Virtual Training on Fair Housing: Know Your Rights

Please join us for this free, informative workshop from the
Maryland Commission on Civil Rights about the laws
under the Fair Housing Act which provide protections
that exist for all Marylanders.

One of our most fundamental rights is to live peaceably
where we choose - where everyone has equal access to
neighborhoods of opportunity. Fair housing is the right of
all people to buy, sell, or rent residential property, and to
live where they wish without discriminatory criteria. Having
chosen a place to live, we are guaranteed the right to
reside there peacefully, without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, familial status, national origin, marital status,
source of income, sexual orientation, gender identity or
disability.

Please note this is a Zoom event and a link will be sent to the email provided before the event.

Presenter: Keith Merkey, M.Div./CE is an Education and Outreach Associate for
the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights where he provides educational
workshops and conducts trainings on a variety of topics such as diversity,
discrimination prevention, sexual harassment, fair housing, conflict resolution,
sexual orientation/gender identity, and other issues for Maryland’s agencies,
universities, businesses and organizations. Mr. Merkey received his Bachelors of
Art in Religion and Philosophy from Campbell University in North Carolina and his
Masters of Divinity and Education from The Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He has received post-graduate training in
prejudice–reduction and diversity as well as EEO, Fair Housing Issues and Safe Spaces Training.