<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Community Pouch Update</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please note that the Community Pouch organizing meeting on Sunday, September 17<sup>th </sup> has been changed from at 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM. The meeting will still be in the Children's chapel. We will determine the organizations that that will receive the community pouch during our upcoming church year. We encourage all who are able to participate in this process. Organizations interested being considered for the community pouch are asked to send a representative to provide a brief presentation.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">H.308 Racial Disparities Panel </strong><br style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><br style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">The first meeting of The Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems (created by H.308) happened on August 29th. The meeting was open to the general public. Attorney General T.J. Donavan gave passionate opening remarks and the Panel moved to appoint Christine Longmore as the Chair and Mark Hughes as the Vice Chair. The panel charge was reviewed and it was agreed that the Panel would meet in the evenings in moving forward to ensure that the general public has the ability </span><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">to attend. There was a discussion on priorities and input and questions from the general public. The next meeting was will be announced in the coming days</span><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">. You can find the Panel membership and the Legislative charge to the Panel </span><a href="http://justiceforallvt.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1f000d0728d8306dd6b1f2d1c&id=fe2faf4573&e=a3faf155be" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)" target="_blank">here. </a><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"> </span><br style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">.</span><br style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><strong style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">H.308 Addressing Systemic Racism in other Systems</strong><br style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">H.308 (The Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile System Advisory Panel) calls for the Attorney General, the Human Rights Commission and interested stakeholders to “develop a strategy to address racial disparities within the State systems of education, labor and employment, access to housing and health care, and economic development." </span><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">There will be a meeting of Stakeholders at the Statehouse, in room 10, on September 28</span><sup style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">th</sup><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">from </span><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aQJ">2:00 till 4:00 PM</span></span><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">. The goal of the meeting is to gather sufficient information to enable the Attorney General and the Human Rights Commission to provide the Justice Oversight Committee with the requested strategy for moving forward in addressing racial disparities in these systems. The Stakeholders invitation with initial questions and stakeholder groups can be found </span><a href="http://justiceforallvt.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1f000d0728d8306dd6b1f2d1c&id=dc97ef717e&e=a3faf155be" style="color:rgb(51,102,153);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">. The Attorney General and the Human Rights Commission are required to jointly report on the strategy to the Justice Oversight Committee on or before </span><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aQJ">November 1, 2017</span></span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aQJ"><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aQJ"><strong>The NEW Poor People’s Campaign</strong><br><br>Join us on the Poor People’s Campaign. Our next meeting will be on <span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-aQJ">September 17th at 6:00 PM</span></span> at the Peace and Justice Center in Burlington at <span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-aBn"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-aQJ">5:30 PM</span></span>. The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will necessarily be a multi-year undertaking. The Summer of 2017 through the Spring of 2018 will be used as the public launching of the Campaign. By engaging in highly publicized civil disobedience and direct action over a 6-week period in at least 25 states and the District of Columbia during the Spring of 2018, the Campaign will force a serious national examination of the enmeshed evils of systemic racism, poverty, militarism and environmental devastation during a key election year while strengthening and connecting informed and committed grassroots leadership in every state, increasing their power to continue this fight long after June 2018.<br><br><a href="http://justiceforallvt.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1f000d0728d8306dd6b1f2d1c&id=1842020c73&e=a3faf155be" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/event<wbr>s/2046070795676711/</a><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><strong style="">Run Against Racism September 17<sup>th</sup></strong><br style=""> <br style="">Come to run at <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style=""><span class="gmail-aQJ">11:30</span></span> or join us for the rally <span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0" style=""><span class="gmail-aQJ">12:30</span></span>. The 1st Annual Race Against Racism is a rally and an inclusive community walking and running event. <br style=""><br style=""><a href="http://justiceforallvt.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1f000d0728d8306dd6b1f2d1c&id=a253b15c23&e=a3faf155be" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,102,153)">https://www.facebook.com/<wbr>events/1675800779128969/</a> <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">Mark</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-aBn" style="color:rgb(80,80,80);font-family:Arial;background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail-m_7849068267279002702gmail-m_8304279495837670781gmail-m_-2072502406028822855gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Please follow us:</span><br><span><span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxeNL4LjLPIERC1JLURTbHk0R3VKRzVSa0VBZWNiMmtuRUd3&export=download" width="60" height="34"></span></span></span><span><span style="font-size:12.8px"></span></span><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><br>f: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/justiceforallvt/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/justi<wbr>ceforallvt/</a></font></span><span><span><br><font size="2">t: </font><a href="http://@Justice4AllVT" target="_blank"><font size="2"><span>@Justice4AllVT</span></font></a><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></span></span><span>w: <a href="http://justiceforallvt.org" target="_blank">justiceforallvt.org</a></span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br>Mark A. 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