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 28, 2020
LANSING, MI--Stacie Clayton, Chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, today issued the following statement on the passing of Rev. Joseph E. Lowery.
“With the passing of Dr. Lowery, we have lost one of the giants of this country’s fight for civil rights,” said Stacie Clayton, Chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission. “His actions and his leadership, from early on when he organized the first attempts to desegregate busses, to the day in 1965 when he handed Governor George Wallace the list of demands that would form the foundation of the Voting Rights Act, made him a central figure in the most important achievements of the Civil Rights movement. But as Dr. Lowery said, recalling the March on Washington and the echoes of We Shall Overcome, ‘The battle is not over; the song is not ended.’ We can best honor his legacy through our own steadfast efforts to create a more equitable and just America.”
The Michigan Civil Rights Commission was created by the Michigan Constitution to safeguard constitutional and legal guarantees against discrimination. The Commission is charged with investigating alleged discrimination against any person because of religion, race, color or national origin, sex, age, marital status, height, weight, arrest record, and physical and mental disability. The Michigan Department of Civil Rights serves as the operational arm of the Commission.
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