put people first

Inviting you to join us in making history

We are inviting you to help us make history. Last year began with the Arab Spring and the Wisconsin Uprising and ended with the birth of the Occupy Wall Street/99% protests, which dramatically changed the political landscape in our country and the world. Vermont’s breakthrough for universal healthcare has inspired people across the country. Now, we believe Vermont can catalyze change nationwide by leading the country in a broad movement for human rights and sustainable communities.

Springfield Put People First Community Meeting and Workshop

Location

Unitarian Universalist Church
21 Fairground Road
Springfield, VT
See map: Google Maps

We're bringing together our neighbors to hear what are the biggest problems facing our communities and how we can come together to ensure all of our fundamental needs are met.

Co-hosted by Vermont Early Educators United.
Childcare provided.

Put People First: VIT Budget Hearings!

On February 13, 2012 over 150 people with the Put People First Campaign turned out to 14 VT interactive television sites to speak at the state budget hearings for the Joint Legislative Appropriations Committees. People testified sharing their personal stories. Their message to legislators was that we're here together to do the hard work of transforming the way our state creates its budget to build a system that puts people first and meets all our human rights.

Statement on the Green Mountain Care financing and benefits debate

DATE: January 27, 2012

TO: Robin Lunge, Director of Health Reform

FROM: Vermont Workers’ Center - Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign

CC: Anya Rader-Wallack, Dr. Karen Hein, Con Hogan, Albert Gobeille, Dr. Allan Ramsay, Georgia Maheras, Mark Larson, Sen. Claire Ayer, Rep. Michael Fisher,

SUBJECT: Statement on the Green Mountain Care financing and benefits debate