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...
Turn back the clock to 1968. Systemic inequality is seen all over the nation. To raise awareness and to advocate for change, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. announced a plan to assemble people from all across the nation struck by poverty and inequality to march on Washington for change. Now, 50 years after this original Poor People's Campaign took shape, a nationwide effort intends to raise new awareness of the same issues and achieve the same goals: better homes,
On March 21, between 200 and 250 people rallied and marched in downtown Brattleboro to demand the release of three members of Justicia Migrante/Migrant Justice detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) the week before and the end to ICE targeting of human rights organizers. Community members at the demonstration added their names to petitions to free Alex Carrillo, Enrique (Kike) Balcazar, and Zully Palacios as well as to petitions to support the passing of Vermont's Racial Justice Reform bills...
The Apron Theater Company and Next Stage Arts Project present Top Girls by Caryl Churchill, directed by Hallie Flower. Performances are Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 16-19, and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, July 23-25, and will be held at The Grammar School, 69 Hickory Ridge Road, while Next Stage undergoes renovations. Playwright Caryl Churchill wrote this modern classic - still considered daring in construction and relevant some 30 years after first opening at London's Royal Court Theatre. Katrina Spenceman...
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