Future Search Conference planned on race issues

The Brattleboro Reformer reports that following a string of racially motivated incidents in the Brattleboro area (including the emergence of a racial hate group at Brattleboro Union High School during the spring of 2008), about thirty of Brattleboro's "community leaders and residents [have] banded together to work for a town free of discrimination and prejudice." Indeed, "Brattleboro residents and community leaders formed the Racial Issues Planning Team to help plan and organize a wide-scale plan for the town." That Team has recently decided to host a Future Search Conference in February to "further promote racial tolerance and understanding in Brattleboro." The Conference will take place over three days and will feature 64 representatives "from all different backgrounds within the community." Those representatives will discuss the past, present and future of discrimination and prejudice issues in Brattleboro" and brainstorm a list of practical ways to address discrimination and intolerance.

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