The Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits has joined more than 160 organizations nationwide that have denounced President Trump’s recent executive order placing restrictions on diversity training.
The alliance says the order — which carries a threat of withholding federal funding — will create confusion in the workplace.
The alliance has more than a thousand members. Kristen Merrifield, CEO of the alliance, said the order will discourage diversity training in the workplace.
“It will cause a lot of folks to do nothing," she said, "because there’s fear, right? Especially for those organizations that have government funding, which a lot of nonprofits do have government grants and contracts.”
She said that the order comes at a time when there is momentum for diversity in the workplace.
