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DEI language removed from DCPS policy; board assures continued support for minority businesses

Read full article: DEI language removed from DCPS policy; board assures continued support for minority businesses

The Duval County School Board voted 6 to 1 on Tuesday night to remove all mentions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs from its business enterprise policy.

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North Carolina is pursuing its own restrictions amid Trump's pushback against DEI

Read full article: North Carolina is pursuing its own restrictions amid Trump's pushback against DEI

The North Carolina House advanced its own restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion practices for state agencies.

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Army and Air Force libraries are ordered to review books for DEI material

Read full article: Army and Air Force libraries are ordered to review books for DEI material

Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

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EEOC chief shifts focus to investigating DEI but the methods provoke an outcry

Read full article: EEOC chief shifts focus to investigating DEI but the methods provoke an outcry

The acting chief of the top federal agency for protecting worker rights has signaled a pivot toward prioritizing President Donald Trump’s campaign to stamp out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the private and public sectors.

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Florida senator’s bill to prevent local DEI efforts moves forward despite scrutiny

Read full article: Florida senator’s bill to prevent local DEI efforts moves forward despite scrutiny

Florida Rep. Sen. Clay Yarborough introduced a bill to the Senate Community Affairs Committee that would prevent any Diversity, Equity and Inclusion action within local government.

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Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?

Read full article: Which US companies are pulling back on diversity initiatives?

A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020.

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A 40-day Target boycott began this week. What to know about the protest and its potential impact

Read full article: A 40-day Target boycott began this week. What to know about the protest and its potential impact

A 40-day boycott of Target that calls for supporters to give up shopping at the company’s stores during the Lenten period kicked off this week.

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Local lawmakers push for statewide anti-DEI bills that would prohibit local government DEI policies

Read full article: Local lawmakers push for statewide anti-DEI bills that would prohibit local government DEI policies

As the Florida Legislative session enters its third day, developments are unfolding with the introduction of bills targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies at the local government level.

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NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans

Read full article: NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans

The NAACP wants Black Americans to steer their buying power toward corporations that haven’t pulled back from diversity programs under conservative pressure.

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Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Read full article: Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have been abandoning or scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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Baltimore mayor fights back against attacks on DEI initiatives with ‘Definitely Earned It’ campaign

Read full article: Baltimore mayor fights back against attacks on DEI initiatives with ‘Definitely Earned It’ campaign

President Donald Trump’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion programs is leading to pushback from Baltimore's mayor.

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More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots

Read full article: More DEI fallout: Air Force scraps course that used videos of Tuskegee Airmen and female WWII pilots

The U.S. Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of its storied Black Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — female World War II pilots.

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Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back

Read full article: Costco successfully defends its diversity policies as other US companies scale theirs back

Costco has claimed victory in pushing back on a shareholder proposal that urges the wholesale club operator to conduct an evaluation of any business risks posed by its diversity, equity and inclusion practices.

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Trump's orders to end DEI programs reflect his push for a profound cultural shift

Read full article: Trump's orders to end DEI programs reflect his push for a profound cultural shift

President Donald Trump’s sweeping orders to end the government’s diversity, equity and inclusion effort mark a sea change for the country.

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LGBTQ+ rights group reports progress at U.S. companies despite conservative backlash

Read full article: LGBTQ+ rights group reports progress at U.S. companies despite conservative backlash

A national rights group says more U.S. companies are providing strong benefits and protections to LGBTQ+ employees despite conservative activists pressuring high-profile brands to stop participating in the organization’s annual workplace report card.

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Walmart's DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump's election victory

Read full article: Walmart's DEI rollback signals a profound shift in the wake of Trump's election victory

Walmart’s sweeping rollback of its diversity policies is the strongest indication yet of a profound shift taking hold at U.S. companies that are re-evaluating the legal and political risks associated with bold programs to bolster historically underrepresented groups in business.

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The judge handling Boeing's plea deal asks Justice Department to explain its diversity policy

Read full article: The judge handling Boeing's plea deal asks Justice Department to explain its diversity policy

The federal judge considering Boeing’s plea deal with prosecutors wants to know how the Justice Department’s diversity, equity and inclusion policies would affect the selection of an independent monitor to oversee the aerospace company.

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Mayor Deegan’s $1.9B budget passes but not without opposition from Councilman Diamond

Read full article: Mayor Deegan’s $1.9B budget passes but not without opposition from Councilman Diamond

Jacksonville City Council passed Mayor Donna Deegan’s $1.9 billion budget, which focuses on issues like addressing public safety and homelessness.

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Civil rights groups call on major corporations to stick with DEI programs

Read full article: Civil rights groups call on major corporations to stick with DEI programs

A broad group of civil rights organizations are calling on the CEOs and board members of major companies to maintain their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

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Major companies abandon an LGBTQ+ rights report card after facing anti-diversity backlash

Read full article: Major companies abandon an LGBTQ+ rights report card after facing anti-diversity backlash

More than two decades ago, a national LGBTQ+ rights group decided to promote change by grading corporations on their workplace policies.

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Conservatives use shooting at Trump rally to attack DEI efforts at Secret Service

Read full article: Conservatives use shooting at Trump rally to attack DEI efforts at Secret Service

Several Republican lawmakers seized on gender and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the Secret Service as among the reasons for security lapses during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

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‘I think it’s a travesty’: UNF students left wondering what’s next after DEI programs cut

Read full article: ‘I think it’s a travesty’: UNF students left wondering what’s next after DEI programs cut

The University of North Florida’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion shut down to comply with state laws prohibiting state colleges from using public funds for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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UNF diversity office shuts down, closes LGBTQ, Interfaith, Intercultural and Women’s centers

Read full article: UNF diversity office shuts down, closes LGBTQ, Interfaith, Intercultural and Women’s centers

The University of North Florida’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion shut down Wednesday, along with several campus programs, to comply with a new state law.

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A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states

Read full article: A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states

An effort to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college campuses.

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North Carolina university committee swiftly passes policy change that could cut diversity staff

Read full article: North Carolina university committee swiftly passes policy change that could cut diversity staff

Diversity, equity and inclusion staff members' jobs in North Carolina's public university system could be at risk.

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Insider Q&A: Nellie Borrero recounts 4 decades of addressing racism and bringing change to Accenture

Read full article: Insider Q&A: Nellie Borrero recounts 4 decades of addressing racism and bringing change to Accenture

It didn’t take long for Nellie Borrero to encounter racism in 1986 when she joined a major consulting firm that was the predecessor to Accenture.

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Path to the Polls: Fallout in workplace from Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in college admissions

Read full article: Path to the Polls: Fallout in workplace from Supreme Court decision on affirmative action in college admissions

Have you noticed a lot of diversity efforts within U.S. companies are losing steam? Maybe you were wondering why. What changed? Well, it may have a lot to do with the Supreme Court striking down affirmative action when it comes to college admissions.

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NAACP is asking student athletes to avoid attending schools in Florida

Read full article: NAACP is asking student athletes to avoid attending schools in Florida

The NAACP is asking student athletes to boycott Florida. This request comes after the state required all public universities to ban or eliminate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) curriculums.

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NAACP urges student-athletes to reconsider Florida colleges after state eliminates DEI programs

Read full article: NAACP urges student-athletes to reconsider Florida colleges after state eliminates DEI programs

The NAACP says Black student-athletes should reconsider attending public colleges and universities in Florida.

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Kentucky governor marks civil rights event by condemning limits on diversity, equity and inclusion

Read full article: Kentucky governor marks civil rights event by condemning limits on diversity, equity and inclusion

Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear marched with other Kentuckians to commemorate the 60th anniversary of a landmark civil-rights rally that featured Martin Luther King Jr. in the state's capital city.

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University of Florida fires all staff in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion positions

Read full article: University of Florida fires all staff in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion positions

An administrative University of Florida memo went out to staff this week, with the subject line, "Compliance with BOG Regulation 9.016 on Prohibited Expenditures." This relates to positions dealing with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

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Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere

Read full article: Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere

Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities and other public institutions under a slate of bills pending in Republican-led legislatures, with some lawmakers counting on the issue resonating with voters in this election year.

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Utah is the latest state to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on campus and in government

Read full article: Utah is the latest state to ban diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on campus and in government

Utah has become the latest state to prohibit diversity training, hiring and inclusion programs at universities and in state government.

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UNF prepares to close several on campus centers linked to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Read full article: UNF prepares to close several on campus centers linked to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The University of North Florida is set to close several on campus centers – after a decision by the Florida Board of Governors – that ends the use of public money towards Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives on campus. This will affect the Women’s Center, the LGBTQ Center, and the Intercultural and Interfaith Center.

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TELL US: What do you think about colleges and universities closing their DEI offices?

Read full article: TELL US: What do you think about colleges and universities closing their DEI offices?

Offices of diversity, equity and inclusion are closing on college campuses after Senate Bill 266 passed last year. The bill prevents Florida's public colleges and universities from spending any state or federal funding on DEI programs.

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Florida university board ruling causes UNF to phase out DEI programs including 18-year-old LGBTQ Center

Read full article: Florida university board ruling causes UNF to phase out DEI programs including 18-year-old LGBTQ Center

Students at the University of North Florida (UNF) rallied on campus Wednesday to show support for the university’s LGBTQ+ Center.

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Florida prohibits state colleges from using public funds for diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives

Read full article: Florida prohibits state colleges from using public funds for diversity, equity, inclusion initiatives

The Florida Department of Education approved Wednesday a rule prohibiting state colleges from using public funds for initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, also known as DEI.

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Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee votes to not fund director of diversity position

Read full article: Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee votes to not fund director of diversity position

Members of the Jacksonville City Council Finance Committee voted to not fund the Director of Diversity position that pays over $180,000 a year.

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GOP attorneys general shift the battle over affirmative action to the workplace

Read full article: GOP attorneys general shift the battle over affirmative action to the workplace

Thirteen Republican state attorneys general are cautioning CEOs of the 100 biggest U.S. companies on the legal consequences for using race as a factor in hiring and employment practices.

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‘Discrimination, Exclusion and Indoctrination’: Gov. DeSantis slams DEI, hits presidential campaign trail in Orlando

Read full article: ‘Discrimination, Exclusion and Indoctrination’: Gov. DeSantis slams DEI, hits presidential campaign trail in Orlando

Two days after announcing his 2024 bid for president, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Orlando on Friday touting his aggressive education agenda and criticizing Diversity Education and Inclusion (DEI) programs at a conference for parents of homeschooled students.

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Opponents fear Florida bill targeting DEI programs will harm cultures on college campuses

Read full article: Opponents fear Florida bill targeting DEI programs will harm cultures on college campuses

As a bill that would dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at Florida’s public colleges and universities winds its way through the legislature, opponents to the bill are speaking to News4JAX about what they fear the bill will do to the cultures on campus.

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Gov. DeSantis hosts ‘Exposing the DEI scam’ roundtable discussion

Read full article: Gov. DeSantis hosts ‘Exposing the DEI scam’ roundtable discussion

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis hosted a roundtable discussion Monday in South Florida.

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Poll: UNF students ‘strongly disagree’ with removal of DEI programs, courses

Read full article: Poll: UNF students ‘strongly disagree’ with removal of DEI programs, courses

A poll of more than 800 students, and a handful of faculty, staff and others, at the University of North Florida showed overwhelming approval of the institution’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, programs and courses.

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UNF students rally to support DEI programs in face of DeSantis’ pledge to block them

Read full article: UNF students rally to support DEI programs in face of DeSantis’ pledge to block them

Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to block public funding for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs at state colleges and universities. He argues that these initiatives are purely ideological and need to be dismantled.In response, students at several institutions, including the University of North Florida, are planning to push back.

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UNF professor says DeSantis’s move to defund DEI programs a political stunt, no evidence of indoctrination

Read full article: UNF professor says DeSantis’s move to defund DEI programs a political stunt, no evidence of indoctrination

Professors and students are weighing in on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s plan to abolish DEI offices at Florida’s state colleges and universities.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis takes aim at university DEI funding in Florida with new higher education initiatives

Read full article: Gov. Ron DeSantis takes aim at university DEI funding in Florida with new higher education initiatives

Gov. Ron DeSantis holds a news conference with State University System of Florida Chancellor Ray Rodrigues in Bradenton.

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JEA names its first Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Read full article: JEA names its first Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

JEA announced the hiring of its first director of diversity, equity and inclusion Thursday.

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