Maryland Commission on Civil Rights names new interim director

ANNAPOLIS, MD—The Maryland Commission on Civil Rights has named Cleveland Horton II as interim director following Alvin Gillard’s retirement, Governor Wes Moore announced this week. Horton, a graduate of the Community College of Baltimore County, the University of Baltimore, and the Maryland Advisory Council on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, is a civil rights lawyer with extensive experience in […]

Attorney General Brown announces appointments newly-formed Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown this week announced appointments to the newly formed Maryland Commission on Hate Crime Response and Prevention. The Commission is composed of 20 stakeholders from a cross-section of law enforcement, state and local institutions, and organizations representing communities targeted by hate crimes. In May, the General Assembly passed HB1066, creating the Commission that now […]