"When Joyce Siegel moved to Montgomery County in 1962, she started the West Fernwood Civic Association. The Association was about a mile from the historically poor Scotland community. She saw that Scotland homes lacked running water, sewer and trash collection and were overcrowded. Joyce became a member of Suburban Maryland Fair Housing and the League of Women Voters Housing Committee to address these housing issues. She went to area churches, and talked to clergy and community members about Scotland’s living conditions. It took almost 5 years to get Scotland 100 affordable homes. Joyce helped organize a Citizen’s Human Relations Commission to work on equal access issues for minorities which was the catalyst for the County to establish the County Human Relations Commission. Joyce was also a member and President of the Interfaith Housing Coalition and has served as co-founder and Board member of The Bernie Scholarship Awards Program."
