The Juxtaposition
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Issues affecting the Black folks and Black folks effecting changePrograms in this Series
TBD December
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12/11/2024
Rev. Mark Hughes hosts an episode of The Juxtaposition.
From Mark Hughes:
For more information about Vermont Racial Justice Alliance visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org
[POSTPONED] What Happened Y'all?
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11/13/2024
Rev. Mark Hughes hosts an episode of The Juxtaposition.
From Mark Hughes:
What have we learned from the election cycle? What can we say about the 76M who voted for the president elect? What does the outcome of this election say about the United...
House Party
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10/09/2024
Rev. Mark Hughes hosts an episode of The Juxtaposition.
From Mark Hughes:
For more information about Vermont Racial Justice Alliance visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org
Backlash: Fear and Grievance
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09/11/2024
Rev. Mark Hughes hosts an episode of The Juxtaposition.
From Mark Hughes:
What are we mad and scared about? Let's talk about it.
For more information about Vermont Racial Justice Alliance visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org
First African Landing Day 2024 - Legacy Maker
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08/14/2024
Rev. Mark Hughes hosts an episode of The Juxtaposition.
From Mark Hughes:
The 6th Annual Vermont First African Landing Day is on August 24, 2024, at Intervale Center in Burlington, Vermont. The 2024 theme “Stay The Course” is inspired by...
Juneteenth Edition 2024
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06/12/2024
Rev. Mark Hughes hosts an episode of The Juxtaposition.
From Mark Hughes:
Juneteenth causes us to reflect on Reconstruction and our nation's earliest efforts at reparations. As reparations initiatives across the country expand, policy makers...
Issues Affecting Black Folks and Black Folks Effecting Change: How’d That Work Out For Us?
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05/08/2024
Host Rev. Mark Hughes host an episode of The Juxtaposition.
From Mark Hughes:
For the first time in 247 years, a Vermont Equal Protection Constitutional Amendment is up for debate on the House floor. Though we know that it will be decided in the...
Third Reconstruction
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04/10/2024
From Mark Hughes:
Some say that the second reconstruction occurred after the civil rights movement. Are we in the middle of the third one? Hosted by Rev. Mark Hughes.
For more information visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org
Fall Back - Go Deep
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03/13/2024
From Mark Hughes:
If the Legislative Biennium was a football game, you could say that we are going into the 4th quarter right now. So if our team is Racial Equity and Justice (RE&J) it's not looking like we winning? Why is it that the team...
Backwards Day!
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02/14/2024
From Mark Hughes:
In 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. constitution, the second reconstruction amendment, was created to provide citizenship, equal protection, due process, and certain privileges and immunities for the formerly enslaved....
Demographics
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01/10/2024
From Mark Hughes:
Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Executive Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, discusses Demographics.
Demographics is defined as “statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it" (...
Trouble On All Sides - Where Is Palestine?
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11/08/2023
From Mark Hughes:
Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Executive Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, is joined by Wafic Faour, from Vermonters for Justice in Palestine, to discuss the current situation in Gaza and beyond and the broader...
All Systems Go
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10/11/2023
From Mark Hughes:
Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, discusses issues affecting Black Folks and Black Folks effecting change. There is a matter that should all be deeply concerning to all Vermonts and we...
Mental Health and the Public Health Emergency
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09/13/2023
From Mark Hughes:
Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, discusses mental health and the public health emergency around racism.
For more information visit: VTRacialJusticeAlliance.org
First African Landing Day 2023
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08/09/2023
From Mark Hughes:
Host Rev. Mark Hughes, Director of the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, chats with Aidan Argraves, VRJA Intern, about First African Landing Day and the upcoming event happening on August 26 at the Intervale.
For more...
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