rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/vt-dei?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-vt-dei' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Virginia Tech Students' United Front https://actionnetwork.org/groups/vt-students-united-front https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/541/113/original/we-wont-go-back-1.jpg On Monday 24th March 2025, Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors undemocratically dissolved the Office of Inclusive Strategy and Excellence, which oversees more than 700+ DEI initiatives across the university. The elimination of the OISE does not serve the student body, and in fact harms the interests of the students that the Board of Visitors are supposed to serve. We, the students that make Virginia Tech, refuse to silently stand by as the federal government dismantles our civil rights protections, while our institutions continue to complacently fail us. Virginia Tech's motto Ut Prosim 'That I May Serve', does not exclude Tim Sands nor the Board of Visitors. Let the BOV know: We will not go back. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/vt-dei/