Virginia Dems Resurrect Expensive DEI Office, Expand DEI Initiatives for ‘Youth’ and ‘Criminal Sentencing’

Virginia’s diversity, equity and inclusion office has a new lease on life with a radical boss and millions of taxpayer dollars flowing in.Dr. Sesha Moon now leads Virginia’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion after Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger appointed her in December, returning the agency to its woke roots despite Republican efforts to reform it.

Virginia’s latest budget dedicates more than $1.8 million to the DEI office annually for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.

The $1.8 million is larger than the annual budget for “Governmental Affairs Services” and “Intergovernmental Relations” in the governor’s office.

It is also larger than the funding for “Personnel Management Services” for the attorney general’s Department of Law, adjudication training in the state Supreme Court, “Emergencies Prevention and Response” at the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the entire budget for a legislative commission tasked with recommending policies related to Virginia’s youth.

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