Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ends DEI programs
Feb 14, 2025, 8:16 AM | Updated: 9:39 am
A sign outside the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle can be seen in December 2023. (Image courtesy of 成人X站 7)
(Image courtesy of 成人X站 7)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center announced it will end its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs citing the Trump administration鈥檚 executive order on DEI and a fear the center could lose all of its federal grants.
An internal email obtained by 成人X站 Newsradio shows leadership at the cancer center told its staff Thursday to expect changes in 鈥減rograms, policies, practices and educational opportunities鈥� as it moves ahead with slashing all DEI efforts that could impact its eligibility for grants.
At stake is $400 million in federal funding, which the email said聽constitutes 70 percent of its yearly research budget.
鈥淲ithout these funds now or in the future, it would create a significant and unsustainable impact on our programs and our people,鈥� the email read. 鈥淪imply put, without federal funding, we can鈥檛 fulfill our mission.鈥�
The email specifically cites President Donald Trump鈥檚 President Donald Trump鈥檚 Executive Order 14173, which instructed his administration to cancel government contracts given for 鈥渆quity-related鈥� programs. While multiple lawsuits challenge Trump鈥檚 executive order and his broader push to withhold Congressionally approved funding on ideological grounds, cancer center leadership wrote it cannot wait for a legal resolution.
鈥淲e must take action now due to several significant federal grant applications that must be submitted to agencies that provide our sources of funding,鈥� the email read.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is the latest entity to reverse course on D-E-I following the executive orders.
