#Trump admin freezes about $2.3 billion in #funding to #Harvard

The U.S. Department of #Education said on Monday it was freezing about $2.3 billion in federal funds to #HarvardUniversity over the school's decision to fight White House demands, including that it shut down #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs.

#law #extortion #dictatorship #FreeSpeech
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-freezes-about-23-billion-funding-harvard-2025-04-15/

Author and activist Don Winslow rightly says that “Donald Trump should have been taken out of the White House in handcuffs before the sunset on January Sixth. And if he had been—if people had done the jobs they were supposed to have done, we wouldn’t be where we are now.” #The11thHour #vote #November5 #Mastodon #BlackMastodon #politics

https://disabled.social/@popcornreel@mas.to/112199787726012116

Found via nottheonlyone.org as one of 10,400+ #DEI #Diversity, #Equity and #Inclusion items.

I wonder what Dr. Lakshmi Chilukuri, professor of molecular biology, provost of 6th College at #UCSD, and mother of Usha Vance thinks of the #fascism. Have any students in her lab lost their visas? Has her research been affected by the #NIH cuts?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-ucla-stanford-among-schools-011815174.html

Also, note the department wesbsite's link to #Equity, #Diversity, #Inclusion

https://biology.ucsd.edu/research/faculty/lchilukuri

In a world of MAGAts, Be a J.E.D.I. !!

Justice
Equity
Diversity
Inclusion

#JEDI

#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/

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.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250331-a-us-attempt-to-stop-diversity-initiatives-in-europe-faces-backlash?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Aira was proud to sponsor the Ability360 USABA Southwest Goalball Tournament.

(A note from Marybai Huking, Aira Team Rep and 2x Paralympic Goalball Medalist)

"As someone who represented Aira at the event (and as a former goalball player myself) this experience was incredibly meaningful on both a personal and professional level.

For me, goalball was more than just a sport. It helped shape how I view independence, self-worth, and possibility.

I’m deeply grateful to work with a company like Aira that not only builds tools for access, but actively invests in the communities we serve. Supporting events like this shows that empowerment doesn’t begin and end with a product. It lives in connection, community, and showing up."

Thank you to Ability360 for an amazing weekend. Aira was proud to be there to connect with, support, and and cheer on athletes from around the country.

https://nos.nl/l/2561865 The #usa is making demands on #diversity, #equity and #inclusion to #european companies. Let me be very clear: #locaverdi will never comply to such demands. #dei

#ThoughtProvoker

#FOSS = free software + *gratis* contributions ???

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.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250330-france-slams-us-interference-in-firms-diversity-programs-france-and-europe-will-defend-their-values?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

Reddit Cofounder Expects a ‘Swift Shift’ Back to DEI Hiring Practices https://www.byteseu.com/873835/ #business #BusinessInsider #company #DEI #DeiPractice #Disney #diversity #equity #Forbes #inclusion #ohanian #Policy #RedditCofounder #ShortSightedOrganization #SwiftShift #TrumpAdministration

Today we’re reaffirming our unwaivering and longstanding committment to all that is is core to pyOpenSci: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility. We strive to include everyone, everywhere.

From inclusive peer review, mentorship to beginner-friendly training, we’re building a space where everyone can contribute to #opensource in support of #openscience and advancing scientific discovery.

Read more: https://www.pyopensci.org/blog/pyopensci-commitment-inclusion.html

Nasa drops plan to land first woman and first person of color on the moon

Promise was central plank to space agency’s Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/nasa-drops-plan-first-woman-moon

U.S. Dept of #Defense restores #JackieRobinson story on website, admits it was taken down in #DEIpurge

The #DOD has restored an article on its website honoring Jackie Robinson after having removed it in an effort to #purge "#DEI" (#diversity, #equity & #inclusion) content [at the direction of #Trump & #Hegseth].

#USpol #WhiteSupremacy #racism #military #ServiceMembers #history #BlackHistory #RepresentationMatters #whitewashing
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/u-s-department-of-defense-restores-jackie-robinson-story-on-website-admits-it-was-taken-down-in-dei-purge/

Affirming Our Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility.

The Carpentries has always been committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible community. In light of growing global challenges to efforts that support diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility—including the impact of the recent U.S. Executive Order on related programs—we want to reaffirm our stance.

Creating inclusive and equitable learning spaces is essential to open science and open education—not radical, wasteful, or preferential.

For 27 years, our community has built pathways to make learning more accessible, research more reproducible, and collaboration more inclusive. We remain steadfast in that mission.

Read our full statement by our Executive Director @drkariljordan and Chair of our Board of Directors @yabellini, and explore our resources to support this work: https://carpentries.org/blog/2025/03/the-carpentries-reinforced-commitment-to-inclusion-diversity-equity-and-accessibility/