Texas NAACP Responds to Violations of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at UT-Austin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Texas NAACP & Texas Conference of American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Contacts: Gary Bledsoe, President, Texas NAACP, lkerrnaacp@gmail.com, and Brian Evans, Interim President, Texas AAUP Conference, aaup.texas@gmail.com
UT AUSTIN STAFF LAID OFF IN NEW SB 17-RELATED DEVELOPMENT
Today, a large number of University of Texas at Austin professionals who formerly worked in DEI assignments received pink slips notifying them that their days at the University will come to an end in 90 days. Estimates are that approximately 60 persons received these pink slips, with some offices to be closed by May 31st. 40 persons who were notified that they would be laid off were with the Division of Campus and Community Engagement (DCCE), formerly the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.
