4 Lessons on Community Transformation We Can Learn From Nelson Mandela and the Struggle to End Apartheid

Nelson Mandela 1918-2013 Many in the world are mourning the loss of the inspirational leader, Nelson Mandela who passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2013. Nelson Mandela was a courageous activist whose voice, work and life served as passionate, inspirational…

Hidden Gems in Bennington County

ACT at the Bennington Museum: Festival of Trees ACT is thrilled to participate once again in this year's Festival of Trees celebration at the Bennington Museum. The theme for this year's festival is "Hidden Gems" so we are building on…

West River Trail Run

West River Trail Run! Come out and enjoy a beautiful run on the West River Trail in Vermont in the first annual West River Trail run in support of The Collaborative. The Collaborative is a regional non-profit that provides fun, healthy…

“Everybody Knows Somebody” National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

“We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.” –Gloria Steinem Nicole Rau, AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer ...My time as a sociology major was filled with late nights spent…

The Power of Youth and Young Adults

"This world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love…