Social Justice

Migrant Justice to announce settlement in federal lawsuit on ICE retaliation

Trump administration agrees to terms in First Amendment suit days before election

WHAT: Press conference announcing settlement of major federal lawsuit challenging ICE’s campaign of targeted retaliation against human rights organization Migrant Justice. Plaintiffs and attorneys will speak and be available for interviews

WHEN: Wednesday, October 28, 12:30 p.m.

WHERE: U.S. District Court, 11 Elmwood Ave., Burlington, VT 05401

WHO: Civil and human rights groups Migrant Justice, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, the National Immigration Law Center, and the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Event will also be livestreamed from facebook page of Migrant Justice / Justicia Migrante 

This discussion centers on the challenges of racial justice from three different leadership roles within prominent institutions of Vermont. At this forum, you will hear from: Jason Broughton, Vermont State Librarian; Dr. Emily Bernard, UVM’s Julian Lindsay Green & Gold Professor and author of the award winning book, “Black is the Body”; and The Rt. Rev. Dr. Shannon MacVean-Brown, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. The three panelists will discuss their experiences living and working in a largely white state.

My Brother's Keeper student interns Jeremia, Olivier, and Bonaface interview the new Director of Police Transformation, Kyle Dodson, about the relationship between the community and police and his newly appointed role to oversee change in the police department.

Representative Peter Welch invites you to a virtual conversation with Representative Karen Bass.

Representative Bass is chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and author of the House-passed ‘George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020.’ Together, they will be joined by Vermont racial justice advocates to discuss police reform, systematic racial bias and racial equity.

Joining the conversation:

Xusana Davis - Executive Director of Racial Equity, State of Vermont

Steffen Gillom - President, Windham County NAACP

Kesha Ram - Social Equity Consultant

Noel Riby-Williams - Racial Justice Advocate