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Works Cited and Resources Referenced by Viva DEI
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Racial Equity Case Studies
CFLeads & Public Equity Group
Community Foundations as Leaders of Place-Based Equity Work
CFLeads & Public Equity Group
https://cfleads.org/report-community-foundations-as-leaders-of-place-based-equity-work/
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Next Level DEI. Raben
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National Equity Atlas, PolicyLink & USC Equity Research Institute
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Jargon-free guide to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
American Pride Rises
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Higher Education Litigation and Federal Policy: 2025 Year in Review
Foley Hoag
Trump’s Executive Orders on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Explained
Legal Defense Fund
https://civilrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/LDF-FactSheet-Anti-DEIA-EOs_202501.pdf
United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
Acting Assistant Secretary. April 24, 2025
https://www.ed.gov/media/document/dear-colleague-letter-sffa-v-harvard-109506.pdf
Frequently Asked Questions About Racial Preferences and Stereotypes Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
Reminder of Legal Obligations Undertaken in Exchange for Receiving Federal Financial Assistance and Request for Certification under Title VI and SFFA v. Harvard
United States Department of Education
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US Department of Justice. Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions
The White House
Ensuring Transparency in Higher Education Admissions
Department of Education
2024 Annual Report
Legal Insurrection Foundation
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Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports
The White House
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/
Protecting the American People Against Invasion
The White House
Statement from a DHS Spokesperson on Directives Expanding Law Enforcement and Ending the Abuse of Humanitarian Parole
Department of Homeland Security
New DOJ Guidance Identifies Unlawful DEI Practices That Could Result in Revocation of Federal Funding
Ogletree Deakin
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Supreme Court’s June 2023 affirmative-action rulings
The Supreme Court Ended Race-Based Affirmative Action in Higher Ed Admissions. Public Equity Group and Linda Goldman.
January 2025 executive orders on workplace DEI
Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing. The White House.
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Track DEI legislation in all 50 states
American Pride Rises
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EEOC Answers Questions About What Constitutes Illegal DEI Programs
Ogletree Deakins. Nonnie L. Shivers.
The Legal DEI Project. Loyola Marymount University Law School
Loyola Marymount University Law School
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Targeted Universalism. Video Overview
Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley
Targeted Universalism: A step-by-step methodology for creating belonging
Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley
belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2025-05/TargetedUniversalism_FactSheet_April2025.pdf
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john a. powell, Stephen Menendian, Wendy Ake. Othering and Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley
https://belonging.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/2022-12/Targeted%20Universalism%20Primer.pdf
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Messaging Guide: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Hart Research; Bellwether Research and Consulting; Raben
Resourcing Mission-driven Orgs: Where Do We Go From Here?
NxtLevel
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Playwrights Horizons Sued Over Discounts For BIPOC Audiences
Broadway World
Composer Suing Playwrights Horizons Previously Recorded Crude Comments About Women and Black People
OnStage Blog
National Endowment for the Arts Civil Rights Complaint
FAIR For All
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Youtube: Dreaming in Color: Creating New Narratives in Leadership
Darren Issom, The Bridgespan Group
Podcast: Dreaming in Color: Creating New Narratives in Leadership
Darren Issom, The Bridgespan Group
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Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
NYU School of Law
DEI Is Under Attack. Here’s How Companies Can Mitigate the Legal Risks
Kenji Yoshino and David Glasgow. Harvard Business Review
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Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
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Fearless Foundation Amicus Brief
Council on Foundations
Fearless Fund settles lawsuit, ends grand program for women of color
CBS Morning
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The American Constitution Society
Broken Law Podcast
Episode 186: DEI and the First Amendment. American Constitution Society
https://www.acslaw.org/podcast/episode-186-dei-and-the-first-amendment/
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One Year Later: The Implications of SFFA for Corporate America
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
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The Law of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Christina Joseph and David Glasgow. Advancing DEI Initiative a project of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU School of Law
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What Do Recent DEI Training-Focused Federal Agency Guidance and Court Decisions Mean for Employers?
Samia M. Kirmani, Michael D. Thomas, Michael R. Hatcher & Christopher T. Patrick at Jackson Lewis
Promoting DEI Legally: 11 Tips Straight from the EEOC Acting Chair
Eric M. Beyer. Pierson Ferdinand
Authors: LDF Legal Defense Fund, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Democracy Forward, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, National Women's Law Center
