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PRESS RELEASE: MCCR's Response to the Recent Violence in the Middle East

Press Release | December 23, 2025

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The Maryland Commission on Civil Rights echoes Governor Moore’s and Lt. Governor Miller’s call for Marylanders to stand together in community against hate and discrimination, which can be found HERE. Across Maryland, our families, friends, and neighbors have been impacted by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the rise in hate and discrimination that has followed. Hate should not and cannot be tolerated. MCCR, driven by its Core Values, calls for respect of all Marylanders. 

MCCR’s mission is to ensure opportunity for all through enforcement of Maryland’s law against discrimination to achieve its vision of a State that free from any trace of unlawful discrimination. MCCR is available to assist those individuals who feel as though they have been discriminated against in the areas of Employment, Housing, Public Accommodations, State Contracts, Commercial Leasing and in the provision of medical services at hospitals or related institutions.