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Keizer schedules joint work session with Community Diversity Engagement Committee amid debate over DEI terminology and scope
Summary
Following a lengthy discussion about the Community Diversity Engagement Committee’s mission and possible federal executive-order implications for DEI activities, the council voted unanimously to schedule a joint work session with the committee and table related resolution changes pending that review.
Keizer City Councilors on Feb. 3 debated whether the Community Diversity Engagement Committee (CDEC) should pause its meetings or change its name and scope after recent federal executive orders raised questions about how DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) activities might be treated by federal agencies and grantees. After extended discussion, the council unanimously voted to schedule a joint work session with the CDEC “as soon as possible” and tabled a related resolution (8I) pending that joint review.
Councilor Kohler opened the item by saying the committee appears to have drifted…
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