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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June 01, 2021
Lansing, MI - Stacie Clayton, Chair of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, has issued the following statement responding to President Biden's decision, announced this afternoon in Tulsa, to increase federal contracts for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and provide additional support for minority-owned small businesses.
"Earlier this year, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission established economic equity for Michigan's minority and women-owned businesses as a priority for its 2021 work. Last week, we unanimously passed a resolution calling for enhanced public contracting opportunities for Michigan's Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs). We are gratified by President Biden's decision, announced today, to increase federal contracts for DBEs by 50% and to provide $31 billion in support for minority-owned small businesses. This federal plan follows Governor Whitmer's recent executive directive that prohibits discrimination by employers that are under contract to the state. These combined policies will provide a much-needed boost for DBEs in Michigan and beyond. Most importantly, the federal mandate provides Michigan with a template to follow in order to ensure greater equity in awarding our own public contracts. We urge Michigan to adopt a similar approach and help close the racial wealth gap that the systemic inequitable access to opportunity helped create."
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, genetic information, 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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