ERUUF’s Multicultural Team (MCT) invites you to register and attend our next 1st Sunday Conversations on Zoom. Please register below to receive a link. 

After watching a video, we will address the following questions: “Who is behind these efforts attacking D.E.I. and Affirmative Action Programs and why these attacks?  Is there any merit behind the criticisms? Is this something new, or is it plain backlash?” 

• Why diversity initiatives at colleges and companies are facing political backlash (10:15). https://youtu.be/vU4rK9bAftw?si=FhOsN5PWKpyQH6zQ
• 'America Is Under Attack’: Inside the Anti-D.E.I. Crusade by Nicholas Confessore, Jan. 20, 2024 New York Times.  A lengthy and detailed take on the subject. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/20/us/dei-woke-claremont-institute.html?unlocked_article_code=1.m00.wTMT.3UW7U9TWPQiE&smid=url-share 
• Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions (5:45); Nina Totenberg at NPR. (Updated June 29, 2023, 7:52 PM ET) https://www.npr.org/2023/06/29/1181138066/affirmative-action-supreme-court-decision