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Commemorative Button

Round metal button. The front is printed with a blue ground and an image of an amoeba with the words, "MARCH FOR SCIENCE / APRIL 22 2017 / VERMONT."

2023.13.4

Distributed to participants in the 2017 March for Science, Vermont, which was organized to protest the U.S. President Donald Trump administration's views on climate change and science.

Pennant

Green Mountain Girls State banner, green and white felt, white background with green border and lettering "GREEN MOUNTAIN GIRLS STATE" in center and Girls State insignia in shape of state of Vermont at left. Four white felt ribbons extend from wide end.

2007.46.20

American Legion Auxiliary Green Mountain Girls State is a leadership development program for rising high school seniors. The focus of the program is Vermont town, county, and state government."
Source: https://www.alagmgs.com/

Political Button

Black political pin with red outline of the state of Vermont, which is white, a red slash across the state image and the words, "Act-60, Statewide property tax.

2000.21.1

There was fierce opposition to the creation in 1997 of a statewide property tax to fund education and thus this pin.

"Act 60, known as "The Equal Educational Opportunity Act", was a Vermont law enacted in June 1997 by the Vermont legislature intended to achieve a fair balance of educational spending across school districts, independent of the degree of prosperity within each district.[1] The law was in response to a Vermont Supreme Court decision in the Brigham vs. State of Vermont case,[2] wherein the court ruled that Vermont’s then existing educational funding system was unconstitutional, because it allowed students in towns with higher total property values to receive a higher level of education funding per pupil than students in towns with lower property values. Act 60 was followed by Acts 68 and 130, which addressed some imbalances caused by Act 60."
From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_60_(Vermont_law)

Political Button

Round white button with green lettering and image of a silhouette showing a child in a tree with a ladder leaning against the trunk, with another child looking up. Text on the button: Be a Voice for Children / Vermont Children's Forum. (See Notes field for more information.)

2000.19.6

Established in 1983, Voices for Vermont’s Children (formerly Vermont Children’s Forum) began as an informal alliance of human service and education advocates concerned about the status of children and youth in Vermont.

Voices has evolved into a statewide membership organization of several hundred individuals and organizations. Membership dues and contributions support our advocacy, outreach and community organizing on behalf of Vermont’s children and youth.

Voices addresses the full spectrum of child, youth and family issues – from child care and access to health care coverage for children and youth to juvenile justice and child welfare. Voices for Vermont’s Children works on behalf of children and youth by:
--Advocating during the Vermont Legislative session;
--Organizing and working in state and regional coalitions;
--Providing up-to-date information, policy briefs and fact sheets on issues important to children and youth. This includes publishing Vermont KIDS COUNT child and family data reports; and
--Co-sponsoring workshops, trainings and conferences.

From the website: http://www.voicesforvtkids.org/ (viewed 10/4/2016)

Promotional Button

White button with a green image of an open book with stereotypical scene of Vermont and underneath the words, "Vermont Reads."

2004.63.13

About the Vermont Reads program from https://www.vermonthumanities.org/programs/book-a-program/vermont-reads/

"Since 2003, Vermont Humanities has invited students, adults, and seniors across the state to read the same book and participate in a wide variety of community activities related to the book’s themes. In 2021, we shifted this annual program to start each year on July 1.

Over 200 different Vermont towns, cities, and villages have participated in Vermont Reads to date. Schools, libraries, service organizations, churches, businesses, or other community-based organizations can start by filling out a brief application."

Promotional Button

Large white pin with red lettering that says, "Read My Book! Vermont Humanities."

2004.63.12

Vermont Humanities is a statewide nonprofit organization founded in 1974. It seeks to engage all Vermonters in the world of ideas, foster a culture of thoughtfulness, and inspire a lifelong love of reading and learning. It is a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Source: https://www.vermonthumanities.org/about-vermont-humanities/