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Close Christina Brooks, then diversity and inclusion director for the city of South Bend, discusses consultant Colette Holt’s study of the city’s contracting with women- and minority-owned firms Oct. 4, 2019 at the Charles Martin Youth Center, as Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Holt listen. The city’s common council Monday night passed a bill to lower contracting goals resulting from an error Holt made in over-estimating the availability of such firms in the area. South Bend Tribune

The latest proxy in the culture wars? School district equity policies; Saratoga Springs in bitter debate | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Saratoga Springs A new diversity and equity policy in the Saratoga Springs City School District is either a long-needed balm to heal educational disparities in the district or a rogue attempt to indoctrinate students with radical race theories. The community’s bitter debate in recent weeks over the policy, which the school board adopted Tuesday night after hearing scores of public comments, reflects an emerging front in the nation’s polarized culture war a...

Close Christina Brooks, then diversity and inclusion director for the city of South Bend, discusses consultant Colette Holt’s study of the city’s contracting with women- and minority-owned firms Oct. 4, 2019 at the Charles Martin Youth Center, as Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Holt listen. The city’s common council Monday night passed a bill to lower contracting goals resulting from an error Holt made in over-estimating the availability of such firms in the area. South Bend Tribune

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Indiana voices Chauvin verdict a first step toward equity The guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial was the culmination of a painful struggle ignited by a graphic video seen around the world. Once the overwhelming relief fades, there's a feeling of what's next? The conclusion of this trial doesn't mean the end of the long-standing issues it laid bare. Michael Patton, the diversity and inclusion officer for the city of South Bend, said the verdict may provide “momentum” for residents to get involved in the city's attempts to enact police reforms. But in another sign that there's still...