PRESS RELEASE After months of work, the artists of Juniper Creative Arts and students and educators from Manchester Elementary/Middle School will unveil the school’s new mural on Monday, June 9, 2025, from 1:30–2:30 PM. The final piece is in three parts, painted on 75 feet of plywood panels, in the form of a children’s book … Continue reading School Mural Unveiling to Celebrate Community, Inclusion
For more information:Mia Schultz, presidentRutland Area NAACPpresident@naacprutland.org Vermont Schools Fail to Protect Students of Color: A Call for Action and Accountability Recent Woodstock Settlement Exposes Ongoing Discrimination in Vermont Schools RUTLAND, VT – The Rutland Area NAACP stands with families across Vermont who continue to face systemic racism in public education. The settlement of a … Continue reading Press Release: Vermont Schools Fail to Protect Students of Color: A Call for Action and Accountability
Recently in Bristol, Vermont, a 14-year old Somali American child was accused of fatally shooting a peer. First and foremost, we are deeply pained by the tragic loss of life as the result of gun violence. The life of Madden Gouvenia matters and we extend our heartfelt sympathy to the Gouvenia family. As complex and … Continue reading Statement regarding the charging of a minor child as an adult in Bristol, Vermont
The United States Attorney’s Office, the Vermont Attorney General’s Office, and the Rutland Area NAACP will be co-hosting a Hate-Free Vermont Forum for the Orange County community in Randolph on May 8, 2023, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. This forum will be the fourth held in an ongoing series that started in 2019; recent … Continue reading Hate-Free Randolph
Rutland Area NAACP Releases Election Survey Results The Rutland Area branch of the NAACP is pleased to share the results of its 2022 Racial Justice Survey for candidates for municipal office in Bennington, Rutland, and Addison counties. 2022 Municipal Racial Justice Survey ResultsDownload The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded … Continue reading Results of Municipal Election Survey
Rutland Area Branch of the NAACP 