Ingham leaders pledge to label racism a public health crisis

Ingham County officials are working to declare racism a public health crisis.

Commissioner Derrell Slaughter, D-Lansing, said it is his personal obligation to champion that resolution. He said racism is happening all over the country and he’s seen it from his personal perspective and that of his family.

“We’ll be passing that very soon,” Slaughter said. “We are working on it.”

Read more in Lansing State Journal.