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Free foreclosure-prevention workshop

Attend a free foreclosure-prevention workshop from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Performing Arts Center of Montgomery College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, 7995 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. Attendees can learn how foreclosure can be prevented, talk to housing counselors and fraud investigators, find out how Maryland's new foreclosure-prevention laws affect you and meet with loan servicers. Attendees are encouraged to bring all mortgage paperwork (including loan application, settlement paperwork and lender statements), all foreclosure notices or threats of foreclosure and monthly household budget and pay stubs.

IMPACT looks to spark

shared values

This year, IMPACT Silver Spring is bringing the community an opportunity to gain insight into some practical strategies for strengthening the relationships between business and community in a difficult economic climate. IMPACT will join government and business officials for a breakfast conversation at the IMPACT Now! event from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Nov. 12 at the American Film Institute's Silver Theater and Cultural Center at 8633 Colesville Road in Silver Spring.

To learn more about the event and sponsorship opportunities, contact Noelle Haile or Lianna Levine Reisner at 301-495-3336.

Roundtable to discuss music's role in civil-rights movement

Montgomery College will host "Music of the Movement: A Sustaining Voice," a special discussion about the music that shaped America's civil-rights movement, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Performing Arts Center of Montgomery College's Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus, 7995 Georgia Ave. in Silver Spring. Free and open to the public, this event will feature civil-rights leader and Georgia Congressman John H. Lewis, singer/composer and cultural historian Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, ethnomusicologist Dr. Portia Maultsby and "The Hip Hop Wars" author Dr. Tricia Rose in a roundtable discussion about the music of the civil-rights movement. The Bowie State University Gospel Choir will also perform.

Presented by the Maryland Humanities Council, "Music of the Movement: A Sustaining Voice" is the culminating event of a two-year initiative, which used the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination as an opportunity to examine his legacy and ask "Where are we 40 years later?" as individuals, as communities and as a nation on issues of race relations. "Music of the Movement" will provide an overview of the music of the era, examining the way field hollers and spirituals were transformed into protest songs and how contemporary music continues to shape efforts for social justice. Emmy Award-winning news anchor Maureen Bunyan of WJLA-TV will serve as the evening's program moderator.

Registration is required for the event. Go to www.mdhc.org to register.

"Music of the Movement" is presented free, thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Maryland Division of Historical and Cultural Programs, The Montgomery College Arts Institute, The Paul Peck Humanities Institute at Montgomery College, and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.