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DESCRIPTION:Support the removal of the Indian Mascot at Napa High School! Join SSPRIT 
 on May 9, 2017 for public comment regarding the Mascot Committee 
 recommendation.\n\nFor several months the mascot committee/task force 
 deliberated the appropriateness of the Indian Mascot and recommended the 
 mascots removal.\n\nWhen: Thursday, May 9, 2017 @ 6 pm - Committe 
 Recommendation/Public Comment Meeting 2 (Meeting 1 took place on April 6, 
 2017)\n\nWhere: 2425 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA 94558, In the 
 Auditorium\n\nAnyone wishing to speak during public comment must submit a 
 speaker card. Please keep your comments short/considerate of time. Thank 
 you kindly. \n----------------------------------------------\nOn October 
 21, 2015, Sacred Sites Protection and Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSPRIT), 
 addressed Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD) requesting the 
 removal of the Indian Mascot at Napa High School. In response NVUSD 
 Superintendent, Patrick Sweeney announced the district would create a task 
 force made up of people with different perspectives. The task force or 
 mascot committee, is comprised of Napa High School Alumni, NVUSD staff, 
 administrators, student leaders, local Native American advocates and 
 SSPRIT. For several months the committee has deliberated the 
 appropriateness of the Indian Mascot and will be recommending the mascots 
 removal. The committee recommendation will be shared with the NVUSD’s 
 Board of Education during the districts monthly board meeting.\n\nSSPRIT 
 has successfully advocated for removals of Native American Mascots in 
 public schools and has provided continuing education for students and 
 professional development for educators in districts undergoing Native 
 American mascot transitions. Advised by SSPRIT in February of 2014, Vallejo 
 City Unified School District voted unanimously to remove the Apache mascot 
 at Vallejo High School; consequently removing the Chieftans mascot at 
 Solano Middle School. In February of 2015, John Swett Unified School 
 District (JSUSD) in Crockett, CA, removed the Indian mascot at John Swett 
 High School under advisement from SSPRIT.\n\nRead More at: 
 \nhttps://ssprit.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/committee-to-recommend-removal-of-indian-mascot-at-napa-high-school/\n\n\nSSPRIT:\nwww.ssprit.wordpress.com\nwww.facebook.com/save.sacredsites.1\n------------------------------------------------------------\nPublic 
 comment at Napa High School (Part 1 - April 6, 2017), was a hostile 
 environment. The racism was palpable!!! \n\nSeveral Napa High School 
 students spoke eloquently in favor for the removal of the mascot. We would 
 like to send a very special thank you to the youth for their courage & 
 bravery!\n\nThank You to:\nKalpulli Anahuak\nXulio Soriano - Dignity 
 Walkers\nPhil Mehas - ACLU\nHakeem Brown - NAACP\nMorgan Lindsey Hannigan - 
 Democratic Delegate of Solano County \nAl Osorio - Brown Berets\nIndigenous 
 Allies - Life & Michelle Gibson and Molly Batchelder\n\nThank you for 
 always being there for us! See you May 9th!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/09/18799281.php
SUMMARY:Decolonize Napa High - Remove the Indian mascot
LOCATION:Napa Valley Unified School District\n2425 Jefferson St, Napa, California 
 94558
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/09/18799281.php
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