DACODAI Public Meeting: 2-3 May 2024

The SECDEF’s senior DEI advisory committee (DACODAI) will be holding a public meeting at the beginning of May in Arlington, Virginia or via Zoom.

STARRS CALL TO ACTION: Register to attend and/or submit a statement on what you think about DEI ideology and the agenda push in the military.

HOW TO REGISTER AND/OR SUBMIT A STATEMENT:
Send an email to: osd.mc-alex.ousd-p-r.mbx.dacodai@mail.mil with your statement and/or let them know you want to attend in-person or on Zoom. Make sure you tell them you’re with STARRS and your military affiliation. Once registered, you will get a confirmation and later the Zoom link.

NOTE: Deadline for statements and registration is Friday, 26 April.

Your statement will be given to the committee members ahead of the meeting to read, then later posted on their website.

Their stated purpose of the meeting is

“for the DACODAI to receive briefings and have discussions on topics related to racial/ethnic diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity within the Armed Forces of the United States.”

It’s important for those who recognize the harm the divisive CRT/DEI ideology is doing to the military to monitor the Pentagon’s push of this ideology at the highest levels. Your attendance and/or statements give the committee the “diversity of thought” that they very much lack on this issue.

STARRS members and leaders, including Lt. General Rod Bishop (USAF ret) will be attending this public meeting in Arlington, VA and we invite you to join us. Let us know if you’ll be there in-person. If you can’t travel here, watch on Zoom and say you are with STARRS.

DETAILS:

Location:
Association of the United States Army Conference and Event Center
2425 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
(Right outside Washington, DC near the Pentagon)

Dates:
Thursday, May 2, 2024
9:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Eastern Time

Friday, May 3, 2024
9:00 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Eastern Time

DEI Briefings:

Thursday:
(1) The Center for Naval Analysis by Dr. Elizabeth Clelan, Research Program Director, Navy Human Resources Program

(2) The Office of Force Resiliency (OFR), Violence Prevention Cell and Office of People Analytics—Command Climate Assessment and the Defense Organizational Climate Survey by Dr. Rachel Clare, Evaluation Specialist, OFR, and Dr. Ashlea Klahr, Acting Director, DoD OPA

(3) The Department of Defense Talent Management by Mr. Brynt Parmeter, Chief Talent Management Officer, OUSD(P&R)

Friday:
(1) The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Strategy by Mr. Jerry Laurienti, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, CIA, Ms. Helene Diiorio, CIA Director’s External Communications

(STARRS NOTE: In December, one of the committee members rebuked the military by saying the CIA has reached 50% males/50% females so why haven’t the armed forces (the committee does not cover DoD civilians) reached the same 50/50 percentage? The response was that was the goal and that DOD was looking to find and remove barriers so that the 50/50 percentage could reached. The PRC armed forces will be pleased with the American military marginalizing and pushing out male warriors.)

(2) RAND Studies:

(1) Impact of Eligibility Requirements and Propensity to Serve on Demographic Representation in the Department of the Air Force by Dr. Louse Mariano, Senior Statistician, RAND

(2) Envisioning a New Racial Grievance Reporting and Redress System for the U.S. Military Focused Analysis on the Department of the Air Force by Dr. Dwayne Butler, Senior Management Scientist, Professor of Policy Analyses, Pardee RAND Graduate School

(3) DoD Inspector General (DoDIG) Military Leadership Diversity Commission Recap of Military Service Component’s Progress by Ms. Aimee Hughes, Project Manager, Evaluations, DoDIG

SOURCE: Federal Register, Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion; Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting