immigration

From Peace Talks:

This episode focuses on how we can change our approach towards acculturation from an “assimilation” based system to an “integration” based system that respects the cultural heritage and dignity of immigrants entering the United States. We meet with Tamara Parks, who has been a teacher and principal for nearly a decade, and is currently serving as the Director of the Multilingual program through the Essex Westford School District (EWSD). We will be exploring Tamara’s journey as a first generation immigrant to the United States, herself, and how that experience has informed her work in the public education system. We will be discussing a range of peacebuilding topics, such as postcolonialism, multiculturalism, and building peace through inclusive practices that promote equity and understanding across cultures and communities.

Show Guest: Tamara Parks — Educator, Advocate, and Director of the Multilingual Program at the Essex Westford School District 

From the League of Women Voters of Vermont:

In Vermont, the cities of Winooski and Montpelier allow non-citizen residents to vote in local elections. Both cities undertook a long, complicated process to gain that right for their non-citizen residents. Burlington will consider a question to approve non-citizen voting at Town Meeting Day on Tuesday, March 7.

Marguerite Adelman, League of Women Voters of Vermont and Chair of the Non-Citizen Voting Committee, presents information about the two Vermont towns that currently have All Resident Voting, historical facts about non-citizen voting, what is happening in other states and nationally with non-citizen voting, and arguments for and against non-citizen voting.

The League of Women Voters monitors non-citizen voting across the United States, helps non-citizens register to vote in Winooski and Montpelier, and presents educational programs across Vermont on this topic.

CO-SPONSORS: League of Women Voters of Vermont, Immigration Justice Team of the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, and Chittenden Asylum Seekers Assistance Network

For more information visit: lwvofvt.org | Questions: league@lwvofvt.org

From Migrant Justice:

This May Day, International Workers Day, Migrant Justice is calling for a day of action at Hannaford Supermarkets across the northeast! Farmworkers and consumers will join together send a clear message to Hannaford: We want Milk with Dignity!
They meet in the Staples parking lot, march together to a nearby Hannaford for a picket and rally, then eat and celebrate together.
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Este primero de mayo, el día internacional del/a trabajadorx, Justicia Migrante convoca un día de acción en las tiendas de Hannafords por toda la región noreste! Compas y aliadxs nos unimos para mandar un mensaje fuerte a Hannaford: ¡Queremos Leche con Dignidad!
Únete en la acción principal del día a las 1:30pm en Burlington. Nos juntamos en el parking de Staples (cerca a la salida) y luego marchamos a un Hannaford cerca para una manifestación. Terminaremos el día con comida y una celebración. ¡Nos vemos el 1 de mayo!

For more info: migrantjustice.net/milk-with-dignity-campaign

From OLLI:

"Refugees have been arriving in Vermont for over forty years. They have helped to transform towns like Burlington and Winooski in multiple ways. But the program has been undergoing profound changes over the past five years – first the deep cuts of the Trump years meant that far fewer people have been arriving, and more recently the program has expanded to new locations (like Brattleboro and Rutland) and to include newer populations (including many Afghans who have arrived this year). Pablo Bose, UVM"s Migration and Urban Studies scholar, speaks to some of the opportunities and challenges as we work to rebuild the refugee program in the US and in Vermont."