CVRAN families and friends gathered in late September for a picnic at the North Branch Nature Center. The weather was glorious. Kids played soccer, adults socialized (on the look-out for errant kicks), and most people spent their time outside enjoying a perfect fall day. There was a also painting mural (see the photo above) for …

We know it’s already autumn, but we could not go on without shouting out one of CVRAN’s favorite annual offerings – the Summer Reading Program! This summer we brought together 14 local children and an equal number of volunteers for a season of learning, laughter, and connection. Over several weeks, each child met with their …

The impacts of the Big Beautiful Bill and other decisions at the state/federal level are being felt by Vermonters, including Afghan families assisted by CVRAN. Two articles that came out in the Montpelier Bridge this week cover the situation facing these families and how CVRAN is working to minimize these negative impacts. Here are the …

Thank you for being a part of the CVRAN family. We wish we were sending a traditional fundraising letter, explaining our ongoing work and typical needs. Instead, thanks to the increasingly hostile national landscape, we are in full mobilization mode. Every resource, partnership, and ounce of staff capacity is being stretched to sustain critical support …

News broke last week that the federal government is seeking to hire private vendors to staff a social media surveillance program at The National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center– an ICE facility in Williston, Vermont. Though still in an early planning stage, the concept is to hire a dozen contractors to create an office capable …

On Thursday, August 22, a small group of people gathered at the T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier to celebrate the completion of a new housing project in town. This wasn’t just any housing project, it was a partnership focused on providing housing specifically for new Americans. CVRAN and Downstreet Housing and Community Development worked together …

  A new short video on immigration was released recently by the National Immigration Law Center. Our friends at the VT NH Asylum Support Network shared the video link to “We Get There Together” with us and we hope that you will share it with all your friends. Click here to the video now!  

Earlier this week, Steven Tendo (a former CVRAN client) and Wuendy Bernardo (a Vermont dairy farmer and advocate) reported for routine check-ins at the St. Albans ICE office. Since many recent check-ins like these have ended with people being detained or worse, Migrant Justice and the NE Kingdom Asylum Seekers Assistance Network (NEKASAN) called for …

The Mexican Consulate provided some additional information about the visit: Approximately 140 people were served: 88 passports were issued; 22 consular IDs; 4 birth or dual nationality registrations were completed; and 17 Mexican birth certificates issued in Mexico were printed. Talks were given about migrant labor rights, health, and mental health issues. Though there was …

For the last several years, CVRAN has provided support and volunteers for the annual Mexican Consulate visit. Though there was less publicity about it than usual, the 2025 visit went off without a hitch last weekend. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who helped make it a success! You can read all about it …