The Associated Students of Madison (ASM)’s Justice, Equity & Belonging committee (JEB) released a statement Tuesday calling for students to support diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in response to university-wide budget cuts.
“University administration has made decisions that compromise direct avenues for the support of marginalized students,” they wrote. “These changes will make it harder for many to succeed and they will result in losses felt in daily life, impacting students’ sense of identity and belonging on campus.”
In early July, UW-Madison announced itwould ‘sunset’ the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement, moving their services and staff to other administrative units. “Fewer than 10” employees of the Division were also laid off that day…