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Established in 2015, the Central Vermont Refugee Action Network, Inc. (CVRAN) is a Board-governed, registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Montpelier and dedicated to making our communities welcoming safe places for New Vermonters from countries around the world to visit, work, and live in.
Some of these New Vermonters are refugees who were in refugee camps for many years, and suffered from persecution, violence, instability, deprivation, and homelessness before being allowed to enter the United States. Others are asylum seekers who are unable to return to their home countries for the same reasons but fled as individuals or families and are in the process of applying to the federal government for asylum. And still others are migrant farm workers who have left their permanent homes to work on dairy farms, usually for years at a time.
News
- Trump Administration Settles with Migrant Justice Activists Targeted over Political Work
October 29, 2020 - Susan Rosato, Colchester English Learner Teacher, named 2021 Vermont Teacher of the Year
October 16, 2020 - Separated: Inside an American Tragedy – a book review by Margaret Blanchard
October 10, 2020
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Good work, Migrant Justice people!
www.washingtonpost.com
The lawsuit revealed how federal agents surveilled and infiltrated the group. As part of the settlement, ICE will circulate information about the First Amendment to agents.Congratulations to our friends and neighbors in Migrant Justice. It would be great if some of us from CVRAN could be there.
We look forward to sponsoring a detainee soon and welcoming that person to Central Vermont. You would not believe the red tape involved in getting just one asylum-seeker out of the dangers of detention! A big thank you to all who have helped so far.
www.theatlantic.com
A group of women in an ICE detention center calls for help.A well-known Vermont conservative weighs in on what newcomers to Vermont need to know. Although his focus is on in-migrants from within the US, he clearly expands his talking points to include immigrants from other countries as well.
Orienting Vermont's new immigrants
suncommunitynews.com
For the past three years, Gov. Phil Scott and others have expressed concern about Vermont's stagnant population. Last year the legislature even created a New Worker Relocation Program to pay people to move to Vermont, conduct their businesses online, help revitalize small communities, and of course....Those who donate over $100 to CVRAN before December 1 will be entered into a drawing for this beautiful piece of stained glass art (see cover photo above) 12" x 13" created and donated by Margaret Blanchard. The donation link is here: cvran.org/donate/
Donate – Central Vermont Refugee Action Network
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Donate How your donation will be used How to make an offline donation Donation Form Your gift to CVRAN will be used by our all-volunteer membership to: – Welcome, educate, integrate, and advocate for immigrants to Vermont – Educate our community about the challenges refugees encounter in Vermont...