From our colleagues at United Campus Workers Kentucky and Kentuckians for Higher Education:
As you may know, House Bill 4, an anti-DEI bill, was filed in the Kentucky state legislature this week. If passed, HB 4 would put university jobs at risk, threaten crucial university funding, and close DEI offices, programs, and resource centers! Kentuckians for Higher Education and United Campus Workers are mobilizing to oppose this attack on higher education with two major actions this week:
- Join us in calling and emailing legislators to oppose HB. Instructions here.
- Because of the priority level of this bill and how quickly lawmakers in Frankfort have been organizing, we strongly suspect HB4 will be heard in the House Committee on Post-Secondary Education meeting this Tuesday (2/18) at 8:00am EST. We need to prepare to mobilize for this scenario. Come with us to the House Committee on Post-Secondary Education to show opposition to HB 4. Sign up here. (Transportation and carpooling options available).
Public pressure and showing up in large numbers in Frankfort are critical to protecting DEI in Kentucky. Can you please share this information with your organization’s networks and contact lists so that we can show up all across the state to protect DEI?