Lebanon officials parse new ‘divisive concepts’ law
Modified: 7/1/2021 10:01:20 PM
LEBANON City officials are trying to determine whether their plans to create a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commission could run afoul of a new state law that critics say limits discussions about systemic racism.
Gov. Chris Sununu last week signed into law a two-year budget that includes prohibitions on teaching children that they’re inferior, racist, sexist or oppressive by virtue of their race, gender or other characteristics.
His fellow Republicans have argued the so-called “divisive concepts” measure strengthens anti-discrimination laws, while Democrats say it could prevent implicit bias training and halt efforts to educate people about structural racism and sexism.
Hartford School Board hopes to promote further work addressing racism in Vermont
Hartford school board member Kevin Christie at the budget information session in White River Junction, Vt., on March 2, 2019. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Allene Swienckowski (Courtesy photograph)
Modified: 3/13/2021 11:06:03 PM
HARTFORD The Hartford School Board has taken the unusual step of publishing an open letter to Hartford residents and Vermont citizens, addressing long-standing issues of racism and racial harassment in towns across the state and calling for Vermonters to speak out against those incidents.
Citing outsize case rates, critics call for racial equity in COVID-19 vaccination in Vt., N.H. Veterans wait in line inside the VA Medical Center in Philadelphia to receive the COVID-19 vaccine during a walk-in clinic. A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind whites in receiving shots. Tyger Williams / AP
Published: 2/2/2021 4:10:43 PM
Like most Vermonters under the age of 75, Allene Swienckowski is still waiting for her turn to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In addition to having several underlying health conditions, Swienckowski, a 72-year-old Quechee resident, is Black, and people of color have been especially hard-hit in the pandemic.
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‘It tells me that I am less’: History, racism hang over Capitol riots
People listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Congress held a joint session Wednesday to ratify President-elect Joe Biden s 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images/TNS)