Name: Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W

Affiliation: Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL): https://michaelayeleaacl.wordpress.com/

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: 07/08/2013

Request Date End: 08/14/2023

Details: What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing your discussions about [1] the formal/informal ties that exist between your office, Greenfield High School (located Greenfield, Missouri) and Texas A&M University (TAMU); [2] Kathleen McElroy as a Black/African American woman who (i) had on May 11th 2023 accepted to “lead the journalism program” at TAMU after she was verbally offered the position by Department Head Hart Blanton; (ii) had on June 13th 2023 signed an appointment letter that provided her a faculty position with “tenure upon arrival;” (iii) was on June 19th 2023 informed by TAMU former Interim Dean Jose Bermudez that her appointment letter of “tenure upon arrival” would be rescinded because of her advocacy in favor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI); (iv) has on June 26th 2023 “re-applied” for the same job she had been offered on May 11th 2023; (v) was on July 07th 2023 informed by Jose Bermudez that “race” had been a “factor in the treatment” she was subjected to by TAMU after May 11th 2023; (vi) was very much displeased by the telephone conversation that took place on July 07th 2023 and decided to cut off contact with TAMU on July 08th 2023; (vii) may have initiated contact with the Texas Tribune after the very unpleasant telephone call she had had with TAMU officials on July 07th 2023; (viii) has opted not to initiate contact with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for the purpose of filing with them a complaint pursuant to the provisions of Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act; (ix) was reported to have concluded a $1 (one) million settlement with TAMU on (or around) August 03rd 2023 without ever filing a Title VII complaint pursuant to the provisions of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act; [3] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W as a Black man, who was on September 01st 2022 informed by the EEOC that they (i) had gone on to process the FOIA request they had assigned Case No.: 820 – 2022 – 007564 as if Kim Morrison had filed a charge of employment discrimination (against Greenfield High School) pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act even though there’s no evidence that she had done this; (ii) were unwilling to confirm or deny whether conversations took place within their federal agency on the subject of Kim Morrison employment history with Greenfield High School; [4] the EEOC as a federal agency that (i) has grown really fond with processing Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W FOIA request in the “complex” track even though it always used to process them in the “simple” track; (ii) has processed the FOIA request on the subject of Kim Morrison employment history at Greenfield High School in the “simple” track; (iii) is more likely than not to process Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W FOIA request on the subject of Kathleen McElroy dealings with TAMU in the “complex” track...

Please see the attached document that will be sent to Kayla Postler for additional information.

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