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Advocates are urging the Vermont Legislature to change a state law around school mascots, saying in a statement that the current legislation does not protect students and has “failed.” The statement, which was signed by 51 advocates, including 16...
In a letter, 51 advocates and lawmakers called for new legislation around school mascots, saying that the current law “has failed.”
“We do not believe the Thunderbird has any harmful imagery for any student at MVU, including our Abenaki population,” Chief Joanne Crawford, of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, and Brenda Gagne, president of the school district’s Indian Education Parent Advisory Committee, wrote in a joint statement.
Two Vermont nonprofit advocacy groups filed formal complaints seeking to remove school mascots at eight schools across the state, arguing that they are offensive and harmful to students.In a letter last week, the Rutland Area NAACP and Gedakina, a...
The Rutland Area NAACP and Gedakina, an organization that promotes Indigenous culture and education, filed formal complaints about school mascots across the state, saying they were “upholding harmful legacies.”