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Beatty: attacks on DEI and universities threaten opportunity; urges corporate and community resistance
Summary
At a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum, Rep. Joyce Beatty criticized recent state and federal moves targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities and highlighted local corporate commitments to maintain such programs.
Rep. Joyce Beatty warned attendees at a Columbus Metropolitan Club forum that state and federal directives aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in higher education threaten equal-opportunity initiatives and workforce development.
Asked about recent state and federal actions, Beatty said the Fourteenth Amendment protects equal opportunity but that many employees and staff are already losing jobs amid rapid policy shifts. She described a recent federal letter to…
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