This editorial, co-authored by MCHR Chair Cary McGehee, recently appeared in the Detroit News: Isis is not the same as Islam Steve Spreitzer, Karry Moss, Matthew J. Wesaw and Cary McGehee Extremists for centuries have claimed religious reasons for their barbaric actions, creating a backlash against others who are truly following their beliefs. Today we […]
MCHR opposes the proposed MiRFRA legislation on the grounds that it would allow discrimination against LGBT individuals and would establish a precedent that could be used to justify further discrimination in the future. The following is a statement issued by Advisory Board member Rev. Harry T. Cook, which sums up MCHR’s position on the proposed […]
MCHR recently hosted an event at which the Rt. Rev. Wendall Gibbs addressed community members of multiple faiths about legislative action currently being proposed in Michigan that will allow discrimination against the LGBT community, the sanctity of marriage, and other issues. This story was originally published by AJ Trager at PrideSource.com: Rt. Rev. Wendell Gibbs […]
Meet us at Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery at 7:00 PM on Tuesday Dec 8 to commemorate Human Rights Day! Hear Al Cholger, United Steelworkers of America (USW) District 2 Sub-district Director (SE Michigan) and Civil and Human Rights Coordinator, talk about the dangers of the TPP. Please sign in and share: https://www.facebook.com/events/980492978679127/ […]
Thursday, November 13th at 7 pm Freedom Summer: 50 Years Later Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964-2014 Participants in 2014 Mississippi Freedom Summer Tour Fifty years ago, some courageous young people and black community folks mounted a voter registration drive, freedom schools, and other projects in the summer of 1964 in Mississippi. Under great risk, they brought […]
