BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Brooks Memorial Library - Brattleboro VT - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Brooks Memorial Library - Brattleboro VT
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Brooks Memorial Library - Brattleboro VT
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20270314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20271107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T203000
DTSTAMP:20260409T183549
CREATED:20260115T173810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T183142Z
UID:10005225-1770834600-1770841800@brookslibraryvt.org
SUMMARY:Beyond I Have A Dream: A Discussion of The Radical Martin King
DESCRIPTION:Event Information Updated (02/11):  \nBrattleboro Common Sense is planning this event to be a public discussion with the descriptive title “Beyond I Have A Dream” and with short presentations by Etan Nasreddin-Longo\, Reverend Arnold Thomas\, Rv. Lise Sparrow\, and Dr. Mary Gannon\, honoring King and Black History Month and featuring Q&A and public discussion more than presentations. The purpose will be to raise awareness of King’s radical evolution and of other militant anti-racist thought. \nA commentary by Rev. Thomas’ published in Jun 1\, 2020\, was the inspiration for this event. He lamented the outcry about the killing of George Floyd: “The increasing numbers of black and brown people across the nation and in Vermont have also increased in their intolerance of noisy-gong-and-clashing-cymbal-like rhetoric of whites who momentarily raise their voices against what they see as a momentary crisis and then resume their lives supporting and sustaining the systems of their own privilege.” \nAbout the Presenters: \nDr. Mary Gannon is a training consultant with the Vermont Partnership for Fairness and Diversity\, a prominent activist around Brattleboro\, and honored for Lifetime Achievement by the Windham County NAACP. \nReverand Dr. Lise Sparrow and Dr. Gannon founded the the Community Equity Foundation. As a leader of Vermont Interfaith Action pastor\, Rev. Dr. Sparrow made the Guilford Church a well known resource for social justice events and organizing. She received special commendation for her work by the Vermont Legislature. \nProfessor Etan Nasreddin-Longo has served as director of the Vermont Legislative Panel on Racial Disparities in Montpelier and as counsel to the Vermont State Police on officer training. Locally\, he has been a visiting professor at Marlboro College. In 2022\, he gave a public introductory lesson on critical race theory for BCS. \nThe Reverend Arnold Thomas: The reverend’s awards in the ministry and civil rights advocacy are far too many to mention. He is: \n• Cofounder\, Vermont Social Equity Caucus of the State House and Senate\n• President & Founder\, Northern Berkshire Human Rights & Relations Task Force\n• Board Member\, Vermont Racial Justice Alliance\n• Board Member\, Vermont ACLU \nThese are only four positions he holds in community leadership in social justice only around Vermont. His scholarship and leadership positions outside Vermont are quite extensive and far-reaching. \nAll are welcome to join in what promises to be a compelling conversation.
URL:https://brookslibraryvt.org/event/beyond-i-have-a-dream/
LOCATION:Main Reading Room
CATEGORIES:Adults,General
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://eadn-wc04-3360218.nxedge.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MLK.png
ORGANIZER;CN="Brattleboro Common Sense":MAILTO:info@brattleborocommonsense.org
GEO:42.8553213;-72.5599024
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR