Abigail Mnookin
CommentatorAbigail Mnookin is a former biology teacher interested in issues of equality and the environment. She is currently organizing parents around climate justice with 350Vermont, and lives in Brattleboro with her wife and their two daughters.
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Janet and Jay Bailey, of Fair Winds Farm in Brattleboro, have operated a diversified horse-powered family farm for more than 40 years. The farm鈥檚 previous鈥�
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Last weekend, I traveled by bus to Washington D.C. with my 5-year-old daughter to attend the People鈥檚 Climate March. In crowds numbering more than鈥�
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One response to the current political climate is that the number of people involved in political organizing and working for social justice throughout the鈥�
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On Martin Luther King Junior鈥檚 birthday, the Brattleboro Literary Festival organized a Writers Resist event in solidarity with a nationwide effort鈥�
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I had joined a group of Vermonters who traveled by bus to the Standing Rock Reservation to join in solidarity with indigenous water protectors. Just hours鈥�
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A few weeks ago, my four-year-old daughter and I traveled with other Vermont families to the Pennsylvania shale fields to see for ourselves how hydraulic鈥�
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Four years ago, my wife and I became mothers when I gave birth to our daughter. A few months ago, my wife gave birth to our second child. And this summer,鈥�
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That Saturday, my wife and our two young daughters went to a Pride Family Picnic near our Brattleboro home. It was organized by Green Mountain Crossroads,鈥�
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The Women鈥檚 Film Festival just celebrated its 25th year in Brattleboro. It鈥檚 the largest fundraiser for the Women鈥檚 Freedom Center, which works to end鈥�
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Almost daily, upsetting headlines point to racial inequality throughout the U.S. 鈥� from systemic poverty and mass incarceration, to shocking deaths at the鈥�