USRCI Vermont April 2021 Newsletter USCRI Vermont’s Kristen Rengo, Coordinator of Interpretation and Translation Services, was a featured panelist for “The Embedded Racism of Language Access Barriers” presented on March 25th as part of Vermont Law School’s “Embedded Racism in the Law” discussion series. Through this series, South Royalton Legal Clinic at Vermont Law School invites attendees to discuss solutions to […]
Continue readingIf you have some time this Saturday afternoon, please come to this outdoor, COVID safe, performance I’ve been working on. “The Opposite of Hate is Mending”Saturday, April 17th- 2pmFlynn Ave. Located on the green on the north side of the street, just west of the train tracks (by the new City Market). Follow the signs […]
Continue readingBeing Black and Seeing Green: Risking to Gain and Playing the Long GameCarolyn Finney, Storyteller, Author and a Cultural GeographerFriday, Apr. 16, 12-1 p.m.Virtual Link Christian Cooper. George Floyd. John Muir. Systemic racism. Cancel Culture. In this moment of racial reckoning, how do we call ourselves out in order to call ourselves in? What does […]
Continue readingWelcome to the April 2021 edition of Reality Now. BLOG HIGHLIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: WHAT IT IS AND HOW YOU CAN FIGHT IT We can’t truly move forward as a movement without acknowledging our shared past and working to solve its most fundamental problems. READ MORE THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN IS THE PLAN WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR […]
Continue readingWho Made My ClothesThursday, April 22, 20216:00pmEventbrite Registration (for conference link)* free and open to the public * Reach out to me with any questions or reach out directly to Rachel Spence from FT Philly at rs@fairtradefederation.org Best,Holly HOLLY FRANCIS | EASTERN REGIONAL FELLOWPronouns: she/her/hersBurlington, VTFairTradeCampaigns.org | FB | Twitter | IG | News: http://bit.ly/FTCampaignsNews Fashion Revolution Month Dear FTPHL Community, Last month, Frankie from Equal Exchange […]
Continue readingDear Students, CCM is excited to announce a new virtual Exhibition series called “Seeing Voices.” Each Exhibition will have a different theme or focus that celebrates Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The theme for the first Exhibition in this series is BIPOC artists; BIPOC issues. Entry is open to Champlain students, both as individuals or teams, […]
Continue readingPlease see the flyer below that student leaders of Shades of Me, Black Student Union, and Soul Food Step created. The students are eager to be together and appreciate Black cultures, histories, music, and more!
Join the Women’s and Gender Center on Saturday, April 24th at 3:00 pm for the Coming Out Monologues! This annual event celebrates Champlain’s LGBTQ+ community by giving them a platform to share their coming out stories and other tales of the queer community and allyship. Staff, faculty, and students are welcome to tell stories and to come […]
Continue readingJoin us virtually by Zoom on Thursday, April 15th, 6:30pm – 7:30pm as we welcome Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx and the Majora Carter Group, for a discussion on Environmental Justice: Implications of America’s Land Uses The built environment plays an important role in community talent retention or repulsion. When the majority of success stories migrate […]
Continue readingWelcome to our April newsletter! As always, we hope this finds you doing well. Before we dive into news from across our network and what we have in store, we wanted to take some time to recognize and condemn the increase in anti-Asian violence we have seen across the country recently. Like you all, we were […]
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