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When we treat human beings for disease, the disease should be the only difference that sets us apart. There is no place for racism, writes this cardiologist.

Chilmark’s select board heard a report Wednesday morning on progress made at the Chilmark Town Affairs Council (CTAC) specific to a camp it runs at the Chilmark Community Center.  The camp was the scene of what the Vineyard’s chapter of the NAACP described as a “racially insensitive” incident. That incident saw a young Black camper, […]

The anti-racism program A Long Talk About the Uncomfortable Truth visited with BYU athletes and coaches in October about the history of racism in America and help student-athletes find their voice and activate their ability to live an anti-racist life.

The Chilmark Town Affairs Council (CTAC) presented a plan geared toward preventing an incident similar to the one in July during a camp offered at Chilmark Community Center where two white campers put a tent strap around the neck of a Black camper. During a Chilmark select board meeting Tuesday that attracted more than 60 […]

Saskia and David Vanderhoop offer a valuable resource to the Island through their indigenous organization, Sassafras Earth Education, and its mission to connect people to nature and through that, to themselves and others. For the Vanderhoops, this connection to the land makes all things possible. “First of all, we believe that it’s very important that […]