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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November 21, 2013
Lansing—The seventh annual MI Response to Hate Conference will take place Friday, November 22 at Kellogg Center in East Lansing, from 9 am until 3:30 pm.
During the morning session, The Bully Chronicles will be showcased by Amy S. Weber, producer and director of the forthcoming film. This docudrama, filmed in Michigan by Radish Productions, explores the story of a young woman whose systematic physical, emotional and cyber bullying results in the suicide attempt of another youth in the film. The Bully Chronicles illuminates today’s bullying epidemic in a poignant way.
A midday discussion will take place on how communities have handled high profile situations, ranging from the Trayvon Martin case in Florida to the Sikh Temple Massacre in Wisconsin and repeat appearances in Michigan by Pastor Terry Jones and the Westboro Baptist Church. The panel of experts includes Walt Crider, Michigan State Police Community Service Trooper; Gil Moore, Community Relations Service, National Deputy Director, US Department of Justice; Meg Gorecki, Community Relations Service Midwest Regional Director, US DOJ; Ronald Haddad, Chief of Police, Dearborn Police Department and Jeff Murphy, Captain, East Lansing Police Department.
The afternoon plenary session will be led by Not In Our Town Executive Producer Patrice O'Neill and Community Engagement Director Michelle Gahee Kloss. This hands-on activity will further develop the skill sets of attendees engaged in responses to bias and hate crimes in their communities. The MIchigan Alliance Against Hate Crimes (MIAAHC) is a project of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. Partners include the US Attorneys Offices in the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan, the FBI, the Anti-Defamation League, The City of Grand Rapids, the US Department of Justice and several others.
To learn more about MIAAHC, please visit www.miaahc.com. To learn more about the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, visit www.michigan.gov/mdcr.
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