Black Lives Matter
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Letter to the editor: Porter steps up against racism
Racism is a public health issue. Black communities and other communities of color have higher rates of newborn death, childhood illness, women dying in pregnancy and childbirth, and…
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Mount Abe to fly the BLM flag indefinitely
BRISTOL — The Black Lives Matter flag that flew at Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School for 30 days last November and December will be re-raised on Friday, Feb.…
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Letter to the editor: Students misguided in opposing Mt. Abe’s BLM flag
I read in the Addison Independent that some students from Mt. Abraham Union High School were uncomfortable with their high school flying the Black Lives Matter flag. And…
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Letter to the editor: BLM flag provides opportunity to talk about racism
I am incredibly disappointed by the discussion around the BLM flag at Mt Abe, and feel compelled to speak up. This is about holding our institutions accountable. This…
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Mount Abe kids ask to keep BLM flag up
BRISTOL — On Nov. 20, Mount Abraham Union High School students organized a ceremony to raise the Black Lives Matter flag on school grounds, with the understanding that…
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Mount Abe raises Black Lives Matter flag
BRISTOL — Two years after passing a resolution to do so, Mount Abraham Union High School raised a Black Lives Matter flag this past Friday morning. “Today I…
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Letter to the editor: Sign up for local NAACP chapter
A walk through town reveals many signs, like our own, proclaiming that Black Lives Matter. Folks may be searching for other ways to promote racial equality, and to…
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Mount Abe students to raise Black Lives Matter flag
BRISTOL — Students at Mount Abraham Union High School will raise the Black Lives Matter Flag at the school on Nov. 20 in conjunction with multiple ongoing actions…
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Rose Archer: It’s not enough just to listen
VERGENNES — Rose Archer made it clear she appreciated the fact that dozens of her fellow Vergennes residents had come to the city green several times this summer…
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Ways of Seeing: Theft of BLM signs raises concern
The recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade at the hands of police officers have prompted a summer of protests, vigils and demonstrations in cities…
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Rose Archer: Step up and be antiracist
VERGENNES — “Relaxation is a privilege. It’s complicity,” Rose Archer told the gathering of about 40 on the Vergennes green this past Saturday afternoon. Archer, a native of…
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Taylor contributes to BLM protests with music
MIDDLEBURY — In addition to attending some small-scale rallies around the state, Middlebury College Assistant Professor of Music Matthew Evan Taylor felt like he needed to respond in…
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Ways of Seeing: Event was for BLM, not police
In early June, a group of friends and I organized a vigil on the Bristol green to honor the life of George Floyd and raise awareness about police…
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Recounting a lifetime of daily discrimination
VERGENNES — Vergennes resident Alicia Grangent gets a pat-down search from TSA guards at the Burlington International Airport every time she travels. She receives remarks about how she…
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Black Lives Matter protests spread across county
ADDISON COUNTY — Fed up with ingrained racism in America, nearly 1,000 people in Addison County took part in public marches and demonstrations in the past week. It’s…
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Hundreds gather in Bristol to denounce police killing
BRISTOL — More than 350 people attended a peaceful vigil on the Bristol town green Tuesday afternoon to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and to…