Stop the Flip Flop: Kelly Ayotte Must Answer for Her Record on Reproductive Rights
Rights and Democracy New Hampshire is calling on Kelly Ayotte to come clean about her … Read more
As Thousands Are Kicked Off Medicaid, Rights & Democracy Institute Unveils New Findings Highlighting Need to Protect, Strengthen, and Expand Program
Half of Vermont survey respondents were unaware of the need to renew their coverage when the national public health emergency ended, while nearly half reported challenges applying for, renewing, and accessing services with Medicaid.
Affordable Heat Act Advances Unanimously through Vermont Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee
Today, in a huge victory for climate action and addressing Vermont’s second largest source of climate pollution – the thermal heating sector – the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee voted 5-0 to advance the Affordable Heat Act (S.5).
Meet RAD’s 2023 Town Meeting Day Candidates
As we move toward Vermont’s 2023 Town Meeting Day, we are excited to introduce you to the full slate of local candidates that we are endorsing ahead of March 7th!
Grieving and honoring Tyre Nichols
Tyre Nichols was a Black father and a youngest son, a photographer, a skateboarder, a lover of sunsets, and so much more. And he should be alive today, sharing his gifts and his dreams with the world.
RAD Denounces Threats to Organizing for Safe and Inclusive Schools
Contacts: Mia Schultz: mia@radvt.org | 520.221.0836Maggie Cawley: maggie@radvt.org | 802.683.8324 Attacks on efforts to advance … Read more
RAD’s September 2022 Vermont Newsletter
Between Vermont’s primaries, hosting community forums, and deepening our issue organizing and leadership development, summer has flown by!
Meet RAD’s 2022 NH Endorsed Candidates!
We are so excited that RAD members have voted to endorse a slate of 57 candidates for the 2022 New Hampshire elections!
2022 Legislative Update, Week of March 14th
Last Tuesday’s local elections were a major victory for strong public education as candidates from ... Read more
Our story continues.
Claremont! Be sure to show up at the polls tomorrow in support of our endorsed ... Read more
HEAL Together February Updates for New Hampshire
Rights & Democracy is committed to building a movement for honest, accurate, and fully funded public education. The following is the current information coming into this year centered on ways we can influence specific bills in the House and Senate regarding our HEAL Together campaign.
Rights & Democracy Statement on Rep. Nicole Klein-Knight
Rights & Democracy is founded on the principles of universal human rights and the liberation of all people. We seek to advance freedom from fear and intimidation by ending all forms of oppression. In light of State Rep. Nicole Klein-Knight’s recent behavior, we stand in solidarity with BIPOC progressive leaders
December: Quiet, collective, power.
We are thrilled to welcome new members to our Vermont leadership committee; Allie Breyer, Brenda Siegel, ... Read more
December: Power as a collective endeavor.
Isaac and Saru Jayaraman (who will be speaking at our 2021 Human Rights Awards!) together ... Read more
It’s Time to Take Things to the Next Level
Six years ago, I brought together some of the best organizers and leaders I knew to found Rights & Democracy (RAD). Working across Vermont and New Hampshire, RAD was a new kind of people’s movement organization focused on changing what is politically possible by using all the tools in the changing-making tool box.
A Message from the RAD and RDI Boards of Directors
As the Boards of Directors of Rights & Democracy and Rights & Democracy Institute, we celebrate all that we have accomplished over nearly six years of James Haslam’s leadership.
RAD Joins National Statement of Solidarity with Palestine
Rights & Democracy joins national solidarity statement calling on Biden Administration to condemn Israeli government plans to forcibly displace Palestinians in Occupied East Jerusalem.
RAD Statement on HB 128 and Sen. Jeanette White
Rights & Democracy fully supports HB 128, a bill which would ban the LGBTQ+ Panic Defense – using a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity to legitimize a crime. However, we are deeply troubled by Sen. Jeanette White’s callous use of stereotypes and thoughtless tropes when questioning the bill.
Open Letter: We stand in solidarity with Vermont Educators and State Workers!
Dear Vermont State Legislators, We, the undersigned, Vermont parents and community members stand against the current legislative proposals to gut public pensions of public school educators and state employees. Public education is the bedrock of our communities and our democracy and any efforts to undermine
Housing Justice for All Vermonters
Housing is a basic need. We are working to ensure that everyone in Vermont is guaranteed affordable, safe, equitable, and healthy housing. Please join us.
Stepping into 2021 with RAD.
We hope you found time for rest and rejuvenation in the final days of December. Here at RAD, we are coming into the new year ready to get to work. 2020 was hard – exhausting, and at times, devastating for so many. We kept our eye on 2021 in the hope that a new year would bring light, clarity, and new pathways for change. And we continue to harbor that hope, but the past few days have been rough.
RAD and Coalition Partners Launch Vermont Renews
Grassroots Organizations Launch Statewide Climate and Jobs Coalition BURLINGTON, VT – Frontline communities, labor groups, … Read more
The November Bistate Newsletter
The voters spoke in record numbers. Prominent in that record turnout were working class folks, people of color and women.
2020 Membership Assembly featuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib!
We want to celebrate five years of RAD with you – longtime members, supporters, and newcomers alike – and then look towards taking our next steps together in building our movement.