Human Relations Commission

Meetings


  • Noon
  • 4th Monday of each month
  • City Hall
    Lower Level
    57 N Liberty Street
    Cumberland, MD 21502

Agendas & Minutes


Agendas are available prior to the meetings. Minutes are available following approval.
View Agendas and Minutes

Members

Member Term Begins
 Term Ends
Kathleen Breighner
 October 1, 2017 October 1, 2020
Donna Struntz
 April 5, 2016
 March 31, 2018
Dr. Joy Reckley-Murphy April 5, 2016
 March 31, 2019
Heidi Marie Gardner April 5, 2016 March 31, 2018
John Michaels
 Mach 31, 2015
 March 31, 2018
Cindi Bolyard
 November 15, 2016
 November 15, 2019
Vacant

City Representatives


  • Lee Borror Senior Community Development Specialist/Cumberland Human Relations Commission liaison
  • Eugene Frazier, Council Representative, Non-voting member

Overview


Human Relations Commission is a 7-member commission. The commission is responsible for promoting ways by which people in the community learn to get along and to safeguard equal opportunity for all . This involves:
  • Adopting and implementing of a comprehensive educational and action plan
  • Receiving complaints involving housing discrimination
  • Adopting rules and regulations that allow the commission to carry out its assigned functions
  • Cooperating with federal and state agencies having similar functions
  • Providing information sharing, staff training, community education, mediation, cultural literacy

Our Vision


A city free of any unlawful discrimination.