Change in Title

From the Daily Cal: Cal Athletics is replacing its Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Justice with the Athletics Thriving Collaborative; in doing so, it dropped diversity, belonging and justice from the office’s title and eliminated two staff positions. The new Athletics Thriving Collaborative is an extension of UC Berkeley’s Division of Equity and Inclusion’s Thriving Initiatives, which promote “equity-based, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive values and approaches,” according to its online page. According to Cal Athletics spokesperson Jonathan Okanes in an email, two professional DEIBJ staff members will be “transitioning out” as a result of the restructuring: Ty-Ron Douglas, the office’s first associate athletics director, and Ladislao Rodriguez, director of DEIBJ operations and engagement...

Okanes said the program’s restructuring was not related to federal directives or external pressure...

Full story at https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/administration/cal-athletics-dismantles-dei-program-replaces-with-athletics-thriving-collaborative/article_47a8f697-c802-4bd5-994f-a601b1fb1598.html.