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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.
March Arts Marathon!
Open for writers, artists, and their sponsors to register starting in early January.
We are looking for writers and artists at every level -- brand-new, long established or anything in between -- who, with their supporters, will raise money for the Asylum Seekers Assistance Network (ASAN), a project of CVRAN.
Writers and artists who wish to develop a daily creative practice will commit to working daily on the artistic project of their choice: it could be poems, essays, stories, multi-genre pieces, sketches, paintings, photographs or multi-media pieces. It could be working on a quilt square or knitting project. Sponsors will commit to supporting the artists in their daily practice and will receive their work every day. All money raised will go to legal bonds, living expenses, and legal fees to get asylum seekers out of ICE detention and resettled in Central Vermont as they await their court hearings.
Click Here to View a List of our Participants Click Here for Instructions and to Register as a ParticipantA BIG thank you to our underwriters who have made March Arts Marathon possible:
Arne and Deborah Abramowitz
Sam and Michele Clark
Darryl Bloom
Anonymous
Anonymous
News
- President Biden Signs Six Executive Orders on Immigration on his First Day in Office
January 25, 2021 - Vermont Covid-19 Equity Fund
January 9, 2021 - March Arts Marathon Fundraiser
December 21, 2020
From Facebook
Covid relief for undocumented immigrants begins rolling out - VTDigger
vtdigger.org
Almost 900 people registered in the first two weeks for equity relief. Program manager Indra Acharya estimates that money will start being distributed to individuals in the next two to three weeks.Here's what some new Vermonters are saying about the fracas at the U.S. Capitol:
www.wcax.com/video/2021/01/21/recent-immigrants-vermont-take-stock-capitol-riot/
Recent immigrants in Vermont take stock of Capitol riot
www.wcax.com
Wednesday marked two weeks since the violent attacks in Washington. While the theme at Wednesday’s inauguration was healing and unity, the images from the mob taking over the U.S. Capitol still linger.On Sunday, January 24, we have been invited to view the film "Welcome Strangers," hosted by the Two Rivers UU church. This is about Casa de Paz, a temporary home for refugees recently released from a Colorado detention center. The time is 10 a.m. Mountain time, which is noon Eastern.
The people in this group, RAICES, are not waiting for the inauguration. (RAICES is one of the groups CVRAN can call on for help with bond money for asylum seekers.)