Posts by Mark Hughes

The Vermont Racial Justice Alliance Announces the Richard Kemp Center

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 28, 2021 Media Contact: Miha Longmore [email protected] Vermont Racial Justice Alliance (VRJA) announces plans...

Investing in Vermont’s Future Community Conversations, Moral Budget and A.C.T.

Investing in Vermont’s Future Community Conversations, Moral Budget and A.C.T.

The Speaker and the Pro Tempe are on a statewide tour called “Investing in Vermont’s Future Community Conversations”.  They have...

Racial Equity in the Cannabis Market

Updates on the Emerging Cannabis Market The Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, as one of the founding members of the Vermont...

Vermont Cannabis Equity Coalition Releases Sweeping Recommendations to Cannabis Control Board

Vermont Cannabis Equity Coalition Releases Sweeping Recommendations to Cannabis Control Board

Montpelier, VT — The Vermont Cannabis Equity Coalition has recently submitted its sweeping recommendations to the Cannabis Control Board (CCB)...

Richard Kemp Center, In Burlington

Introducing the Richard Kemp Center The Vermont Racial Justice Alliance (VRJA), in partnership with with community and other stakeholders has...

Mr Governor, Please Address COVID-19 As an Emergency That it Is

COVID-19 is at unprecedented highs and leadership seems determined to ride it out as Black and Brown and poor folks...

It Ain’t Over

Though the governor, and others have made the political decision to lift the COVID-19 “emergency” declaration across Vermont, the pandemic...

Cultural Empowerment Center

Cultural Empowerment Center

Vermont Racial Justice Alliance CULTURAL EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT FUND August 24, 2021 CULTURAL EMPOWERMENT AND ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT FUND The...

West Central VT CEDS Workshop

At the heart of  racial disparities that present themselves across all social determinants as a result of systemic racism are...

Take a Knee, then Stand Up

Take a Knee, then Stand Up

Take a Knee, then Stand Up! I took a knee in City Hall Park today for nine minutes and twenty-nine...