Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Office of Human Rights hosted on Sunday the third Annual Friendship Picnic at the Wheaton Regional Park. County officials expected more than 1,000 people to attend the picnic that celebrates the county’s diversity, culture, and different faiths coming together in one place. “The most important thing besides [the event] becoming bigger and bigger is that […]

Here are five things to know today, March 2, in Montgomery County: 1. Two people were injured on Saturday when a car hit them as they waited for a bus in Kensington. 2. You can catch the latest episode of 21 This Week on Montgomery Channel 21. Watch a preview here. 3. MCM’s Aline Barros gave […]

Here are five things to know today, Feb. 28, in Montgomery County: 1. Check out some of the photos from the Silver Spring YMCA’s Brazilian Carnival here. 2.Montgomery County may soon have its first parkland solar arrays. Find out where. 3.The Montgomery County Office of Human Rights is again co-sponsoring a civil rights historic bus […]

Parents, students, educators, and elected officials will meet September 28 at the Silver Spring Civic Center for a conversation about bullying in schools. Montgomery County Office of Human Rights, the Committee on Hate and Violence, and Montgomery College are hosting the meeting that will feature a panel with experts ready to start the conversation about […]

Montgomery County Office of Human Rights presents a program with a screening of the film Lincoln on July 16 at 6:30 p.m. at BlackRock Center for the Arts, 12901 Town Commons Drive, Germantown. The program commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s Battle of Gettysburg. The event will also tie in the Juneteenth Celebration […]

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Committee is seeking entries for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2013 Literary Arts Contest. This contest is open to all Montgomery County area students in Elementary, Middle and High School. Entries must be 150 words or less, in poetry or essay format. The deadline to submit entries […]

Statement by Montgomery County Human Rights Commission on Demeaning Advertising Placed in Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Locations October 31, 2012 “Recently, an organization called The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) placed the following ad within the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) system: ‘In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support […]