Co-Chairs: Angie Murphy and Ar Ducao
Staff Liaisons: Kavin Wyatt and Jose Melara
We welcome your feedback: [email protected]
The mission of the UAW Region 9A Civil & Human Rights Council is to
Challenge and educate on systemic oppression in all forms and intersections, including racism, sexism, colorism, ethnocentrism, sizeism, ageism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and discrimination for being a member of an under-represented religious group;
Support and uplift the voices of marginalized members who have experienced this oppression;
Recognize that systemic oppression pervades all systems, affecting movements including environmental, health, and economic justice.
The Council encourages all UAW membership to incorporate this mission into the pillars of their work as a trade union – collective bargaining, contract enforcement, new member organizing, and legislative/political advocacy – with a goal of educating and engaging a more inclusive and diverse membership committed to affirming the dignity and improving the rights of all workers.
For the past year and a half, we have embarked on an intentional journey of raising awareness and holding relevant and important educational events and research projects for our members that have included such topics as:
Racially Charged: America’s Misdemeanor Problem
Annual Civil and Human Rights Dinner - featured Stacey Abrams in 2021
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Hate
Racism at Work
LGBTQIA+ training & screening of No Homo | No Hetero
Using a Racial Justice Lens in our Work Training
Black Lives Matter / Racism in the criminal justice system
Developing a resource guide of model contract language and best practices to be used in bargaining
This work has been led and driven by rank and file member volunteers of UAW Region 9A. The Regional Civil & Human Rights Council is a committee dedicated to our efforts to promote education and awareness when we need to, stand for diversity and inclusion where we have to, and fight for justice, equality, and equity when and where we must.