. DEI policy, in Gates’s words, is “creating an environment where every student feels welcomed, regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, or sexuality.”
Now, she leads workshops, pioneers S4DEI outreach efforts in other counties, and chaperones a group of 10–15 student speakers to each Forsyth County Board of Education meeting. They wear signature purple T-shirts to show that DEI is not red or blue and that it “shouldn’t be politicized to the detriment of children.”Since Gates’ graduation in 2021, other students have continued her work. Shivi Mehta is a 14-year-old freshman at Alliance Academy for Innovation in Forsyth County.
Despite the student support they’ve received from their peers, Mehta and Gates have met strong opposition. Every month, they endure insults from adults in and out of school board meetings. Parents congregate in a Facebook group called Concerned Parents of Forsyth County Georgia to discuss the students’ activism, calling them “morons” and “the modern day KKK.” A member of the Concerned Parents also described a Black DEI activist as a “swindler.” Gates says she continues to face harassment.
A few months ago, in what appeared to be a step forward, the Forsyth County Board of Education agreed to meet with S4DEI activists privately to discuss concerns about discrimination in schools. After one meeting, though, things went quiet. Gates presented the school board with screenshots from Forsyth Concerned Parents, as well as correspondence about revisions to the DEI plan at the public August meeting, but says she received no response.
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