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This is your chance to be a part of a truly historic moment! Because of the grassroots organizing of the Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign over the past two years, Vermont is poised to be the first in the nation to adopt a universal healthcare system which meets human rights principles. The next year will be tremendously exciting as we expand into the Put People First! People's Budget Campaign. We are looking for great volunteers to join us in making media to tell our stories and the stories of our communities.

Check out this great editorial about the new People's Budget Campaign by Pulitzer Prize Winning Rutland Herald.

"Economic Justice"
Read it here:
http://www.workerscenter.org/economic_justice

Workers’ Center takes on ‘People’s Budget’

By Thatcher Moats

VERMONT PRESS BUREAU - Published: June 10, 2011

MONTPELIER — A nonprofit grassroots group that rallied thousands of Vermonters to support health care reform legislation with its “health care is a human right” campaign is laying the groundwork for another political push with a different focus: state budget and tax policies.

This is your chance to be a part of a truly historic moment! Because of the grassroots organizing of the Healthcare Is a Human Right Campaign over the past two years, Vermont is poised to be the first in the nation to adopt a universal healthcare system which meets human rights principles. The next year will be tremendously exciting as we expand into the Put People First! People's Budget Campaign. We are looking for great volunteers to join us in making media to tell our stories and the stories of our communities.

Vermont Workers' Center lead organizer James Haslam was recently featured in Thom Hartmann's "Big Picture" radio show and talked about the "Healthcare Is A Human Right" campaign.

Listen to the interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTvpmGqY8Es

The Vermont Workers Center (VWC) has internship positions available for Fall, Winter and Summer 2010 - 2011.

As an intern at the VWC you will:
-Get involved in your community
-Make meaningful change for Vermont
-Learn a wide range of concrete skills
-Attend Community Organizing and Anti-racism trainings for leadership development
-Earn college credit while expanding your resume

IT'S EASY TO APPLY ONLINE: http://workerscenter.org/Internship

Democracy Now's Amy Goodman covered the US Social Forum in Detroit and included a quick interview with the Vermont Workers Center, who led the 50-strong Vermont delegation. Watch the video below and read our US Social Forum blog.