All Are Welcome

The Bristol Social Justice Discussion Group meets monthly to learn about different topics that effect our community. Our programs include speakers, books and films addressing human rights, discrimination, equity, and access to resources. We seek to create a neighborhood conversation where we can learn and grow together.

Though the group does not take collective action, we do encourage participants to reflect on what they’ve learned during the discussion and to consider the questions below:

What they might THINK ABOUT differently?

What they might DO differently?

Bristol Social Justice Discussion Group
Steering Committee:

Porter Knight (founder and point-person) knight@gmavt.net | Alice Leeds | Russ Rueger

Previous & Upcoming Social Justice Topics:

2024

January 2024
History of Eugenics in Vermont

February 2024
Food Insecurity in Addison County
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March 2024
”Beyond Bars” Documentary Screening

April 2024
Equity in Health Care with Deb Richter

May 2024
Gender & Bias with Linnea Johnson
from Atria Collective
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June 2024
On Summer Break

July 2024
On Summer Break

August 2024
On Summer Break

September 2024
Talking Politics: getting beyond us vs them

October 2024
Veterans Town Hall with Jon Turner @ Holley Hall

November 2024
Elderly Services in Middlebury

December 2024
Bess Obrien’s “Just Getting By”
Documentary Screening @ MAUHS


2023

January 2023
Anit-semitism in VT

February 2023
Re-envisioning Aging

March 2023
Neurodiverisity

April 2023
“Coming Home” documentary screening.
About formerly incarcerated persons reintegrating in our communities.

May 2023
United Way & Partners:
Homelessness in Addison County

June 2023
Mental Health Awareness in Vermont
by National Alliance for Mental Health/Vermont

July 2023
The First Step” Screening & discussion about drug addiction & treatment

October 2023
13th” Screening & discussion about mass incarceration in the United States

November 2023
Arrested Mobility

December 2023
Medical racism and slavery in
Early American colleges


2022

April 2022
Seeing and Disrupting Racism

May 2022
“I am from here” documentary screening. About the experience
of black/brown youth in VT.

June 2022
Systemic racism

July 2022
Gender, Sexuality and Identity

September 2022
Body image in sports and recreation

October 2022
Abolishing slavery in VT

November 2022
“The Longest Journey” book discussion

December 2022
Migrant Farm workers experience
in VT documentary screening