In the You-Tube video series, Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Emmanuel Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and “incorrect” many white Americans are afraid to ask—yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. A former NFL player shares his take on American race relations. Emmanuel Acho,… Read More »
In case you missed it: Today (Sunday, March 14, 2021) Community Voices for Immigrant Rights, Migrant Justice, and others held a drive-by honking at the ICE Law Enforcement Support Center in Williston, VT today to protest continued deportations and other police-state style policies and tactics — such as the proposed high-tech, 120-foot-tall surveillance towers proposed… Read More »
Our last meeting, on January 12, identified many important and helpful opportunities to work on to move racial equity forward. To help facilitate a conversation about how to help all of those opportunities move forward, here is a list that we can use on Tuesday (Jan 26) to decide what belongs in a subgroup (Education,… Read More »
Tomorrow, Tuesday January 19th, 7pm Interested in attending the virtual meeting? Zoom details are in the Meeting Agenda RRE is celebrating this small victory and thanking our Selectboard Members for listening to the voices of the community. We have a lot more work to do but this is one step in the right direction.… Read More »
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RRE met on Tuesday, January 12 for its usual weekly meeting. RRE member Connie van Eeghen led us on a discussion of group norms using Jamboard. Each person was invited to share one or two thoughts about what our group norms are or should be. Once each person had provided their input, Connie led a… Read More »
We wanted to share news of an upcoming event at the Bolton-Richmond-Huntington Community Senior Center: “Join Us for This Special On-Line Presentation: A Different Approach to Crime and Justice in Rwanda – and Vermont On Wednesday, December 16 at 1:30 PM, we host Norwich University professor Rowley Brucken for his on-line presentation on Restorative Justice, an approach… Read More »
Hi Christine and all, Among our other many key topics for follow up this week, could we talk about the Richmond Selectboard vacancy to be filled through the Town’s voting process this March? Connie
For community members planning to attend the MMUUSD Board meeting tonight, here is a link to the agenda, which also includes the Google meeting link to attend. Connie https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wWWrQTYZCoR9GOKO5QeObbBghYujMT1k1lgH-h1tizk/edit
Stefani and I have been engaged in an email conversation with Check Lacy, a MMUUSD Board Member and Finance Committee Member. My impression is that Board Members are paying attention to and learning from local and broader information related to School Resource Officers. I let him know that I would be sharing our recent conversation,… Read More »