Call to Missourians
MCHR enforces Missouri’s anti-discrimination law prohibiting discrimination in Housing, Employment and Places of Public Accommodations. You may reach us by telephone at (573) 751-3325 or by email at MCHRIntake@labor.mo.gov for inquiries and new filings. To file a complaint, please complete the Complaint Assessment to help determine next steps.
About the Human Rights Commission
The mission of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights is to develop, recommend, and implement ways to prevent and eliminate discrimination and to provide fair and timely resolutions of discrimination claims through enforcement of the Missouri Human Rights Act. The Commission investigates complaints of discrimination in housing, employment, and places of public accommodations based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, age (in employment only), and familial status (in housing only).
About the Executive Director
Shannon Thompson - Acting Executive Director, of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights
Shannon Thompson joined the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR) in 1997, holding various roles from administrative to investigations. Then she moved into a senior management role in 2014 as Director of Administrative Services over seeing MCHR’s budget. She became Deputy Director of MCHR in July of 2022 and is currently serving dual roles as Acting Executive Director and Deputy Division Director, as of January of 2026. Shannon holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and a Minor in Accounting from Lincoln University.