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...
On the last day of ITVFest, sitting in a tent of billowy fabric with filmmakers and social entrepreneurs, Bill Forchion recalled when a movie executive rejected his business card. Forchion remembers the executive saying, “Don't give me your business card. Be your business card.” Filmmakers and entrepreneurs sometimes get so swallowed up by “doing their business,” said Forchion, a local filmmaker and performer, that they forget that their authentic selves are the biggest part of their project's story. Forchion's anecdote...
Thank you, Brattleboro! Thank you for supporting the “We Celebrate Democracy/Civil Rights For All” street banner now flying over Main Street in Brattleboro. Thank you for supporting the very sweet Candlelight Vigil For Democracy at Pliny Park in Brattleboro, which 50 some people attended last Sunday. Thanks to 80 donors, including 25 Brattleboro businesses, who contributed $1,710. Overfunding of $93 will be donated to Brattleboro Area Hospice. Thanks to Ann Brush of Starksboro for making our beautiful banner. Thanks to...
On Saturday, June 24, Latchis Arts presents “Michael Talking Meryl: A program featuring The New Yorker writer, editor, and Meryl Streep biographer, Michael Schulman.” Schulman will join Latchis Arts for a special afternoon dedicated to the celebrated actress Meryl Streep. A 4 p.m. screening of Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) will be followed by a talk led by Schulman, who will discuss his biography of Streep and share stories from his life as a writer and editor at The New Yorker.
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