Student Body President at Florida International U. Says ‘Defending DEI Policies is Top Priority’
“at FIU we face unprecedented challenges on a number of fronts that threaten to weaken our student body and disempower us as student leaders”
The battle over DEI policies may be happening in education, but it is a political issue and the left knows it.
Campus Reform reports:
FIU student body prez says defending DEI is top priority
The Student Government Association (SGA) president at Florida International University (FIU) said that combatting the state’s ban on DEI was a top priority.
In his State of the Student Body address on Aug. 28, SGA President Alexander Sutton outlined his three major priorities for student government this year: defending DEI, reforming student government, and restoring Panther pride.
Sutton called the state of the student body “dire.”
“I say that not to inspire any unnecessary anxiety or for dramatic effect, but because at FIU we face unprecedented challenges on a number of fronts that threaten to weaken our student body and disempower us as student leaders,” Sutton said, via the student newspaper PantherNOW.
Sutton noted that the FIU SGA passed a resolution in February expressing support for DEI initiatives in the face of anti-woke legislation in Florida. Governor Ron DeSantis signed Florida Senate Bill 266 into law on May 15. The law prohibits funding DEI departments; but there are carveouts for student-led organizations, so long as they are funded by student fees.
“This exemption only exists because of people like us,” Sutton said, via PantherNOW. “We lobby the state legislature to exempt our student organizations across Florida from this ban.”
“Here at FIU, we passed the Can’t Ban Us resolution expressing our desire for DEI initiatives to continue and our former student body president, Cris Lugo sat down face to face with the sponsor of SB 266, State Representative Alex Andrade, and lobbied him on our behalf,” he added.
Going forward, Sutton said he aims to continue lobbying the state government.
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“No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or that race he will be advanced in life regardless of his own merits or efforts.”
Booker T. Washington
Wait until Alex Sutton graduates and he becomes even MORE insufferable.
“After graduation, he hopes to attend law school and then pursue a career of public service in the legal profession, business, and public elected office.”
Same s* eating grin seen on every New Jersey Democrat, ever.
Where does education fall on Sutton’s list?
“threatening us to disempower us as student leaders”
Dude you’re not supposed to have power. You’re supposed to do some token model-UN type stuff as a student leader, pass your classes and graduate and go away.