The National Art Gallery (NGA) in Washington, DC, ended its diversity, fair and inclusive (DEI) plan due to the administrative order (EO) issued by President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20. Administrative order. The initiatives of all federal institutions and entities have been terminated, saying they are “illegal and immoral discrimination programs.”
Spokesman told High -sensitivity The museum closed its ownership and inclusive office to respond to Trump’s mission.
The spokesman said: “The employees of the office have been re -assigned as vacant positions in other parts of the museum.”
In addition, the museum has deleted any language to mention DEI from its website. On the page of the mission and values of the overview agency, the term “diversity, fairness, access and inclusiveness” has been replaced by “welcome and access”.
Signing on the first day of Trump’s job, and a series of controversial tasks, from the citizenship of promoting the redefinition of birth to exit the Paris agreement, the United Nations climate change agency, EO requires all federal institutions and departments DEI plan, plan and initiative within 60 days.
This command also applies to any plans related to availability, gifts related to equity, and positions and offices of “environmental justice”, quoting “spending valuable taxpayer resources when the United States is great” promise.
NGA’s announcement was that Darren Walker, the head of the Ford Foundation, was appointed as the chairman of the museum three months later. High -sensitivity It has been linked to Walker for comments through the Ford Foundation.
The NGA was established in 1937. It has obtained most of the funds from the federal government, and has collected more than 150,000 paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, photos, printeds and drawings. Four years ago, the museum launched a $ 820,000 reshape, focusing on DEI, including the new logo and signs, and involved the solution of the lack of diversified leadership and the commitment of employees.
Last weekend, the agency hosted a fundraising dinner for the Trump Words Commission. (Representative of NGA High -sensitivity Although it is “generally not allowed to private events, it has put forward exceptions for the official requirements of the entire government, such as the event held by President Bill Clinton in 1993.
It is unclear how other museums will respond to EO. High -sensitivity I have contacted the Smithian institution for comment.
