/tags/diversity Diversity en-US 开云体育 Wed, 03 Apr 2024 14:58:28 GMT /local-news/2024-04-03/how-to-enjoy-the-eclipse-if-youre-blind-some-vermonters-will-listen A small, hand-held device developed at Harvard University in 2017 converts changes in light into sound. Some Vermonters will use the LightSound during the Great American Eclipse on Monday. Wed, 03 Apr 2024 14:58:28 GMT /local-news/2024-04-03/how-to-enjoy-the-eclipse-if-youre-blind-some-vermonters-will-listen Mary Williams Engisch /local-news/2023-02-19/how-a-burlington-museum-is-decolonizing-its-collection-with-help-from-new-leadership In the summer of 2020, the Fleming Museum at the University of Vermont set an ambitious goal: to decolonize its collection and address the legacies of imperialism that stain museum culture. Since then, the almost hundred-year-old museum鈥檚 staff has faced lots of turnover. New Executive Director Sonja Lunde spoke with 开云体育's Marlon Hyde. Sun, 19 Feb 2023 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-02-19/how-a-burlington-museum-is-decolonizing-its-collection-with-help-from-new-leadership Marlon Hyde /local-news/2022-12-21/meet-burlingtons-new-director-of-racial-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-kim-carson Kim Carson is Burlington's new director of racial equity, inclusion and belonging. Carson worked in the Iowa Judicial system prior to beginning this role in Vermont's largest city. Wed, 21 Dec 2022 19:59:08 GMT /local-news/2022-12-21/meet-burlingtons-new-director-of-racial-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-kim-carson Mary Williams Engisch /local-news/2022-11-16/a-declaration-of-inclusion-continues-to-spread-across-vermont The statement lists a community's core values in hopes that all people will feel welcome there. The Vermonters behind the movement are aiming for every municipality to adopt the declaration. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 23:15:37 GMT /local-news/2022-11-16/a-declaration-of-inclusion-continues-to-spread-across-vermont Mary Williams Engisch, Kevin Trevellyan /show/vermont-edition/2022-07-25/vermont-public-we-answer-your-questions-about-the-new-name Host Connor Cyrus talks with 开云体育 CEO Scott Finn about the organization's recent name change and plans for the future. Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:05:17 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-07-25/vermont-public-we-answer-your-questions-about-the-new-name Connor Cyrus, Tedra Meyer /npr-news/2022-05-22/bitter-injustice-invites-n-h-residents-to-reflect-on-the-internment-of-japanese-americans-80-year Public libraries and high schools across New Hampshire have been hosting a series of discussions surrounding the 80th anniversary of the internment of Japanese Americans. Sun, 22 May 2022 13:03:20 GMT /npr-news/2022-05-22/bitter-injustice-invites-n-h-residents-to-reflect-on-the-internment-of-japanese-americans-80-year Julia Furukawa, Rick Ganley /show/vermont-edition/2022-05-18/in-the-wake-of-the-buffalo-shooting-how-are-vermonters-fostering-diversity-equity-and-inclusion This hour, host Connor Cyrus discusses the aftermath of the mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., and the work on diversity, equity and inclusion happening in Vermont. Wed, 18 May 2022 19:46:28 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-05-18/in-the-wake-of-the-buffalo-shooting-how-are-vermonters-fostering-diversity-equity-and-inclusion Connor Cyrus, Matthew F Smith /vpr-classical/2021-03-05/listening-to-ladies-resources-for-inclusion-in-classical-music In the midst of a national reckoning about racial justice and equity, musical organizations are also looking at their role in creating a more inclusive鈥� Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:56:24 GMT /vpr-classical/2021-03-05/listening-to-ladies-resources-for-inclusion-in-classical-music James Stewart /programs/2020-08-17/brave-little-state-supporting-vermonters-of-color The latest installment of Brave Little State seeks answers to this question: How can the state, both its government and its people, support Vermonters of鈥� Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:51:03 GMT /programs/2020-08-17/brave-little-state-supporting-vermonters-of-color Angela Evancie, Lydia Brown /vpr-news/2019-05-03/pilot-program-diversifies-economics-students-at-middlebury-college Less than a third of undergraduate economics majors and Ph.D. students are women, and less than 1 percent of Ph.D. economists identify as Black, Latino,鈥� Fri, 03 May 2019 17:19:11 GMT /vpr-news/2019-05-03/pilot-program-diversifies-economics-students-at-middlebury-college Mitch Wertlieb, Bayla Metzger