Join the Fair Housing Project of CVOEO, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, Vermont Human Rights Commission, and Vermont Legal Aid to learn more about Fair Housing Month, housing justice, how the state is addressing the current housing crisis, and how librarians can best connect people who are experiencing evictions to local and statewide resources and services. This session is open to everyone and will include a Q&A session.

Presented by the Vermont Department of Libraries with guests Jess Hyman of CVOEO, David Martins of the Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, Bor Yang of the Vermont Human Rights Commission, and Brooke Stellman of Vermont Legal Aid.

Vermont libraries are in the unique position to facilitate community-level change on issues of social, racial, and economic justice and to help people become more involved in local decision-making on all issues, including housing. Libraries are also a point of access for information and resource sharing. Connecting people experiencing housing challenges to related local, statewide, and national resources is a powerful contribution libraries can make to their communities. To support libraries interested in this work, VTLIB also encourages librarians to view the recently recorded WebJunction webinars linked below on libraries and the current eviction crisis.