SPARC Goes MAGA to Lobby

Remember a few months ago when SPARC pro-actively edited “equity” language out of its home page and key “Who We Are” language, completing the job before the inauguration of Donald Trump, and breaking a core rule about standing up to tyrants: “Do not obey in advance”?

As a reminder, here is SPARC’s home page banner on December 20, 2024:

Notice that the word “equitable” is featured, third from the last.

Here is the same banner on January 22, 2025 — two days after the Inauguration:

It hasn’t changed since.

Here is the key “Who We Are” language as of December 19, 2024:

Notice the word “equitable” is featured, echoing their banner, while there is a strong end to the second paragraph decrying “racism, colonialism, and other legacies of injustice.”

Now, fast-forward to January 14, 2025 — or nearly a week before the Inauguration, and see how the language changed:

Gone is the word “equitable,” as well as the language about racism, colonialism, and legacies of injustice.

Now, it appears SPARC was also busy going all-in courting the MAGA-verse, having hired via a consultant (Blue Star Strategies) the Chartwell Strategy Group LLC for $10,000 in the first quarter of 2025 in order to: