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Aaron Weisblatt's avatar

A DEI underground railroad is a brilliant idea.

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Blair Glaser's avatar

Thanks. Let’s hope it takes off.

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Nancy Jainchill's avatar

Love this idea and the examples you offer.

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Blair Glaser's avatar

Appreciate, Nancy. It's devastating to see how racism is making a comeback.

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Nancy Jainchill's avatar

All of it. Awful.

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DIAHANN REYES-LANE's avatar

Echoing Aaron- brilliant idea. yes yes-- kind of like Dumbledore's Army subverting Voldemort right under the Death Eater's very noses!

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Blair Glaser's avatar

Love the analogy even though I didn’t read the series! I do hope that word gets out and we can all join in on it.

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Cary Umhau's avatar

Wise

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Waterwoman Knits's avatar

Love it. https://www.culturesconnecting.com/ - This group in my area is wonderful, I have heard word of mouth from folks who've attended their workshops. I like their publication of a free "Diversity Calendar" for schools and individuals. Thinking it might be a way to incorporate into a daily practice to mention a holiday each day of the week, even if it is not of my own belief system. Perhaps WA is next target after CA, but for now the largest public university retains its DEI statements on its web pages, and the president of the U is a Black man. Congresswoman Jayapal does some great work around this topic as well.

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Blair Glaser's avatar

Their work looks fabulous, and I love the idea of a diversity calendar. I’m glad that Washington has been able to retain its diversity vision language and programming… perhaps they are not as dependent on federal funds and foreign students? Thank you so much for sharing!

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Waterwoman Knits's avatar

Actually, the UW gets most of its funding federally, and my daughter's PhD medical research program only accepted 6 instead of 15 students. Yet, they are holding strong to stating DEI values many places.

Impacts of federal and state policies on the UW https://www.washington.edu/president/2025/04/03/federal-and-state-policy-impacts/

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Blair Glaser's avatar

Love it! Good news.

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