Montgomery Committee Against Hate Violence Panel Will Discuss Hate/Bias/Violence/Bullying-in County Public Schools on Monday, June 12

For Immediate Release: Sunday, June 11, 2023

The Montgomery County Committee Against Hate Violence (CAHV) of the County Office of Human Rights, at 7 p.m. on Monday, June 12, will sponsor a “Second Conversation” panel discussion focusing on “Hate/Bias/Violence/Bullying” within the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS).  The program will be held at the Gaithersburg Library and also will be livestreamed.

The Gaithersburg Library is located at 18330 Montgomery Village Ave. in Gaithersburg. There is no charge to attend and audience participation will be welcomed.  The discussion will be streamed at https://www.facebook.com/CountyCableMoCo.

Scheduled to be on the panel are Attorney Guila Siegel, the associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Washington, D.C.; Stephanie Sheron, the chief of strategic initiatives of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS); Demon Monteleone, the associate superintendent of MCPS; Ryvell Fitzpatrick, the ombudsman of the Montgomery County Board of Education; and Lisa Taylor, chair of the Montgomery County Committee Against Hate Violence.

The “First Conversation” of the CAHV series, which was held in March, focused on “Anti-Semitism in Montgomery County.”

For more information on the event, contacts  Richard W. Allen, the CAHV moderator/coordinator, at rwallen4equity@comcast.net or 301-366-9361©; Craig Simon, the CAHV vice president, at Califcraig@yahoo.com or 818-406-4953; or James Stowe, the executive director of the County’s Office of Human Rights, at 240-888-5502 or James.Stowe@montgomerycountymd.gov.

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Release ID: 23-247
Media Contact: Neil H. Greenberger 240-205-1915