From Chaos to Community: Growing the Vision, Skill, and Courage to Care for Our Common Home with Kristyn Achilich, M.S., M.Ed., Senior Instructor of Education and Director, Leahy Institute for the Environment Drawing from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call to choose “community over chaos” in The World House and Pope Francis’s invitation in Laudato […]
Home Improvement: Building a House for All People in an Environment That Can Sustain All Life with Fr. David Theroux, SSE, Vice President, Edmundite Mission Dr. King's image of a "world house" addresses the need to live with each other in nonviolence so that all may thrive, a world in which the rich care for […]
Musical Celebration with the Saint Michael’s Gospel Choir directed by Vernita Weller, M.A.T., M.A.R., Senior Success Advisor & Parent Liaison and the Vermont Freedom & Unity Chorus directed by Maria Rinaldi ’00, Web Support Specialist In a world filled with division and hate, Vermont’s Freedom & Unity Chorus brings people together through the power of […]
I Am Vermont Too photo booth with Sha'an Mouliert, M.Ed., Coordinator & Photographer of the I Am Vermont Too photo-story exhibit
MLK Day Creative Space – Button making, shirts, laser cutting, and more.
From Chaos to Community: Reclaiming the World House in a Divided Age with Stephon Boatwright, PhD, Assistant Professor, Political Science & International Relations. Dr. Boatwright’s talk will explore Martin Luther King […]
“How a House Becomes a Home”: Bringing Community Into Classroom Teaching and Learning Experiences with Jolivette Anderson-Douoning, PhD, Director, Institute for Equity & Justice and Hip-hop and Afrobeat artist Edwin Owusu, […]
Planting New Seeds: the Journey of the Black Farmer from Sharecropping to Black Farmer Prosperity with Dale Bell, Associate Programs Director, Comprehensive Community Development, Edmundite Missions This presentation traces the […]
MLK Beloved Community Reception celebrating local BIPoC-owned caterers
Tuning in to Our Communities: Improving Our Collective Sensibilities of Humility, Care and Relationality with Bindu Panikkar, PhD, Associate Professor, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources, University of Vermont How do we strengthen our relational capabilities centered in care, humility, and collective wellbeing? The word humility comes from the Latin root—humus, earth, soil, ground. […]
Our World House: Beloved Community International Coffee Hour Join the Office of International Student and Scholar Services and the Institute for Global Engagement for International Coffee Hour honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. All are welcome for coffee, pastries, and conversation.
The Farm at SMC: Food, Community, and Education Expanding upon Kristyn Achilich's "From Chaos to Community: Growing the Vision, Skill, and Courage to Care for Our Common Home," presentation, this talk with will hone in on one particular pillar of the Institute for the Environment's offerings: the Farm. Framing this campus growing space as one […]