader capacities in the Rabbinical Assembly (RA)\, including on the Exe
cutive Council\, co-chair of the Gender and Power and Resolutions committe
es\, and is a representative to the National Council of Synagogues. She re
presented the RA at the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious
Consultations (IJCIC) 2023 Emerging Leaders Conference at Oxford\, which b
rought together Jewish and Catholic clergy and leaders from around the wor
ld. Rabbi Sharofsky is involved in many DC area interfaith organizations a
nd advisory groups and works with faith leaders\, schools\, government off
ices\, and organizations to address issues of bias and hate\, educate abou
t Jews and Jewish identity\, and create allies between communities.
Ya-Ya is spiritual seeker and co-host of Real
Talk on Godtalk\, a podcast for people who skip church for brunch on Sunda
ys. With her work YaYa seeks to blur the lines between the secular and sac
red in public discourse\, helping people make meaning of their lives by ex
ploring the unexpected ways spirituality is relevant to our everyday exper
iences. Ya-Ya considers herself a 'religious- none\,' the segment of Ameri
can society that is religiously unaffiliated\, and one of the fastest grow
ing groups according to the Pew Research Center. Ya-Ya currently lives in
Washington DC\, is a former chaplain and holds an MDiv from Union Theologi
cal Seminary with a concentration in Psychology and Religion.
Born and bred in Washington\, D.C.\, Alex Barrientos
serves as Lead Pastor of Sligo SDA Church in Takoma Park\, MD. He believes
in creating spaces for communities to grow in grace and developing opport
unities of service for the Kingdom of God.
A graduate of Washington
Adventist University and Andrews University Theological Seminary\, Alex i
s a Ph.D. candidate in Theological Ethics at the University of Aberdeen\,
Scotland. He is an adjunct professor in the Department of Religion at Was
hington Adventist University.
Pr. Barrientos currently serves as a
Board of Trustee at Washington Adventist University and a member of the Go
verning Board of Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center. He has ser
ved close to twenty years in pastoral and conference leadership roles\, co
mmunity organizations\, editorial and academic committees.
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T200000
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SUMMARY:Faith\, Politics\, and the Pursuit of Justice
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DESCRIPTION:
Please register for the Public Fire Commission Meeting on We
dnesday\, January 15\,
Closed Session - The “personnel
matters” exception: § 3-305(b)(1)
Closing
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T190000
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SUMMARY:January 15\, 2025 Public Fire Commission Meeting - Special Session
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Please register for the Public Fire C
ommission Meeting on Wednesday\, January 15\,
Join the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities\, virt
ually\, for their monthly meeting on Wednesday\, January 15\, 2025. The mi
ssion of the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities is to bring toge
ther businesses\, citizens\, and the government of Prince George's County
to discuss and resolve disability issues in the County. The Commission als
o works with County and State agencies and other Commissions to jointly ad
dress and promote the needs and rights of individuals with disabilities. <
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T183000
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SUMMARY:Commission for Individuals with Disabilities Monthly Meeting
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Join the Commission for Individuals with Di
sabilities\, virtually\, for their monthly meeting on Wednesday\, January
15\, 2025. The mission of the Commission for Individuals with Disabilities
is to bring together businesses\, citizens\, and the government of Prince
George's County to discuss and resolve disability issues in the County. T
he Commission also works with County and State agencies and other Commissi
ons to jointly address and promote the needs and rights of individuals wit
h disabilities.
Please join us at https://mypgc.zoom.us/j/89965803437
| Meeting ID: 899 6580 3437 | Passcode:
830644. If you need accommodations to participate in commission m
eetings\, make your request at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date. <
a href='https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/departments-offices/boards-c
ommissions/commission-individuals-disabilities'>For more information\, cli
ck here.
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CREATED:20250108T183348Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250919T124731Z
SUMMARY:January 15\, 2025\, Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordi
nating Committee Meeting
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CREATED:20241212T204806Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T140000
LAST-MODIFIED:20241212T204908Z
SUMMARY:January 15\, 2025\, Telecommunications Transmission Facility Coordi
nating Committee (TTFCC) Meeting
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DESCRIPTION:This spring\, grab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to v
irtual conversations with the Prince George’s County Office of Hum
an Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library
System on topics from repairing the effects of racial injustice
to fighting for equitable access to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s
learn together! Lunch and Learn is back\, and we're so
excited to kick off this season with our special guest Commander J
ohn B. Herrington. From the far reaches of outer space to the dep
ths of the ocean\, Commander Herrington has seen more of the universe than
most people could even imagine! Join us for this Lunch and Learn as we di
scuss his career\, being a source of inspiration for the Chickasaw Nation\
, his children's book Mission to Space\, and everything i
n between. About Commander John HerringtonCDR
John B. Herrington is a retired Naval Aviator\, test pilot\, aqua
naut and astronaut. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathe
matics from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs\, a Master of S
cience degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate Scho
ol and a PhD in Education from the University of Idaho. As an aviator\,
he has flown over 5000 hours in more than 30 different types of aircraft.
As an aquanaut\, he commanded the sixth NASA Extreme Environment Mission O
perations (NEEMO) mission\, spending nearly 264 hours underwater. As an
enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma\, NASA considers CDR
Herrington to be the first citizen of a Federally recognized tribe to fly
in space. As an astronaut\, CDR Herrington flew aboard the Space Shuttle E
ndeavour on the 16th assembly mission to the International Space Station.
During his mission he traveled over 5.6 million miles\, accumulating over
330 hours in space\, including performing three spacewalks totaling nearly
21 hours. Following his retirement from the Navy and NASA\, CDR Herring
ton worked in the commercial space sector before embarking on a 4\,300 mil
e bicycle ride across the United States\, from Cape Flattery\, WA to Cape
Canaveral FL\, stopping at Indian reservations and NASA Explorer Schools t
o share his story of motivation and mentorship with Native American youth.
At age 52\, he entered the University of Idaho and earned a Doctorate in
Education\, investigating the factors that motivate and engage Native Amer
ican students to study science\, technology\, engineering and mathematics.
He authored a children’s book\, Mission to Space and i
s currently working on his personal memoir. He is married and the proud fa
ther to two daughters and grandfather to four grandchildren. He resides in
the mountains of Northwestern Montana with his wife Danielle\, their sled
dog Emme and calico cat Ladybug.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250114T130000
LAST-MODIFIED:20241231T135852Z
SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: Reaching New Heights with Commander John B. Herrin
gton
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This spring\, gr
ab your favorite lunch at noon and tune in to virtual conversations with t
he Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the
Prince George’s County Memorial Library System on topics
from repairing the effects of racial injustice to fighting for equitable a
ccess to recovering from exile and loss. Let’s learn together!
Lun
ch and Learn is back\, and we're so excited to kick off this seas
on with our special guest Commander John B. Herrington. F
rom the far reaches of outer space to the depths of the ocean\, Commander
Herrington has seen more of the universe than most people could even imagi
ne! Join us for this Lunch and Learn as we discuss his career\, being a so
urce of inspiration for the Chickasaw Nation\, his children's book Mission to Space\, and everything in between.
About Comm
ander John Herrington
CDR John B. Herrington is a retired Naval Aviator\, test pilot\,
aquanaut and astronaut. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied
Mathematics from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs\, a Master
of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate
School and a PhD in Education from the University of Idaho.
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/div>
As an aviator\, he has flown over 5000 hours in more than 30 di
fferent types of aircraft. As an aquanaut\, he commanded the sixth NASA Ex
treme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) mission\, spending nearly 264
hours underwater.
As an enrolled citizen of the C
hickasaw Nation in Oklahoma\, NASA considers CDR Herrington to be the firs
t citizen of a Federally recognized tribe to fly in space. As an astronaut
\, CDR Herrington flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on the 16th asse
mbly mission to the International Space Station. During his mission he tra
veled over 5.6 million miles\, accumulating over 330 hours in space\, incl
uding performing three spacewalks totaling nearly 21 hours.
Following his retirement from the Navy and NASA\, CDR Herrington
worked in the commercial space sector before embarking on a 4\,300 mile b
icycle ride across the United States\, from Cape Flattery\, WA to Cape Can
averal FL\, stopping at Indian reservations and NASA Explorer Schools to s
hare his story of motivation and mentorship with Native American youth. At
age 52\, he entered the University of Idaho and earned a Doctorate in Edu
cation\, investigating the factors that motivate and engage Native America
n students to study science\, technology\, engineering and mathematics.
He authored a children’s book\, Mission to S
pace and is currently working on his personal memoir. He is marri
ed and the proud father to two daughters and grandfather to four grandchil
dren. He resides in the mountains of Northwestern Montana with his wife Da
nielle\, their sled dog Emme and calico cat Ladybug.
Business Certification Overview Trainings are held t
he second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registra
tion is required to attend the trainings. Please visit the Certification a
nd Compliance System website (Prince George's County - Cer
tification & Compliance System) and click the “PGC Tr
aining” tab to register. Browse to Prince George's County
\, MD: Business Certification Overview Training\, select the desired train
ing date and click view to RSVP for the event.
The Prince Ge
orge's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division (SDDD) hosts a
monthly Business Certification Overview for participants to understand the
benefits and requirements of the Prince George's County Business Certi
fication. By becoming a certified business in Prince George's County\,
your business may receive preference in procurement opportunities offer
ed by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the official authorize
d certification authority for Prince George's County and offers the fol
lowing Prince George's County certifications.
• Minority Business E
nterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • County-Based Minorit
y Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small Business (CBSB) •
County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMBE) • County-Loca
ted Business (CLB) Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registe
red participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link an
d the passcode needed to access the training.
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SUMMARY:Business Certification Overview
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Business Certification Overview Tra
inings are held the second Tuesday of the month via Zoom.
Registration is required to attend the trainings. Please visit th
e Certification and Compliance System website (Princ
e George's County - Certification & Compliance System<
strong>) and click the “PGC Training” tab to register. Browse to
Prince George's County\, MD: Business Certification Overview
Training\, select the desired training date and click view to RSVP for th
e event.
The Prince George's County Supplier Development & Diversity Division
(SDDD) hosts a monthly Business Certification Overview for participant
s to understand the benefits and requirements of the Prince George's Co
unty Business Certification. By becoming a certified business in Prince
George's County\, your business may receive preference in procurement
opportunities offered by Prince George's County Government. SDDD is the
official authorized certification authority for Prince George's County
and offers the following Prince George's County certifications.
•
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) • County-Based Business (CBB) • C
ounty-Based Minority Business Enterprise (CBMBE) • County-Based Small B
usiness (CBSB) • County-Based Small Minority Business Enterprise (CBSMB
E) • County-Located Business (CLB)
Training is held virtually via ZOOM and registere
d participants will receive the ZOOM meeting link and
the passcode needed to access the training.
The next board meeting will be conducted in-person on Monday
\, January 13\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Prince George's Coun
ty Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\, MD
20774
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250113T173000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:January 13\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Boar
d Meeting - In Person
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The next board meeting will be conduc
ted in-person on Monday\, January 13\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Prince George's County Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\, M
D 20774
The next board meeting will be conducted in-person on Monday
\, January 13\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Prince George's Coun
ty Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\, MD
20774
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250113T173000
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SUMMARY:January 13\, 2025\, Prince George's County Board of Elections' Boar
d Meeting - In Person
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The next board meeting will be conduc
ted in-person on Monday\, January 13\, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Prince George's County Board of Elections 1100 Mercantile Lane\, Suite 115A Largo\, M
D 20774
Join us on Saturday\, January 11\, at the <
strong>Maryland Commission on Civil Rights is hosting a free symp
osium at Howar
d Community College focused on protecting civil rights during
challenging times. From 9 am-3 pm\, you will have the op
portunity to participate in thought-provoking discussions with representat
ives from human rights agencies statewide\, hear from informative speakers
\, and take advantage of opportunities to engage and connect with others w
ho are passionate about this important topic. Don't miss out on this chanc
e to learn\, share\, and make a difference.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250111T150000
LAST-MODIFIED:20241231T133906Z
SUMMARY:Protecting Civil Rights During Challenging Times with MCCR
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Join us on Saturday\,
January 11\, at the Maryland Commission on C
ivil Rights is hosting a free symposium at Howard Community Colleg
e focused on protecting civil rights during challenging
times. From 9 am-3 pm\, you will have the o
pportunity to participate in thought-provoking discussions with representa
tives from human rights agencies statewide\, hear from informative speaker
s\, and take advantage of opportunities to engage and connect with others
who are passionate about this important topic. Don't miss out on this chan
ce to learn\, share\, and make a difference.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250108T093000
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T022112Z
SUMMARY:Animal Control Commission Hearing January 08\, 2025
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DESCRIPTION:
Redevelopment Board Meeting will be held in person and will
be available via Zoom on. For Zoom login credentials please contact: Lakei
sha Smith via email: ldsmith@co.pg.md
.us
The following offices\, services\, and facilities will be closed or s
uspended on Wednesday\, January 1\, 2025.
Curbside Collection
Learn which curbside collections will slide one day.
Curbside
Trash Collection in County-Contracted Areas
Regular collection
s occur on Tuesday\, December 31
Collections on:
Wedne
sday\, January 1\, move to Thursday\, January 2
Thursday\, Januar
y 2\, move to Friday\, January 3
Friday\, January 3\, move to Sat
urday\, January 4
Residential Food Scraps and Yard Trim Col
lections
Regular collections occur on Monday\, December 30
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/appliances and scrap tire
s\; by appointment only)
No Scheduled Collections
Schedu
led collections resume Thursday\, January 2
Curbside Bulky Trash
Collection
(Effective July 1\, up to four (4) items may be placed
curbside for collection)
Regular collections occur on Tuesday\, Dec
ember 31
Collections on:
Wednesday\, January 1\, move
to Thursday\, January 2
Thursday\, January 2\, move to Friday\, J
anuary 3
Friday\, January 3\, move to Saturday\, January 4
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/ul>
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collection
(By appointment
only)
Available every third Monday of the month
Curbside
Recycling Collection
Regular collections occur on Tuesday\, D
ecember 31
Collections on:
Wednesday\, January 1\, mov
e to Thursday\, January 2
Thursday\, January 2\, move to Friday\,
January 3
Friday\, January 3\, move to Saturday\, January 4
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
(By appointment only)
Available every third Monday of the month
Collection Fac
ilities
The following facilities will be closed on January 1:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road
Public Convenience Center
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site <
br>(Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Temporari
ly Closed at Landfill Due to Construction *Items accepted at Brown Stat
ion Road Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Hazardous Waste A
cceptance Site (Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Closed at Landfill Due to Construction *Items accepted at mobile eve
nt only: March 15\, 2025
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance a
nd Recycling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Fa
cility
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000
Ritchie Road)
Animal Services
The Animal Services
Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will be closed on January 1.
Tr
ansportation
TheBus\, a public transit service op
erated by the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transp
ortation (DPW&T)\, will not operate on Wednesday\, January 1\, 2025. Regul
ar operations of TheBus resume on Thursday\, January 2\, 2025.
Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, includin
g dialysis transportation\, will not operate on Wednesday\, January 1\, 20
25. Regular operations of the County’s Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services re
sume on Thursday\, January 2\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections and
Enforcement (DPIE)
The Prince George’s County Department of Permi
tting\, Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Wednesday\, J
anuary 1\, 2025. Regular business hours will resume on Thursday\, January
2\, 2025.
PGC311
Also\, PGC311 will be closed on Wednesday
\, January 1\, 2025\, and will return to regular operations on Thursday\,
January 2\, 2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents can still sub
mit service/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250101T235900
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SUMMARY:New Year's Day
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All County offices\, except for public safe
ty agencies\, will be closed on Wednesday\, January 1\, 2025\, in observan
ce of New Year's Day.
The following offices\, services\, and facilities wi
ll be closed or suspended on Wednesday\, January 1\, 2025.
Curbsid
e Collection
Learn which curbside collections will slide one day.<
/p>
Curbside Trash Collection in County-Contracted Areas
R
egular collections occur on Tuesday\, December 31
Collections on:
Wednesday\, January 1\, move to Thursday\, January 2
Thursday\, January 2\, move to Friday\, January 3
Friday\, Januar
y 3\, move to Saturday\, January 4
Residential Food Scraps
and Yard Trim Collections
Regular collections occur on Monday\
, December 30
Bulky Trash Collection
(White goods/applianc
es and scrap tires\; by appointment only)
No Scheduled Collecti
ons
Scheduled collections resume Thursday\, January 2
Curb
side Bulky Trash Collection
(Effective July 1\, up to four (4) ite
ms may be placed curbside for collection)
Regular collections occur
on Tuesday\, December 31
Collections on:
Wednesday\,
January 1\, move to Thursday\, January 2
Thursday\, January 2\, m
ove to Friday\, January 3
Friday\, January 3\, move to Saturday\,
January 4
Curbside Electronics Recycling Collection
<
p>(By appointment only)
Available every third Monday of the month
Curbside Recycling Collection
Regular collections occ
ur on Tuesday\, December 31
Collections on:
Wednesday\
, January 1\, move to Thursday\, January 2
Thursday\, January 2\,
move to Friday\, January 3
Friday\, January 3\, move to Saturday
\, January 4
Curbside Scrap Metal Collection
(By ap
pointment only)
Available every third Monday of the month
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article>
Collection Facilities
The following facilities will be closed on January 1:
Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill
Brown Station Road Public
Convenience Center
Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (Loc
ated at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Temporarily Clos
ed at Landfill Due to Construction *Items accepted at Brown Station Roa
d Convenience Drop-off Center*
Household Hazardous Waste Acceptan
ce Site (Located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) *Clos
ed at Landfill Due to Construction *Items accepted at mobile event only
: March 15\, 2025
Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recy
cling Center
Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility
Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchi
e Road)
Animal Services
The Animal Services Facilit
y (3750 Brown Station Road) will be closed on January 1.
Transport
ation
TheBus\, a public transit service operated
by the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportatio
n (DPW&T)\, will not operate on Wednesday\, January 1\, 2025. Regular oper
ations of TheBus resume on Thursday\, January 2\, 2025.
Ca
ll-A-Bus and PGC Link services\, including dialy
sis transportation\, will not operate on Wednesday\, January 1\, 2025. Reg
ular operations of the County’s Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services resume on
Thursday\, January 2\, 2025.
Permitting\, Inspections and Enforce
ment (DPIE)
The Prince George’s County Department of Permitting\,
Inspections and Enforcement (DPIE) will be closed on Wednesday\, January
1\, 2025. Regular business hours will resume on Thursday\, January 2\, 202
5.
PGC311
Also\, PGC311 will be closed on Wednesday\, Janu
ary 1\, 2025\, and will return to regular operations on Thursday\, January
2\, 2025\, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However\, residents can still submit ser
vice/issue requests online at PGC311.com.
