Rally On April 1 To Support The Housing Access Bill!

March 29, 2025 0 Comments

CVRAN will be gathering at the statehouse with others to support this bill. Please join us as we work toward fair and accessible housing for everyone living in Vermont. P.S. CVRAN will be at the Hands Off! protest on April 5 at the Statehouse. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more information.

Current Stories

March 27, 2025 0 Comments

March 25, 2025 Dear CVRAN Community, What has happened in the last month within our own organization? How do we continue to try to meet new and difficult circumstances? This doesn’t seem a time for an essay, but for a few sample stories. A Haitian family of 3 was too scared to travel to Vermont …

Update On New Vermonter Detained Earlier

March 25, 2025 0 Comments

Alexi, the new Vermonter who was detained at the border earlier this month after getting lost on the way to Costco, is back with his family again. You can read the update published by VT Digger here. Thanks to Brett Stokes, Alexi’s lawyer, and all the folks who attended the hearing to show their support …

The MAM Midway Gallery Is Here!

March 16, 2025 0 Comments

It’s March, so it must be time for CVRAN’s March Arts Marathon.   And it’s March 16th, which means that the Midway Gallery is up on our website. And that means anyone can enjoy a selection of the art – visual, written, and audio – created by the participating artists. Get to the Midway Gallery …

Support CVRAN At the Red Hen Bakery This Friday

March 12, 2025 0 Comments

The Red Hen Bakery in Middlesex is generously donating a portion of the proceeds of this week’s Friday Night Dinner Club to CVRAN. Pre-order on their website, pick up Friday afternoon or evening, and enjoy! A big thank you to the Red Hen for their support!

A Big Thank-You From CVRAN!

March 11, 2025 0 Comments

CVRAN is so lucky to have had the gift of support from local businesses who support our mission to help asylum seekers and refugees. It is so heartening to have this affirmation when there is so much antagonism to this population in the national news. Recently in the month of February, Montpelier’s Hunger Mountain Coop …

Call To Create A Vermont Office Of New Americans

March 10, 2025 0 Comments

Our friends at the Vermont Asylum Assistance Project (VAAP) let us know that the Senate Committee on Government Operations will be receiving testimony on and holding a first reading of S.56 – An Act relating to creating an Office of New Americans – this Tuesday March 11. VAAP is inviting everyone to make a sign …

The Vermont Tradition: Welcome or Scare?

The Letter to the Editor below was submitted to news outlets across the state by the VT-NH Asylum Support Network earlier this week. However, they found an inaccuracy, which has been removed. Here we are publishing the updated, correct letter: Recently, an asylum seeker family was detained by Customs & Border Patrol near the Vermont-Canada …