Alabama GOP passes extreme “gag order” to ban diversity discussions in universities | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Marchers carry a rainbow flag to the Alabama Capital during the 2019 Pride March and Rally Photo: Mickey Welsh / Advertiser/IMAGN Alabama Republicans have passed a bill that would limit instruction on so-called “divisive concepts” at state universities while also banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and barring transgender students from using bathrooms that […]
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Legislature sends ballot harvesting, DEI prohibitions to Ivey’s desk | #elections | #alabama
Tuesday was a banner day for conservative priorities at the Alabama State House. After a week off, the Alabama Senate passed restrictions on the promotion of so-called “divisive concepts” by public employees, which will cripple controversial diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs housed within state agencies. Despite being widely condemned by left-wing voices in the […]
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Alabama GOP Passes Bill Targeting Diversity Programs At Public Colleges | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Alabama’s GOP-led legislature passed a sweeping new measure on Tuesday that would ban state funding for diversity programs at public universities and other government entities, an effort opponents say would undo decades of advancements in civil rights. Lawmakers in the state Senate overwhelmingly passed the new bill, which, if signed into law, would broadly ban […]
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Alabama Legislature passes legislation banning state funding of DEI, limiting teaching of ‘divisive concepts’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Alabama’s Republican-led Legislature passed a new measure to ban state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies. The legislation limits teaching “divisive concepts” about race and gender and prohibits transgender students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity at public universities and colleges. […]
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Alabama Republicans Push Forward An Anti-DEI Bill | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Alabama lawmakers are pushing forward a bill that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and offices in certain public entities, state agencies and universities, joining anti-DEI efforts led by Republicans in states across the country. Senate Bill 129 would prohibit state agencies and colleges from funding diversity, equity and inclusion offices, programs and initiatives […]
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Agriculture program aims to increase opportunities for minority students
Agriculture has always been a part of Wendell Scales’ life. While growing up in a small town in Lonoke County, he loaded crop dusters and worked at a grocery store. Although he was raised in a middle-class African American family surrounded by agriculture — his grandfather was a sharecropper, his mom chopped cotton and his […]
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Boston Mayor Wu’s DEI Misstep Leads To Backlash And Division
conference ahead of the 114th National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) National Convention, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 27, 2023. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The phrase “the road to hell is paved with good intentions” proved fitting this week […]
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Former Pentagon manpower and diversity chief running for Congress | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The Pentagon’s former personnel chief announced Monday that he’s making a run for Congress again, after losing his competitive seat back in 2020. Gil Cisneros, a Navy veteran turned representative for California’s 39th Congressional District, just finished a stint as Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. From August 2021 until Sept. 8, he […]
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Federalist Society hosts debate on ‘freedom of thought’ as more Southern states look to combat woke ideology on college campuses | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
From Critical Race Theory to diversity, equity and inclusion, more Southern states like Alabama and Florida are trying to push back against woke ideology at public universities. But whether that means the government banning certain topics outright or administrators restructuring incentives, conservatives and free speech advocates are still debating the best approach to secure academic […]
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NWA Council Report tracks Northwest Arkansas’ growing diversity
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — This week, the Northwest Arkansas Council published its 2022 Diversity Report, which highlights Northwest Arkansas’ rapidly growing and diversifying population as well as the benefits these changes can bring. After commissioning research into its own operations last year, the Council this week committed to “take several actions aimed at fostering a […]
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