Racial Justice /tags/racial-justice Racial Justice en-US 开云体育 Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:53:43 GMT Elmore-Morristown school district settles with federal investigators over allegations of racial harassment /local-news/2025-01-08/elmore-morristown-school-district-settles-with-federal-investigators-over-allegations-of-racial-harassment The Justice Department said the district cooperated fully with the investigation and has already implemented some improvements. Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:53:43 GMT /local-news/2025-01-08/elmore-morristown-school-district-settles-with-federal-investigators-over-allegations-of-racial-harassment Associated Press In 'Stitch, Breathe, Speak,' NH parishioners use quilting to spur conversations about racial injustice /show/made-here/2023-11-02/in-stitch-breathe-speak-nh-parishioners-use-quilting-to-spur-conversations-about-racial-injustice In the new documentary Stitch, Breathe, Speak, a group of parishioners from several predominantly white New Hampshire churches create quilts featuring the last words spoken by George Floyd before he was murdered by a Minnesota police officer in 2020. The film touches on what the quilt panels and Floyd鈥檚 words brought to the ones making them. Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:00:00 GMT /show/made-here/2023-11-02/in-stitch-breathe-speak-nh-parishioners-use-quilting-to-spur-conversations-about-racial-injustice Mary Williams Engisch, Adiah Gholston, Eric Ford Homegoings host Myra Flynn shares inspiration for the first episode /show/vermont-edition/2023-07-26/homegoings-host-myra-flynn-shares-inspiration-for-the-first-episode Myra Flynn, host of 开云体育's newest podcast, Homegoings, joins host Mikaela Lefrak after we listen to the first episode. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 19:28:01 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-07-26/homegoings-host-myra-flynn-shares-inspiration-for-the-first-episode Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer Loving Day Vermont celebrates marriage equality and pushes for greater racial justice /local-news/2023-06-09/loving-day-vermont-celebrates-marriage-equality-and-pushes-for-greater-racial-justice Fri, 09 Jun 2023 21:04:12 GMT /local-news/2023-06-09/loving-day-vermont-celebrates-marriage-equality-and-pushes-for-greater-racial-justice Mary Williams Engisch Meet Burlington's new director of racial equity, inclusion and belonging, Kim Carson /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 A 'declaration of inclusion' continues to spread across Vermont /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 Why an antislavery amendment, Prop 2, is on the ballot in Vermont /show/vermont-edition/2022-10-13/why-an-antislavery-amendment-prop-2-is-on-the-ballot-in-vermont Host Mikaela Lefrak discusses Prop 2, a ballot measure that would amend the Vermont constitution to clarify that all forms of slavery and indentured servitude are prohibited in the state. Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:35:55 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2022-10-13/why-an-antislavery-amendment-prop-2-is-on-the-ballot-in-vermont Mikaela Lefrak, Tedra Meyer 'A lasting honor of what she did': Statue of Elizabeth Freeman to be unveiled in Sheffield, Mass. /2022-08-19/a-lasting-honor-of-what-she-did-statue-of-elizabeth-freeman-to-be-unveiled-in-sheffield-mass A bronze statue of Elizabeth Freeman will be unveiled Sunday on the town green in Sheffield, Massachusetts. Freeman was once an enslaved person who, in 1781, sued for her freedom and won. This helped lead to the end of slavery under the law in Massachusetts. Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:23:52 GMT /2022-08-19/a-lasting-honor-of-what-she-did-statue-of-elizabeth-freeman-to-be-unveiled-in-sheffield-mass Nancy Eve Cohen 'Bitter Injustice' invites N.H. residents to reflect on the internment of Japanese Americans 80 year /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 Senate passes anti-lynching bill and sends federal hate crime legislation to Biden /npr-news/2022-03-08/senate-passes-anti-lynching-bill-and-sends-federal-hate-crime-legislation-to-biden The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, which sets prison terms of up to 30 years, has been more than a century in the making. Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:12:52 GMT /npr-news/2022-03-08/senate-passes-anti-lynching-bill-and-sends-federal-hate-crime-legislation-to-biden Peter Granitz