Letter to the Tennessee’s Legislature not to defund the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)

On behalf of SSSP’s Board of Directors, President David A. Smith and Executive Officer Héctor Delgado wrote to urge the Tennessee’s Legislature not to defund the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The letter emphasizes how UTK has a responsibility to prepare students to work and live in a world that will require them to be knowledgeable about and sensitive to the dramatic demographic and other changes our society has undergone in the past fifty to seventy years. The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is a vital component of fulfilling this responsibility. To read the letter, visithttp://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/480/Action_and_Activism/.

Posted Tuesday, 03/15/2016, 04:17 PM - Comments - Category: Member News