Hundreds of College DEI Officers Attend Conference to Complain About ‘Chaos’ Caused by Trump
“Many complained about the effects of the federal DEI crackdown.”
Trump is basically destroying their pointless jobs. No wonder they’re mad.
The College Fix reports:
College DEI officers attend conference to complain about ‘chaos’ created by Trump
Hundreds of college diversity officers met in Philadelphia on March 26 for the conference “Reclaiming ‘We the People’: Democracy and the Renewal of Higher Education,” which sought to “plot a path forward in the face of ongoing federal scrutiny.”
The approximately 800 attendees of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education conference began with a moment of silence for “those who had been forced out of their jobs and for offices and programs that had been shut” since President Trump began his second term, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Many complained about the effects of the federal DEI crackdown.
Association founder Archie Ervin said the Trump administration “has done a lot of damage to DEI,” and chided higher ed institutions for succumbing to federal pressure.
Former inaugural UPenn Graduate School of Education Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Raquel Arredondo (a title later changed to “Assistant Dean of Climate and Community”) said “It can be damaging to all of a sudden have your life’s work removed, devalued.”
Arredondo added the conference offers “invaluable support” to professionals in the field who feel “very isolated.”
A “highly sought after speaker” who worked to “create inclusive and equitable policies and procedures and implement learning and development to enhance cultural competencies and increase global mindset,” Arredondo left UPenn last summer to helm a consulting firm.
Association President Emelyn dela Peña (pictured) said colleagues have left higher ed “because it’s been hard.” She noted a shift from “culture-focused” work to that “shaped by legal interpretations and risk management and policy alignment.”
Barnard College Vice President for Inclusion and Belonging Akilah Rosado said new federal policy has “creat[ed] a divide in the dialogue” and that “people are afraid to talk.”
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I suspect that most, if not all of the participants, had their way paid by either taxpayers or 501(c)(3) organizations.
The funding of this event by tax dollars should be illegal.
Nobody these days (that I’ve seen) has been writing about/commenting on what a sh**show the average hospital has become.
The patient is unable to understand the nurse (who speaks a very highly accented English) and the nurse is unable to (or doesn’t care to) understand the patient.
All in the name of DEI.
“Former inaugural UPenn Graduate School of Education Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Raquel Arredondo (a title later changed to “Assistant Dean of Climate and Community”) said “It can be damaging to all of a sudden have your life’s work removed, devalued.”
Now you know how your graduates feel.
this conference is what we would call a target rich environment,
Per Gemini AI, “record-breaking attendance of 1,150 people two years ago.” for this same event.
Good news!
I thought all these DEI positions were to be eliminated.