Walking along Wayne Avenue on September 26 in downtown Silver Spring, it was hard to imagine anyone wanting to be outside at all. The sky was dark and gloomy, the streets barren and wet, and the rain was coming down in a depressing drizzle. One block over on Ellsworth, though, the mood was upbeat and the people were out.

Youth from Montgomery County, PG County, & DC convened at Montgomery College this past Saturday, October 10th for the first annual MXD Unity Peace Summit. Young people filled classrooms where they learned about different forms of violence (gender/sexual based, genocide, and gang related) & put their heads together to develop their own ideas for effective & meaningful solutions.

We are excited to welcome Rhys Talbott, Bronte Moreau, Valerie Chou, Johanna Escobar and Tiffany Spencer to this year's Youth Action Cabinet! Winners of a popular vote, the YAC will work directly with youth, staff, and board to help build youth leadership within the Gandhi Brigade and the community.

Hello, my name is Valerie Chou and I am a candidate for the YAC. I would like to be a part of this committee because I enjoy working with others and learning at the same time. The qualities that would make me suitable for this position are: responsibility, dedication, honesty, and enthusiasm.

Saturday, August 29
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Gandhi Brigade Youth Media Center
City Place Mall, 4th floor
8661 Colesville Road, D173
Silver Spring MD 20910

More information call Hawa, 301-588-1399

Come out and celebrate a brand new year with us! Have fun with friends, grab a bite to eat and sign up for new video, graphics, and photography teams!

The time spent in El Salvador was a experience i feel we will never forget. In my case the friends we made were all the difference in my experience. i feel that if it werent for them our time there would of been a complete different story. now back in the sates, i always think how cool it is to have friends so far away.

Ancient chapel— dark once more— you weep in silence.
A sigh, like the sound of rustling bats, betrays your bittersweet heart.

We are gone.
No more, the careless laughter of our youth.
No more, the babel of our variant tongues.
No more, the beauty of our faces— innocent, full of light, the colors of the continents.

Long suffering mother of us all...

Reflexion al terminar

En ocho lunas comprendi
Lo que mis libros no contaban de tu cultura.
En ocho soles vi
Que no nos hacen diferentes ni tu color de ojos
Ni mi piel, ni mi estatura.

Eramos tres tribus distintas al llegar.
Bastaron solo pocos ocasos para ser una sola.
Ahora caminare pensando en tu futuro.
Muy seguro estoy que te acordaras de tan siquiera mi nombre.

in case folks didn't catch it in Bronte's expose...there's been a few trips to the doc the last few days and 4 have been down for the count...including me. We weren't able to make the trip to San Salvador yesterday and watched morosely as everybody else galloped out the front gates on a new adventure.

As we contemplated our sick day staring at the hanging plants in front of the kitchen, Berty (a staff here at CAP and the husband of on of the participants) came by and asked why we were inside. We said we were lepers and had to recuperate before the rest came back. He said, let's go see some ancient ruins. and we did. Las ruinas de Cihuatan.