I'm really confused. Are these people bitching about #DEI, which is usually just a part of an HR department (I've sat on a few DEI boards), or Affirmative Action? Because both have been around for a looooooong time.
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A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students
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The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible — instead enforcing its own anti-diversity campaign.
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Discrimination #Racism #Transgender #TransRights #Students #DEI #Diversity
“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
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More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: resign or work for an administration that plans to radically reshape the EPA while reversing environmental protections.
#News #Trump #EPA #Environment #Pollution #Health #Government #DEI
(To my US followers 🤫 ) I wrote: "Obviously, the immensely rich #diversity of choices offers evolutionary advantages for a wide variety of environments." I'm just writing about #moss sex. 😁 Without Newspeak. 💪
I'm proud to use the so-called "flagged" words ▶️ https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/00aabadd-63c5-4f3d-93a9-e93ebda61377
Yes, my podcast comeback episode will be about #Moss!
#mosstodon #NatureMatchCuts #podcast #DEI #forbiddenWords #NFI #biology #bryology #ecology #biodiversity #ReconnectWithNature #fascination
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OK so we're on #Trump 2.0 day nine
Can we take a broader view beyond "Trump hates #DEI" ?
Can we take a broader view beyond "Trump hates #Immigrants / #AsylumSeekers" ?
Can we take a broader view beyond "Trump hates #Transgender people" ?
#DonaldTrump hates all of those things, and more
But don't lose sight of the big picture: Trump is conducting nothing less than the wholesale destruction of the entire #USDemocracy -- piece by piece as he can -- in full service to #VladimirPutin and #Russia
Remember this: Trump and Putin at Helsinki 2018 and the famous "whipped like a dog" photo
It speaks volumes
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Vera Rubin Was a Pioneering Female Astronomer. Her Federal Bio Now Doesn’t Mention Efforts to Diversify Science.
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The edits to the webpage offer a glimpse into how far the Trump administration will go in refusing to acknowledge today’s inequalities as it purges federal initiatives promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Target has rolled back their DEI efforts, but COSTCO and IKEA have not.
Vote with your dollars and support (1st) your local economy and (2nd) at least half way decent corporations.
Many nonprofits rely heavily on federal grants and AmeriCorps members. These nonprofits are being told that they need to scrub anything mentioning diversity, equity, and inclusion if they expect any federal funding or assistance moving forward. (Attached are a couple of examples from a literacy nonprofit called Reading Partners). It's possible that many of Trump's executive orders will be defeated in court, but--even if that happens--the legal process can be slow. Funding is being pulled from programs / nonprofits / research that cannot survive long without it. So, if you see an organization complying with these orders, please do not immediately think less of them. Do not assume they are making these changes because they want to. In most cases they are simply trying to weather the storm and survive long enough to continue helping the communities that depend on their services.
#USPol #politics #nonprofits #americorps #dei
#USPol #politics #nonprofits #americorps #dei
The Office That Investigates Disparities in Veterans’ Care Is Being “Liquidated”
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The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. “The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said.
#News #Trump #Veterans #Military #Equity #DEI #Government #USPolitics
This is NOT the America I moved to in 1999, and joined as a Citizen in 2013.
This is not the path to greatness that MAGA talks about.
America is already great.
U.S. Marine Band forced to cancel concert with students of color after Trump DEI order
https://youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA
After an executive order ending DEI initiatives, the U.S. Marine Band canceled a concert featuring young musicians of color. Veterans stepped in to mentor the aspiring musicians.
Such wonderful music that was denied by the current "leadership" of the United States of America.
Artists, STEP UP!!!
https://equityarc.org/programs/wind-symphony/
#America #DEI #OrchestraOfEquity #VeteransOfMilitaryBands #EquityArcWindSymphony #USMarineBand #MAGA
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The Way Texans Elect School Board Members Plays a Key Role in What Students in Diverse Districts Learn
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In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven conservatives successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational materials that teach children about diversity.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-school-boards-richardson-keller-at-large-voting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #School #Education #Diversity #Race #Gender #DEI #Student
The courage of a 6th grade teacher can have a big impact!
#courage #resistance #diversity #DEI #schools
A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education
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The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/regional-public-universities-trump-funding-dei?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #University #Research #DEI #Trump #Diversity #Rural
The decision to strip chapters from books that had already won the approval of the state’s Republican-controlled board of education represents an escalation in how local school boards run by ideological conservatives influence what children learn.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Not really an #introduction but here we go:
#Freelancing #Privacy and #Security #Coach & #Trainer (#Linux)
Ex #SoftwareDeveloper, #Consultant, #TeamLead, #HeadOfProductDevelopment #HeadOfIT
I care for #privacy #HumanRights #DEI #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Linux #FLOSS #DigitalSelfDefense
See bio for links & websites.