Press clippings

A listing of news, blog, and other items mentioning MCCRC:

2017

• 08/02: Does Takoma Park Hold Too Much Power On The Montgomery County Council? (Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU)
• 06/–: Solidarity Syllabus for ​ Bystander, Upstander The Solidarity Is This Podcast (.PDF); Bystander, Upstander: Solidarity In Portland podcast (iTunes)
• 06/22: Takoma Park Residents Discuss Qualities Wanted in Next Police Chief (MyMCMedia)
• 06/06: Teen Hosts Forum to Promote Positive Police Interaction With Youth (MyMCMedia)
• 04/21: Immigration is One Topic of Concern During Town Hall in Silver Spring (VIDEO) (MyMCMedia)
• 04/05: Maryland Public School Sports Association Changes Head Covering Rule (VIDEO) (MyMCMedia)
• 02/15: Event at Kenwood Country Club with Right-Wing Speaker Canceled After Protest Threat  (Bethesda Beat)
• 01/25: Maryland legislature, which supported boycotts of grapes and South Africa, targets BDS (Mondoweiss)

2016

• 08/03: Review finds Taser is not ‘go-to’ weapon for Montgomery County police; critics say report ignores problems (Baltimore Sun)
• 04/12: 23 Montg. County candidates respond to civil liberties & peace questionnaire (Silver Spring Patch “Bulletin Board”)
• 03/23: Montgomery County executive wants police to review Taser-related deaths (Baltimore Sun)

2015

• 12/03: Takoma Park vows to help Syrian refugees (The Montgomery County Sentinel)
• 11/24: 38 groups call on Hogan to welcome Syrian refugees in Maryland (Washington Post)
• 07/29: The Ferguson Report. Part 1: Breathing While Black, and Other Offenses (Who.What.Why)
• 05/01: Baltimore Activists Recount How Police Unions Crushed Accountability Reforms (The Intercept: Unofficial Sources)
• 01/01: ‘Die-in’ at Wheaton mall puts spotlight on racism (WTOP); Group stages die-in at Wheaton Plaza (WUSA); Peaceful New Year’s Day protest at Wheaton mall ends with an arrest (WJLA);  Die-In Staged At Wheaton Plaza (AM1260 The Answer); Scene at #BlackLivesMatter protest die-in, Wheaton mall, MD Ferguson Liveuamap.com.

2014

• 10/02: Maryland Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Takes Effect (The Weed Blog)

2013

• 12/18: 54 Civil Liberties and Public Interest Organizations Oppose the FISA Improvements Act (EFF)
• 07/05: US activists rally against spying program Nine News (Australia); Protests around the country challenge NSA on Independence Day (People’s Blog, Occuworld); BREAKING: Privacy Advocates To File Supreme Court Petition Challenging NSA Surveillance Program (ThinkProgress); Restore the Fourth DC (CorrenteWire);
• 07/04: Scenes from a Restore the 4th rally against surveillance , (Baltimore Sun)
• 06/17: NSA spying: historical legal challenges and growing grassroots resistance (OccuWorld, People’s Blog)
• 06/15: ‘Betray Snowden, betray freedom’: Hong Kong, Washington rallies embrace NSA leaker (Russia Today); Worried About PRISM? It’s Just the Tip of the Surveillance Iceberg (Slate), Edward Snowden’s not the first to make claims about NSA (LA Times) [AFP photo]; Protestan contra programa de espionaje del Gobierno de EEUU (HispanTV)
• 06/13: Civil Liberties Coalition Challenges Secret National Security Agency Spying (IPS)
• 05/02: Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition proposes a Rapid Response Network (People’s Blog)
• 03/11: Broad coalition fights against the NDAA, for HB558, and for the right to due process (IndyReader)

2012

• 05/28: MD DEMOCRATS ON WAR: Dutch Ruppersberger on Drones, Takoma Park Civil Liberties, MoCo War Resolution & More (Maryland Juice)
• 05/24: Takoma Park, MD condemns domestic military detention (People’s Blog)
• 05/22: Takoma Park, MD passes resolution opposing NDAA (Tenth Amdt. Ctr)
• 04/26: Civil Rights Coalition To Hold Discussion on Detention Provisions (Takoma Patch)
• 04/19: Maryland Residents and Activists Speak Out Against the NDAA (People’s Blog)

2011

• 11/15: Proposed Teen Curfew Discussed at Public Hearing in Montgomery County (FOXDC.com)
• 10/09: Former Congressman Fred Grandy responds to Maryland lawmakers (Islawmix)
• 10/01: Dispelling the “Creeping Shariah” myth (People’s Blog for the Constitution)
• 09/28: Montgomery Country, MD forum explores “creeping shariah” (Islawmix);  Diverse Crowd Attends Forum on Islamophobia (CC Patch); Update on Fred Grandy “Creeping Sharia” Tour in MD (MD Juice)
• 09/26: Video: CAIR Rep Speaks at Forum on Myth of ‘Creeping Sharia’ (CAIRtv)
• 09/23: Op-ed: Inviting Republicans as Well as Democrats to Saturday’s Forum on Islamophobia (Nephew to CC Patch)
• 09/21: Islamophobia is Focus of Friendship Heights Forum (Chevy Chase Patch)
• 03/04: Breakfast links: Fundamental Rights (GreaterGreaterWashington)
• 02/23: Privacy groups start petition drive urging halt to D.C. metro bag searches (Government Security News)
• 02/21: “…tackles the concept that Metro bag searches aren’t ‘really that bad’” (dcist.com)
• 02/08: Random bag searches on the DC Metro await final verdict (Daily Caller)
• 02/04: Riders to DC Metro: Stop the Pointless Random Searches (change.org)
• 02/02: “In the News“ (ATU Local 689)
• 01/17: Bag Search Refusers Will be Watched (nbcwashington.com); Taborn: Riders Who Refuse Bag Search Will Be “Observed” dcist.com); Possible extra FBI, DHS scrutiny for refusing bag search, says civil rights group (Government Security News)
• 01/10: Riders unhappy with Metro bag searches (GW Hatchet)
• 01/03: More than 600 sign petition against Metro bag searches (Wash.Examiner)

2010

• 12/30: Riders to host forum on Metro’s random bag searches (Wash.Examiner)
• 12/22: Civil liberties groups step up opposition to bag searches (Wash.Examiner); Civil lib activists to collect signatures against Metro bag checks at Union Station today (tbd.com)
• 12/21: Groups launch petition against Metro ’security theater’ (Daily Caller); “We don’t like the idea that Metro riders are being treated as if they are potential terrorists” (elliott.org);  Metro Begins Random Bag Searches (nbcwashington.com)
• 12/20: Petition against Metro bag checks (AP/WaPo/Dr. Gridlock); also Civil Liberties Groups Not Happy With Metro’s Bag Search Plans (WAMU), Rights Groups Have Petition Against Metro Searches (CBS, Baltimore), Rights Groups Petition Against Metro Searches (WUSA), Groups launch petition against Metro searches (WTOP), Local Civil Liberties Activists Oppose Metro Bag Search Program (Common Dreams)