We're looking forward to the run of "Skeleton Crew" at the Dorset Theatre Festival in the coming weeks! This play has an all-Black cast and a Black playwright, and we hope that our members will come out to help show Vermont that Black art and artists can do well here! PLUS you can get 40% … Continue reading “Skeleton Crew” at the Dorset Theatre Festival
This Thursday, from 6:00-7:30, the ACLU-VT and Rights & Democracy are sponsoring an online public forum/webinar as part of our efforts to educate more community members on the influence that state's attorneys (prosecutors) have in driving mass incarceration -- or helping to end it. We are hoping to get high attendance for this session, so please … Continue reading Electing the Most Powerful Person in the Criminal Justice System
October 25, 6 pm • Grace Congregational Church, Rutland Join us for this event to raise funds for the family of Quincy Merlin, who survived an apparent attempted lynching in August in Claremont, NH. Local bands Rick Redington and the Luv and Promised Land will play, and refreshments will be available. $5/person or $20/family … Continue reading Benefit Concert for Quincy Merlin
September 17, 2017 – 11:30am – Montpelier High School Students, faculty, and staff of Montpelier High School are planning a 5k run and performance event to raise money for local social justice groups and to stand up against racism in their community. We're looking forward to speaking at the event, and will also have a … Continue reading Race Against Racism
We had a brief but interesting discussion at the last meeting about the recent controversy surrounding the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. Member Caroline Marotti shared several articles on the subject. From an article from VT Digger, "Author under scrutiny for long-ago ties to eugenics": "Fisher’s reputation has been questioned in recent weeks, as … Continue reading Dorothy Canfield Fisher and the Eugenics movement
Rutland Area Branch of the NAACP 