MONTPELIER — Vermont State Colleges System’s (VSCS) Board of Trustees adopted a new anti-racism pledge brought to it by the chair of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, Trustee Shirley Jackson, at the board’s meeting Monday. The vote to adopt the policy was unanimous save for one abstention.
Jackson explained that the pledge was brought to the DEI Committee earlier this month by a student-led task force.
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