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Community InterActions

Welcome to Community InterActions, a four-part podcast series exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the Wheaton area. Our Wheaton community is full of stories to tell, and we're telling just a few of them in this series. Community InterActions collects some of those stories and shares them through the words and voices of the people who are living them. This limited audio series launched in 2021 takes a look at who we are in Wheaton, and focuses on some specific people in Wheaton who want to share their stories about the impact of the pandemic on their lives and livelihoods.

To access our podcast episodes, click on an episode square below or click on this link.

For more information about any of our guests and contributors, click on the images in the virtual gallery below!

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Nessey Portrait (sculpture by Kelsey Joyce)

Sands of Time (painting by Dinah Myers Schroeder )

Out Of My Shell (graphic design by Savannah Scollar)

Episode 2: Pandemic and Food and Housing Insecurity

Untitled Pool Picture (photograph by Tyler J. Henson)

Rise (painting by Dinah Myers Schroeder)

Montgomery County Renters Alliance, Inc.

Earth Tones (photograph by Darien J. Henson)

Wheaton Arts Parade Commission (painting by Savannah Scollar)

Montgomery County Latino Restaurant Association

Avielle Luna Custom Birthday Board (painting by Carlos Ramos)

Sugar Plum Dragon (sculpture by Kelsey Joyce)

Path of the Pyramids (painting by Carlos Ramos)

Visual Template (photograph by Tyler J. Henson)

Facets of Hope (at Brookeside Gardens through Sept. 2021)

Solitude (photograph by Darien J. Henson)

Episode 3: Pandemic and Small Businesses

Up 2 Us Foundation (providing food assistance)

Wheaton Arts Parade and Festival (September 2021)

Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery (Westfield Wheaton, lower level)

Up 2 Us Foundation (Westfield Wheaton, lower level)

Todo Bien/PEZadilla (by Sandra Pérez-Ramos, Ink, acrylic pen, watercolor pen)

This project was made possible by a grant from Maryland Humanities, with funding received from the Maryland Historical Trust in the Maryland Department of Planning. Maryland Humanities’ Grants Program is also supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and private funders. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of Maryland Humanities, Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland Department of Planning, or National Endowment for the Humanities.