Elodie Reed

1 week ago | nhpr.org | Elodie Reed

As the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs prepares to release a grant-funded school curriculum about the state’s Indigenous peoples, two Abenaki nations are asking the grant-funder to halt the work. The project dates to the fall of 2022, when the commission announced it was getting $50,000 from the foundation of the Burlington-based company Seventh Generation to create materials about Abenaki peoples for K-12 students.

2 weeks ago | mainepublic.org | Elodie Reed

Athletes with disabilities across the country are using a new, Vermont-based digital platform to find adaptive sports events, fellow athletes, tutorial videos and equipment grants. The Active Project was created by the Kelly Brush Foundation, a nonprofit in Burlington. Bruce Downes, the nonprofit’s senior director of marketing and digital programs, has been building the website for three years.

2 weeks ago | nhpr.org | Elodie Reed

The Planned Parenthood health center in St. Johnsbury will close on June 3, the health care provider announced on Tuesday. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, or PPNNE, said in a press release that this particular health center, which is currently open just two days a week, has faced significant challenges since the pandemic.

3 weeks ago | vermontpublic.org | Elodie Reed

On the evening of March 22, Alison Segar said she received an email from the Vermont Department of Health. It confirmed the department would partner with Segar’s organization on multilingual, educational videos about vaccines. Segar, who leads the Vermont Language Justice Project, said the plan was to focus on seasonal vaccines, adult vaccines, adolescent vaccines, and vaccines for babies and toddlers. But then the next morning, Segar got a follow-up phone call.

3 weeks ago | vnews.com | Carly Berlin |Elodie Reed

A chilly wind swirled around the Travelodge parking lot in South Burlington on Tuesday morning as several residents packed up their things. Among them were E.J. Bressette, 26, and Abbie Lawrence, 27. The couple said they’ve been at the motel with the aid of a state voucher for the past three months, and that they lost their housing more than a year ago. “I just had a lot of family problems,” Bressette said.