The working group, charged with suggesting changes to make classrooms more inclusive, met for the first time this week.
Ethnic studies panel begins mulling updates to curriculum
Tag: Black Lives Matter
Advocates strategize on how to communicate about racial justice
Social justice advocates say many residents think they’re already enlightened while others don’t want to hear they’re part of the problem.
Edmunds Middle School to raise Black Lives Matter flag
A group of eighth-graders sees the flag raising as a way of protesting racial discrimination at the school.
The Deeper Dig: Anti-racism in the auditorium
Student activists around the state are leading conversations about racism — whether or not their communities are ready to talk about it.
Burlington council sets up police review panel following incidents
The action came after rejecting a Progressive-backed effort for more immediate action and more far-reaching departmental changes.
Randolph Union hosts first-ever student-led anti-racism conference
The school’s principal, T. Elijah Hawkes, said that when students and teachers came to him with the idea for the conference, he simply ‘got out of the way.’
Black Lives Matter flag will fly at Rutland High after second vote of approval
A school board member tried to rescind a previous vote of approval for the flag, just three days before it was scheduled to fly.
Scott signs ethnic studies bill into law
The first bill signed into law this session creates a working group to study how to make Vermont’s schools more inclusive.
Amid racism, Rutland High School to fly Black Lives Matter flag
Students, who said they are racially targeted every day, cried and hugged as a crowd of about 100 people continued to applaud behind them.
Essex High School latest to raise Black Lives Matter flag
The flag — a symbol for racial equality and the fight against bias — was hoisted after a petition received more than 400 student signatures.
Black Lives Matter flag raised at Brattleboro schools
The raising of the flag was part of Windham Southeast Supervisory Union’s Diversity Day curriculum.
Brattleboro students set to raise Black Lives Matter flag
‘Everyone agreed that it was appropriate to fly at the schools,’ said Ricky Davidson, chairman of the BUHS #6 School Board.
Margolis: Who did the right thing in UVM protest?
From the administration, to the police, to the provocateurs, to the students themselves — they all blew it.
Burlington First Unitarian Universalist Society raises Black Lives Matter banner
News Release — Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington March 5, 2018 Contact: Rev. Mara Dowdall, Senior Minister Phone: 802-862-5630 (office) Email: [email protected] Website: www.uusociety.org BURLINGTON, Vermont – On Sunday March 4, the First Unitarian Universalist (UU) Society of Burlington raised a Black Lives Matter banner in front of its historic meeting house at the top […]