Preserving, strengthening, and sustaining families of all kinds through foster care, post-adoption, and family advocacy and support services since 1984. Like kids, parents and families come in all shapes and sizes. Learn more about sharing your heart and home with a youth in need! Both full-time and weekends-onlu parents needed.
RU12? and Vermont Freedom to Marry encourage local LGBTQers to join us as we attend Vermont's Premier of Milk.
The show is at 6:30 on Friday, December 12th at the Palace 9 Theater in
South Burlington. Come early - we'll be there by 6 - or just be on time
to see the movie.
More about the film, from imdb.com:
After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk,
became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt,
he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making
him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA.
The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were
shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his
former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his
resignation from the board.
Mr. Milk had been the subject of several books and the Academy Award-winning documentary feature,
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984); but Milk (2008) is the first fictional feature to explore private aspects of the man's personal life and career.
Milk was filmed on location in San Francisco. Many of Mr Milk's real-life surviving friends and former associates participated in the making of this film, several appearing on camera.
The Vermont Workers' Center is working with dozens of campus and community organizations to recognize the week of December 7-13 as Human Rights Week, ending with the Ella Baker Human Rights Conference on Saturday the 13th. The Ella Baker Human Rights Conference will be held from 9am - 3pm at the Davis Center at the University of Vermont. This December 10 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, and December 13 will be the 105th anniversary of the birth of civil rights leader Ella Baker. The conference will feature workshops on a wide range of topics in the human rights framework, including healthcare, workers' rights, livable wages, tenants'/housing rights, the war, anti-racism and civil rights, women's rights, gender oppression and LGBTQ rights.
Our goals are to popularize and deepen understanding of and commitment to the human rights framework and movement-building strategies among our base and allies and to bring together organizations from different movements to discuss the intersections of our work. We are hoping to involve a large segment of the Vermont community in this conference and week of activities, which is going to be a free statewide event. We are confident that together we can use this as an important opportunity to advance the movement for human rights.For more information, contact conference@workerscenter.org
Due to popular interest, RU12?'s Health and Wellness program will be starting a series of workshops of local healthcare practitioners and the various types of healing that they practice. Every month, we will welcome a new provider into the Center to show folks how they can do to maintain their health physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
For December, we welcome Samuel Lurie of "Transform and Grow", just in time for the holiday season.
Wouldn't you like to feel more joy and less stress this holiday season? "Transform and Grow"'s workshops on December 4th and 11th from 6-7pm will teach you how to reduce stress and feel happier by building up positive thoughts and beliefs. The process will increase your ability to relax and manage stressful situations. It will also help you identify some specific ways to alleviate tension when your buttons get pushed.
Hypnosis is a completely natural tool that helps us reframe things that seem difficult or challenging and enables us to picture and achieve success. You are always in control in hypnosis - what you work on, what you say out loud, and when to come out of hypnosis are all things individuals can always control. "Transform and Grow" is a hypnotheraphy practice in downtown Burlington. For more information, check out Transform and Grow. $5 suggested donation, no one turned away. For more info on the Health and Wellness series, contact Hannah@ru12.org.
Wrapping isn't just for looks anymore...
"Wrapped With CARES" is a way that you can support Vermont CARES this holiday season. Your purchase of one of four original designs helps Vermonters who are HIV+ and in need of basic services to make their lives better. Vermont CARES provides housing assistance, food vouchers, transportation assistance, access to medical care, emotional support, and more.
Each package contains 8 sheets, 2 of each design for $16.00
All proceeds from the sale of this paper support education and prevention programs of Vermont CARES and provides direct services for HIV/AIDS clients.
Interested in getting a look at this beautiful paper? Check out Vermont CARES to see the designs or to find out more about the great work that they do.
Well, that's not quite all we'd like for X-mas this year! We scratched our heads and thought up some of the things that would make all the work we do easier, and came up with our wish list. If you'd like to make a donation to the Center, here are some of the things that would make us very excited:
Thanks again for all of your support, and we wish you a very happy holiday season and bright and cheery New Year!
Join us for the Transgender Day of Awareness ceremony, Saturday, November 22nd, 7 PM, at Billings Hall (UVM). There will be speakers, a memorial ceremony, an art exhibition and refreshments.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender violence and prejudice. Trans related violence has historically been under-investigated by authorities, and the perpetrators of such crimes often reamin at large or recieve lighter sentences than those for simlar crimes committed against other members of society.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 inspired the "Remembering Out Dead" web project and a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass memorials in dozens of cities both nationally and internationally.
The Transgener Day of Remembrance serves several purposes. It raises public awareness of hate crimes against transgendered people and sex workers, an action that the current media doesn't adequately perform. DOR publicly mourns the deaths of people who might otherwise be forgotten. We express love and respect for transgendered people in the face of national indifference and hatred. Day of Remembrance gives trans allies a chance to step forward along with trans people, memorializing those who have died due to transphobic violence.
It is that time of year again! On Wednesday, November 26th from 5-7 PM at the Center we will be having our annual harvest potluck!!
We'll provide the turkey(ies) you bring the fixin's! Come early though, we have some speedy eaters around here! RSVP's are helpful. Let Ann know if you are coming so we can make sure that someone brings the mashed potatoes!!
Feel free to call ann as well, 860-7812.
We look forward to this annual festive gathering here at the Center, and look forward to seeing you all!
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