Communities

For State Rep. Dominique Johnson, Pride Month is as much about community as it is about affirming the identities of members of the LGBTQ+ community, as attacks mount at the federal level and closer to home.

They cover topics ranging from vaccines and long COVID, to breast and pelvic exams, to advanced directives and patient rights.

Hear more from a family physician and health equity practitioner who's working to strengthen community supports for new and expecting parents.

The banquet, called Wlipogwat, offered a taste of animals and plants harvested on Abenaki territory. It's part of ongoing efforts by Odanak and Wôlinak First Nations to protect their knowledge, culture and homelands.

Residents packed the room Tuesday night at a summit hosted by the North Hartford Public Safety Coalition, which has released a new report based on community input into the search.

Time together for congregants of the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Church has been a way to cope as the war in Ukraine continues, and a new uncertainty arises about how the Trump administration will handle humanitarian parole for people who fled the war.

Hundreds of people gathered for the 53rd annual Dartmouth Powwow to celebrate Native culture with songs, dance, and drumming.

The Prospector Theater in Ridgefield, which has a staff mostly made up of people with disabilities, is pushing back against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for comments he made regarding people with autism.

Dozens of organizations and nearly 200 corps members have been affected statewide.

That’s as the state recognition law faces increasingly vocal criticism from the only two federally recognized Western Abenaki Nations, which say Vermont has legitimized people who haven’t adequately demonstrated their Abenaki heritage.