On October 22, the Montgomery County Volunteer Center hosted the annual a Community Service Day was held in the Silver Spring Civic Building. During this event various community programs were their presenting workshops and activities to the Silver Spring community. One great activity that was offered was AALead’s creating cancer ribbons. In addition, Gandhi Brigade organized a special workshop to talk about the youth curfew. We had fun activities going on to get the people energized during the discussion. The community had negative and positive reactions about the youth curfew. This discussion process was important to be conducted so that we could get our community to know what is really going on with the laws and regulation that are processed in the community.

by Emmanuel Minja; video by Dalila and Kevin Pineda

I am a kind of naive, easy to fool, and very fun to be around. when you get to know me you will see i try to be funny and pleasent to be around. I am very friendly but at the same time i am shy. that is little information about me if you see me you should come up to me and talk to me.

This is an event for the new curfew law. this event will take place on saturday from 10am to 2pm and from 5pm to 8pm. we will be providing information and will be talking about how it is not necessary.

On October 12 the Montgomery Country Council members held a youth town hall meeting to hear the youth voice their concerns about issues in their community. One of my most memorable moments at the youth town hall meeting was to hear the community complain about how they feel about the new curfew law being passed in Montgomery County. The general youth do not approve of this curfew because it will take away their free time to hang out with friends and family members.

I'm Nickson Minja and i am part of Gandhi Brigade. I'm 13 years old also i like to play sports like basketball and soccer. I am part of GB News which is like reporting anything that happens in downtown. I go to Takoma Park Middle School. My favorite subject is math because you have to know math in order to become a NBA player or Soccer player because you need to know the plays.

My name is Emmanuel Minja and I am a sophomore at Montgomery Blair High School. I am 15 years old and i enjoy playing sports with my friends and family. I am involved with the Gandhi Brigade after school programs and i enjoy working with the staff. My favorite subjects in school are math and science. I am interested in studying medicine when i go to college.

The Rights of Butterflies was conceived and directed by Laura Moya, a Montgomery College student, who approached the Gandhi Brigade to help in the production of the film. Her vision was to focus on the story of Katya, a hard working student who is involved in her community, to expose the difficulties that an undocumented student has in continuing their college education. During the summer of 2011, she worked with Laurel Gwizdak, a professional filmmaker, and a team of Gandhi Brigade youth to realize this project.

Synopsis

On Thursday, 13 young people came and signed up to become Promoters: the core of Gandhi Brigade youth that represents the organization in the community. The event, initially scheduled to be an hour, soon grew in length as the young people played “Star Power”: an activity that introduces young people to the nuances of power and how easily one can be corrupted by its allure. After this activity, the young people, with a fresh view on the effects of unequally distributed power, signed up to participate in the campaign of their choice. This year, Gandhi Brigade's campaigns will address two key community issues: immigration and the proposed curfew legislation. Please continue to visit the Gandhi Brigade website regularly for updates on these campaigns.

This summer Gandhi Brigade teamed up with Montgomery Housing Partnership, Passion for Learning, and Class Acts Arts to host a magazine production summer camp for twenty middle school students. After spending five weeks of learning photography, article writing, and page layout and design, they created their very own community magazine called "Teen Expression."