Browsing: DEI

Civil rights leaders from around the nation convened in Washington, D.C., Friday to oppose book bans and increasing attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), stating that restrictions on education were harming teachers, students and democracy as a whole. Protesters at the Freedom to Learn rally marched from the Library of Congress to the Supreme Court.

The Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has selected a new chief diversity and inclusion officer at the State Department. The role had been empty for 10 months, but on Tuesday, the department revealed that Zakiya Carr Johnson will take on the position as the new chief diversity and inclusion officer (CDIO). Johnson will take over from the current acting CDIO, Conny Mayer. “American diplomacy…

The comprehensive education law also includes a ban on transgender individuals using bathrooms.

Alabama’s Republican-led legislature passed a new measure to ban state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies.  The legislation limits teaching “divisive concepts” about race and gender and prohibits transgender students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity at public universities and colleges.  Under…

A House panel discussion on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies centered largely on antisemitism, with Republicans claiming that DEI perpetuates racism while Democrats argued that campus antisemitism reflects failures in colleges’ programs, not diversity efforts overall.  The House Education higher education subcommittee’s hearing on the impact of DEI on campuses continues…