Human Rights Overview
Human Rights
Department
"...to promote equal opportunity and democratic rights, and to
protect human rights of persons in Tulsa against discrimination
because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
disability marital status or familial status, through advisory,
educational and enforcement services..."
The HUMAN RIGHTS DEPARTMENT (HRD) is the City
of Tulsa department, created by Title 5 of the City of Tulsa
Revised Ordinances, that receives and investigates complaints of
discrimination in the areas of employment, housing, and public
accommodations.HRD is responsible for assuring compliance of City
contractors by monitoring their hiring, labor standards, EEO, and
Affirmative Action practices.
The Department uses two approaches to
accomplish the objectives of the Ordinance: proactive and
enforcement. The proactive approach to
implementing the Ordinance is handled through the Community
involvement Coordinator by encouraging community support and
awareness of human and civil rights programs. This is the public
relations an educational unit of the department. This unit takes
the proactive approach by making presentations of our educational
programs schools, churches, businesses, and civic organizations. In
addition, the unit conducts special projects, surveys, seminars,
public service announcements and participation in various community
meetings and activities. This unit also work closely with the Human
Rights Commission, Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women, and
Greater Tulsa Area Indian Affairs Commission, Mayor's Commission on
the Concerns of Persons With Disabilities, Greater Tulsa Area
Hispanic Affairs Commission, and to assess the needs of the
community. The Investigative & Enforcement Division
enforces the Ordinance through the investigation of
complaints received which allege discrimination in housing,
employment and public accommodations. This involves coordinating a
system to receive, test, file, and investigate the complaint, in
order to make a recommendation of "probable cause" or "no probable
cause" to the Director. If the Director rule there is probable
cause to believe the discrimination occurred, an attempt is made to
eliminate the violation by bringing parties together in a
conciliation agreement.
For more information please contact us at (918)
596-7818 or by e-mail HumanRightsRec@ci.tulsa.ok.us or
Mailing address: Human Rights Department, 175 East 2nd Street,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74103 - One Technology Center, 8th Floor
