The Livingston Diversity Council (LDC) was established as a non-profit organization in 1987 by a group of concerned community members in response to crimes of hate and racism in Livingston County. Our County’s past and identity are inextricably linked with the KKK, Robert (Bob) Miles, white supremacy rallies, and cross burnings.

While some would say that since Miles' death in 1992, white supremacy died with him along with racism - that we are no longer "that" community – and there is no active Klan or other identified hate group in Livingston, the LDC is still very active in our community because these issues of racism, heterosexism, ableism, and other types of oppression still exist here, as in many other communities.

Over the past three years, the LDC has grown not only in numbers, but in capacity and expertise to address the power and oppression that exist in our policies, our practices, and our communication with each other. Learn about the Council’s current goals, programs, and initiatives of the LDC and how the community can support these efforts.

Nicole Matthews-Creech (pronouns: she, her) is the President of the Livingston Diversity Council’s Board of Directors, serving in this volunteer position since 2011. She is a white cisgender female. Ms. Matthews-Creech worked at LACASA for over 20 years, focusing on education and organizational change within our various Livingston County systems and institutions. A graduate of Brighton High School, she has a Master’s in Family Life Education from Western Michigan University.

Registration is required and begins Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 10am, closing one hour before the program starts. The Zoom meeting link and password will be emailed to registered participants prior to the program. See below for technical requirements.

The event includes a live Q&A session after the conversation and as many audience questions will be addressed as time permits. If you have questions ahead of the program, please enter them into the registration form when you sign up or submit them on this form in advance of the program and we will do our best to have your question(s) addressed live during the event.

Presented by the League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area - Brighton/Howell Area Geographical Unit and the Howell Carnegie District Library

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