Free Educational Event June 14
YOU’RE INVITED!
You and your organizations are warmly invited to an English-language multidisciplinary symposium covering the ins and outs of welcoming recently arrived immigrants to VT.
Download the program and view the program recording, and help us share widely!
People classed as "refugees" are eligible for government-sponsored resettlement supports—but what about people who are seeking asylum to become a "refugee," who comprise the majority of individuals facing immigration removal proceedings today?
This interactive, practical symposium on June 14 will address this question by covering the law, practice, and experience of asylum-seeking in Vermont. This event is for EVERYONE and no previous experience is required. Please continue to encourage your staff, colleagues, networks, friends, and neighbors to join you at this event.
View the program online at https://www.youtube.com/@VermontLawSchool/videos.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Who, what, where, when. The event will run from 8:30am to 5pm at the lovely Chace Center Auditorium at Vermont Law and Graduate School in South Royalton, Vermont. Registration and continental breakfast begin at 8:30am, and the first panel starts promptly at 9:00am. We will break for lunch in the middle of the program and then for afternoon refreshments.
Directions and parking. Linked here are driving directions to, and an interactive map of the Vermont Law and Graduate School campus. There is on-campus parking in any of the white-background parking lot areas featured on the interactive campus map: one just beside Eaton House, one against the river on Cameron Way, and another beside Carpenter Field on Cameron Way. Symposium registration and panel sessions will be at the Chase Center marked building 5 on the interactive campus map. Registration opens at 8:30am and the first panel begins promptly at 9am. We will have limited capacity to accept walk-ins. For questions about this, please contact us.
Consent to recording. Please be advised that Vermont Law and Graduate School's A/V team will be broadcasting panels 1 through 4 live online for remote attendees. This includes all panels except for the interactive community case management workshop from 2:45pm-4:15pm and the summative Q&A and reflection from 4:15pm-5:00pm. We are also exploring opportunities to publish the recorded sessions online on public access television and/or on our respective organizations' YouTube channels, to maximize the impact of this unique educational event. We will also be photographing the event. Kindly contact us with any questions or concerns.
Refreshments. Thanks to support from our event sponsors, we are pleased to offer complementary continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon refreshments to all in-person attendees. We have made an effort to offer a menu that is inclusive of individual dietary needs, allergies, and preferences, and note your requests in the RSVPs. Please contact us with any lingering questions or concerns.
Sponsors. This event was cosponsored and organized by the Vermont Law and Graduate School Center for Justice Reform Clinic, Vermont Asylum Assistance Project, and the network of community-based asylum seeker support organizations around the state, with resources from the Vermont State Refugee Office, the Canaday Charitable Family Trust, the Clowes Fund, and the Vermont Bar Foundation. We offer our deepest thanks to our supporters and partners for making this possible!
