President’s Letter – February 24, 2025 Dear CVRAN Community, Reporters, interviewers all are asking: what is the impact of budget cuts and policy changes on Vermonters, specifically on Vermont organizations working with immigrants? The answer is becoming increasingly clear. It is terrible for everyone. Just how terrible is it for us, for CVRAN? Initially, one …

December 21, 2024 Dear CVRAN Community, This is a time of year many of us pause and take stock. We all seek for hope and peace in the dark of the year. One pressing issue for CVRAN is what will be happening ahead on the immigration front? We are trying to respond and stay flexible. …

October 31, 2024 Dear CVRAN Community, Let me give you a treat. Have you ever collectively looked in the mirror? There are amazing views to see. First and foremost, there are our new neighbors, settling into Central Vermont, having found a new home where they are welcomed, contributing members of our society. The Montpelier schoolyards …

July 6, 2024 Dear CVRAN Community, Big News: Strategic planning sessions lead CVRAN to look for an executive director, more strong leaders and board members, and plans to launch a fundraising campaign to help it happen! How did a little CVRAN seedling, based solely on volunteers and dedication, grow into such a robust tree? How …

May 2024 Dear CVRAN Community, April is a month of transition, and it’s a month of amazing change and growth. Each day there is a new bud bursting into flower, but there are also many spring chores to do, old branches to prune away, debris to pick up. It is a fitting time for CVRAN …

February, 2024 Dear CVRAN Community, Greetings on a snowy morning. We in Vermont get used to shifting weather, and the different types of preparation for each foray outside. On this grey day, I want to share with you some causes for celebration! Have you noticed, that like the Vermont weather, our work with CVRAN goes …

November 13, 2023 Dear CVRAN Community, Greetings. Imagine yourself a plant in a garden. All around you other plants are growing, clustering, and the fruit and the blooms emerging, or in this season preparing for a season of hibernation. From your unique position you cannot see the borders of the garden, nor know what plant …

June 7, 2023 105 donations in 10 days bring in $100,000!  The numbers are startling.  A group of neighbors in Montpelier stepped forward with the dream of helping to  buy a house, and its working. The neighbors want to keep a refugee family in their neighborhood, even though their lease is expiring, and they are …

April 21, 2023 Dear CVRAN Community, Our world is changing… literally our world. We all know that because of climatic, economic, and political upheavals, there are mass migrations around the globe. The United States, with our relative economic prosperity and political stability looks to be a haven and people come. They come despite political opposition …