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MCRC Education Equity in Michigan Report
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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.
Contract Compliance
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.
News Releases
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Lansing, MI—Portia Roberson, Chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and John E. Johnson, Jr., Executive Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, have is...
LANSING, MI — The Michigan Civil Rights Commission has passed a resolution supporting reproductive rights and authorizing the Michigan Department of Civil Rights – the Commissio...
Lansing, MI—The Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) has brought formal charges of discrimination against the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) in two separate c...
Lansing, MI--The Michigan Department of Civil Rights will hold a news conference in Grand Rapids, MI on Monday, July 25 to announce the Department has filed formal charges of di...
Lansing, MI–The Michigan Civil Rights Commission (the Commission) will hold a regular business meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Monday, July 25, 2022, at 11 am EST. Th...
Michigan Civil Rights Commission Notice of Public Meeting Monday, July 25, 2022, 11:00 A.M. This meeting will be held in person and virtually. Pursuant to the Michigan Open Meet...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 24, 2022 Contact: Vicki Levengood, levengoodv@michigan.gov Michigan Department of Civil Rights Issues Statement on SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe v. ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2022 Contact: Vicki Levengood, levengoodv@michigan.gov Michigan Department of Civil Rights Responds to Charges Announced in the Killing of Patrick ...