In the January, 2010 Issue of Our FAIR HOUSING NEWS (pdf)

Federal Hate Crime Cases Highest in 2009 Since 2001. Thomas E. Perez, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announced that 25 hate crime cases were filed in 2008-2009 compared to 12 in 2006 and 23 in 2008. The announcement came just after the Department filed federal indictments - connected with a fatal beating of a 25-year-old Mexican illegal immigrant in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania - charging two police officers with obstruction of justice. Read the New York Times article.

GAO Audit Finds Civil Rights Enforcement Declined During 2001-2007. The General Accounting Office (GAO) study of the Civil Rights Division of the U. S. Justice Department found a drop in the enforcement of several antidiscrimination and voting rights laws. Department lawsuits to enforce laws banning race or sex discrimination in employment declined from 11 annually under President Clinton to 6 under President Bush. The GAO audit also found.. Read the UPI article.

Racial Integration of Neighborhoods Has Residential & Social Aspects, According to Study of Baltimore. An interview-based examination of the complexities of racial integration in "Village Heights" (southeast of Johns Hopkins University) used data taken from a larger study (Rich, 2007) of an integrated neighborhood in Baltimore. Homeowners’ perceptions of their community and racial integration revealed...

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Our Network is Our Board of Directors

Balt. Home Ownership Institute	Baltimore Community Relations Commission
Balt. County Human Relations Commission	Baltimore County Muslim Council
Baltimore Housing	Baltimore Jewish Council
Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc.	Calvary Baptist Church, Towson
Citizens Planning & Housing Association	Community Assistance Network
Governor's Comm. on Asian Pacific American Affairs	Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors
League of Women Voters of Balt. City & Baltimore County	Maryland Commission on Human Relations
MCIL - Making Choices for Indep. Living	N. A. A. C. P., Maryland State Conference

The Reverend Frederick K. Weimert is Board President, and William P. Kladky, Ph.D., is the GBCHRB's Executive Director, wkladky@gbchrb.org.

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