Best of Buzz | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Good Morning!

This is the first of several best-of posts that I’m leaving for you while I go up to the White Mountains and leave my computer behind.

Please refer to the Weekly Buzz and the town calendar for a list of things that are going on in town each day this week. I’ll be back Thursday or Friday, hopefully refreshed and recharged and ready to finish out the summer (because did you know it’s AUGUST?!).

My first big post that went outside of daily news, which about half of you might not have seen because our subscriber list was pretty small at that point, was about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). I wrote it after a now-infamous interaction between the DEI Committee Chair and the Select Board, to help folks understand a little bit more about what DEI really means and why we need to actively cultivate inclusion rather than pointing diversity as the end game.

Here’s that article, and the podcast that followed.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Burlington

Recently, the term Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has become more commonly used. The events of Summer 2020 brought to a wider audience issues that have existed and been discussed in smaller forums for decades. In September of 2020, a Director of DEI position for Burlington Public Schools was approved by Town Meeting, but many residents had never …

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Episode 1.2 | DEI FAQ

Listen now (8 min) | Hello, hello. I’ve been working on a new podcast for you for awhile now. I recorded it weeks ago, to be honest, but (1) there was a stump grinder outside my window all morning as I was trying to record, and (2) the recording came out more as a lecture and less like a conversation. Yes, yes, it’s hard to have a conversation with just me! But I think the …

Burlington Buzz

Have a great day, neighbors!

Nicci