Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Summit

On January 11, 2020, CoREM hosted a diversity, equity, and inclusion summit.  CoREM received funding as a Creating Inclusive Excellence Grant from the Office of Inclusion and Institutional Initiatives to host the summit.  CoREM wants to know what the larger communities of color think and want with regard to DEI.   Twenty-five individuals from each of … Read more

#FlintWaterCrisis deamed a result of Systemic Racism

Dear Reader, On January 25, 2016, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission unanimously passed a resolution to hold a series of hearings to determine if any civil rights had been abridged by the contamination of the Flint water distribution system. At all three hearings, we heard of the many challenges and hardships faced by residents unable … Read more