The US Administration is funding part of the American Space Barcelona project, which is being developed at the Ignasi Iglésias-Can Fabra municipal library.
The directive promoted by Donald Trump to stop funding policies that promote diversity He has reached BarcelonaSpecifically, to a municipal library, the Ignasi Iglesias-Can Fabra, which runs a learning program for children with the Consulate General from the North American country in the Catalan capital.
El Barcelona's town hall has received in recent days a request from the American embassy in Madrid which requires you to implement this directive in the program american space that this library carries out, as has been advanced El País. It so happens that this project has until now received funds from the Government of the United States.
El Town Hall Barcelona has already responded that it will not comply with the order. Municipal sources argue that the “principles and values"of the institution go through the"inclusion", he "promoting gender equality" and the "plurality"They also assure that, if necessary, to maintain the program, they will seek collaborative agreements with other North American cities, institutions, and public agencies that respect and promote inclusion, diversity, and equity.
order 14173
The project american space, which since 2016 has carried out more than 2.000 activities and received 77.000 attendees, is a collaboration of the Consulate General of the United States in Barcelona and Libraries of Barcelona. It includes science and technology activities, English learning, cultural programs and also a guidance service for young people who want to go to study at United States. In addition, it houses 2.500 documents, a good part of which are donated by the U.S. Department of State the country.
The request received by the council explicitly refers to the order 14173, which is called Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity. It is the one that has promoted Trump to stop any diversity, equity and inclusion programs from being publicly funded.
