would also be due by December.

Students gathered at public universities across Kentucky on Friday to rally in favor of dei or diversity, equity and inclusion on their campuses.

The rallies were organized by Kentucky Students for dei groups gathered to protest House Bill 4 which seeks to eliminate dei programs, policies and offices at all of Kentucky's public universities.

>> Well, I'm a disabled veteran.

So dei directly impacts initiatives that cater to me.

A lot of people have this misconception that it's just generated to help get 3 people are people of color and unfair advantage.

But that's simply not the case.

The AI includes a wide variety of people.

It does include people of color.

It does include where people it includes disabled people and includes veterans.

It includes low income individuals.

It includes rule communities.

It includes people like all of us.

And I'm just really tired of the misinformation kind of taking the forefront for this.

Nothing non issue to be blown out of proportion.

>> An EKG, we have a giant first generation college student community and we have so many scholarships for people who may not have been able to come to college otherwise and Rd E D I in college courses is imperative simply because we need to.

We'll learn those things to use them in the professional world.

We graduate.

>> Black women only make up 2% of lawyers and America and in a black woman and wanted to be a lawyer.

I think it's very important that I show up today to get a better understanding of what's at risk whenever it comes to my future career.

I want to be a lawyer.

Yes, but it is scary to try to go to the job market, be a black man, whatever this is it and remove that as well, especially in the legal profession.

>> We are not.

>> I think the terminology in hospital for is very dangerous because it opened it up to a lot of censorship of it.

There's not specifics on what you can't say.

You can't say anything at all.

And that's the most alarming part about it.

>> As somebody who has lost a parent in my life who has a single mother who has been trying to support me all my life and has a first generation college student.

I'm the youngest of my siblings.

Been the face too, go through with going to college and who is willing to complete my education.

My higher education here and had it not been for so many of the initiatives that dei brought to the University of Louisville into little in general.

I would not be standing here today.

>> We have a black male initiative on campus and that is that is supposed to help black boys who have like a who specifically have a very low graduation rate in college.

That's to help them build community but have mentor ships and graduate from college with success and without initiatives like the Black Male initiative at University of Louisville, people will graduate less graduation rates will fall for like black students.

>> I am a psychology major, so I'm doing my best to work with LGBTQ people because I am LGBTQ ion trans.

So this means a lot to me and the fact that we're losing these initiatives is so detrimental to everyone all any down.

What has been for the past.

>> Because unfortunately, our ministers will be forced to have to follow these hateful policies which ultimately gets rid of all my communities here on campus.

As far as my diversity scholarships and pretty much all the curriculum now that are open to all students to learn if you are lawmakers, you know, the history of this country and minorities and the LGBTQ community have never any marginalized group has never had a light up in this country.

I feel like why are you trying to move backwards?

Only made all this progression so far.