[nfbmi-talk] Fw: and she was in my police report

[David Robinson]

This would be important to the blind of the Flint area.  Perhaps the NFBMi should offer testimony.  We should be supporting the blind of Flint. 

Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: joe harcz Comcast 
To: terry Eagle 
Cc: David Robinson NFB MI ; Mark Eagle ; Eleanor Canter ; Michael Steinberg ACLU 
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 7:13 AM
Subject: and she was in my police report


Yes, here the MDCR is holding hearings on the Flint Water crisis and they violated our civil rights on September 17 including Ms. Leavengoode and Ms. Ellis....
I'll be at these hearings.

By the way they had water coolers to on January 7, 2015 at their Union Street office just like BSBP and DHHS!

Joe
Michigan Civil Rights Commission to Hold Public Hearing on Flint Water Crisis on Thursday, April 28
Contact: Vicki Levengood 517-241-7978
Agency: Civil Rights

April 6, 2016

Lansing, MI –The Michigan Civil Rights Commission (the Commission) today announced the first public hearing on claims of discrimination and racial bias
in the Flint water crisis will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2:30 pm, at the Riverfront Banquet Center, 1 Riverfront Center West in Flint, Michigan.

Commission co-chairs Arthur Horwitz and Rasha Demashkieh will deliver opening remarks from 2:30 pm to 2:45 pm, followed immediately by public comment, with
preference given to Flint residents.

The public comment period will be followed by a panel of representatives from various State of Michigan agencies. Invitations will be extended to the Department
of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Talent and Economic Development, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation,
and others to appear.

Immediately following their presentation, Flint residents will be given the opportunity to respond to the testimony of the state agency panel.

Before the close of the hearing, Commissioners will deliberate on the day’s testimony as well as the roles of structural or systemic racism, environmental
justice and other forms of racism that may have contributed to the crisis, and outline the Commission’s next steps. The hearing is scheduled to adjourn
at approximately 8:15 pm.

Immediately prior to the hearing, the Commission will hold its regular quarterly meeting at 1 pm in the same location. The meeting will include a public
comment period, restricted to topics unrelated to the Flint water crisis.

At their meeting in January, the Commission unanimously passed a resolution to conduct public hearings in order to examine allegations of discrimination
involving residents of the city of Flint and their public water supply.

The resolution stated that the Commission will convene hearings “to accept and/or compel testimony to address the question of whether the civil rights of
Flint residents have been violated or abridged as a result of actions resulting in the provision of unsafe water to Flint residents through the public
water system.”

The Michigan Constitution established the Commission and proscribes its duty to investigate discrimination against any person because of religion, race,
color or national origin in the enjoyment of the civil rights guaranteed by law and by the constitution, including Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights
Act (ELCRA). ELCRA specifically prohibits discrimination based on religion, race, color, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, familial status, disability
or marital status.

Under the constitution, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission has the power to hold hearings, administer oaths, require the attendance of witnesses and the
submission of records, to take testimony, and to issue appropriate orders.