From Chaos to Community: Growing the Vision, Skill, and Courage to Care for Our Common Home with Kristyn Achilich, M.S., M.Ed., Senior Instructor of Education and Director, Leahy Institute for the Environment Drawing from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s call to choose “community over chaos” in The World House and Pope Francis’s invitation in Laudato […]
Home Improvement: Building a House for All People in an Environment That Can Sustain All Life with Fr. David Theroux, SSE, Vice President, Edmundite Mission Dr. King's image of a "world house" addresses the need to live with each other in nonviolence so that all may thrive, a world in which the rich care for […]
All are welcome to contribute to this year’s celebratory mural and help paint the foundational layers of our World House ecosystem.
Musical Celebration with the Saint Michael’s Gospel Choir directed by Vernita Weller, M.A.T., M.A.R., Senior Success Advisor & Parent Liaison and the Vermont Freedom & Unity Chorus directed by Maria Rinaldi ’00, Web Support Specialist In a world filled with division and hate, Vermont’s Freedom & Unity Chorus brings people together through the power of […]
I Am Vermont Too photo booth with Sha'an Mouliert, M.Ed., Coordinator & Photographer of the I Am Vermont Too photo-story exhibit
MLK Day Creative Space – Button making, shirts, laser cutting, and more.
From Chaos to Community: Reclaiming the World House in a Divided Age with Stephon Boatwright, PhD, Assistant Professor, Political Science & International Relations. Dr. Boatwright’s talk will explore Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of the World House as a moral response to the crises of interdependence in an age of renewed nationalism and populism. King foresaw […]
“How a House Becomes a Home”: Bringing Community Into Classroom Teaching and Learning Experiences with Jolivette Anderson-Douoning, PhD, Director, Institute for Equity & Justice and Hip-hop and Afrobeat artist Edwin Owusu, M.A., Lecturer and Speech & Debate Coach at University of Vermont Dr. Anderson-Douoning and Mr. Owusu discuss their process for working together across institutions (SMC […]
Planting New Seeds: the Journey of the Black Farmer from Sharecropping to Black Farmer Prosperity with Dale Bell, Associate Programs Director, Comprehensive Community Development, Edmundite Missions This presentation traces the transformation of Black farmers from the era of sharecropping - where many worked land they did not own under exploitative conditions - to the modern […]
MLK Beloved Community Reception celebrating local BIPoC-owned caterers
Tuning in to Our Communities: Improving Our Collective Sensibilities of Humility, Care and Relationality with Bindu Panikkar, PhD, Associate Professor, Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources, University of Vermont How do we strengthen our relational capabilities centered in care, humility, and collective wellbeing? The word humility comes from the Latin root—humus, earth, soil, ground. […]
Learn how to earn your master’s degree and teaching license or additional endorsement in one year through St. Mike’s Master of Arts in Teaching program. With an excellent reputation and job placement rate, competitive pricing, an inclusive and supportive learning community, evening classes, and the option to spread the program over multiple years, the MAT […]