#NY public schools tell #Trump administration they won’t comply with #DEI order
By DAVE COLLINS
Updated 3:14 PM EDT, April 5, 2025
Excerpt: "The demand specifically threatens #TitleI funding, which sends billions of dollars a year to America’s schools and targets #LowIncome areas.
"Morton-Bentley wrote that the state Education Department has already certified to the federal government on multiple occasions that it is complying with #TitleVI of the #CivilRightsAct of 1964, most recently in January. He said the federal department is basing its demands to end DEI programs on a faulty legal interpretation.
"'Given the fact that you are already in possession of guarantees by NYSED that it has and will comply with Title VI, no further certification will be forthcoming,' he wrote.
"He also said the administration’s stance is an 'abrupt shift' from the one taken by the first Trump administration, citing comments in 2020 made by then-U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that #diversity and #inclusion were 'cornerstones of high organizational performance.' He wrote the administration has provided no explanation of why it changed positions."
https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-schools-federal-funding-ae605932fa7fa6605f89574906a346f7
#NewYorkResists #Resistance #USPol #SeeYouInCourt #HandsOffEducation #Resistance
2of2 Article from Apr 3. Stock is down 24%, foot traffic down 6%, web traffic down 9%. Protest Works! #TargetFast well exceeded enrollees, at 150K+
I know I deleted my Target apps & have not set foot in one since.
#sour #brand #spend #carefully #diversity #equity & #inclusion #matter, #Target! #DEI #minority #owned #business #investment #program #two #billion #pride #month #merchandise #obeying in #advance #betrayal #customer #minority #base #LGBTQ #trans #rights https://www.forbes.com/sites/dougmelville/2025/04/03/targets-foot-traffic-declines-for-8th-week-since-dei-boycott-stock-hits-52-week-low-amid-tariff-concerns/
"Pour #SaïdHammouche, « la #France a été beaucoup moins loin que les #EtatsUnis sur ce volet – avec un cadre juridique différent, ni #statistiquesEthniques ni #quotas. Elle ne peut donc pas reculer tant que ça »."
En #France "4 500 institutions ont signé la #CharteDeLaDiversité, « mais, en réalité, ce n’est pour beaucoup qu’une pétition de principe. Du moins pour les #discriminations liées aux #origines. …on parle désormais du #genre, des #LGBTQ+ et des personnes #trans, mais on ne parle toujours pas des #Noirs et des #Arabes », estime #YazidSabeg, ancien commissaire à la #diversité et à l’#égalitéDesChances (2008-2012)."
#RecSys2025 offers three ways for the community to unite and celebrate female role models through physical and virtual networking events. #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion
#SCOTUS allows #Trump officials to freeze #teacher training grants over *#DEI*
A divided #SupremeCourt on Fri cleared the way for the admin to at least temporarily freeze up to $65M in #educational grants designed to address #TeacherShortages, which the govt says fund programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [as they should, though the Trump admin’s definition of DEI is humanity].
#law #ActivistCourt #PartisanCourt #indoctrination #education #idiocracy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/04/supreme-court-trump-teacher-training-grants-dei/
https://www.europesays.com/1970859/ Le Luxembourg ouvre l’adoption à tous les modèles familiaux #adoption #AdoptionPlénière #CouplesHomosexuels #Discrimination #DiversitéFamiliale #DroitsDesEnfants #DroitsDesFamilles #DroitsHumains #DroitsLgbt #égalité #FamillesLGBT #inclusion #JusticeSociale #LégislationLuxembourg #Lëtzebuerg #lgbt #luxembourg #Luxemburg #parentalité #PMA #ReconnaissanceParentale #RéformeAdoption
More of this please:
The #NY State #Education Dept issued a defiant response to #Trump’s threats to pull federal #funding from #PublicSchools over #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs, a remarkable departure from recent conciliatory approaches of other institutions. A day earlier, the federal govt issued a memo to education ofcls across the nation, telling them to confirm the elimination of all programs it argues *unfairly* promote #DEI.
#law #democracy #FreeSpeech
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/new-york-trump-dei-order.html?smid=url-share
#Trump Admin Threatens to Withhold #Funds From #PublicSchools
State #education officials will be required to verify that they have eliminated all programs that promote #diversity, #equity & #inclusion [#DEI] that the administration deems *unlawful* [uncomfortable for #FarRight #bigots] according to a new memo.
#censorship #indoctrination #Whitewashing #racism #misogyny #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #extortion #law #USpol #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/public-school-funding-trump-dei.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AEB43A0E-0ED5-401C-9960-8E17975F9091
I am working on creating a handbook that describes the assistive technologies available in the FreeBSD operating system, which will be freely available online for anyone to consult. Currently, the effort is focused on gathering and documenting accessibility features for visual impairments, and it is sponsored by the @FreeBSDFoundation
If you are interested in the topic, a public repository is available for suggestions and corrections: https://gitlab.com/alfix/freebsd-accessibility
A US attempt to stop diversity initiatives in Europe faces backlash.
Efforts by the US government to eliminate diversity initiatives have not been well-received in Europe, after companies in France received a letter saying Trump's rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives could also apply outside the US.
France, Belgium and Spain are pushing back against the letter.
"The withdrawal is the latest tangible effect of recent court rulings that experts say make it difficult for coalitions to bring claims on behalf of groups of historically marginalized voters."
Samedi 12 avril 2025 à Ris-Orangis (91).
Marché aux vélos d'occasion.
Davantage d'informations en flashant les QR Codes dans l'affiche, et sur :
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#QPV #quartiers #inclusion #inegalites
#FOSS = free software + *gratis* contributions ???
US orders French companies to comply with Trump's diversity ban
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Le compte à rebours est lancé : dans un mois, on se retrouve pour deux jours de talks, d’échanges, de débats et… de crêpes, évidemment.
Le programme est prêt, les salles sont assignées, les horaires calés. Vous avez déjà repéré vos conférences favorites ? C’est le moment de les ajouter à votre agenda ! https://mixitconf.org/2025?agenda=true
Encore 30 jours avant de faire chauffer les méninges et les plaques à crêpes. Vous êtes prêt·e·s ?
France slams US 'interference' in firms' diversity programs: 'France and Europe will defend their values'.
France's trade ministry condemned "unacceptable" US interference on Saturday after the US embassy in Paris sent several French firms letters warning against using the diversity programs known as "DEI", a frequent Donald Trump target.
"Of all the trends at the fall runway shows, including the uptick in fur (or fur-alike) clothing, the rise of clothing with built-in power curves and the preponderance of black leather, the single most ubiquitous one was the worst: the erosion of size inclusivity.
Ironically, as fashion embraces (and creates) faux womanly figures by design, the actual bodies inside the clothes are shrinking."