Indiana Civil Rights Commission's February 2015 Newsletter

 

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Monthly Reports

Recent Findings

Upcoming Events 

February 28, 2015
Town Hall Meeting
Indianapolis, Indiana
March 9-10, 2015
Human Rights Day
Terre Haute, Indiana
April 2, 2015
IBBHI Kick-off event
South Bend, Indiana
April 11, 2015
5th Annual IBBHI
15 cities statewide
Click here to view all events.

News Headlines

 
  
 

Message from the Director

ICRC Executive Director Jamal L. Smith discusses the importance of the epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965.

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Feb. Monthly Video FINAL 

ICRC offers two locations for 2015 Fair Housing Conference 
The Indiana Civil Rights Commission is pleased to offer two locations for the 2015 State of Indiana Fair Housing Conference. The annual conference held each April is designed for attorneys, realtors, housing providers, landlords and tenants to receive training on the Fair Housing Act...more

ICRC, Haitian Association to host meeting tomorrow
The Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC) in partnership with the Haitian Association of Indiana and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is hosting a Town Hall Meeting Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 2:00 pm in the John Wesley Free Methodist Church...more

Indiana celebrates 150th anniversary of the 13th Amendment
When the Thirteenth Amendment was submitted to the states on February 1, 1865, it was quickly taken up by several legislatures – including Indiana. The Hoosier state joined 17 other states that ratified the Amendment during the first month, doing so on February 13, 1865...more

ICRC issues charge against Hunter's Ridge in Plainfield
Jamal L. Smith, in his official capacity as the Executive Director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC), issued a charge today on behalf of an Indiana man against Debra Wernke and Hunter’s Ridge Apartments in Plainfield, Ind...more

Winamac, Ind. employer charged with disability discrimination
The Deputy Director of the Indiana Civil Rights Commission (ICRC), Akia Haynes, announced today that there is probable cause to believe that Alliance EMS/Transport Loving Care, Inc. in Winamac, Indiana violated the Civil Rights Law Ind...more