Racial Healing

Sponsored by The Vermont Racial Justice Alliance andGood Shepherd Lutheran Church Hosted by Good Shepherd Lutheran Church273 Vermont Route 15, Jericho, Vermont, at 6:30 pm Moderated by the Reverend Dr. Arnold Isidore Thomas, Pastor How far have we come as Americans in confronting racism? This is a topic that remains so intimidating and painful that …

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The following announcement is provided by our friends at the Forum on Racial Equality (FORE): Difficult Conversations About RaceWednesday, December 18 from 12:00 – 2:00 pmMayor Rm, Howe Library, Hanover, NH HANOVER, NH – Since 2014, Vermont Law Enforcement Agencies are required to gather data on the race, gender and age of drivers involved in …

‘Difficult Conversations About Race’ Makes It Easier to Decode Traffic Stop Data, December 18 Read More »

By the Rev. Dr. Arnold Isidore Thomas The following is a transcript of a presentation by the Rev. Dr. Arnold Isidore Thomas delivered in Randolph, Vermont on October 23, 2019. Co-sponsored by the Randolph Forum on Racial Equality (FORE) and the Rutland Area NAACP, the Rev. Thomas’s presentation was part of the “Racism in America” …

Changing Times: Reconciliation or Retribution Read More »

People of the Dawn “We acknowledge the traditional, ancestral, and unceded land of the Abenaki people on which we are worshiping, praying, and celebrating today. We honor the Abenaki people who have been living and working on this land from time immemorial. We recognize that colonialism and the oppression of Native peoples is a current …

Abenaki and Vermont Native People Read More »

BRATTLEBORO, VT – The Windham County Branch of the NAACP is pleased to announce its first Annual Freedom Fund Dinner to be held on Saturday, November 16 at the American Legion, 32 Linden Street, Brattleboro, VT. The keynote speaker will be Jonathan Smith, executive director of Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. …

Episcopal VT to Co-Sponsor Windham County NAACP’s First Freedom Fund Dinner, November 16 Read More »

A History of the Concept of RaceOctober 236:30 p.m. Church of the Good Shepherd39 Washington St, Barre, VT 05641 The first European to divide the peoples of the world into distinct races, in the seventeenth century, claimed that the Sami people of northern Scandinavia were one of four races on earth; Native Americans, Europeans, South …

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RANDOLPH, VT – National research and census data indicate that white people will cease to be the majority in America somewhere between 2035-2045 due to the combined increase in non-white Hispanics and people of color. In some of our states this reality has already occurred. Texas is 45% white, California is 38% white, New Mexico …

The Browning of America: Reconciliation or Retribution, October 23 Read More »