The Michigan Department of Civil Rights (MDCR) offers a series of civil rights, cultural competence, equal opportunity and hate crime trainings around the State at various times throughout the year. 

The 2009 schedule of VOCA sponsored training events is available at the VOCA Training page.  These trainings (Building Cultural Competence, Hate Crime 101, and Police and Community Relations) are all MCOLES registered through the Michigan Commission On Law Enforcement Standards.  Unfortunately, we are unable to offer social worker CEU credits at this time.

These trainings can also be arranged for site-specific functions, including conferences, in-service training sessions, and community forums  The trainings are designed to assist social justice, crime victim service providers, law enforcement and community with the unique challenges created by Michigan's increasing cultural diversity.