Author: naacprutland

Mia Schultz: Be the force that bends the arc of the universe to justice

by naacprutland, posted in Uncategorized

Thanks to VT Digger for publishing the following piece, which also went out to our members in a slightly different form. Please join or renew your membership today. This commentary is by Mia Schultz, president of the Rutland Area Branch of the NAACP. Three hundred: the number of new members the Rutland Area NAACP received … Continue reading Mia Schultz: Be the force that bends the arc of the universe to justice

Voices of BIPOC Community Organizers in Vermont

by naacprutland, posted in Uncategorized

Sunday, June 13, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2dMrVUmNss The aggregate of people identifying as non-white is expanding in the United States. Yet, Vermont remains the least racially diverse state in the U.S. The nation's population total of non-white (Census Bureau, 2021) was 42% in 2019. The percentage of Vermonters, by comparison, was 7.7%. Vermont must … Continue reading Voices of BIPOC Community Organizers in Vermont

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by naacprutland, posted in Uncategorized

This video is meant to honor the life of George Floyd, and all those who have died from police violence since his murder. This video will play for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds. We encourage you to sit with this video and images for the full time.

Voices of Black Women in Vermont

by naacprutland, posted in Events, Rutland Area, Vermont

Sunday, May 30, 2021 • 2-4pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skO3XrdDOSI Black women live at an intersection of society that overlaps between race and gender. Consequently, they must work twice as hard to defy a historical fallacy that they are loud, angry, and intimidating. The Journal of Negro Education suggests an emotional, physiological, and psychological cost to gendered racism. … Continue reading Voices of Black Women in Vermont