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 29, 2022
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., Executive Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, has issued a statement on the passage and signing into law of federal hate crime legislation, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act.
"We applaud Congress for passing, and President Biden for signing, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act. The Act is named for the 14-year-old Black teenager who was brutally murdered in 1955 after being falsely accused of menacing a White woman. His killing shocked the nation and helped catalyze the civil rights movement."
"Last week, MDCR hosted a forum with Rev. Wheeler Parker, Emmett Till’s cousin and the last surviving witness to his abduction, for a discussion about the impact of hate and violence. He told us of that awful night and his realization, as a group of White men pulled Emmett from his bed, that there was no where to go and no one to turn to for help. Sixty-seven years later, the lynching and torture to which Mr. Till was subjected, along with thousands more People of Color over the centuries – including the more recent acts of violence that have taken the lives of other Black men, such as Ahmaud Arbery - are now hate crimes under federal law. Finally."
The Michigan Department of Civil Rights is charged with investigating and resolving complaints of discrimination and working to prevent discrimination through educational programs that promote voluntary compliance with civil rights laws. The Department also provides training and services to government agencies, businesses, schools and organizations on diversity initiatives, fair housing and equal employment law. MDCR is the operational arm of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission (MCRC). Learn more about MDCR and MCRC at www.michigan.gov/mdcr.
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