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[Mark Hughes]

*Community Pouch Update*


Please note that the Community Pouch organizing meeting on Sunday,
September 17th  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.


*H.308 Racial Disparities Panel *

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 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. You can find the
Panel membership and the Legislative charge to the Panel here.
<http://justiceforallvt.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1f000d0728d8306dd6b1f2d1c&id=fe2faf4573&e=a3faf155be>

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*H.308 Addressing Systemic Racism in other Systems*
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."  There will
be a meeting of Stakeholders at the Statehouse, in room 10, on September 28
thfrom 2:00 till 4:00 PM.  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 here
<http://justiceforallvt.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1f000d0728d8306dd6b1f2d1c&id=dc97ef717e&e=a3faf155be>.
The Attorney General and the Human Rights Commission are required to
jointly report on the strategy to the Justice Oversight Committee on or
before November 1, 2017


*The NEW Poor People’s Campaign*

Join us on the Poor People’s Campaign.  Our next meeting will be on September
17th at 6:00 PM at the Peace and Justice Center in Burlington at 5:30 PM.
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.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2046070795676711/
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*Run Against Racism September 17th*

Come to run at 11:30 or join us for the rally 12:30. The 1st Annual Race
Against Racism is a rally and an inclusive community walking and running
event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1675800779128969/
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Mark





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"It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks,
without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all
like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of
it."  Maya Angelou
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