Briefing 2: Federal Actions & DEIA Initiatives
In Briefing 2 on May 28, Katie Hannon Michel, senior attorney at ChangeLab Solutions, and Donya Khadem, Equal Protection Initiative counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, provided an overview of executive orders attacking diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives and explored how federal agencies have begun to implement them. They also discussed ongoing legal challenges to these orders, as well as strategies and considerations for public health practitioners as they navigate federal actions and their fallout.
Chat Resources
- Network for Public Health Law: https://actforpublichealth.org/event/act-for-public-health-briefing-1/
- Network for Public Health Law: https://actforpublichealth.org/executive-orders-affecting-lgbtq-communities-faqs/
- Network for Public Health Law: https://actforpublichealth.org/executive-orders-on-diversity-equity-inclusion-accessibility-faqs/
- Network for Public Health Law: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/29/2025-01953/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing
- Network for Public Health Law: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/31/2025-02097/ending-illegal-discrimination-and-restoring-merit-based-opportunity
- Network for Public Health Law: Just Security’s Litigation Tracker: https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/
- Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse link that has content: https://clearinghouse.net/