Rights & Democracy

Rights & Democracy Housing Rally 08/10/2024

From Rights & Democracy:

Join Rights & Democracy on August 10th for a Housing Justice Rally in solidarity with renters and low income homeowners as we demand action on Vermont's housing crisis! We will gather with community to build grassroots power, hear from guest speakers including state representatives and community members who know firsthand the effects and importance of Vermont's current housing crisis, and take action to demand that VT lawmakers pass policies that will improve the situation for everyday Vermonters. Free lunch provided by the People's Kitchen!

For more information visit: www.mobilize.us/rightsdemocracy/event/647820

We the People vs. Corporate Rule: It’s Up to Us! 05/03/2019

Rights & Democracy (RAD) and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) host a community forum with guest speaker Greg Coleridge, outreach director of the Move to Amend campaign.

RAD-TV Presents: Full Steam Ahead 12/23/2016

Host Grant Taylor of Rights & Democracy speaks with Adrian Burnett and Laura Mistretta, Jobs, Justice, and Climate: Clean Green New Deal campaign leader.

Rights and Democracy shares perspectives leading to a vision for a state in which every Vermonter earns a livable wage and has access to affordable health care, and where a progressive and equitable tax system supports an economy that protects the environment and human rights. We believe Vermont can lead our country in a new direction towards happy, healthy, and just communities for everyone.

For more info visit: http://www.radvt.org/

RAD-TV Presents: Raise Up Vermont Campaign 03/25/2016

Rights & Democracy's monthly live TV show is about the new campaign 'Raise Up Vermont', which is geared to raise the minimum wage to a livable wage and improve workers’ rights standards. It includes a video report from a March 9th Statehouse press conference and stories from Vermont workers. Topics include Livable Wages, Fight For $15, Paid Family Leave, Misclassification, Wage Theft, Workers’ Rights, Movement Building, Rights & Democracy.

Host: Traven Leyshon
Guests: Rev. Debbie Ingram, VT Interfaith Action, Professor Felicia Kornbluh

More on the campaign can be found at: http://www.radvt.org/raise_up_vt

For more info visit: http://www.radvt.org/

Rights & Democracy Summit: Building An Economy For People & the Planet 12/05/2015

Lunch Plenary: What would Bernie's political revolution look like in Vermont?

Panel speakers: Sen. Anthony Pollina, TJ Donovon, Rep. Kesha Ram

Sen. David Zuckerman, Sec of State Jim Condos, Rep. Joey Donovon

Rep. Susan Hatch-Davis, Selene Colburn, Alyssa Chen, John Moran

For More Info Please Visit: http://www.radvt.org/dec5

Together We Win! - Burlington Labor Day Celebration 09/07/2015

Celebrating the working class's past and future victories with Vermont's labor movement! This year’s Celebration features the public launch of a new grassroots political organization called Rights & Democracy www.radvt.org