Past Programs – Hardwick Equity Committee

• Winter Book Group – 20 people met over three months to read and discuss The Sum of Us – What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee. The book takes a hard, data-driven look at the economic costs of discrimination and how it affects people of all races and backgrounds. The theme of the book is an examination of racism as a major reason why many communities “can’t have nice things.”

• LGBTQ+, What Does It Mean? – an interactive presentation and discussion with the Northeast Kingdom Rainbow Coalition. The program included several informative videos linked below.
  • What does LGBTQ+ mean? Pride acronym explained (ABC 7 Chicago, 2022)
  • Tyler Ford Explains The History Behind the Word “Queer” | InQueery | them. (them, 2018)
  • What’s the difference between Gender Identity and Gender Expression? Trans man explains (PinkNews, 2022)
  • Science Proves There are More than Two Human Sexes (SciShow, 2020)
  • 5 Asexual People Explain What “Asexual” Means To Them