VT Digger’s Vermont Conversation: Does Vermont Need a Truth Commission?
In 2021, the Vermont Legislature issued a long overdue apology for Vermont’s early 20th century state-sanctioned eugenics movement, which targeted Indigenous people and other groups…The apology left unspoken how to undo the harm. Now, a bill in the Vermont House, H.96, proposes that Vermont establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to examine what happened and possible reparations. This interview catches up with where that process is in the Vermont legislature right now.
Full article and audio file here.