For Immediate Release: Friday, December 1, 2017
Needs and Challenges of Latino Seniors
are Focus of Council’s Radio America Show
Today at 2:30 p.m.
ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 1, 2017— Briggitte McLean, Client Assistant Specialist for the Department of Health & Human Services Aging & Disability Services; Nicolás Peña, speaker of the National Hispanic Council on Aging (NHCOA); and Diana Varela, social security specialist, will be the featured guests of “El Momento Cívico/The Civic Moment” on En Sintonía con el Concejo del Condado de Montgomery (Tuned in with the Montgomery County Council), today at 2:30 p.m. on Radio America (WACA1540AM). The guests will discuss the needs and challenges that Latino seniors face, as well as the resources and services available to them in Montgomery County and the Washington D.C. metropolitan region.
“El Momento Cívico/The Civic Moment” is one component of Councilmember Navarro’s Latino Civic Project that features topics related to civic engagement and understanding the various functions of County government. Councilmember Navarro started the Latino Civic Project in 2012 to promote and strengthen civic participation among Latinos and immigrants.
More information on the Latino Civic Project including the program’s achievements is available in English at:
http://tinyurl.com/gvsk4g4 .
More information on the Latino Civic Project is available in Spanish at:
http://tinyurl.com/zf59me4 .
The Montgomery County Council and Radio America have entered a partnership that provides the Latino community with key information on issues and programs. The partnership also provides a forum for residents to express views and ask questions. The partnership includes the weekly one- hour show each Friday on the Washington metropolitan area’s most popular Spanish language station. Lilian Mass is the show’s host.
Each week, the show features guests talking about important issues before the Council and provides information about programs offered by the County to help residents.
In addition to the radio broadcast, the show can be heard via the Internet at:
https://tunein.com/radio/Radio-America-WACA-1540-AM-s6029/ .
Video links with a summary of the show are available each week at the County Council's mobile friendly web site at:
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/council .
The program also can be viewed on Facebook
@concejodelcondadodemontgomery .