Local and state leaders ‘redouble’ diversity efforts

Winooski Middle/High School Co-Principal Leon Wheeler listens to Bennington state Rep. Kiah Morris at the sixth annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future conference at the Putney School. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
PUTNEY — Just before last year’s general election, participants at the annual Vermont Vision for a Multicultural Future conference talked up the possibility of the nation’s first black president welcoming the first female commander in chief.
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