Legislation

It all started with two students, Minelle Sarfo-Adu and Addie Lentzner, who were students in a summer politics immersion. Legislator Michelle Bos-Lun was leading a session on policy, and was willing to help students develop their own bills. With all of the news about critical race theory, Minelle and Addie decided to start a bill around anti-racism in education. We wanted to stress the point that anti-racism is a crucial part of education. We don't want to make white kids feel guilty; on the contrary, we want to empower all students with the true history. That's why we created this bill. We submitted it, H 584, after working on it with the full VSARN group for many months. It didn't pass in 2021, but we are re-submitting it and continuing our work.

Now, in 2025, we are advocating for other education related bills and this summer, we are hosting teach ins with legislators to help young people understand what’s going on in policy and get involved. To attend our next teach-in, which will occur in late July in Burlington, please contact hudsonvia@vsarn.org