Vermont Interfaith Action

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Vermont Interfaith Action is a faith-based, grassroots coalition of congregations that transforms ordinary people into empowered and engaged citizens. Our goal is to create the hope, power, knowledge, and political will needed to make compassion and social justice a reality for all Vermonters.

Programs in this Series

Format: 2024-04-26
Format: 2024-04-26
TBD May - 05/21/2024
Host Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA, chats with  More information at: (802) 651-8889 | office [at] viavt [dot] org | www.viavt.org
Faith and Climate Action - 03/19/2024
Host Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA, chats with VIA Leaders Rev. Devon Thomas, Catherine Bock, and Nancy McClellan to discuss faith and climate action. Decriminalize Vermont: decrimvermont.orgDrug Policy Alliance: drugpolicy.org...
Legislative Priorities - 01/18/2024
Host Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA, chats with Rev. Elissa Johnk, VIA Board Member, about legislative priorities in the ongoing legislative session. Decriminalize Vermont: decrimvermont.orgDrug Policy Alliance: drugpolicy....
King Street Neighborhood - Community Engagement on Policing - 09/19/2023
Host Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA, chats with Bill Neill, VIA Leader & Burlington Resident, about community engagement on policing in the King Street neighborhood. More information at: (802) 651-8889 | office [at] viavt [dot] org |...
Mass Evictions - 05/16/2023
Host Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA chats with Amy Roth, VIA Leader and Member of Temple Sinai, about mass evictions. Find your local legislator online: legislature.vermont.gov  More information at: (802) 651-8889 | office [at]...
Vermont Interfaith Action Declaration of Inclusion from Municipalities - 05/10/2023
From VIA: Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA) has been partnering with a group of concerned Vermonters, led by Al Wakefield, to persuade every municipality in the state to sign onto a Declaration of Inclusion (DOI) to ensure a warm, welcome, and open...
Community Engagement with our Police - 01/17/2023
Host Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA chats with Rev. Bill Neil, Leader at VIA about community engagement with our police. More information at: (802) 651-8889 | office [at] viavt [dot] org | www.viavt.org
Abolish Slavery Vermont - 05/17/2022
Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA, and Josh Simon, Board President, interview Mark Hughes, Executive Director of Vermont Racial Justice Alliance, about the history of slavery in Vermont and efforts to pass Proposal 2 and remove slavery from...
A Vermont Guide to Community Engagement with Local Police Departments - 04/06/2022
From VIA: A guide to community engagement with local police departments, giving ad hoc community groups in many municipalities throughout Chittenden County a plan they can use to have substantive conversations with their police about racial equity....
Are College Students Driving Up Housing Costs? - 11/19/2019
Debbie Ingram, VIA Executive Director, chats with Virginia Munkelwitz, Christ Church Presbyterian, and Keith Pillsbury, Cathedral Church of St. Paul, about the relationship between college students and housing costs. More information at: (802) 651-...
Correcting Our Corrections System - 09/17/2019
Host Melissa Battah, Deputy Director of VIA, interviews Penny Pillsbury, a member of the VIA and St. Paul's Cathedral. The program discusses thoughts on reforming the corrections systems and promotes an upcoming Corrections Reform Action on...
Immigration - What You Can Do Right Now - 07/16/2019
Debbie Ingram, Executive Director of VIA, is joined by Melissa Battah, Deputy Director of the VIA, to discuss the current state of US immigration and what you can do right now to impact the inhumane policies. More information at: (802) 651-8889 |...
Wages and Housing - 03/19/2019
Gene Bergman, from the First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington and the Economic Justice Task Force, is joined by Virginia Munkelwitz, from the Affordable Housing Coalition and the Christ Church Presbyterian, to discuss the...
Vote! - 09/18/2018
Melissa Battah, VIA Staff Organizer, is joined by Rev. Ken White, VIA Clergy Caucus Member, to discuss the upcoming general elections, voter registration and turnout, absentee ballots, and voting on November 6. More information at: (802) 651-8889 |...
Ending Separation of Families at the Border - 07/17/2018
Debbie Ingram, VIA Executive Director, is joined by Melissa Battah, VIA Organizer, and Rebecca Stern, from the Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, to discuss ending separation of families at the border -- ways you can get involved locally to address this...

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