Events

Twenty-five years ago, responding to the Vermont Supreme Court’s “Baker Decision,” the Vermont Legislature created the first comprehensive legal recognition for same-sex couples in the United States. The establishment of Civil Unions was an historic step toward full Marriage Equality. Long-time Vermont LGBTQ political activist and politician Bill Lippert remembers the fierce battle and political […]

Community members are invited to our monthly Community Conversations with Brattleboro State Legislators at Brooks Memorial Library on Saturday, May 3rd from 10:30 AM – 12 PM. The topic of this month's discussion is "Response to the Federal Government: including activities involving immigration, climate and reproductive health". We hope you join us and bring your […]

The America 250 Town Hall Series, a collaboration with Brooks Memorial Library and Vermont Independent Media, publisher of The Commons, is made possible, in part, through a generous grant from the Vermont Humanities Council. This town hall will consider the theory and practice of Lewis’s unfinished revolution. We’ll consider the philosophical underpinnings to non-violence, drawing on Gandhi’s […]