Trumbull diversity committee cancels meeting after half of members quit
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Exterior of Trumbull Town Hall, in Trumbull, Conn. April 5, 2017.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
TRUMBULL Half of the town’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force members have quit in the past two months amid controversy over the group’s chairman.
The last time the eight-member group met was in January, shortly before social media blew up over chairman Tara Figueroa’s comments made in July calling the Blue Lives Matter flag a symbol of racial bigotry and comparing it to the Confederate flag.
The comments came to light in February. The February meeting was not held and now the March 18 meeting has been canceled because the group no longer has a quorum.
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Chairman of Trumbull diversity committee will not resign despite calls for her removal
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TRUMBULL The town’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force will continue with Tara Figueroa as its chair, despite an effort to shut the committee down until she resigns or is removed.
“I have not violated any ethical guidelines or codes of conduct,” Figueroa said. “This experience has really amplified to me why there needs to be such a thing as a diversity committee.”
Figueroa has been under fire on social media over comments she made in July calling the Blue Lives Matter flag a symbol of racial bigotry and comparing it to the Confederate flag. The town’s police union, Police Commission Chairman Ray Baldwin and scores of private citizens have called for her removal and social media comments have grown increasingly hostile.