While Matt Peters has only been in Talbot County since 2011, there is a palpable feeling that he has been here forever. And the reason for that is that he seems to be everywhere.
From volunteering to lead multicultural Boy Scout troops to showing up at council meetings waving the flag for the region’s many races and cultures, the director of the Chesapeake Multicultural Resource Center (ChesMRC) has made it a point to be as ever present on the Mid-Shore creating special programs aimed and both new Americans and our growing number of minority communities calling the Eastern Shore home.
In his Spy interview, Matt talks about the special mission of the ChesMRC and their very specific strategies to reach out young children and teens to prepare them (and their parents) to enter the local workforce with strong language skills and a familiarity with the region’s special services to provide as much opportunity as possible to position them for financial success and leadership roles in the future.
For more information about ChesMRC please go here. These Spy Community Profiles project is supported in part by the United Fund of Talbot County.
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