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Together We Give 2020
By any measure, 2020 has been a unique year. At VIA, some of our plans have been disrupted, but we have also accomplished much, as we do in our organizing work every year.
In the December 2020 newsletter, you can read more information about what we have done on our issue work and how we have adapted to the demands and disruptions of COVID-19. All of this info is to say, will you please include VIA in your end-of-year giving, so that we can continue to make systemic change in Vermont?
Building power to address homelessness, hunger & racial justice!
2020 Accomplishments:
- Won a minimum wage increase - VT's minimum wage on track to reach $15 an hour by 2024
- Organizing to ensure that the huge strides the state has made in housing the homeless during the beginning of the pandemic continue into the future
- Mobilized over 3600 students, New Americans, rural Vermonters, and people of faith to vote in the 2020 election
- 8 interfaith, inter-generational small groups studied the book "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas to begin addressing white responses to systemic racism
- Participated in placement of Stopping Stones to commemorate Vermont slaves
- Formation of Rapid Response teams to assist those chosen for deportation
- Provide support for New American students at Edmunds School to communicate their needs better