Years before the Trump Administration started systematically rolling back DEI policies on a federal level, the Oregon State Parks department was stymied when it came to its own efforts to promote inclusion. For at least seven years, the Oregon Parks department – the manager of millions of acres of land in the progressive state – has acknowledged that the vast majority of its visitors are white, and that it needs to do more to promote diversity. But little has changed, according to reporting by Leah Sottile, with support from the Fund. She spoke with former employees, two fired DEI directors, former consultants and contractors about their frustration over the parks department’s unwillingness to implement even basic DEI programs.
For years, Oregon’s parks department has failed to implement even basic DEI measures, grantee finds
