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Vermont Educational Alliance on Poverty Symposium 2018

Sponsored by:
The Center for Community Engagement
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

Sponsored by:
The Center for Community Engagement
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

Sponsored by:
The Center for Community Engagement
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

Privilege and Poverty Academic Cluster Information Session

Sponsored by:
The Center for Community Engagement
Swing by Ross to learn about Middlebury College’s Privilege & Poverty Academic Cluster! Members of this transdisciplinary Cluster include students, faculty, and staff interested in learning about the complexities of economic inequality through theory and practice. Participating students also have the opportunity to intern with community organizations.

Ross Courtyard (Terrace)