Thursday, April 15, 2021

Boise State University alumni, veterans to the Idaho Legislature: Diversity is important - RAJA PRABHALA, MICHAEL CHENEY, KEVIN WALLIOR AND ACE ARROYO, Idaho Statesman

To the honorable members of the Idaho Senate and House of Representatives, We the undersigned, all of us veterans of the U.S. military and alumni of Boise State University, write to you in support of diversity at our state institutions of higher learning, particularly our alma mater. We have witnessed with concern opposition to Boise State University’s annual budget due to its support of diversity programs. As members of the U.S. armed forces, we served in one of the most diverse institutions in the United States. The U.S. military attracts highly qualified men and women from all 50 states and our U.S. territories who represent a wide variety of creeds, religions, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations and other attributes that make the people of this country stronger together. We saw firsthand how that rich diversity of perspective produces innovative solutions.

https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article250324036.html