To hear the Trump Administration, DEI has the omnipotent power to destroy America, ruin the economy, desecrate arts and culture, and even crash airplanes. Indeed, if there is a bet noire for our time right now, it's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
But, while some reduce the acronym to an incorrect assumption to mean unqualified people are elevated, locally, many organizations believe the opposite is true.
On this edition of the show, you'll hear from Samara Phelps of Travel Lane County, Bettina Hannigan of the Florence Chamber and Erin Tierney-Heggenstaller of The Chronicle who say that inclusion and diversity make the community stronger and more prosperous. And these voices are not from organizations whose job it is to promote DEI. No, they are organizations whose job it is to sell our community to others and chronicle the entire spectrum of the region.
