Montgomery County Anti-Hate Task Force

Contacts

Selena Mendy Singleton, Esq. Racial Equity Manager

Bertha L. Cerzosimo, Multicultural Communications and Outreach Manager

Resources

Know Your Rights! Stop Hate, Montgomery County Office of Human Rights

Hate, Bias Summary Weekly Reports, Montgomery County Police Department

Stop the Hate: What You Need to Know About Hate Crimes and Bias-Related Incidents, Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office

The County Council is committed to ending the spread of hate, bigotry and harassment based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, disability, and sexual orientation based on gender, gender identity and expression, or any other protected characteristic as defined by law.

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Montgomery County has a new portal and phone hotline to report hate-bias incidents to the police.

Residents can report a hate-bias incident online anytime or by phone from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Visit the Montgomery County Hate/Bias Incident Complaint Portal or call 311 in the County, or 240-777-0311, or 711 for MD Relay TTY. The online portal and the phone hotline are available in many languages. Reporting is confidential, and you can choose to remain anonymous.

In 2023, the Anti-Hate Task Force (AHTF) recommended creating this portal and phone hotline as part of a plan to combat hate and bias in the County. The AHTF had a diverse group of County residents that were appointed by the Council under then Council President Evan Glass.

Visit the online portal for more information.

Under the leadership of then Council President Glass, the full Council unanimously approved a resolution to create, and appoint the members of, an Anti-Hate Task Force to prioritize policies that promote safety and combat hate crimes. This includes, but isn’t limited to racism, anti-Black hate, anti-AAPI hate, anti-Latino hate, antisemitism, Islamophobia, xenophobia, homophobia, or transphobia. The group is broken up into cohorts that include members from the African American and Black, Latino and Hispanic, Asian American Pacific Islander, LGBTQ+, Jewish and Muslim communities. 

The Task Force held its kickoff on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. at the Wheaton Regional Library and will hold additional meetings through November.

Montgomery County residents should feel a sense of inclusion and connection, not alienation, when they travel around our beautifully diverse community. Local government has a moral obligation to promote inclusiveness, celebrate diversity, prevent the spread of misinformation, and reject hate in all its forms.

Agendas and video links for each of these meetings will be posted below. To register to attend these meetings and request the ZOOM link please contact Council staff. 

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