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Academy at Charlemont panel explores path to equality during anti-racism training day
The Academy at Charlemont held a virtual anti-racism training day on Wednesday, featuring workshops that dealt with subjects including Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, what it means to “defund the police,” and one Black woman’s personal experience with racism in Franklin County. Contributed Photo/The Academy at Charlemont
Published: 1/21/2021 5:01:02 PM
CHARLEMONT On the day Vice President Kamala Harris was sworn into office, a group of students, staff and faculty from The Academy at Charlemont and other area schools were in discussion on what that meant for girls and women of color.
Coffee fundraiser to support anti-racism training at The Academy at Charlemont
The Academy at Charlemont is holding a coffee fundraiser to support an anti-racism training day. Dreamstime
Published: 12/23/2020 4:38:57 PM
CHARLEMONT A student group at The Academy at Charlemont is holding a fundraiser to support an anti-racism training day next month.
“We’re under no illusions that tackling racism is a one-day, one-off sort of task,” said Nora Bates Zale, associate head of school. “This is one of many initiatives that I see the school taking on in the coming years. I think the hope here is that folks . take something away from the day that they hadn’t previously known, and understand racism in a new context.”