For Immediate Release: Friday, August 9, 2019
ROCKVILLE, Md., August 8, 2019—Sergio España, director of engagement and mobilization for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) de Maryland; Viviana Azar, therapist with the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Joseph Malouf, constitutional attorney; Eliseo Magos, community organizer with CASA de Maryland; and Sofia Reyes, president of the Flower Branch Tenants’ Association, will be the featured guests on En Sintonía con El Concejo del Condado de Montgomery (In Tune with the Montgomery County Council), this Friday, August 9 at 2 p.m. on Radio America (WILC 900AM). In the first segment of the program, guests will discuss the civil rights of immigrants, in light of increased raids and deportation activity by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They also will provide listeners with information about resources available and strategies for coping with heightened anxiety and instability due to anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies from the Trump administration.
In the program’s second segment, Eliseo Magos and Sofia Reyes will discuss the upcoming vigil to commemorate the fatal gas explosion which occurred at the Flower Branch apartments in Silver Spring in 2016.
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.
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 .
You can also watch on Facebook Live: @concejodelcondadodemontgomery .
Release ID: 19-274