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The Juxtaposition: Issues Affecting Black Folks and Black Folks Effecting Change: How’d That Work Out For Us? 05/08/2024

From Mark Hughes:

For the first time in 247 years, a Vermont Equal Protection Constitutional Amendment is up for debate on the House floor. Though we know that it will be decided in the courts, this constitutional amendment could lay the groundwork in creating a state legal approach to equal protection that assists Vermont in its ability to create survivable policies that correct disparate outcomes caused by systemic racism and other forms of oppression. It is possible that this constitutional amendment may assist Vermont in providing broader civil rights protections in the face of national threats. These protections could likely be expanded to some who are currently unprotected. This and more…

For more information visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org

The Juxtaposition: Third Reconstruction 04/10/2024

From Mark Hughes:

Some say that the second reconstruction occurred after the civil rights movement. Are we in the middle of the third one? Hosted by Rev. Mark Hughes.

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Richard Kemp Center Sankofa Benefit 03/30/2024

Join the Richard Kemp Center for a benefit event. 

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The Juxtaposition: Fall Back - Go Deep 03/13/2024

From Mark Hughes:

If the Legislative Biennium was a football game, you could say that we are going into the 4th quarter right now. So if our team is Racial Equity and Justice (RE&J) it's not looking like we winning? Why is it that the team is facing such stiff competition these days? Did we not train well enough? Do we have the right folks on the team? Are there folks on the team that are a detriment to the team? Are we being outplayed?

Go Team RE&J!

Join Rev Mark Hughes to talk about the crossover of the legislative season. The good, the bad, and the ugly.  

For more information visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org

The Juxtaposition: Backwards Day! 02/14/2024

From Mark Hughes:

In 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. constitution, the second reconstruction amendment, was created to provide citizenship, equal protection, due process, and certain privileges and immunities for the formerly enslaved. Over the past 155 years the Equal Protection Clause has faced backlash and resistance and has scarcely fulfilled its promise of equal protection to us Black folks. Now the Equal Protection Clause is being turned against us, challenging corrective and reparative economic policies designed to correct what government policies have caused. Is this Backwards Day?

It is the state's responsibility to protect us where the federal government won't. We must amend the constitution to make it so. Let's run a sanity check on this with a legal perspective. Peter, where you at?

Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Executive Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, chats with Peter Teachout, a Professor of Law, Constitutional Law, at Vermont Law School.

For more information visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org

The Juxtaposition: Demographics 01/10/2024

From Mark Hughes:

Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Executive Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, discusses Demographics. 

Demographics is defined as “statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it" (Oxford Dictionary). Systemic racism is a political and economic divide along racial lines. Mitigating systemic racism requires us to measure various outcomes by race population demographics. When the governor opened his State-of-the-State with the word “demographics”, you can imagine our excitement! After all, racism is a public health emergency, right? But wait...

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The Juxtaposition: Trouble On All Sides - Where Is Palestine? 11/08/2023

From Mark Hughes:

Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Executive Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, is joined by Wafic Faour, from Vermonters for Justice in Palestine, to discuss the current situation in Gaza and beyond and the broader implications.

For more information visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org | vtjp.org

The Juxtaposition: All Systems Go 10/11/2023

From Mark Hughes:

Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, discusses issues affecting Black Folks and Black Folks effecting change. There is a matter that should all be deeply concerning to all Vermonts and we have grappled with it for far too long – the racial disparities that exist in all systems of state government. The Attorney General and the Executive Director of the Human Rights Commission acknowledged this in a report 6 years ago!

For more information visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org

Richard Kemp Center Youth Talent Showcase at the Back To School Block Party 09/30/2023

Join the Richard Kemp Center for a Back to School Block Party and Youth Talent Showcase. With a DJ, entertainment, food, and prizes.

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The Juxtaposition: Mental Health and the Public Health Emergency 09/13/2023

From Mark Hughes:

Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, discusses mental health and the public health emergency around racism.

For more information visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org

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