DEI

Ayanna Lott-Pollard took the reins of the nonprofit organization Resilient Coders from longtime leader David Delmar Sentíes in 2022. And the past two years were, to use her words, “a whirlwind.”

Among a spate of executive actions signed on his first day in office, Trump signed one order ending “illegal DEI and ‘diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility’ (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear.”

It seems that with the recent administration’s focus on eliminating [DEI] initiatives, there are a plethora of corporations that are falling in line and, although to some it’s not surprising, it is certainly causing mixed conversations in our community.

Donald Trump has issued a new memorandum to carry out his Inauguration Day executive order eliminating federal DEIA programs, by placing DEI employees on federal leave.

Corporations that have decided to end DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) initiatives are facing a backlash from civil rights organizations and the public.

A new ordinance under consideration by the Boston City Council would aim to center equity and inclusion in the work that the council and the rest of the city does in municipal governance.

There’s a new college in the capital of Texas that is casting itself as a new model for higher education, a departure from all that allegedly is wrong with the country’s colleges.

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, and the protests that followed, companies and organizations across the country saw shifts in how they handled diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Despite the headlines and lawsuits, diversity, equity and inclusion are still pillars of so many industries where there lacks representation from Black and brown people.

As she helped launch a start-up company designed to help institutions become more welcoming to people of color in 1984, Valerie Batts ran into some resistance.

Despite decades of research and multiple studies documenting the benefits, people continue to push back against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at public and private institutions.

Since 2021, Brockton’s assistant superintendent of equity, diversity and inclusion, Dr. Renée Heywood, has pursued systemic change with a team of four.