🪚The Root and Hatchspace woodworking affinity spaces continues!

🗓️ Every Monday except Holidays
⏰ 5:30PM–8:30PM
📍@ Hatch Space: 22 High Street, Third Floor in Brattleboro

We've partnered with HatchSpace to bring our community a FREE BIPOC affinity woodworking space!!

Whether you're a woodworking newbie or pro this space is for you! Come explore something fun or new to you within a safer BIPOC centered space.

Bring your own project or build something new! Materials Provided!

Palestine Film Series, Sunday, April 13, 4-6 p.m. Latchis Theater, Brattleboro: The Teacher is the story of a Palestinian teacher grieving the loss of his teenage son and struggling to reconcile his commitment to political resistance with his support for two students. By donation. sovt4palestine.org

Soul Food Sunday is now going to feature limited catering from BIPOC owned businesses!
If you missed this months SFS with catering from Changezi Food Mart we hope you can join for April!

Next Soul Food Sunday is happening
April 13th from 1-4pm
at The Root SJC (28 Williams St, Brattleboro, VT)
Featuring catering from Soul'N'Rico!!

Soul'N'Rico features Puerto Rican and Soul Food, we're excited to get to try them and share with you!

This is a BIPOC Affinity potluck style gathering so if you identify as Black Indigenous or a Person of Color we invite you to bring a dish to share and come early to make sure you get a plate from our featured monthly caterer!

Join the conversation: Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Systems Panel (RDAP) on Zoom

Tuesday 4/8 and every 2nd Tuesday of the Month

6p-8p

Shela Linton, Executive Director of The Root Social Justice Center is an appointee by the attorney general to The RDAP. She has served on this panel since its creation in 2017 as a Black/BIPOC community member and is helping to bring Most Impacted Voices to the discussion on eliminating racial disparities in the juvenile/DCF and criminal justice systems.

This is an open public meeting where everyone is welcome to join. Community participation is encouraged, and if you'd like to speak or add to the discussion, you can do so during the meeting!

Can’t make it? Orca Media TV records the sessions, and notes are available for review. You can also watch the meeting live online.

To get on the agenda, email our chair Etan at sarnnidde@gmail.com.

Join the Zoom meeting using the link below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89361602448...

Meeting ID: 893 6160 2448

Passcode: 719234

Learn more about the panel here:

https://ago.vermont.gov/.../racial-disparities-criminal...

#RacialJustice#CommunityAction#PublicMeeting#JoinUs

🪚The Root and Hatchspace woodworking affinity spaces continues!

🗓️ Every Monday except Holidays
⏰ 5:30PM–8:30PM
📍@ Hatch Space: 22 High Street, Third Floor in Brattleboro

We've partnered with HatchSpace to bring our community a FREE BIPOC affinity woodworking space!!

Whether you're a woodworking newbie or pro this space is for you! Come explore something fun or new to you within a safer BIPOC centered space.

Bring your own project or build something new! Materials Provided!

Palestine Film Series, Sunday, April 6, Walled Off: View from Banksy's Walled Off Hotel, 4-6 p.m. Latchis Theater, Brattleboro: Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel, art gallery and history museum overlooking Israel’s apartheid wall serves as an anchor for this eclectic documentary, which spotlights the creative ways the Palestinian people and their supporters have been using the arts and other means of nonviolent protest to resist occupation. By donation. sovt4palestine.org

Dungeons and Dragons Game Night at The Root Social Justice Center

RSVP or learn more: BTN@therootsjc.org

Don't miss this incredible opportunity! Rev Yolanda and The Circle of Love Band will be performing a special concert on Saturday, April 5th at 7 PM at the Dummerston Church. A $20 suggested donation at the door or pay what you can. This benefit concert will raise funds for the annual AIDS Walk in Brattleboro,VT and The AIDS Project of Southern Vermont. Check out Yolanda's website below to learn more! For more information, please call The AIDS Project at 802-254-4444! Hope to see you there!

Can’t wait to see all your smiling faces and hear your wonderful writing! Let’s make it a night of inspiration and community.

✨🌎Calling BIPOC Adoptees🌎✨
Join us every 4th Wednesday of the month from 5:30 to 7:30 PM for our BIPOC Adoptees Group!

This space is for adoptees of ALL ages who identify as Black Indigenous, and People of Color.

Many adoptees are expected to be grateful to have been adopted, without consideration of the hardships and trauma childhood separation can bring. For transnational and/or transracial adoptees the forced loss and erasure of cultural identity and heritage is often a part of our experiences as well. When adoptees try to speak on our experiences, challenges, or needs we are often faced with disbelief, dismissiveness or a complete lack of awareness.

Yet, when we get to connect with a community of our peers, we're more likely to be heard, understood, believed, and affirmed.

Adoptees deserve a space to share our whole selves, the painful truths, the unmet needs, our journeys with trauma, healing and more.
The Root aims to provide exactly that and more in our new BIPOC Adoptee Affinity group. Together, we'll center our narratives, experiences and needs, while affirming all the complexities of our identities as BIPOC Adoptees!

Come to build connections, share ideas for future experiences and projects, and simply to be seen, affirmed and loved! 💜

🗓 When: Every 4th Wednesday of the month, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
📍 Location: The Root (28 Williams Street, Brattleboro, VT)
♿️ Wheelchair Accessible
Bonus: Free food!

For more information, contact Gillian at bipocadoptees@therootsjc.org

Let’s uplift each other through the power of our stories!

#bipocadoptees #bipocvermont #bipocaffinity
#Affirmed #healing #freefood

🪚The Root and Hatchspace woodworking affinity spaces continues!

In the photo: At last week’s space folks made wooden coasters from start to finish for the first time!

🗓️ Every Monday except Holidays
⏰ 5:30PM–8:30PM
📍@ Hatch Space: 22 High Street, Third Floor in Brattleboro

We've partnered with HatchSpace to bring our community a FREE BIPOC affinity woodworking space!!

Whether you're a woodworking newbie or pro this space is for you! Come explore something fun or new to you within a safer BIPOC centered space.

Bring your own project or build something new! Materials Provided!

DM us or email therootsjc@gmail.com for more information!

#BIPOC #AffinitySpaces #BrattleboroVT
#MakingTogether #WoodworkingForAll #DIYProjects #CommunityBuilding

Palestine Film Series, Sunday, March 30, From Ground Zero, 4-6 p.m. Latchis Theater, Brattleboro: Oscar-shortlisted for best international feature film, this collection of 22 short films (3-7 minutes each) made by Palestinian filmmakers in Gaza portrays the steadfastness of the human spirit and the will to live in a time of peril and devastation. By donation. sovt4palestine.org

The BIPOC Hair Shop (launched as the Mini BIPOC Hair Clinic) is about creating local access to culturally competent and skilled stylists who specialize in textured, natural, and other BIPOC hair types. This initiative is designed to connect BIPOC clients with trusted stylists while supporting local small business entrepreneurs.

Palestine Film Series, Sunday, March 23, No Other Land, 4-6 p.m. Latchis Theater, Brattleboro: Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary 2025, the film chronicles the resistance of villagers in the West Bank communities of Musafer Yatta to the ongoing violence perpetrated by Israeli settlers and soldiers – violence that continues today in Musafer Yatta and throughout the West Bank. By donation. sovt4palestine.org

🪚The Root and Hatchspace woodworking affinity spaces continues!

In the photo: At last week’s space folks made wooden coasters from start to finish for the first time!

🗓️ Every Monday except Holidays
⏰ 5:30PM–8:30PM
📍@ Hatch Space: 22 High Street, Third Floor in Brattleboro

We've partnered with HatchSpace to bring our community a FREE BIPOC affinity woodworking space!!

Whether you're a woodworking newbie or pro this space is for you! Come explore something fun or new to you within a safer BIPOC centered space.

Bring your own project or build something new! Materials Provided!

DM us or email therootsjc@gmail.com for more information!

#BIPOC #AffinitySpaces #BrattleboroVT
#MakingTogether #WoodworkingForAll #DIYProjects #CommunityBuilding

In the midst of our dedicated efforts to combat the social and political challenges facing our communities, it's important to take a moment to breathe and reconnect. We’re excited to invite you to an evening of relaxation and camaraderie at our upcoming RRT Community Game Night. This is a wonderful opportunity to decompress from the constant bombardment of challenges we face while building stronger bonds within our team.

🪚The Root and Hatchspace woodworking affinity spaces continues!

In the photo: At last week’s space folks made wooden coasters from start to finish for the first time!

🗓️ Every Monday except Holidays
⏰ 5:30PM–8:30PM
📍@ Hatch Space: 22 High Street, Third Floor in Brattleboro

We've partnered with HatchSpace to bring our community a FREE BIPOC affinity woodworking space!!

Whether you're a woodworking newbie or pro this space is for you! Come explore something fun or new to you within a safer BIPOC centered space.

Bring your own project or build something new! Materials Provided!

DM us or email therootsjc@gmail.com for more information!

#BIPOC #AffinitySpaces #BrattleboroVT
#MakingTogether #WoodworkingForAll #DIYProjects #CommunityBuilding

One of our favorite BIPOC affinity spaces. We love gathering with friends, old and new, at this potluck style gathering!

🎉 Save the Date: The Black Experience 2025 is Coming February 22! 🎉

We’re thrilled that The Root is part of this year’s BX Steering Committee!

Stay tuned for more details, and mark your calendars for this unforgettable celebration!

🎟️ Event Info & Tickets Available Now:
🌐 flynnvt.org/Events/2025/2/The-Black-Experience-25

#BX25 #BlackExperienceVT #BlackHistoryMonth

The Black Experience 2025 (BX25) is a ticketed event and flagship celebration of Vermont’s Black lived experience (cultural, communal, educational), and an addition to Burlington’s observation of Black History Month.

🪚The Root and Hatchspace woodworking affinity spaces continues!

🗓️ Every Monday except Holidays
⏰ 5:30PM–8:30PM
📍@ Hatch Space: 22 High Street, Third Floor in Brattleboro

We've partnered with HatchSpace to bring our community a FREE BIPOC affinity woodworking space!!

Whether you're a woodworking newbie or pro this space is for you! Come explore something fun or new to you within a safer BIPOC centered space.

Bring your own project or build something new! Materials Provided!

DM us or email therootsjc@gmail.com for more information!

#BIPOC#AffinitySpaces#BrattleboroVT
#MakingTogether#WoodworkingForAll#DIYProjects#CommunityBuilding

✨🇨🇩Congolese Cultural Event🇨🇩✨

Join us Saturday, February 1st 1p–4p! (please note the new date!)

🌍 Experience the vibrant culture of the Democratic Republic of Congo! The ARC Program of The Root Social Justice Center and ECDC Vermont invite you to join our local Congolese community for an afternoon of cultural sharing and celebration featuring:

🎶 Cultural music & dance

🍴 Delicious Congolese food

🗣️ Sharing about the history and culture of the DRC

🗓️ When: Saturday, January 25th

⏰ Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

📍 Location: 118 Elliot Street in Brattleboro, VT

📧 For more info, contact: ARC@therootsjc.org

👉🏽 About the ARC Program:

The Asylum Seeker, Refugee & Immigrant Community (ARC) Program, a program of The Root Social Justice Center, is dedicated to fostering belonging, cross-cultural celebration, safer spaces and community cohesion. Led by and for asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants, ARC organizes community-building events, coordinates peer-to-peer support, and advocates for the needs of the ARC community.

#DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #DRCongo #Africa #Culture #CulturalSharing

🪀✨Join us for the BIPOC Playgroup!✨🚂

A vibrant and inclusive gathering crafted with the essence of cultural richness and diversity, exclusively for BIPOC children and their families.

Ages: 0 - 7

🗓️ October 5th and every first Saturday of the month

📍At EES on 130 Birge St., Brattleboro VT.

⏰Noon - 1:30PM

🍎Lunch will be served

📞Contact: Sandy Stark at 802-246-2062

This special initiative, brought to life by The Root Social Justice Center, Early Education Services and Vermont Village School, aims to provide a nurturing environment where children can explore, learn, and grow amidst the beauty of their diverse cultures. Caregivers of all races are welcome!

#BIPOCplaygroup #BIPOCchildren #BIPOCfamilies

📢 FREE BIPOC Expungement Clinic 📢

Access free legal support for BIPOC Vermonters to help clear criminal records.

Legal assistance from Vermont Legal Aid is available at The Root Social Justice Center (📍28 Williams Street in Brattleboro) on the last Thursday of every month from 2:30-6 PM.

PLEASE NOTE: Most services require income eligibility.

✅ Connect with a BIPOC attorney  

✅ Get help with necessary paperwork  

✅ Take steps to erase qualifying charges from your record

👉🏽Appointments are recommended with drop-ins welcome if space allows. To schedule your confidential 30-minute appointment or find out what services you are eligible for please contact Jeannette at 802-885-5181

#BIPOCSupport #ExpungementClinic #LegalAid #Vermont

🪚The Root and Hatchspace woodworking affinity spaces continues!

In the photo: At last week’s space folks made wooden coasters from start to finish for the first time!

🗓️ Every Monday except Holidays
⏰ 5:30PM–8:30PM
📍@ Hatch Space: 22 High Street, Third Floor in Brattleboro

We've partnered with HatchSpace to bring our community a FREE BIPOC affinity woodworking space!!

Whether you're a woodworking newbie or pro this space is for you! Come explore something fun or new to you within a safer BIPOC centered space.

Bring your own project or build something new! Materials Provided!

DM us or email therootsjc@gmail.com for more information!

#BIPOC #AffinitySpaces #BrattleboroVT
#MakingTogether #WoodworkingForAll #DIYProjects #CommunityBuilding

Come to y4c on the 20th to hold space for high emotions and feelings around the presidency of 2025

Monday January 20
5:30-7:30 pm
The Root Social Justice Center 28 Willaims st 05301
The Root is wheelchair accessible

We understand that lots of people especially minorities are going to be affected by this presedency and are scared of what's to come. We are holding space for youth and allowing them play games and distract themselves and/or join a rant session where people can express themselves and their fears.

There will be pizza!!

🪀✨Join us for the BIPOC Playgroup!✨🚂

A vibrant and inclusive gathering crafted with the essence of cultural richness and diversity, exclusively for BIPOC children and their families.

Ages: 0 - 7

🗓️ October 5th and every first Saturday of the month

📍At EES on 130 Birge St., Brattleboro VT.

⏰Noon - 1:30PM

🍎Lunch will be served

📞Contact: Sandy Stark at 802-246-2062

This special initiative, brought to life by The Root Social Justice Center, Early Education Services and Vermont Village School, aims to provide a nurturing environment where children can explore, learn, and grow amidst the beauty of their diverse cultures. Caregivers of all races are welcome!

#BIPOCplaygroup #BIPOCchildren #BIPOCfamilies

🪚The Root and Hatchspace woodworking affinity spaces continues!

In the photo: At last week’s space folks made wooden coasters from start to finish for the first time!

🗓️ Every Monday except Holidays
⏰ 5:30PM–8:30PM
📍@ Hatch Space: 22 High Street, Third Floor in Brattleboro

We've partnered with HatchSpace to bring our community a FREE BIPOC affinity woodworking space!!

Whether you're a woodworking newbie or pro this space is for you! Come explore something fun or new to you within a safer BIPOC centered space.

Bring your own project or build something new! Materials Provided!

DM us or email therootsjc@gmail.com for more information!

#BIPOC #AffinitySpaces #BrattleboroVT
#MakingTogether #WoodworkingForAll #DIYProjects #CommunityBuilding