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The proposed bill seeks to ban public school teachers from promoting any theory that depicts U.S. history or its founding in a negative light, including the idea that the country was founded on racism.
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The district currently has only two Spanish-language liaisons to serve approximately 1,600 Spanish-speaking families
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Sebastian Fuentes, a Thornton resident who emigrated from Peru in the early 2000s, found himself stopped three times for significant periods at the N.H. highway checkpoint.
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The report will help the Nashua health division, as it begins to have conversations with health providers in the city about working with communities of color.
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A workshop exploring the influence of culture on race and equity through art started this week at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth.
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Public defenders provide services for people who cannot afford an attorney. The shortage of public defenders in New Hampshire is getting worse.
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A proposal to bar “discrimination based on hairstyles relative to a person’s ethnicity” was deemed “inexpedient to legislate” by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in an 11-10 vote along party lines.
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Manchester School District has hired one of the state's first equity officers, Tina Philibotte. She says her role is to share information with decision-makers and offer guidance, but it’s up to individuals to get on board with Manchester’s vision for improving equity.
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This past year, school districts across New Hampshire have pledged to do a better job at serving students of all backgrounds.Andres Mejia is the director of diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, a new position at SAU 16 in Exeter. NHPR’s Morning Edition host Rick Ganley recently talked with Mejia about his vision for the district and what he hopes to accomplish there.
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It’s been 19 years since the New Hampshire Board of Education endorsed a prohibition on Native caricatures in schools. Since then, progress toward a ban has been slow and not at all steady.