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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Marks 20 Years of Success Amid National DEI Pushbacks

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The Black Male Initiative (BMI) officially began in 2005, when the New York City Council approved funding for BMI throughout the whole of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, 25 institutions in total. Those members of city council who instituted this funding back in 2005 had moved on to positions in the state senate, says Quash.

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New Report: Faculty Remain Stubbornly White

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An analysis of data since 2005 shows that percentages of minoritized faculty haven’t increased much, even as student bodies have grown more diverse. Schools that showed the most growth tended to be ones that did not have any minoritized faculty at all in 2005. “I

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Can't Stop, Won't Stop

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Whether that was true action statements, donations, or implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training, everyone was scrambling around, trying to be reactive change agents. Trevor McCray In late 2020, the 46th president, Donald Trump, signed an act federally banning the implementation of DEI training.

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DEI Did It

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The scapegoating of DEI for the recent aircraft disaster at Reagan National Airport. In the immediate aftermath of the Reagan National Airport disaster, right-wing agentsled by President Donald Trump and echoed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethseized upon DEI as the culprit. This is the final transformation of DEI.

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2022: Year in Review

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Edgar, a DEI and EEO consultant, trainer, and facilitator. “As In 2005, the publication broadened its focus, becoming Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. As Black women lawyers, we celebrate her appointment with joy, while reflecting on the sobering experience it was for her to reach this height.”

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2023 Year in Review

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At the same time, scholars are working around the clock to stave off ongoing anti-DEI legislation that has already taken hold in states like Florida and Texas, where many politicians campaigned against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Affirmative action struck down The U.S. She holds a B.A. in government from Harvard.