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In September 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order that banned the federal government \u2013 plus its contractors and subcontractors \u2013 from offering and participating in diversity training on racial and gender bias.\u00a0 The next few months were filled with cancellations, stalled conversations, confusion, and lawsuits. But fortunately, on his first day as President, Joe Biden reversed the order. On today\u2019s episode, The Diversity Movement VP of Business Development Shelley Willingham unpacks what happened and what it means to diversity training.<\/p>\n

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