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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January 17, 2021
LANSING, MI - Today, Michigan Department of Civil Rights Director James E. White issued the following statement to commemorate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to encourage those who carry forward his legacy.
"These are trying times – times not all that different in tenor and tone from those when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a movement that would change the world. It is easy to become discouraged, to feel like we are watching as fifty years of progress toward building a more just society evaporates like the dew. It is precisely now that we must hold firm to the foundation he and the millions who followed him built for us to stand upon. One of the most profound messages Dr. King left us is this: ‘The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.’ The march toward justice can be an agonizing journey of inches, punctuated by sudden leaps of progress that seem to come out of the blue, but which in reality are the result of long years of pressure building to a point where the ground under our feet can no longer hold. You may not feel the movement beneath you, but hold strong. You are bending the arc of the moral universe."
The Michigan Department of Civil Rights is charged with investigating and resolving discrimination complaints and works to prevent discrimination through educational programs that promote voluntary compliance with civil rights laws. It also provides information and services to businesses on diversity initiatives and equal employment law. For more information on the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, go to www.michigan.gov/mdcr.
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