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Join a Coalition! The Sustainable Montpelier has transformative volunteer opportunities for social change in three areas:
- Shared Mobility
- Microtransit (MyRide by GMT - a local last mile shared use service) outreach
- MELL (Montpelier E-bike Lending Library)
- MT4SC (Microtransit for Small Cities) Guide and Webinar
- CAN (Capital Area Neighborhoods) Connecting People and Place
- volunteer coordinators
- neighborhood event organizers
- art activities
- Citywide events - August ’22 Barre Street Arts and Neighborhood Event
- Civic Engagement Guide
- Housing - Invisible Infill (225 Unit Potential) - In-Kind Donations to Develop a Model Program for 10 Units
- Professionals:
- attorneys
- financial institutions
- contractors
- developers
- architects
- realtors
- Are you a connector or a communicator?
- SMC e-News Articles The Faces of MyRide
- Social Media Partners - Facebook Instagram
- Join our Board! Seeking diverse voices dedicated to modeling sustainable systems in Montpelier, in Vermont and beyond!
SMC supports different volunteer styles with many transformative opportunities.
Email info@sustainablemontpelier.org to explore what transformative volunteer experience works for you!
SMC provides a framework for shared power in organizational settings. It allows us to relate as equals by giving everyone a voice. It can help reconfigure power by distributing it more horizontally, and also healing our relationship to power.
We commit to “walking our talk” by:
Externally: Modeling shared power where it’s most needed
◦Making access to SMC’s Coalitions and Events affordable and accessible with diverse strategies such as sliding scales, replicable materials, creative commons license, translations, child care, etc.
◦Intentionally prioritize our allies: working with and for people and organizations that are focused on the redistribution of power, particularly those currently most negatively impacted by systems of oppression
Internally: Cultivating our ability to share power among members
◦Including a liberation perspective in the development of Coalitions, Volunteers and Programs
◦Addressing potential barriers that would discourage anyone from fully participating as members
◦Centering the quality of connection among our members as our source of creativity and power with/power within
◦Supporting members to address and transcend internalized oppression
◦Asking for help: looking beyond our organization for support and challenge in strengthening our social justice commitment