MCRC Education Equity in Michigan Report
This division supports the state ADA Coordinator in carrying out the duties outlined in Executive Order 2004-31.
CEED seeks to engage a broad range of stakeholders to achieve long-term and sustainable outcomes to complex problems. We collaborate with community organizations; churches; non-profit organizations; and city, county, state and federal government entities to address issues affecting the well-being of community members. Engaging in a collaborative manner is a powerful tool used to bring about environmental, social and behavioral changes that will improve the health of the community and its members.
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.
CEED’s educational efforts provide customers with information and training about civil rights laws and enhances the awareness of civil rights issues. It provides the public with a resource for the proactive prevention of discrimination within a community.
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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March 2021
MDCR staff from the Enforcement Division’s Housing Unit held two virtual fair housing trainings the week of February 15 in conjunction with local Fair Housing Centers.
Civil Rights Investigators Demetrius Hunter and Jonathan Wendland, along with the City of Kalamazoo and Sharlee Coffman Cook from the Fair Housing Center of Southwest Michigan, held a fair housing training for landlords, owners and community members in Kalamazoo on February 16.
“This event is a part of an endeavor to conduct fair housing training for 2,200 landlords/owners in the city of Kalamazoo that began in November 2020,” said Marlene Cain, Civil Rights Manager for the Enforcement Division’s Housing Unit. “The housing team will be conducting two fair housing trainings per month until July 2021.”
Civil Rights Investigators Kenya Cooper and LaShea Sharp, along with Liz Keegan and Brianna Miranda of the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, held a training titled “Fair Housing Training for Rental Professionals” on February 18. The session was conducted as a part of a HUD grant to train community members, landlords, owners, property management companies, and those that provide housing opportunities in the state of Michigan.
Both trainings were well attended, with more than 40 participants at the first training and 75 participants in the second training.
