We achieved 3 major climate and housing victories in the Maryland state legislature in 2024!

The Montgomery County Council passed the FAITH ZTA zoning measure that will allow religious congregations and nonprofits to build affordable housing on their land.

AIM fought to win funding for quality after school programs in the highest poverty schools in Montgomery County.

The lack of affordable housing is one of the leading drivers of poverty and instability in Montgomery County and has always been a top priority for AIM. It is a burning issue that comes up over and over again in both individual meetings and listening sessions.

There are many historic African American communities throughout Montgomery County including Scotland in Potomac, Sandy Spring in Olney, Plum Gar in Germantown and Good Hope in Burtonsville. The Community Centers located in each community had been severely neglected as the County continued to grow in prosperity and became one of the richest places in the country.

Over the course of several years, parents, staff, and community members organized for new school construction for two Title I elementary schools in Montgomery County: Burnt Mills and South Lake.

Residents of the Montgomery County-owned Cider Mill Apartments see results from public pressure at an AIM action and ongoing accountability from resident leaders, and management.

In summer 2020, AIM leaders were often unable to access testing, even when they had symptoms. AIM leaders learned that 74% of Montgomery County’s new COVID-19 cases were Hispanic residents, though the Hispanic community represents only 1/5 of the county’s residents.

Kay Management’s practices came under scrutiny in 2016 when Flower Branch Apartments, another Montgomery County apartment community managed by the company, suffered a tragic explosion and fire in which seven people lost their lives.

Over a third of Montgomery County residents were born outside the U.S. Many parents have a legal pathway to stay in the United States, but are in danger of being separated from their children because they lack the legal support necessary to navigate the immigration system.

In 2010, a series of listening sessions revealed that undocumented youth inside AIM member institutions were choosing to drop out of high school when they realized they couldn’t pursue higher education.

Thousands of low-income families, singles, seniors and disabled persons without cars must walk along dangerous roads in order to access buses, schools, grocery stores and pharmacies in Montgomery County.

Taxi service in Montgomery County for seniors and persons with disabilities was inefficient and at times, unbearable.

AIM is working with our Metro IAF affiliates across the DMV (AIM, BUILD, PATH, VOICE, and WIN), and with the Amalgamated Transit Union, to stand up for Civil Rights for riders and workers across the region.

Only 8 elementary schools of the 126 in Montgomery County had all day kindergarten. These few schools were among the most affluent in the county and had more resources available to them than the large majority of others.

Affordable Housing continues to be a top issue for AIM. AIM leaders were key allies in the fight to substantially fund the County’s Housing Initiative Fund (HIF), the most critical local source for building affordable housing.

AIM has joined an audacious campaign to curb gun violence led by our regional affiliate the Metro Industrial Areas Foundation (Metro IAF).