Lindsey Britt
A fresh look
Lindsey Britt is a textile artist, solution-finder, award-winning vegan baker, and nonprofit administrator who serves on the Brattleboro Planning Commission and is a member of Compassionate Brattleboro.
Brattleboro Senior Meals could use volunteers
BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Senior Meals provides a much-needed service to our community by cooking hundreds of meals each week which are then delivered by dozens of volunteers to area senior citizens and community members with disabilities. Delivering meals is an incredibly rewarding volunteer opportunity that I would encourage everyone to try...
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We need to think expansively and creatively to find solutions to our most pressing issues
Southeast Vermont is a place full of well-intentioned, compassionate people. The officially sanctioned infrastructure here for helping vulnerable individuals and families is impressive. But outside of the accepted conduits for helping - like volunteering and donating to government recognized nonprofits - how are we each empowered (or not) to...
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The state is taking money from foster children
As Vermonters, we have a responsibility to take care of the state's youngest residents, especially those children who may be abused and neglected and, as a result, enter the foster care system. Unfortunately, our state is instead stealing from those vulnerable residents rather than caring for them and securing for each child a bright future. The reality is that Vermont is taking approximately $1 million each year from the pockets of children in foster care who are entitled to Social...
For 23 species, there is no tomorrow. Let that sink in.
In September, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its proposal to remove 23 species (22 animals and one plant) from the endangered species list because they are believed to be extinct. Let the finality of that declaration sink in. For some of these creatures, humans held out hope for over 100 years that they would be seen again, but now scientists are saying hope is lost. For these birds, mussels, bats, fishes, and plants, there is no tomorrow. The...
Our taxes are our legacy
The saying goes that two things in life are certain: death and taxes. On the surface, these two realities do not have much in common beyond their certainty, but, in fact, they are connected. Taxes are part of a legacy that each person creates which will shape the world long after their death. But with a large portion of tax money in the United States directly paying for weapons of death and destruction, all of us owe it to ourselves...