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From the organizers, FreeHer and the Education Justice Coalition:

Join FreeHer VT and the Education Justice Coalition for a march and panel event! Vermont Corrections general fund spending increased 335% between 1985 and 2017. By comparison, total general funding spending on education increased by just 57% over the same time period (Blueprint for Smart Justice VT). At this event we be march from the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility to a school to demonstrate our commitment to moving resources. Upon gathering we hear from FreeHer on their important campaign to stop the building of a new Women's Prison in Vermont.

For more information visit: www.freehercampaign.org/vermont

From Haymarket Books and Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series:

Haymarket Books is proud to join the lecture series and their other co-sponsors and to provide a virtual platform for this important talk.

Mohammed El-Kurd is an award-winning poet, writer, journalist, and organizer from Jerusalem, occupied Palestine. He is the Palestine correspondent for The Nation and a Civic Media Fellow at the University of Southern California. He talks about representation and misrepresentation of Palestinians in the U.S.

For more information visit: https://www.willmiller.org/

From Vote Early Day: 

Vote Early Day is a nonpartisan movement of media companies, businesses, nonprofits, election administrators, and creatives working to ensure all Americans have the tools to vote early. Did you know most voters can cast their ballot prior to Election Day? Join this day of action and celebration and empower your friends and neighbors to vote early this year. Celebrate Vote Early Day on Thursday, October 26, 2023.

For more information visit: https://www.voteearlyday.org/

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