The Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity is a County government program for immigrant integration through English learning, computer training, citizenship classes, and free legal clinics, etc.  It’s a small but wonderful program that now has several centers throughout the County.  Please see below list of upcoming programs in the Upcounty Regional Services Center.  It’s part of our Office of Community Partnerships.  –Lily

Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity Upcounty Summer Program

12900 Middlebrook Rd., Germantown, MD 20874, Tel. 240-777-6950

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSES: 

• Beginning English, Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 28–Aug. 2; Registration Wed. and Thurs. June 15/16, 3:00-7:00 p.m.; fee $25 for textbook
• Intermediate Conversation and More, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., June 28^th-Aug. 2^nd; drop-in (no registration required)
• Advanced Conversation and More, Tuesdays, 1:00-3:00 p.m., June 28^th-Aug. 2^nd; drop-in (no registration required)
• American Idioms, Fridays, 12:30-2:00 p.m. (drop-in...until Aug. 5)

CITIZENSHIP PREPARATION CLASSES: 

• Tuesdays, starting July 5-Aug. 30, 6:00-8:00 p.m.; free, in English

Offered by Baltimore City Community College, call 410-580-2756

• Assistance with N-400 application and practice interviews, call 240-777-6950, for appointment

PRO BONO (FREE) LEGAL CLINIC:

• 2^nd and 4^th  Tuesday of each month; Sign in at 6:00 p.m. (no advance registration required), by Montgomery County Bar Foundation, call 301-424-7651 for more info.

FRENCH CONVERSATION

• Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. ; Intermediate level; drop-in; no registration required