Minnesota

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Educate to Eliminate

• Minnesota
• Department of Human Rights

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Department Mandate

• To process complaints of discrimination.
• To issue certificates of compliance to
  contractors doing business with the state.

• To Educate to Eliminate
• discrimination.

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Department Mission
To Make Minnesota Discrimination Free
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Educate to Eliminate

• Community Forums
• The Right Focus on
• Public Service Announcements
• Dont Go There

• K-12 Human Rights Learning Resource Tool
  Kit This is My Home

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The Right Focus on

• Statewide quarterly forums
• Focused on discrimination based on the protected
  classes named in the Minnesota Human Rights Act
• 7 to date next one scheduled for March 24, in
  Rochester

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Dont Go There

• Roundtable Discussion / Public Service
  Announcement Campaign
• Celebrities from sports, entertainment and
  business discuss discrimination
• Twins, Vikings, Timberwolves and Lynx
• Produced by Twin Cities Public Television

• Aired on Minnesota Channel
• Video Streamed

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This is My Home

• K-12 Learning Resource Kit
• U of M Human Rights Resource Center
• Video Documentary Produced by TPT