“Just Ask - A frank discussion on racial equity within the small business community”
July 16th, 23rd, 30th
6:00 PM-8:00PM
6:00 PM-8:00PM
This is part of At the Root’s and Mercy Connection’s collaboration
‘ Just Ask -Over Dinner Series’.
We are Rooting Down. Rooting Down takes At the Root’s programming and
shifts the gathering to an online platform, to continue to provide community engagement while staying home and staying safe.
This dinner series is for small business owners who want to understand themselves, their business, and their community more deeply through the
lens of race and racial inequity.
Led by facilitator *Tanaisha Coleman of TC Consulting, and co-facilitated by jen berger. This is not a workshop, but we will do some exercises. Be prepared to do some reflective writing.
Bring your own dinner. We encourage you to create a meal with local
ingredients and share your culinary creation ideas with other participants,
and if you want to show up with a bag of chips, that is also fine!
‘ Just Ask -Over Dinner Series’.
We are Rooting Down. Rooting Down takes At the Root’s programming and
shifts the gathering to an online platform, to continue to provide community engagement while staying home and staying safe.
This dinner series is for small business owners who want to understand themselves, their business, and their community more deeply through the
lens of race and racial inequity.
Led by facilitator *Tanaisha Coleman of TC Consulting, and co-facilitated by jen berger. This is not a workshop, but we will do some exercises. Be prepared to do some reflective writing.
Bring your own dinner. We encourage you to create a meal with local
ingredients and share your culinary creation ideas with other participants,
and if you want to show up with a bag of chips, that is also fine!
*Tanaisha Coleman is a realistic dreamer who strives to advocate for intersectional social change.
Tanaisha is committed to leading by example and being a life-long learner of exploring different cultures and perspectives.
This passion for the transformation of oppressive systems inspired Tanaisha to start T.C. Consulting, a service-based diversity, inclusion, and equity firm that helps organizations and schools build the agency to effectively manage cultural inequalities today to actualize a more inclusive and equitable tomorrow. Tanaisha consults with individuals, communities, businesses,
and schools to foster intentional practices and climates that are diverse, inclusive, equitable, culturally responsive,
and socially just. Tanaisha’s goal is to empower individuals, businesses, and schools to envision and actualize a better place through social justice accountability consulting, training, workshops, and strategic planning.
Tanaisha is committed to leading by example and being a life-long learner of exploring different cultures and perspectives.
This passion for the transformation of oppressive systems inspired Tanaisha to start T.C. Consulting, a service-based diversity, inclusion, and equity firm that helps organizations and schools build the agency to effectively manage cultural inequalities today to actualize a more inclusive and equitable tomorrow. Tanaisha consults with individuals, communities, businesses,
and schools to foster intentional practices and climates that are diverse, inclusive, equitable, culturally responsive,
and socially just. Tanaisha’s goal is to empower individuals, businesses, and schools to envision and actualize a better place through social justice accountability consulting, training, workshops, and strategic planning.
Community Engagement: Why it Matters.
Three artists discuss approach and collaboration
Three artists discuss approach and collaboration
Join local artists Alissa Faber, Trish Denton, and jen berger, who all use community engagement in their work, in a discussion about the 'why' & 'how' of community engagement.
Whether you are organzing a campaign, or teaching a class, or creating a project; community engagement can strengthen the work you are doing. You do not need to be an artist to attend.
Whether you are organzing a campaign, or teaching a class, or creating a project; community engagement can strengthen the work you are doing. You do not need to be an artist to attend.
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Alissa Faber is an artisan, designer and educator creating and teaching in Burlington, VT. She facilitates art making and creative thinking with participants ages 3-83 in all types of community spaces. Alissa also leads youth voice workshops statewide to help young people organize to share their stories with policy makers. Creative expression is the link through all Alissa's work whether it is seen in her own sculptures, helping others express themselves through a new creative medium or sharing the power of collective advocacy.
Trish has been committed to the facilitation of community-based projects for 15 years. Originally from Detroit, she moved to Vermont to pursue a BA at Goddard College and went on to receive an advanced degree from Dartmouth College. Trish currently serves as the education coordinator for the The Vermont Folklife Center. With her freelance practice ln Tandem Arts, she works with museums, schools and cultural institutions to produce interdisciplinary projects with a pedagogical twist. March 2020 |
Making it all Work: Time Management from the Heart
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How do you make a time management plan that meets yours and (most) everyone else’s needs with kind boundaries, balance, and centering self-care.
At the Root and the Women’s Small Business Program at Mercy Connections are partnering to present the Just Ask Over Dinner Series throughout 2020. Conversations will center around issues/challenges concerning women*-owned small businesses, with thoughtful discussion and resource sharing. Your relationship with time is one of the most important relationships in your life. We’ll discuss the unique challenges women face around time management, techniques and skills, and resources for managing time and energy effectively, and overcoming procrastination. You’ll leave with new tools for balancing the demands of your work with the other commitments in your life, and know better how to fit in time for YOU so you can feel more joy and success personally and professionally. Facilitated by Lisa Wood from the Women’s Small Business Program at Mercy Connections. *This event welcomes transgender individuals and those who do not identify as part of the gender binary. |
Screenprinting & Activist Art with Vermont Access
Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 12 PM – 3 PM
Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 12 PM – 3 PM
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Block Print Botanicals
Sunday March 22nd. 1-4:30 pm
Gardener's Supply. Intervale location
Gardener's Supply. Intervale location
At the Root is really excited to be doing a series of printmaking workshops at Gardener's Supply. Join us for the next one in March.
Carve fun botanicals to stamp on canvas bags! Join visual artist Jen Berger to learn the basics of carving linoleum. Bring your own (4x6) image, or make one in the group. Leave with your own re-usable linoleum block, two printed canvas bags and the knowledge to make many more! Cost: $50 (includes 2 canvas bags)
Carve fun botanicals to stamp on canvas bags! Join visual artist Jen Berger to learn the basics of carving linoleum. Bring your own (4x6) image, or make one in the group. Leave with your own re-usable linoleum block, two printed canvas bags and the knowledge to make many more! Cost: $50 (includes 2 canvas bags)
