Former US Attorney General Eric Holder at the Flynn Center: Our Unfinished March
Join VSAC at the Flynn Center for a discussion by Former Attorney General and civil rights leader Eric Holder on voting rights. With a panel of Vermont’s own voting rights experts, Mr. Holder will offer his insights into some of our country’s challenges, as well as an insider’s account of his career in the Obama […]
Reinventing Power, Purpose & Capitalism Through the Clean Money Revolution
Join Lori Hanau, and Joel Solomon, Founding Partner of Renewal Funds, Canada’s largest mission venture capital firm, for a conversation about sharing leadership and making money subject to human ethics and standars of love and decency. The recent turmoil in our banking system reminds us of the global impacts of our investment decisions and how […]
How Can Businesses Counter Authoritarianism?
Join Spruce Peak Arts (Stowe) for The Business of Freedom: How Markets Can Support Democracy and Counter Authoritarianism, an intimate discussion between General Joseph Votel, USA (Ret.) and Michael Abramowitz, president of Freedom House, on the economic consequences of global democratic decline and how the business community can push back against authoritarianism, support human rights, and help build […]
2022 VBSR Legislative Breakfast
We’ll reveal VBSR’s 2023 legislative agenda, celebrate the VBSR Legislator of the Year Award, and network with members and policymakers! Are you ready for the start of the 2023 Vermont legislative session? You will be after attending the 2022 VBSR Legislative Breakfast! Join VBSR members, policymakers, advocates, and state officials as we explore and celebrate all […]
VBSR Webinar: Transportation & Climate Initiative: Emissions Reductions, Equity Opportunities, and Lessons from Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Click here to register The governors of our neighboring New England states – Massachusetts and Rhode Island – have joined the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI); a regional cap-and-invest program designed to reduce transportation-related climate pollution. Join VBSR as we hear from two lead policy experts working in Massachusetts and Rhode Island to […]
VBSR Webinar: Your Vermont Climate Council – Economic Impacts, Stories & Solutions
Click here to register If you haven’t heard about the Vermont Climate Council or are eager to learn more about their work, this webinar is for you. All are welcome to attend a community discussion with VBSR and The Nature Conservancy to learn about the cost of climate impacts, the economic opportunities climate action presents, […]
VBSR Webinar: Using Vermont’s Tax System to Address Inequality
Click here to register Join VBSR and Bram Kleppner of the Vermont Tax Structure Commission for a presentation and discussion on the commission’s recommendations to the Governor and the legislature to make Vermont’s state and local tax system more sustainable, fair, and simpler in light of the expected demographic, technological, and climatic changes […]
Virtual Town Hall with Congressman Peter Welch
Click here to register Join VBSR for a virtual town hall with Congressman Peter Welch to get updates on the latest federal COVID-19 response measures and what lies ahead on the path to recovery. This is your opportunity to ask questions on the latest policy changes impacting your business, help our federal officials best […]
VBSR’s 2020 Legislative Breakfast
Click here to register With the new biennium just around the corner, join VBSR members, politicians, lobbyists, and state officials in celebrating the upcoming session with digital networking and policy discussion on the morning of Wednesday, December 16. Hear from incoming Senate Pro Tem Becca Balint on her hopes for the session, celebrate our legislator […]
The Transportation & Climate Initiative: Opportunities and Updates
Click here to register Transportation represents a whopping 44.5% of Vermont’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, our state has an opportunity to transform our outdated transportation system by participating in the Transportation & Climate Initiative—a regional effort to put a cap on transportation-sector emissions across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and reinvest the proceeds […]