This SHIT gotta stop Biden Forest Service Holds ‘Intercultural Communication Diversity Dialogue Circle’

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Biden Forest Service Holds ‘Intercultural Communication Diversity Dialogue Circle’​

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The United States Forest Service has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a diversity consulting firm to hold a series of “intercultural communication diversity dialogue circle” workshops, federal records show.
These diversity circles, according to the website of the contractor hosting them, prompt Forest Service employees to discuss their feelings on racial issues and push white staffers to be better “allies” to minorities.

The diversity circles are just one component of a broader diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy adopted by the Forest Service under the Biden administration.
As the Forest Service increased its focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, it failed to meet goals related to maintaining America’s forests. A 2023 Agriculture Department Office of Inspector General report found that the agency, responsible for caring for much of America’s public lands, had an over $5 billion maintenance backlog.
Forest Service employees will be subjected to these workshops, for which the agency paid J. Mattox and Associates over $250,000, until July 2025 under the current contract. The agency previously paid J. Mattox and Associates about $60,000 for trainings on “anti-racism, equity, and being an effective ally” and an “engagement forum.”
The J. Mattox and Associates website describes the diversity circles it is facilitating for the federal government as a “safe, supportive space to promote open and respectful exchange of personal stories, and feelings about racial inequalities and social injustice to achieve shared understanding, bridge differences, and strengthen [a] sense of community.” During the circles, white employees are asked to “explore a range of actions and techniques” that will help them serve “as allies with people of color to be supportive and take action to combat social injustice and racial inequities in the workplace and the community.”