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Vermont was home to several religious communities across the spectrum. Join us as Shelby Balik from Metropolitan State University-Denver presents on the Religious communities in early Vermont and some of their documented scandals. 

Standing Trees Vermont hosts a presentation and discussion with Danna Smith, executive director of Dogwood Alliance, coauthor of “The Great American Stand," and one of our nation's leading forest advocates. At Dogwood Alliance, Danna has worked successfully across the southern United States to build grassroots resistance to the wood pellet industry and industrial logging in a region rich in biodiversity but long targeted for extraction. Learn about the history of southern forests, strategies and tactics for resistance we can adapt to the Northeast, and opportunities for the future.

Established by the family of Diane Gabriel (1947-2017) in 2021, the Diane Gabriel Visual Artist Award will be given on an annual basis to emerging Vermont-based artists to recognize and support an artist’s creative development, especially those artists interested in initiating innovative ideas, exploring new media, or better establishing their creative practice. 

Join Ed Baker and his accomplished guests:

Tammy Bushell, Director of Human Services at Edliund Company
Ron Stankevich, Community Outreach Director, Dominion Diagnostics
Lisa Lord, Director of Workforce Programs, Recovery Vermont
Mickey Wiles, CEO and Founder, Working Fields
Barbara Rabtoy, Person in Recovery

This panel tells the story of building this crucial resource in Vermont, of supporting people with Substance Use Disorder in obtaining and thriving in employment settings, and how this profoundly benefits the employer, the recovering employee, and our community as a whole.

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