Employment Equity Learning and Action Collaborative Members

EELAC members represent a multitude of organizations, each committed to promoting employment equity and economic opportunity for Detroiters. These organizations sort into sectors in our ecosystem. Cross-sector problem solving is key to achieving our shared vision.

Member Resources

EELAC Member Participant Agreement

This agreement was developed with our membership and agreed upon at our September 2024 EELAC Convening.

EELAC One on One Members Data Analysis

This is what our EELAC Members are working on during 2024. Please see if any of this work aligns with your own and if there is opportunity for collaboration.

Members

Philanthropy

  • W. K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)

  • Ballmer Group

  • Detroit Workforce Funders Roundtable

  • Skillman Foundation

  • New Economy Initiative (NEI)

Business

  • AGI Construction

  • Walker-Miller Energy Services

  • Sachse Construction

  • Henry Ford Health System

  • DTE Energy

  • Southwest Detroit Business Association

  • Detroit Development Fund

  • Trinity Health

  • Corewell Health

  • HNTB

Racial Equity

  • WSU Law School/Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights/Detroit Equity Action Lab (DEAL)

  • Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion

Education

  • Detroit Public Schools Community District

  • Community Learning Partnership

  • Wayne County Community College District

  • Troy Continuing Education

  • Michigan Education Excellence Foundation

  • Detroit College Access Network (DCAN)

  • Junior Achievement of Southeastern Michigan (JASEM)

  • Detroit Alumni Success Collective (DASC)

Economic Opportunity

  • Center for Community Based Enterprise, Inc. (C2BE)

  • Detroit Regional Chamber

  • Eastern Market Corporation

  • Wayne County - Economic Development

Basic Needs

  • Coalition On Temporary Shelter (COTS)

  • The Children's Center

Systems Change

  • U-M School of Social Work

  • Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM)

  • Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC)

  • Detroit Future City

  • Workforce Intelligence Network (WIN)

  • United Way of Southeast Michigan (UWSEM)

  • Local Investment Services Corporation (LISC)

  • DTE- CEO Roundtable

  • SER Metro-Detroit

  • Southeastern Michigan Health Association

  • Opportunity@Work

  • Healing Centered Restorative Engagement

Research & Policy

  • Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW)

  • U-M Poverty Solutions

  • ​​Michigan League for Public Policy (MLPP)

Media

  • Detroit Public Television (DPTV)

Advocacy

  • Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision

  • Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES)

  • Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice

  • Economic Justice Alliance of Michigan (EJAM)

  • Restaurant Opportunity Center (ROC)

  • Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Open Door Ministry

  • Autism Alliance

  • Jobs For Humanity

  • Friends of The Children Detroit

Workforce Development

  • Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS)

  • Connect Detroit

  • Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation (DHDC)

  • StreetWise Partners

  • Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit

  • Focus: Hope

  • YouthBuild

  • Year Up

  • Urban Alliance

  • Southeast Michigan Community Alliance (SEMCA)

  • Hope, Care, and Beyond

Government

  • Detroit at Work/Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development

  • Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity

Community Development

  • Congress of Communities

  • Wayne Metro Community Action Agency

  • Urban Neighborhoods Initiatives (UNI)

  • Eastside Community Network (ECN)

  • MiSide

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