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More than 30 people turned out for the first meeting of Vermont’s new Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Tuesday, in which officials introduced themselves and set an open-minded tone for
The panel will create commissions to examine discrimination caused or allowed by state laws and policies.
Two years ago, the Vermont Legislature apologized to all Vermonters and their families who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies that started in the early 1900s and led to institutionalizations and sterilizations, targeting Native Americans, French Canadians and disabled and poor people.Legislators also vowed to do more. Now the state has formed a truth and
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SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — Two years ago, the Vermont Legislature apologized to all Vermonters and their families who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies that started in the early 1900s and led to institutionalizations and sterilizations, targeting Native Americans, French Canadians and disabled and poor people.