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Immigration & ICE: Rights, Responsibilities, and Support for Vermont Businesses and Non-Profits 02/06/2025

From the Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility (VBSR):

What do the new federal actions mean for your business or non-profit? Does your team know their rights and obligations should ICE come to your place of work? Join an expert panel of Vermont and national leaders to get your questions answered. This webinar is offered as a partnership of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, and State Treasurer Mike Pieciak’s Task Force on the Federal Transition.

Panelists include:

  • Sue Minter, past Executive Director, Capstone Community Action, and former VTrans Secretary, State Representative, and State Director of Recovery after Tropical Storm Irene
  • Jill Martin-Diaz, Executive Director, Vermont Asylum Assistance Project
  • Kelli Deuhning or Eileen Lohmann, B.A.L Immigration Law Firm
  • Nicole Killoran, Vermont Law & Graduate School
  • Mike Webster, Association of Africans Living in Vermont
  • Jonathan Rose, State Attorney General's Office 

PATH to Vermont Public Town Hall 02/05/2025

From the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development:

The Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development produced a Town Hall event to introduce key concepts of the Administration’s omnibus housing bill also known as PATH: Pathway to Accelerate and Transform Housing. This Town Hall provided an opportunity to learn about the proposed legislation aimed at addressing Vermont's housing and infrastructure challenges. Department of Housing and Community Development Commissioner Alex Farrell, Department of Economic Development Commissioner Joan Goldstein and other members of the Agency’s housing and economic development teams provide an overview of the bill, and how it supports the Administration’s Housing goals.

For more information visit: https://accd.vermont.gov/

Waste Free Earth Launches Regional Plastic Film Recycling Project 08/25/2021

Waste Free Earth's founder and leader Marina McCoy describes how she started to design community systems for waste reduction from events to organizations. With local partners, Waste Free Earth is raising $20,000 to launch a pilot plastic film recovery and recycling project. Get involved at wastefree.earth.

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