#dei

"Under threat is one of the largest streams of federal money that the K-12 system receives: Title I funds, which flow to high-poverty schools. That money totaled nearly $43 million in Vermont this year, Lindsey Hedges, a spokesperson for the Agency of Education, has said previously."

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-04-15/following-trumps-anti-dei-funding-threat-vermont-certifies-compliance-with-a-big-asterisk

#Vermont #Education #DEI

The Digital Repository of Ireland @dri_ireland shows what it means for an academic body to have a socially responsible policy on the use of social media platforms. Kudos!

https://dri.ie/news/connect-with-us-changes-to-dris-social-media-strategy/

#SocialMedia #DEI #DigitalRepositoryOfIreland

@Snowshadow @MAKS23

I am happy to take bets that before the orange Muppets 4 years are up, russians will be receiving US weapons to "fight Nazis" and the #DEI gay Europe.

#DEI #HigherEd #resistance

"'You cave into these demands, and you're no different from the other side,' [Marie] Vibbert said. '... We have a very diverse student population, especially in the graduate schools, and it's like we're throwing our core audience under the bus for people in power who don't care one way or another about us.' Her boss removed the pages, and she was told to share access to the website with the university's marketing team."

https://www.ideastream.org/government-politics/2025-04-14/webmaster-told-to-remove-dei-pages-from-cwru-site-she-refused

@dusk @kims
RE
#Democrats...going to stick with the platform of...secure borders and strong police forces...

Oh, that's not good

IMO the Dems must say, #MAGA will _more_ divide the US

️#DEI isn’t about picking people by race, it’s about making sure qualified people from _all_ backgrounds get a fair shot

#MAGA thinks that’s #racist they don’t understand how admissions or #racism, actually works to hurt the _whole_ country

Analysis: "Harvard’s $2.3bn gamble: What Trump demanded; how the university resisted"

"A month after Columbia buckled to Trump’s demands, Harvard says it won’t accept them. Here’s how the battle unfolded."

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/15/harvards-2-3bn-gamble-what-trump-demanded-how-the-university-resisted

#trump #harvard #fascism #dei #studentprotests #uspol .

@InezFeltscher: "Hilariously, the left already adjudicated the 1st Amendment vs Civil Rights Act cases a long time ago and they decided the CRA trumps. Harvard is about to run into a CRA buzzsaw of its own making lol."

#academia #DEI

https://x.com/InezFeltscher/status/1912125260943520126

(H/T @RachaelBovard RT )

@jchyip
RE
Eliminate #DEI programs or lose funding

(long term goal)
US people are more divided, leads to a weaked, divided #EU, Australia, Japan, etc.

(short term goal)
Make more #MAGA folks believe that #DEI is BAD

DEI is ANTI Racism

️DEI isn’t about picking people by race, it’s about making sure qualified people from all backgrounds get a fair shot

MAGA thinks that’s “racist,” they don’t understand how #admissions, or #racism, actually works to hurt the whole country

@JNSLCT

RE
#authoritarian playbooks

April 15, #Harvard...refused to comply with the unlawful demands...included getting rid of all #DEI policies and subjecting all curriculum, students, and staff to ‘oversight’

Wasn't it the #TrumpAdministration that SCREAMED that the States should have the power of the education system, #StatesRightsEducation

So, why is #MAGA demanding, by withholding grants, to have the power of #federalgovernment rights?

Answer, they want to divide the country

'Crazy how Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez going to “space” for 10 minutes is supposed to “inspire women”, but the women who already worked at NASA are *checks notes* getting fired and getting their bios removed from the site.'

#uspol #dei

The Black Consumer Advisory: Leveraging Our Dollars For Change

"In the wake of nationwide protests against systemic #racism in 2020, many corporations and institutions publicly committed to being more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Five years later and some are starting to backtrack without ever meeting promises made. As businesses reverse their commitments, it is time to hold them accountable."

#NAACP #DEI
https://naacp.org/campaigns/black-consumer-advisory

Rosa Clemente Speaking with Vijay Prashad, the Co-Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research.mp3

#blackmastodon
@blackmastodon
@blackvoices
@BLKNewsNow
@blackgirlnerds
#dei #immigration #racism #whitesupremacy #abolition #democracy

How #Trump Twisted #DEI to Only Benefit #White #Christians
Trump’s crusade against “#wokeness” is co-opting the language of the #civilrights movement to undo its legacy. https://theintercept.com/2025/02/22/trump-dei-christians-woke-civil-rights/

CNN: Trump administration announces freeze in $2.2 billion for Harvard after university rejects request for policy changes
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/us/harvard-rejects-policy-changes
#resist #news #education #DEI #MadKingDonald

Education Dept. warns schools: Eliminate #DEI programs or lose funding https://www.npr.org/2025/04/03/nx-s1-5350978/trump-administration-warns-schools-about-dei-programs

In response to this edict from the Trump administration giving every school district only 10 days to respond, one brave district superintendent wrote this. (Name was withheld for obvious reasons..)

Still Not Signing: A Superintendent's Response to the Department of Education's Anti-DEI Ultimatum

The federal government gave us ten days to sign away our values. Here’s our answer.

April 8, 2025

To Whom It May (Unfortunately) Concern at the U.S. Department of Education:

Thank you for your April 3 memorandum, which I read several times — not because it was legally persuasive, but because I kept checking to see if it was satire. Alas, it appears you are serious.

You’ve asked me, as superintendent of a public school district, to sign a "certification" declaring that we are not violating federal civil rights law — by, apparently, acknowledging that civil rights issues still exist. You cite Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, then proceed to argue that offering targeted support to historically marginalized students is somehow discriminatory.

That’s not just legally incoherent — it’s a philosophical Möbius strip of bad faith.

Let me see if I understand your logic:

If we acknowledge racial disparities, that’s racism.

If we help English learners catch up, that’s favoritism.

If we give a disabled child a reading aide, we’re denying someone else the chance to struggle equally.

And if we train teachers to understand bias, we’re indoctrinating them — but if we train them to ignore it, we’re “restoring neutrality”?

How convenient that your sudden concern for “equal treatment” seems to apply only when it’s used to silence conversations about race, identity, or inequality.

Let’s talk about our English learners. Would you like us to stop offering translation services during parent-teacher conferences? Should we cancel bilingual support staff to avoid the appearance of “special treatment”? Or would you prefer we just teach all content in English and hope for the best, since acknowledging linguistic barriers now counts as discrimination?

And while we’re at it — what’s your official stance on IEPs? Because last I checked, individualized education plans intentionally give students with disabilities extra support. Should we start removing accommodations to avoid offending the able-bodied majority? Maybe cancel occupational therapy altogether so no one feels left out?

If a student with a learning disability receives extended time on a test, should we now give everyone extended time, even if they don’t need it? Just to keep the playing field sufficiently flat and unthinking?

Your letter paints equity as a threat. But equity is not the threat. It’s the antidote to decades of failure. Equity is what ensures all students have a fair shot. Equity is what makes it possible for a child with a speech impediment to present at the science fair. It’s what helps the nonverbal kindergartner use an AAC device. It’s what gets the newcomer from Ukraine the ESL support she needs without being left behind.

And let’s not skip past the most insulting part of your directive — the ten-day deadline. A national directive sent to thousands of districts with the subtlety of a ransom note, demanding signatures within a week and a half or else you’ll cut funding that supports... wait for it... low-income students, disabled students, and English learners.

Brilliant. Just brilliant. A moral victory for bullies and bureaucrats everywhere.

So no, we will not be signing your “certification.”

We are not interested in joining your theater of compliance.

We are not interested in gutting equity programs that serve actual children in exchange for your political approval.

We are not interested in abandoning our legal, ethical, and educational responsibilities to satisfy your fear of facts.

We are interested in teaching the truth.

We are interested in honoring our students’ identities.

We are interested in building a school system where no child is invisible, and no teacher is punished for caring too much.

And yes — we are prepared to fight this. In the courts. In the press. In the community. In Congress, if need be.

Because this district will not be remembered as the one that folded under pressure.

We will be remembered as the one that stood its ground — not for politics, but for kids.

Sincerely,
District Superintendent
Still Teaching. Still Caring. Still Not Signing.

#education #resist #broligarchy #fascism #racism #DEI #MadKingDonald #authoritarianism

‘#Harvard will not comply with the #Trump administration’s demands to dismantle its #diversity programming, limit student #protests, & submit to far-reaching federal audits in exchange for its federal funding... “No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit & hire, and which areas of study & inquiry they can pursue,”... | The Harvard Crimson https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/15/harvard-denies-trump-demands/ #DEI

A spoonful of olive oil a day lowers risk of death from dementia, study suggests https://www.diningandcooking.com/2017529/a-spoonful-of-olive-oil-a-day-lowers-risk-of-death-from-dementia-study-suggests/ #DEI #dementia #diet #food #HarvardUniversity #health #JAMANetworkOpen #Mediterranean #MediterraneanOliveOil #Oil #Olive #OliveOil #quality #risk #Study) #yessnap

Who the FUCK is #HughDugan claiming #DEI
is a problem for the UNITED...NATIONS!

The #UnitedNations

#DOGE_UN my arse!

(SOURCE: France24 English )