The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights is organized by a seven member Steering Committee.

The Steering Committee is responsible for the following tasks:

•    Vetting of member nominees;
•    Vetting of funding proposals submitted by member organizations for MCHR initiatives;
•    Drafting of agendas for plenary sessions;
•    Participation in conference calls and periodic email communications for decision-making between meetings;
•    Setting of policy; and
•    Electing two Steering Committee members to serve as co-conveners whose responsibility it is to initiate meetings

Annual elections are held to select Steering Committee members who serve for two year terms. Nominations for Steering Committee members are sought from the membership every other winter. In making nominations and in subsequent voting, members are encouraged to consider the importance of having gender and racial/ethnic diversity as well as geographical and organizational diversity represented on the committee. New Steering Committee members are elected by ballot sent to each organizational member. The new Committee convenes at the beginning of the following calendar year.

Current Steering Committee Members

Barbara Frey – Director, Human Rights Program, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Bernardine Dohrn – Director, Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern University School of Law (Chicago)
Darcy Tromanhauser - Director, Immigrant Integration and Civic Participation Program, Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest (Lincoln)
Gerald Frazier - President, Citizens Alert (Chicago)
Jamal Watkins – Regional Director, Amnesty International USA – Midwest Office (Chicago)
Mary Meg McCarthy – Director, National Immigrant Justice Center (Chicago)
Sala Gembala - Staff Attorney, Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (Toledo)