WHAT: Be The Change: YOUTH ORGANIZING SUMMIT!
WHO: Free event ages 16-26 (Free pizza donated from American Flatbread!)
WHEN: October 03, 2015 at 11am - 3pm
WHERE: First Unitarian Univeralist Society, 152 Pearl Street (Church on the top of Church St)
RSVP: www.radvt.org/youthsummit
Youth and students from across Vermont to gain skills for taking action together to create meaningful change in our communities. We will look at Vermont's political landscape and how to build movements for change. There will be Skill Building and Education Workshops with organizers from local struggles including Rising Tide Vermont , Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, Vermont Interfaith Action and Rights & Democracy.Topics will include climate change direct action, community organizing, criminal justice reform, and storytelling and leadership building, this will be a chance for high school students, college students, and working youth to come together, build connections, and learn about the crises facing our world today and how to effectively fight back for a just and sustainable future!
This event is coordinated by Rights & Democracy, one of the fastest growing grassroots groups in the country building a movement for happy, healthy and just communities for all. Learn more at www.radvt.org
CONTACT: Isaac Grimm · isaac@radvt.org · 6179327319
RSVP: www.radvt.org/youthsummit
YOUTH ORGANIZING SUMMIT!
WHEN: October 03, 2015 at 11am - 3pm
WHERE: First Unitarian Univeralist Society, 152 Pearl Street (Church on the top of Church St)W
RAD_Youth_Organizing_Summit_Poster.jpgYouth and students from across Vermont to gain skills for taking action together to create meaningful change in our communities. We will look at Vermont's political landscape and how to build movements for change. There will be Skill Building and Education Workshops with organizers from local struggles including Rising Tide Vermont , Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform, Vermont Interfaith Action and Rights & Democracy.
Topics will include climate change direct action, community organizing, criminal justice reform, and storytelling and leadership building, this will be a chance for high school students, college students, and working youth to come together, build connections, and learn about the crises facing our world today and how to effectively fight back for a just and sustainable future!
CONTACT: Isaac Grimm · isaac@radvt.org · 6179327319