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Save the date: Montgomery County’s Office of Human Rights is hosting the 3rd Annual Friendship Picnic on Sunday, Sept. 20 from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, contact the Office of Human Rights by email at human-right.commission@montgomerycountym­d.gov.

Save the date: the 3rd annual Friendship Picnic is scheduled for Sept. 20 at Wheaton Regional Park. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. For more information, visit the Office of Human Rights website.

There is still time to sign up for the annual civil rights historic bus tour that retraces the steps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights heroes. The tour is hosted by the Montgomery County Office of Human Rights, in collaboration with the Montgomery County Public Libraries, the African American Employees Association, […]

The county’s office of Human Rights hosted a forum to inform the public, county employees and business owners about the strategic enforcement of county, state and federal employment laws. With the new minimum wage increase kicking in this month, county officials want to make sure that employees know their rights and have the tools to […]

The second “Friendship Picnic” was held on Sept. 14 at the Wheaton Regional Park. Montgomery County’s Committee on Hate and Violence and the Office of Human Rights hosted the event that gathered more than 1,000 people. The event had live music, carousel train rides, and lots of dancing. “It was fantastic,” said James L. Stowe, […]

Montgomery County’s Office of Human Rights is co-sponsoring the Civil Rights Historic Bus Tour. The annual tour retraces the steps of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights heroes. The tour will travel to Greensboro, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma and Tuskegee, Alabama; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Memphis, Tennessee. The tour leaves […]

In just a few weeks, the Civil Rights Educational Freedom Bus Tour takes off from Montgomery County and there’s still room on the bus. Here’s a preview. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming. For more information or to register for the tour call 240.777.8479.

The Montgomery County Office of Human Rights has updated fair housing posters available in both English and Spanish for display in residential and commercial rental offices, realty offices, property management offices and lending institutions. Under Sec. 27-13 of the Montgomery County Code, these posters must be prominently displayed in these types of businesses in both […]