The MD Att'y General has once again decided not to pursue criminal charges against police who killed a member of our community: Marvin Salamanca Garcia. 1/6

Hoping folks can make it to BACC's Juneteenth Celebration on Thursday!

Join us as reps from SSJC, CASA, and individual community members testif at the upcoming Gaithersburg City Council hearing on Feb 18th. City PD and City leaders have failed to provide a full accounting of the death of Marvin Salamanca Garcia in police custody, and have refused to meet with us. 1/3

Join us to support our partners in Annapolis on Monday!

Our partners at Young People for Progress, as part of the Decriminalize Montgomery County Campaign, are asking for our support at tonight's meeting of the Montgomery County Public Schools Board of Education. 1/3

If you'd like to visit the bench, it is on Sligo Creek Parkway between Colesville and Wayne at Three Oaks Drive. 3/3

Thank you to musical guests Layla Bunch and the Black Workers Chorus. We especially acknowledge and thank the families and friends of Robert White, Finan Berhe, Kwamena Ocram, Ryan LeRoux, Bishop Jones, and Melvin Chavez Paz for joining us and speaking about their loved ones. 2/3

Thank you to our community for coming out to dedicate this memorial bench to the memory of those lost to police violence in Montgomery County. We are grateful to our partners at
Young People for Progress and the Coalition of Concerned Mothers for joining us. 1/3

Please join SSJC, Young People for Progress, family members, and friends, in honoring victims of police violence in Montgomery County at a ceremony marking the installation of a memorial bench. We will gather at 2 pm at the bench, along Sligo Creek Parkway at Three Oaks Drive, in Silver Spring.

Please join SSJC leadership, families, friends, and community members for the installation ceremony of a memorial bench honoring victims of police violence in MoCo. Sunday, November 24, 2PM, Sligo Creek Parkway at the intersection of Three Oaks Drive. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Since 2020, SSJC has worked in partnership with coalition of justice-seeking organizations in Montgomery County on police-free traffic and police-free schools. On Oct 22, this coalition, led by Young People for Progress, will be having a relaunch as the Montgomery County Decriminalization Coalition.