The Backlash to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI): How Justice-Committed Organizations Can Respond Now
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Live on April 24th, 2025: 2:00pm to 3:30pm Eastern
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Formerly titled: Responding to DEI Backlash
As the Trump administration continues its assault on DEI principles, programs, and funding, nonprofit and philanthropic leaders face critical risk assessments. Should we consider changes to how we design and communicate our work? Should we stay the course? For organizations rooted in equity, there are considerations in every direction: programming, funding, communications, and internal people and culture practices.
NPQ welcomes a powerful trio of justice-committed practitioners and thought-leaders to explore strategic organizational responses to diversity, equity, and inclusion backlash.
- Bianca Cassanova Anderson, CEO of ProInspire is joined by
- Fiona Kanagasingam, Vice President Equity & Culture of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and
- Kelly Frances Bates, President at Interaction Institute for Social Change
The presenters will address:
- Assessing your organizational risk levels
- A continuum of organizational responses to the DEI backlash and their ramifications
- Opportunities for sharpening approaches to diversity, equity, and inclusion work
- Actionable guidance for staff and board leadership
This session is ideal for justice-committed nonprofit and philanthropic leaders across program, administration, communications, resource development, and grantmaking, as well as board members and consultants.
Hosted by Jeanne Bell
Moderated by Bianca Cassanova Anderson
Presenters:
Vice President Equity & Culture of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
President at Interaction Institute for Social Change