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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!
The March Arts Marathon is underway. Check out the participants list below to view participating artists and writers.
Writers and artists of all kinds and at every level - brand-new, long-established, and everything in between - are producing work every day and, with their supporters, raising money for the Asylum Seekers Assistance Network (ASAN), a project of CVRAN.
All the artists are developing a daily creative practice ranging from poems, essays, stories, multi-genre pieces, sketches, paintings, photographs, collages, fabric art, and musical composition. Their sponsors have committed to supporting the artists in their daily practice and are receiving the artists' work every day. All the 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
- Biden Ends Trump’s Ban on Green Cards, Allowing Immigrants to Work and Live in the U.S.
February 25, 2021 - Vermont Refugees Could Benefit from Proposed Covid-19 Relief Bill
February 23, 2021 - Proposed U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 Takes Shape
February 20, 2021
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Now that there are more asylum seekers in the country seeking sponsors, those of us in ASAN, a CVRAN project, will have to roll up our sleeves and get busy. Thanks to our many kind donors, we plan to host three new people this year.
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"My wife looked over at me and said she wished we had graduation hats to throw into the air."
ICE Is Adding A New Appeals Process For Immigrants Who've Been Detained
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The move comes just weeks after ICE instructed officers to target immigrants who pose public safety threats or recently crossed the border.
Vermont ACLU voices opposition to border towers proposal - VTDigger
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The plan calls for eight camera sites across the towns of Derby, Franklin, Highgate, Richford and Troy — along with two sites in New York.