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Mansfield HRC and NAACP collaborate on Black History Month events and Witness Stones expansion
Summary
The commission highlighted a Feb. 14 Black History Month event at the library and discussed expanding the Library’s Witness Stones Project with the Windham NAACP and adding Stopping Stones as a memorial for racial healing; a commission member offered to contact the Mansfield Historical Society about a slavery exhibit.
The Mansfield Human Rights Commission reported Feb. 4 on local Black History Month programming and plans to expand historical commemoration at the Mansfield Public Library.
Chair Jeannine Kanadia said a flyer is circulating for "Living Black History: Finding Lost Family & Honoring a Local Tuskegee Airman," scheduled Feb. 14, 2026, 1–3 p.m. at the Mansfield Public Library. The commission flagged the event as part of its Black History Month activities.
Kanadia also described outreach to the Windham NAACP Adult and Youth Councils about enlarging the Library’s Witness Stones Project and including Stopping Stones, a memorial concept for racial healing. Debra Pallatto‑Fontaine volunteered to contact the Mansfield Historical Society about a planned slavery exhibit to explore connections between projects.
During public comment, guest Liz Vitullo introduced herself, said she had submitted an application to join the commission after hearing Kanadia at a Lions Club meeting, and noted she works in the Office of University Compliance and Ethics at the University of Connecticut.
The commission did not adopt formal policy at the meeting but recorded these program and outreach plans for follow-up.
