Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation
About the Commission
The Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation was formed on January 29, 2019, with resolution by Councilmembers Hans Riemer, Will Jawando and Craig Rice. The Commission was established to support the goal of bringing the County together to promote a better understanding of our history. The Commission is composed of community leaders, who will work with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and other stakeholders to help the County claim and install the County's monument commemorating the three locations in the County where racial terror lynchings have been documented. The three lynching victims in Montgomery County were Mr. George Peck (1880), Mr. Sidney Randolph (1896), and Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey (1880). In addition, the Commission will create and install historical markers for each of the three locations, collect and display soil from each of the three locations and design programs to advance the dialogue that the monument, historical markers, and soil collections should foster.
The Commission is composed of 19 members. Out of 19 members, 10 are appointed from the public and have voting rights while 9 non-voting members represent the following agencies of Rockville City and Montgomery County government and community partners: Montgomery County Human Rights Commission; Rockville Human Rights Commission; Lincoln Park Historical Foundation; Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Maryland Lynching Memorial Project; Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County; Montgomery College; Montgomery County Public Schools; and Montgomery County Historical Society. Every voting and non-voting member is appointed by the County Executive with recommendation from Montgomery County Office of Human Rights and confirmation by the County Council.
Current Events
Memorial Marker Dedication Ceremony
Remembrance and Reconciliation Month activities
Memorial Marker Dedication Ceremony
News media snaps for the Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission Historical Marker Presentations
WUSA News - Commission honors lynching victims in Rockville, Maryland
Montgomery Honors Lynching Victims
MC Media News - Poolesville Lynching
Commission Administration
James Stowe: [email protected] 240-777-8490 / (cell) 240-888-5502
Anis Ahmed: [email protected] 240-777-8454 / (cell) 240-888-4753
Commission Meeting Dates and Times
The Commission meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 5:00 pm. Meetings are open to the public and time and dates of each meeting are published on the Office of Human Rights Calendar and on the County Master Calendar.
Members
Voting Members
Jason Green, Chair
Asa Council, Vice-Chair
Jeff Weintraub, Secretary
Lydia Dean-Reese
Treava Hopkins Laboy
Stephanie Joseph
Aisha Satterwhite Chavers
Jeanne Toungara
Tamara Williams
Past Members
Sheila Bashiri
Rev. Alexa Fraser
Bishop Paul Walker, Sr.
Oyebisi Olatoye, Rockville HRC
Gboyinde Onijala, Montgomery County Public Schools
Jeanette Rojas, Montgomery College
Non-Voting Members
Anthony Cohen, Maryland Lynching Memorial Project
Okianer Christan Dark, Human Rights Commission
Florence Jewell, Rockville Human Rights Commission
Suzan Jenkins, Arts and Humanities Council
Matt Logan, Montgomery History
Sherlene Lucas, Lincoln Park Historical Foundation
Tracy Oliver-Gary, Montgomery County Public Schools
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, vacant
Kimberly Jones, Montgomery College
Meeting Agendas
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Meeting Minutes
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