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...
The first-ever Riverfest Weekend, hosted by the Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC), will take place Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6 and 7. “We're very excited to have this event in Brattleboro and with local partners, reinvigorating the Riff Raft race, working with the New England Canoe and Kayak Racing Association, and just having a great time on the river in Brattleboro,” says CRC Executive Director Andrew Fisk. CRC says Riverfest is intended to “showcase the area's rich array of outdoor recreational...
On Oct. 25, I stood with nurses, doctors, fellow legislators, and advocates for those who lack housing at a press conference at the Vermont State House calling on Gov. Phil Scott to do more to protect Vermonters against the rapidly rising rate of COVID-19. The state of emergency has been lifted, but we are still facing a public health crisis. Last week, we had the highest single-day case rate of COVID-19 in Vermont: 591 cases. In a single day! Our...
Bricolage is the construction or creation from a diverse range of available things - something constructed or created from what is at hand. The word suggests collage, the medium of Jim Tober's artwork, while Claude Lévi-Strauss introduced the word in anthropology, the disciplinary background of Carol Hendrickson. The Crowell Gallery, 23 West St., is showing the work of these two educators, whose love of creative reconstruction has coexisted with a life in academia and comes to the fore in their...
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