The Center for Community Engagement COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

P&P October Lunch Discussion - Hunger in Vermont

Join P&P for a discussion on food insecurity and the food challenges facing Vermont communities, with special guests Jenna O’Donnell of Hunger Free Vermont, Anne Gleason from the Mary Johnson Children’s Center. What are the challenges impacting food and nutrition programs, and the ways communities around Vermont are mobilizing to meet them? How can we meet the needs of those of us facing daily food insecurity? Share your thoughts and experiences - over lunch! Food provided - please RSVP at the event link!

20 Old Chapel Road Living Room

FREE

Vermont Educational Alliance on Poverty Symposium 2018

VEAP Symposium 2018, Fostering Equitable Communities: The Links between Environments and Poverty. At 4:30 this symposium will be open to the public for the Keynote Address.

The Vermont Educational Alliance on Poverty (VEAP) brings its members together to address issues of poverty in Vermont, through collaborative efforts between our institutions and community partners. Students, faculty, and staff engage poverty by way of classroom and experiential learning, research, and public advocacy.

Kirk Center

Open to the Public

The Criminalization of Poverty - Lunch Discussion with Attorneys from Vermont's Justice System

How does income inequality result in justice inequality? In what ways does the justice system perpetuate poverty? What is Vermont’s justice system doing to address the root causes of criminality? Join Middlebury’s Privilege & Poverty Academic Cluster (P&P) for a lunch discussion with Dennis Wygmans, State’s Attorney for Addison County, TJ Donovan, Attorney General for Vermont, and James Gratton, Attorney for Addison County’s Office of the Defender General.

Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)

Open to the Public

Teen Center-Lunchtime Info Session

Want to get involved with our community, support teens and have fun? Addison Central Teens, which provides the Teen Center in Middlebury, is seeking students for work study, volunteer, and intern positions! Join us for an information session at the CCE from 12:30-1:15 pm to learn more. Free pizza provided!

20 Old Chapel Road Living Room

Closed to the Public