Diversity and Inclusion

Shaundel Washington-Spivey, La Crosse’s first Black and first openly gay mayor, currently serves on the Governor’s Equity and Inclusion Advisory Council.

Author and comedian Felipe Torres Medina spoke with WPR’s “BETA” about writing with humor, navigating immigrant spaces and America as an experiment.

Republicans on a legislative audit committee questioned the legality and usefulness of diverstiy, equity and inclusion initiatives at state agencies and universities during a public hearing at the Wisconsin State Capitol Wednesday.

Sen. Eric Wimberger, co-chair of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, joined WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” for a discussion about the released and forthcoming audits.

Mia Serafina of the Interchange Theater in Milwaukee never performed with comedians of color until college. As the director of community and culture, she wanted to change that with the New Voices scholarship.

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision that a state program that distributes grants to minority college students is unconstitutional. 

The state organization that oversees most Wisconsin high school athletic programs updated a policy Wednesday to say only athletes “designated as females at birth” would be allowed to compete in girls sports.

Several government web sites serving Wisconsin went offline this week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday that seeks to dismantle federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

An internal review found “concerns about financial operations and fiscal judgements,” according to the school. 

Milwaukee Area Technical College’s former chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer filed a federal lawsuit against the college alleginging she was fired after speaking out against race and disability discrimination at the school.