PBS closes Dei Office and announces diversity officers will leave in response to Trump’s executive order
PBS is shutting it down Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Office And that diversity officer has left in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order.
In a statement Fox News Digital, PBS confirmed the news on Monday.
“To ensure maximum compliance with the President’s executive order on diversity, equity and inclusion, we have closed the DEI office. Staff who worked in that office will leave PBS. PBS has It will continue to be a welcome place for people,” the statement said.
PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger sent out a note earlier in the day. According to I told the New York Times that after working with lawyers on issues with Trump’s executive orders regarding Day, they decided to close the office.
PBS CEO Paula Kerger sent a note to a colleague to close the DEI office. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
“To ensure that I comply with the President’s executive order, I have closed my DEI office and Cecilia Loving and Gina Leow have left PBS. I know I’m joining me with a good wish for them in my future efforts. ” writes Kerger.
She continues, “Our mission is to educate, engage and inspire the various American communities we serve to remain at the heart of our work. And PBS is all about it. We will continue to assure you that it will remain a welcome place for those who are.
Love has been announced As Senior Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in 2021, her job is to “identify opportunities to build PBS’s internal commitments to DEI,” and “inter-functional to assess current business practices.” “We worked together in the public television system.” Supports the ongoing efforts of stations around DEI. ”
Leow was hired in 2021 as director of diversity, equity and inclusion.
PBS has focused on the DEI initiative since 2021. ((Getty Images by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/Lightrocket)))
Within the first weeks of his inauguration, Trump signed an executive order Prohibition of DEI offices Programs for both government and federally funded public universities.
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