Brenda Lynn Siegel, the executive director of End Homelessness Vermont, is a policy advocate, educator,
Laura Chapman is a civic volunteer, social justice activist, and works with human-services nonprofits that...
Laura Sibilia represents Dover, Jamaica, Somerset, Stratton, and Wardsboro in the Vermont House of Representatives,
Robin Rieske is facilitator of CSUR, a collaborative effort that includes Voices of Hope, Turning...
BELLOWS FALLS-This month, Bellows Falls Union High School will begin a partnership with the Jed Foundation, a national nonprofit, for a three-year program aimed at improving and safeguarding the emotional and mental health of students and preventing teen and young adult suicide. The Jed Foundation was established by Phil and Donna Satow following the death of their youngest son, Jed, by suicide in 1998, when he was in college. BFUHS and the Jed Foundation will collaborate on implementing a comprehensive...
In this final stretch of the reality show that has been the “election” of the next U.S. president, it is hard to conjure any of the emotional responses that usually spur voters to cast their ballots. Whatever one's predominant feeling in this election cycle - whether anger or revulsion or excitement or hope - it seems all have been obliterated by the igniting and exploding daily news bombs (and the unsavory details in their aftermath) of candidates' dubious character traits,
United States Artists recently awarded Marlboro wood carver Michelle Holzapfel a $50,000 grant in the Craft category of its fellowship program. Each year, United States Artists awards up to 50 unrestricted fellowships to the most compelling artists working and living in the U.S., in all disciplines, at every stage of their career. Spanning creative disciplines including architecture and design, craft, dance, film, media, music, theater and performance, traditional arts, visual art, and writing, USA Fellowships are awarded through a rigorous...
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