350Vermont, along with Fossil Free VSC and the Rutland Area Climate Coalition, will be hosting a Summer Pop-up in Rutland from July 12-July 15th. What's a pop-up you might ask? Well, it's part traveling exhibit, a listening tour, a set of powerful workshops and trainings, and gatherings to build a stronger community of activists and organizers … Continue reading Waking the Sleeping Giant
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July 2017 Meeting
Our July 2017 meeting will be on Thursday, July 13 at 7pm at the Leahy Center at the Rutland Regional Medical Center. This meeting will feature Kraig LaPorte & Jules Torti from the US Attorney General's office to talk about their civil rights work. Please join us!
Changing Perspectives
We were lucky to host Sam Drazin as the speaker at our June meeting, where he talked about his organization Changing Perspectives. Changing Perspectives is a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Vermont, which provides K-12 schools with disability awareness programming through a combination of curriculum materials and teacher trainings. The Changing Perspectives model has already … Continue reading Changing Perspectives
Earth Day Fair success
This report comes from Assistant Secretary Scott Holliman, about his presentation at the Poultney Earth Day Fair last month: "The Rutland Area NAACP proudly exhibited, along with about sixty others organizations, clubs, and groups at the 10th annual Poultney Earth Day Fair, on Wednesday, April 12th. This year's theme was "Roots of the Past, Seeds … Continue reading Earth Day Fair success
Focus on Education
The first issue we are focusing on in Rutland is education. We want to understand the experience of students of color in the Rutland area: what challenges they face, where and how they are experiencing discrimination, and how teachers and administrators address the issues of race and diversity in the school. We've begun by drafting … Continue reading Focus on Education
Rutland Area Branch of the NAACP 