Burlington

From the Richard Kemp Center:

Come join us for a soul-stirring afternoon of music and celebration at the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington on MLK Monday, January 20th from 3-5pm. Clap your hands, stomp your feet and lift your voices with the Montpelier Community Gospel Choir and the Green Mountain Gospel Choir. As we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through the power of gospel music, let's lift up our hands in the spirit of unity and hope. Come and be a part of this exciting work of funding the Richard Kemp Center Annual Sankofa trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Make a joyful noise!

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/just-love-tickets-1083108890849?aff=oddtdtcreator

For more information: www.RichardKempCenter.org | info@vtracialjusticeallaince.org

Host Ali Dieng talks with Susan Kaplan, Project Manager at Informed Green Solution, about programs for New Americans and safe cleaning products.

Informed Green Solutions, Inc. (IGS) was established in 2009 as a 501(c)(3) to educate the general public on the benefits of environmentally preferable purchasing and the impacts our purchasing decisions have on human health and the environment. By purchasing products that have been developed and manufactured using standards that include social, health and safety criteria, we will move our country and the world toward better health and a green economy.

IGS provides education and technical assistance on how to transition to a more sustainable footprint through your purchasing decisions.

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

From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue:

Tight up against the Chinese border in northern Vietnam is a mountainous, tribal area from which, almost daily, Hmong girls are tricked, drugged, kidnapped and smuggled deep inside China. There, they’re sold into coercive marriages and domestic, agricultural or sexual slavery. Disoriented, most lack the language, means and skills to escape. Most disappear forever.

Long-time OZ member Sue Schein will describe how she worked with partners to design and launch workshops aimed at interrupting this practice, by teaching girls how to identify and resist grooming, negotiate their own safety and, at times, even effect their own escape.

For more information: www.ohavizedek.org

For more information on the Burlington Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPA) and their current procedures and meeting dates, please visit burlingtonvt.gov/CEDO/Neighborhood-Services/Neighborhood-Planning-Assemblies.