BRATTLEBORO — Compassionate Brattleboro endorses, in the interest of compassion, Brattleboro Common Sense's efforts to articulate the Brattleboro area community's longing for, and commitment to, a world that is healthy, fair, and caring for all.
Hannah Sorila is a writer and community organizer who aims to align intention and impact...
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The faculty members of a local teacher training program hope to lower the cost barrier for people of color to become educators. The Spark Education Teacher Institute, a one-year teacher certification program based in Brattleboro, focuses on social justice training and student-centered learning. The organization is holding a fundraiser throughout September with monies raised used to provide scholarships to people of color. The goal is to raise at least $28,000, or enough for two scholarships. According to program co-director Mikaela...
Our fallen still speak to us. If you listen quietly, you can hear them. I hear them. I remember their voices from conversations I've had, sometimes minutes before they gave their last measure of devotion to our nation. Even if you are not a Gold Star family member, a fellow Soldier, Sailor, Marine, Airman or Coastguardsman, friend or relative of a fallen hero, all you have to do is look around and you will see their legacy. It is us.
Brattleboro Community TV recently received five awards from the Alliance for Community Media - Northeast Region 2020 “Nor'easters” Video Awards contest for programming aired in 2019. BCTV received two of the awards on behalf of local organizations that created or submitted videos. “The videos awarded reflect the excellent quality and diversity of programming created by community members and staff and shared on BCTV's channels over the past year,” said BCTV Executive Director Cor Trowbridge in a news release. “We appreciate...
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