#equity

Periodic public service reminder and my thought for the day.

We do not have an abundance problem, we have a greed problem. Greed shows up in more than the monetary sense. We see land certain governments are unwilling to share. We see greed for power. The list goes on. We, as a species, need to put our big kid pants on.

#equity #wealth #poverty

Author and activist Don Winslow rightly says that “Donald Trump should have been taken out of the White House in handcuffs before the sunset on January Sixth. And if he had been—if people had done the jobs they were supposed to have done, we wouldn’t be where we are now.” #The11thHour #vote #November5 #Mastodon #BlackMastodon #politics

https://disabled.social/@popcornreel@mas.to/112199787726012116

Found via nottheonlyone.org as one of 10,400+ #DEI #Diversity, #Equity and #Inclusion items.

Researchers say that a person’s intelligence plays a bigger role in their computer proficiency than previously believed, so much so that practice alone may not be enough… So if you’re ‘smart’ you have an advantage when it comes to using technology, confirming yet again that tech can be divisive, promoting a divide between higher- and lower-IQ individuals. That’s an ‘access’ issue IMO, that needs to be addressed. Considering a majority of the world’s population has an IQ under 100, this is an equity and equality matter. All individuals, regardless of intelligence quotients, should have access to the benefits offered by technology. #Technology #equity
Source: SciTechDaily https://search.app/wJFD9UsAeUttEu7j6

Justice doesn’t always arrive in sweeping gestures or loud declarations. Sometimes, it walks softly into a room and says, “This isn’t right”—and the world begins to shift.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/USHistoryGroup/posts/4048631115352247/

#justiceforall #justice #equality #equity #quotestoliveby #quoteoftheday

I wonder what Dr. Lakshmi Chilukuri, professor of molecular biology, provost of 6th College at #UCSD, and mother of Usha Vance thinks of the #fascism. Have any students in her lab lost their visas? Has her research been affected by the #NIH cuts?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-ucla-stanford-among-schools-011815174.html

Also, note the department wesbsite's link to #Equity, #Diversity, #Inclusion

https://biology.ucsd.edu/research/faculty/lchilukuri

#Universities

I wonder what Dr. Lakshmi Chilukuri, professor of molecular biology, provost of 6th College at #UCSD, and mother of Usha Vance thinks of the #fascism. Have any students in her lab lost their visas? Has her research been affected by the #NIH cuts?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-ucla-stanford-among-schools-011815174.html

Also, note the department wesbsite's link to #Equity, #Diversity, #Inclusion

https://biology.ucsd.edu/research/faculty/lchilukuri

#Universities

Inspiring musings by @brewsterkahle on the @internetarchive blog.

"Our evolving digital age can be our next #Carnegie moment or it can be a #Library of Alexandria moment. It is up to us."

Vanishing Culture: Preserving the Library System https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/07/vanishing-culture-preserving-the-library-system/ #DigitalLibraries #internetarchive #preservation #equity #OpenAccess #education

UK firms ditching diversity and inclusion ‘face higher risk of lawsuits’

#HR #EDI #DEI #Equity #Equality #Diversity #Inclusion

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr/07/uk-firms-diversity-and-inclusion-lawsuits-us-trump

In a world of MAGAts, Be a J.E.D.I. !!

Justice
Equity
Diversity
Inclusion

#JEDI

#Justice #Equity #Diversity #Inclusion

#RecSys2025 offers three ways for the community to unite and celebrate female role models through physical and virtual networking events. #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion

https://recsys.acm.org/recsys25/women-in-recsys/

On this Day in Social Security History:

#SocialSecurityat90 
#StrongerTogether

4/5/1935 The US House of Representatives began debate on The Social Security Act of 1935.
More: https://www.ssa.gov/history/senate35.html

4/5/1944 The United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, held that money paid to a widow, after the death of her wage-earner husband pursuant to a back-pay award by the National Labor Relations Board entered after the wage earner's death, did not constitute wages as defined in the original Social Security Act because it was not remuneration for employment.
More on, Social Security and Vulnerable Groups—Policy Options to Aid Widows: https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R46182

4/5/1948, President Truman vetoed H.R. 5052, a bill to exclude vendors of newspapers and magazines from social security coverage.
More: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v11n7/v11n7p3.pdf
 
More Social Security history: https://www.ssa.gov/history & #SSAHistGWC 

#SocialSecurity #socialinsurance #History #Disability #Retirement #Medicare #Unemployment #insurance #healthcare #NewDeal #OTD #SSDI #OASDI #equity #justice Social Security Administration

#SCOTUS allows #Trump officials to freeze #teacher training grants over *#DEI*

A divided #SupremeCourt on Fri cleared the way for the admin to at least temporarily freeze up to $65M in #educational grants designed to address #TeacherShortages, which the govt says fund programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [as they should, though the Trump admin’s definition of DEI is humanity].

#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #indoctrination #education #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/04/supreme-court-trump-teacher-training-grants-dei/

More of this please:

The #NY State #Education Dept issued a defiant response to #Trump’s threats to pull federal #funding from #PublicSchools over #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from recent conciliatory approaches of other institutions. A day earlier, the federal govt issued a memo to education ofcls across the nation, telling them to confirm the elimination of all programs it argues *unfairly* promote #DEI.

#law #democracy #FreeSpeech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html?smid=url-share

NT Times - #News - Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers…The justices let the Trump administration temporarily suspend $65 million in teacher-training grants that the government contends would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The ruling was an early victory for the administration. #SCOTUS #legal #DEI #Education #Grants #GrantFunding #Racism #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion

So lonely being the moderator of the subreddit for #Inclusion.
I'm pretty much the only person who posts.
Less than 500 members.
I agreed to moderate because the subreddit was going to be deleted otherwise.
Where are the champions of #DEI ?
#Diversity #Equity
https://www.reddit.com/r/Inclusion/

#Trump Admin Threatens to Withhold #Funds From #PublicSchools

State #education officials will be required to verify that they have eliminated all programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [#DEI] that the administration deems *unlawful* [uncomfortable for #FarRight #bigots] according to a new memo.

#censorship #indoctrination #Whitewashing #racism #misogyny #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #extortion #law #USpol #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/public-school-funding-trump-dei.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AEB43A0E-0ED5-401C-9960-8E17975F9091

State #DOTs Aren’t Stacking Up On #Sustainability and #Equity

#Vermont is the best state #DOT — but advocates say it, and every other #state, needs to do better.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2025/04/02/state-dots-arent-stacking-up-on-sustainability-and-equity

The orange man is insane.
"U.S. government efforts to eliminate diversity initiatives are not going down well on the #European continent. Companies that have contracts with the U.S. government should drop #diversity, #equity and inclusion initiatives." #freedom
My friends living in US. I'm worried about you. And I worry about the rest of the world too. My #employer believes in diversity. And I believe that everyone is equal. #suomimastodon #finland #kindness
https://apnews.com/article/french-companies-dei-us-trump-de655f8b936d2a53619f8dfef900fa40