The Anne Arundel County Hate Crimes Prevention Program Multidisciplinary Advisory Team (MDAT) brings together a diverse set of partners from various disciplines who will collaborate and serve in an advisory capacity. Members are tapped for their unique expertise to aid in the program's development, implementation, and functioning. Through the coordination, collaboration, and consensus building of this MDAT, we can accomplish the program goals and have a positive impact on the lives of victims of hate crime and hate bias incidents, our community, and our respective organizations/agencies.
MDAT Characteristics
- Diverse Expertise: The MDAT will include professionals with complementary skills from the following fields: public safety, education service sector, community leaders and advocates. This diversity will provide a holistic perspective.
- Shared Decision-Making: The MDAT will participate in the decision-making process, sharing information, and providing guidance and advice.
- Collaborative: The MDAT will have open communication, scheduled meetings, and consensus building to help facilitate joint decision-making.
- People-centered: The MDAT will work in a manner that prioritizes the needs of people.
- Trauma-informed: The MDAT will adopt a framework that considers the prevalence and impact of trauma in individuals, families and communities.
MDAT Subcommittees
The Anne Arundel County Hate Crimes Prevention Program MDAT Subcommittees consist of MDAT members and members from the community/public. Each subcommittee meets regularly to provide guidance on a specific matter of interest.
| SUBCOMMITTEE | SUBCOMMITTEE WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON: |
|---|---|
| 1. Advocacy | Ways to build trust, improve reporting structures, provide support to victims of hate crimes and hate bias incidents. |
| 2. Community Engagement | Methods to increase awareness, share knowledge, build trust, and engage the community through collaborative and impactful ways. |
| 3. Program Evaluation | Creating systems to gauge impact, assess feedback, and survey community response to program outreach, training, services, and efforts. |
| 4. Public Safety | Ways to collaborate to improve community safety, improve investigation and prosecution strategies, enhance tactics and utilize technology for effective hate crime and hate bias prevention and victim reporting. |
| 5. Resource Development | How best to create and organize resources to educate the community and increase awareness. |
| 6. Victim Support & Services | Services and resources that are available to victims seeking support including post-reporting support and follow-up services. |
MD Partner Agencies
- Anne Arundel County Office of Equity and Human Rights
- Anne Arundel County Police Department
- Anne Arundel County Human Resource Commission
- Annapolis Human Resource Commission
- Annapolis Police Department
- Annapolis Pride
- Anne Arundel Community College
- Anne Arundel County PD - Crisis Response Team
- Anne Arundel County Public Library
- Anne Arundel County Public School
- Anne Arundel County State's Attorney’s Office
- Arundel Community College Department of Public Safety and Police
- ArundelStat
- Caucus of African American Leaders
- Coalition for LGBTQ Students
- Commission for Women
- Commission on Disability
- Immigrant Affairs Commission
- Office of Multicultural Affairs
- One Pasadena
- United Black Clergy
Join Us
If you are a community member interested in joining a subcommittee on the Anne Arundel County Hate Crimes Prevention Program MDAT to improve the lives of those impacted by hate crimes and bias-related incidents, contact Tiffany Frazier Akinbulumo.