Watch The Online Webinar ‘Beyond Minnesota – Supporting Refugees and Immigrants In Vermont’

February 3, 2026
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On January 29th, there was an online briefing and information session for anyone interested in refugee and immigration assistance in Vermont.
The recording is now available online (click here to access).
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Info Session Referenced Resources
Vermont Immigration Legal Support Services
- Vermont Asylum Assistance Project (VAAP) – Request Immigration Legal Support
- Sign up to volunteer as a VAAP Pro Bono Attorney, Interpreter or Translator Interest Forms
- Access the VAAP Resource Library
Reporting ICE and Observer Trainings
- Migrant Justice Emergency/Rapid Response, call 1-802-881-7229
- Sign up to receive emergency alerts and information about future trainings here – make sure to select “rapid response.”
- Sign up for Migrant Justice’s 2/10/26, 6:30-8 pm, rapid response training here
- Information on how to report immigration enforcement sightings
Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA)
- Newsletter sign-up: Vermont Interfaith Action (no faith affiliation needed)
- Burlington Community Resilience Potluck: Ready Together: A Community Potluck & Gathering for Mutual Aid & Safety
- Plan Your Own Potluck (or reach out to VIA for support): Community Resilience Potluck Tool Kit
Mutual Aid And Volunteer Opportunities with Organizations
- Ethiopian Community Development Council (Brattleboro/Bennington)
Contact: HERE. - Central Vermont Refugee Action Network (Montpelier Area/Central VT)
Sign up to Volunteer HERE or contact: cvran910@gmail.com - Association of Africans Living in Vermont (Greater Burlington Area)
Contact: info@aalv-vt.org - Vermont Afghan Alliance – (Greater Burlington Area)
Contact: Lauren Pricer, Volunteer Coordinator, Lauren@vtafghanalliance.org - Vermont Interfaith Action (Statewide)
Contact: martha@viavt.org
Signup to get involved: Vermont Interfaith Action - Migrant Justice – (Statewide)
Sign up to get involved here.
General contact: info@migrantjustice.net - U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) – Vermont (Rutland/Greater Burlington Area)
Contact: Vermont@Refugees.org
To Volunteer: Volunteer@refugees.org
Additional USCRI resources:
Safety Planning Tip Sheet
Know Your rights document
Multilingual resources
International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) ‘explainer’ on the detention of refugees
Impacted individuals can reference additional IRAP resources here (in several languages)