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Share Your Voice: Preserve Programs Benefitting Diverse Students in Education

Share Your Voice: Preserve Programs Benefitting Diverse Students in Education

Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Education Craig Trainor declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal in a “Dear Colleague” letter. A federal judge issued an injunction. Share your comments with the Department to help preserve programming for our nation’s students at OCR@ed.gov or write to Office for Civil Rights, U.S Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202.

Why Vote?

Why Vote?

Jasmine Neosh (Menominee), University of Michigan law student, College of Menominee Nation alumna, and American Indian College Fund student ambassador says, “I vote so that the people who make the change that our communities need have the best possible partners in that fight. While real change often comes through the work of organizers and boots on the ground, the people that we elect can either be our allies or our opposition. Either way, having some say in that choice seems like our responsibility as future ancestors.”

Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Higher Education Call to Action

Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Higher Education Call to Action

For TCUs and Native organizations, those in higher education, and tribal representatives it is extremely important to review these bills and policies, which go beyond attacking the 2SLGTBQ+ community and include language that threaten the rights and autonomy of women, parents, educators and education, the healthcare system, and Indigenous sovereignty.

Advocate for Native Representation in Education and Support Deb Haaland’s Confirmation as Secretary of Interior

Advocate for Native Representation in Education and Support Deb Haaland’s Confirmation as Secretary of Interior

Tell all U.S. senators that Representative Deb Haaland has the experience and leadership we need at the U.S. Department of Interior. The American Indian College Fund is joining allied Native organizations to advocate for Haaland’s confirmation as part of #DebForInterior Week of Action from Monday, February 22 to Wednesday, February 24. Join us during the #DebForInterior Week of Action to generate a groundswell of public awareness and support for Congresswoman Haaland for her confirmation.