With no persons of color on the town payroll, Brattleboro Selectboard grapples with remedies. By Wendy M. Levy/The Commons BRATTLEBORO—The most recent federal census data, from 2015, shows that in Brattleboro, 9.6 percent of the population identifies as persons of color: black, Asian, American Indian, Latin or Hispanic, or of more than one race. But … More To what end diversity?
Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: Curtiss Reed, Jr. creed@vermontpartnership.org (802) 254-2972 IAmAVermonter.org begins statewide expansion Brattleboro In an effort to answer quality of life questions people of color may have regarding a relocation to Vermont, Vermont Partnership for Fairness & Diversity has redesigned http://www.IAmAvermonter.org to capture the experiences of Vermonters … More IAmAVermonter.org Begins Statewide Expansion
Southeastern Vermont Community Action invites you to learn more about how to get involved in efforts to protect key publicly-funded programs and reaffirm our nation’s commitment to human rights, opportunity, and democracy. 150-200 participants are expected to attend Community in Action, Thursday, May 25, 2017, from 1700-2000 EDT where they will have the opportunity to … More Community in Action, 5/25, Brattleboro, VT 05301
“Freedom is heavy. You got to put your shoulder to freedom. Put your shoulder to freedom and hope your back hold up.” Thursday, April 27 – Sunday, April 30, and Thursday, May 4 – Sunday, May 7, JAG Productions presents the 1987 Pulitzer Prize-Winning and Tony Award-Winning drama, Fences, written by American Theatre Hall of … More August Wilson’s Fences, 4/27-5/7, Woodstock, VT 05091
Written testimony to the Vermont House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, presented by Curtiss Reed, Jr., Executive Director of VTPFD: Re-envisioning H.492/S.116 (PDF) Members of the House Judiciary Committee, The numbers speak for themselves. On the one hand Vermont with 17.6% of its population over 65 years old and our median age of 41.3 … More Re-envisioning H.492/S.116