MCRC Education Equity in Michigan Report
MCRC Flint Water Crisis Hearings
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.
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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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 7, 2022 Contact: Vicki Levengood, levengoodv@michigan.gov MDCR Director John E. Johnson, Jr. on Confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the ...
MDCR Director John E. Johnson, Jr. Applauds Congress, President Biden for Passing and Signing into Law the Emmett Till Antilynching Act Lansing, MI—John. E. Johnson, Jr., ...
Lansing, MI--Annie Urasky, Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights Division on Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing, has issued the following statement on updated AP ...
Lansing, MI—Today the Michigan House Committee on Families, Children and Seniors passed and sent on to the full House H.B. 5777 – a bill that would require the State...
LANSING - In one week, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel will argue before the Michigan Supreme Court that the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) prohibits discriminati...
Lansing, MI—Portia Roberson, Chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, has issed the following statement on the passing of Judge Avern Cohn. Cohn served on the Commis...
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Executive Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) John E. Johnson, Jr., took part in an informationa...
Lansing, MI--On Monday, January 24, 2022, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission (the Commission) held their first business meeting of 2022 and elected officers for the year. Elec...
