A counter-protest of a pro-homosexuality-and-transgenderism Pride event at a Burlington middle school has prompted several residents to call for reinstating the town's diversity, equity, and inclusion committee.
The Pride-theme day was organized on Friday, June 2 by the middle school's Spectrum Club, a place where students can "socialize and discuss LGBTQ+ issues" and "work on activism projects." The club prepared educational signs such as one that read "Why it's not ok to say 'That's so gay'." The group also encouraged students to wear rainbow clothing and handed out rainbow stickers.
Fifth-grade students in Amherst are calling on state legislators to ditch Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day, as part of a project in a public school's language arts class.
The project began with an assignment to students "writing about the change they'd like to see in the world," a story in The Daily Hampshire Gazette paraphrases the teacher, Tim Austin, as saying. In the assignment, the students discuss the topics, narrow them down to one, "and plan a campaign around that issue," the story states.
