It; addresses the changed landscape in which DEI work has been politicized both on and off campus;; provides examples and language to suggest ways to articulate the centrality of diversity to mission and excellence;; emphasizes the link between healthy democracies and higher education's mission in light of the current global and domestic challenges to democracy;; highlights the need to focus on the conditions for developing healthy communities where dialogue, difference, and learning can take place;; examines the current climate of campus protests and the implications for free speech and academic freedom; and; reemphasizes the complexity of identity--and explains how to attend to the growing kinds of identities relevant to diversity, equity, and inclusion while not overshadowing the unfinished business of race, class, and gender.