Statistics
For the most recent statistics from the Montgomery County Police Department on bias incidents, click here: 2019 Annual Report of Bias Incidents in Montgomery County, Maryland
For the most recent statistics from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report on hate crimes, click here: 2019 Hate Crime Statistics.
For reports across the nation, StopAAPIHate.org
How to Report
Montgomery County Department of Police Response to Bias & Hate - Click here for full brochure (English) (Chinese) (Korean) (Vietnamese).
The Maryland Commission on Civil Rights can assist you if you believe you are a victim of discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, or state contracts because of your race, color, religion or creed, sex, age, ancestry or national origin, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information (employment only), familial status (housing only), and/or source of income (housing only). You may file a complaint of discrimination with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights by clicking here.
Federal civil rights laws can protect you from unlawful discrimination, harassment, or abuse in a variety of settings like housing, the workplace, school, voting, business, healthcare, public spaces, and more. If you believe you have been a victim of a hate crime, please click here to report a civil rights violation.
Learn More
The Asian Pacific Planning and Policy Council (A3PCON), Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), and the Asian American Studies Department of San Francisco State University launched the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center on March 19, 2020. The center tracks and responds to incidents of hate, violence, harassment, discrimination, shunning, and child bullying against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice is a national affiliation of five leading organizations advocating for the civil and human rights of Asian Americans and other underserved communities to promote a fair and equitable society for all. The affiliation's members are: Advancing Justice - AAJC (Washington, D.C.), Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, Advancing Justice - Atlanta, Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus (San Francisco), and Advancing Justice - Chicago.
Click here for Anti-Asian Hate and COVID-19 Pandemic resource.
Victims Rights Foundation
The Victims' Rights Foundation (VRF) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Montgomery County, Maryland based volunteer group that performs volunteer support services on behalf of victims of violent crimes and attacks. www.victimsrightsfoundation.org/. VRF supports Asians who are victims of hate crimes. Hate crimes against Asian Americans have risen sharply nationwide since the COVID-19 pandemic. VRF launches fund to help this cause.