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The primary goal of the Certified Community Partner program is to teach and raise awareness surrounding Civil Rights afforded to the public through the Equal Opportunities Ordinance.
The City of Madison Equal Opportunities Division has partnered with each Certified Community Partner to train the organization in process of supporting community members who wish to take a stand against discrimination and file a complaint with the Equal Opportunities Division. By learning this process, partner organizations are able to assist in identifying situations of unlawful discrimination, as well as provide information and support to community members regarding options offered by the Equal Opportunities Division toward resolving these instances of unlawful discrimination.
Certified Community Partner organizations commit to providing a higher level of support to community members who experience unlawful discrimination. These organizations are able to provide complaint writing assistance in-person to members of the public, including those referred by Equal Opportunities Division (EOD) staff to allow EOD to remain neutral in the investigative process.
Through the Certified Community Partner's program, the Equal Opportunities Division envisions that each member of the community will be one step closer in having the ability to live, work, and play in an environment free of discrimination.