National Urban League Responds to CFTOD Administrator Glen Gilzean

NEW YORK (August 2, 2023) --National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today issued the following statement in response to Central Florida Tourism Oversight District Administrator Glen Gilzean's announcement that he would abolish DEI initiatives.

“The National Urban League and our nationwide movement of more than 90 local affiliates are shocked and dismayed by Glen Gilzean’s betrayal of the values at the very core of our mission. His rejection of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion principles is a rejection of the Urban League Movement and the pursuit of racial justice itself.  We vigorously and emphatically reject any implied association with Mr. Gilzean’s current words or actions. His crass political expediency is all the more offensive given his previous vantage point to the harm he knows it will cause.”