Burlington is not Richmond and Richmond is not Burlington, but it’s interesting to note that on Thursday morning, mayor Miro Weinberger and the other groups formally declared racism a public health emergency.
Quoting from the WCAX.com article on the event, “As part of the declaration, the group outlined three main goals. They include a commitment to eradicating racism within their organizations, immediate and specific actions to address the emergency in the work that they do, and a commitment to participate in ongoing actions to eliminate race-based health disparities.”
There’s much more to the event than simply that — but rather than restate it here, I’ll simply share a link and ask that if you have time, you go read it.
https://www.wcax.com/2020/07/16/burlington-to-declare-racism-a-public-health-emergency/
