Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Gateway Technical College rescinded a humanitarian award named after the civil rights leader that had been earmarked for a small-town Wisconsin racial justice nonprofit.
The reason: pro-Palestine statements made by the nonprofit’s president on social media.
Burlington Coalition for Dismantling Racism was among three already-announced 2023 recipients of Gateway Technical College’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award. Ahead of a ceremony on Monday, the technical college released a statement on Jan. 11 announcing it would remove the nonprofit from its shortlist of award winners.
“While Gateway values the work done by the Burlington Coalition for the Dismantling of Racism, it was brought to the college’s attention that the selection of BCDR as a Gateway Technical College Dr. King Humanitarian raises some concerns and does not align with…
