Members of Sununu’s diversity council quit over NH budget’s ‘divisive concepts’ restrictions
Modified: 6/29/2021 9:53:31 PM
CONCORD More than half of Gov. Chris Sununu’s Advisory Council on Diversity and Inclusion resigned Tuesday, saying his decision to sign a state budget that limits the discussion of systemic racism and other topics has derailed the work they were appointed to do.
In their resignation letter, 10 of the 18 members said the budget provision is in direct conflict with the mission they were given in December 2017 when Sununu created the group.
“We accepted your appointment to this council out of commitment and love for this state and your stated desire to advance diversity and inclusion,” they wrote. “Given your willingness to sign this damaging provision and make it law, we are no longer able to serve as your advisors.”
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Last fall, the commission on Law Enforcement Accountability, Community, and Transparency (LEACT), appointed by Governor Sununu and made up of law enforcement and community leaders from across the state, released a number of recommendations for police reform in New Hampshire. We check in with four members of that commission on which recommendations have been put into action, which haven t, and what s next. Listen to our show with commission members in September 2020, shortly after the recommendations were released.
Air date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021.
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Eddie Edwards - Assistant Commissioner of the N.H. Department of Safety. Former Chief of Police for South Hampton, and director of the N.H. Liquor Enforcement Commission from 2005 to 2013.