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...
A sense of excitement, mixed with the sobering reality of a hefty budget crunch, pervaded the Statehouse last Thursday. Elected officials, dignitaries, campaign volunteers, administration officials past and present, and press crammed onto the floor of the House, on the balcony, and spilled into the lobby. And then cameras flashed as Gov. Peter Shumlin took the oath of office. In his inauguration speech, Shumlin, the 81st governor and the first to hail from Putney since George D. Aiken in the...
If you were lucky, you had at least one teacher who opened your eyes, pulled you out of your shell, or saw something in you that no one, perhaps not even yourself, had recognized. I was fortunate enough to have five. Any of these teachers would tell you that I was far from the best student and, while I didn't always have academic success, each one of them channeled my energy, fostered my creativity, and turned me in directions I...
On Friday, July 23, at 6 p.m., a restaurant event by the Indonesian pop-up Kaki Lima will precede a screening of Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017), a feminist tale of vigilante justice that was only the fourth Indonesian film to be shown at the Cannes Film Festival. The dinner and screening will take place in the parking lot of the arts organization Epsilon Spires at 190 Main St. Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts tells the story of...
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