GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. —
Graci Harkema has dedicated her life to promoting inclusivity and belonging. But she says after the executive order to terminate all “equity-related” grants or contracts, and a follow-up order requiring federal contractors to certify that they don’t promote DEI, she’s lost thousands in contracts.
“It was just so devastating, and I think too there’s this misnomer that many folks don’t even understand the letters of DEI and what it means and that our country of America was created on the basis of diverse identities,” she said…