by Tracy LaFon | Feb 22, 2021 | Black Lives Matter, Current and Timely, Equality, Events
It is said that “necessity is often the mother of invention.” With that realization and a major amount of determination, Madam C.J. Walker became the first self-made African-American female millionaire in US history. Even more notable than her rise to...
by Will Ferguson | Jul 23, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Equality, Words From The Veriily Family
Sometimes the dirty truth of privilege comes in gut-punches. You don’t know me, many people don’t, but most just see that guy who wears the cowboy hat in downtown Burlington, Vermont, hence my nickname “Cowboy”… which I love. Because of the hat, I have been...
by Michele Beck | Jun 19, 2020 | Black Lives Matter, Equality, Jobs, Pride
Show of hands: Who has heard of Juneteenth? Keep your hand up if you know what it is. Now let’s get only the hands of people who learned about it in elementary through high school. I would be willing to bet not very many people can honestly say they had their hand up...
