MCRC Education Equity in Michigan Report
This division supports the state ADA Coordinator in carrying out the duties outlined in Executive Order 2004-31.
The Community Engagement Division seeks to enhance communication around common issues, provide new options in service delivery, and facilitate access to outreach and education by developing relationships with communities, organizations, businesses, and educational institutions.
The mission of the Division on Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing is to affirm the indisputable rights of deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing residents to effective communication. The Division provides advocacy, interpreter testing, technical assistance, and interpreting services for the Governor, legislature, and state departments.
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Office develops educational training session and resources designed to increase awareness of implicit bias and its impact in the work we do and the people we serve.
The goal of the Education Division is to bring consistency and continuity to the MDCR brand through awareness, training and community collaborations.
The primary mission of the MCRC and MDCR is to investigate complaints of discrimination in employment, education, housing, public accommodation, law enforcement and public service.
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Equity Officer Alfredo Hernandez was invited to participate in a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion panel discussion on racial equity with the Michigan Works! Association on March 5, 2021. The program was designed to reach business leaders on important considerations around racial equity. The panel discussed the four dimensions of racism, the work of the Detroit Equity Action Lab and the Black Leadership Advisory Council, the impact of structural racism, and racial equity in the workplace. Other accomplished panelists were Asandi Conner, Director of the Detroit Equity Action Lab at Wayne State University; Rochelle Riley, Director of Arts and Culture for the City of Detroit and Co-Chair of Governor Whitmer's Black Leadership Advisory Council; and Robert Womack, Kent County Commissioner and Co-Chair of Governor Whitmer's Black Leadership Advisory Council. This session was the second Michigan Works! Association event featuring Alfredo's expertise on all things DEI.
