Government Related
Links
Bureau
of Labor and Industries, Civil Rights Division, State of Oregon BOLI enforces
state laws that ban discrimination in employment, housing, and public
accommodations, and protect workers and children in the workplace.
United
States Commission on Civil Rights
The U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights is an independent, bipartisan agency established
to guarantee equal protection to all under the Constitution. Investigates
complaints, collects information, and serves as a national clearinghouse
for information.
U.S.
Department of Education Office of Civil Rights
The mission
of the Office for Civil Rights is to ensure equal access to education,
to promote educational excellence, and resolve complaints of discrimination.
OCR also provides technical assistance to help institutions achieve voluntary
compliance with the civil rights laws.
U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights
The Department
of Health and Human Services, through the Office for Civil Rights, promotes
and ensures that people have equal access to and opportunity to participate
in and receive services in all HHS programs without facing unlawful discrimination.
U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Housing, and Civil Rights
(HUD)
HUD's home
page was created to help people find homes and to help our nation's communities
develop and thrive. It is a huge clearinghouse of information about homes
and communities.
U.S.
Department of the Interior - Workforce Diversity
The DOI maintains
a calendar of upcoming diversity events throughout the country, and a
review of recent articles defining and assessing the efforts to improve
opportunities for women and minorities.
U.S.
Department of Justice - Civil Rights Division
The Civil
Rights Division was established for the purpose of enforcing federal statutes
that prohibit exclusion and discrimination. Their mission is to enforce
the letter and spirit of the civil rights laws, without fear or favor,
on behalf of all Americans. They also work to educate the public about
the civil rights laws to enhance and promote enforcement activities so
that all Americans can be treated with dignity..
U.S.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
The mission
of the EEOC is to promote equal opportunity in employment through administrative
and judicial enforcement of the federal civil rights laws and through
education and technical assistance.
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