Harmony Belle Devoe and Pat LaClair: Equity is not an initiative

This commentary is by Harmony Belle Devoe of Warren and Pat LaClair of Fairfax. Harmony is a 9th grader at Harwood Union High School. She is mixed Filipino, white and Indigenous Nipmuc, and is a member of multiple clubs and organizations striving to achieve equity, including Vermont’s inaugural State Youth Council. Pat is a program director at UP for Learning, a Vermont-based non-profit with the mission of empowering youth and adults to reimagine and transform education together. With