12 Years of Centering Blackness!

Donate To The Root!

This year, we’re lifting up 12 ways you can “connect to impact”—concrete actions you can take to keep our movement thriving:

  1. Make a one-time donation

  2. Become a monthly sustainer (check “Make this a monthly donation”)

  3. Volunteer your time and skills

  4. Offer or contribute to a scholarship

  5. Sponsor an event or campaign

  6. Donate products, services, or space

  7. Partner with us on media or publicity

  8. Share a testimonial of how The Root has impacted you or your community

  9. Host or co-host an event to benefit The Root

  10. Engage your workplace in employee giving

  11. Sell a special item or donate a % of sales to The Root

  12. Share our mission and story with your networks

Whether you give your time, your resources, or your voice, you are helping to make a meaningful impact.

Join Us on September 20th. Connect to impact. Come celebrate 12 years of The Root, stand in solidarity, and take action. Pick one way, or several ways, to connect to impact. Your support is how we will prevail, stand in our power, and continue building the future we all deserve.

Thank you for watering our Roots.

—The Root Team

Thank you for your feedback!

We want to take a moment to thank the nearly 100 people who took part in our community survey! Your feedback is important to us and helps us to grow and strengthen our work. Check out insights from the community survey below!

Dive into Key Insights from Our Community Feedback Assessment

Shaping The Root’s Future Together


As part of our 10th anniversary milestone last year, we embarked on an in-depth community assessment in partnership with Castro Consulting. Together, we designed and conducted a comprehensive report that included key staff interviews and a community-wide survey. Our goal was to capture the pulse of those we serve, assess our impact, and chart a path forward.


Gathering feedback from our community is essential to who we are. It reaffirms our commitment to being a responsive and inclusive organization. With an incredible 99% participation rate in our survey, the findings underscore the deep connections within our community and our extraordinary capacity for engagement.


This report tells the story of how we thrive and create spaces of joy and belonging for BIPOC individuals in a challenging context. The community assessment also found that while The Root prioritizes the needs of BIPOC folks, we also create a welcoming space for our white community members and create opportunities for multi-racial community building and movement work. These insights highlight the shared values and collaborative spirit that define our community and inspire us to continue fostering environments where everyone can contribute to collective liberation.


We invite you to dive into the insights from our community assessment below. The insights shared here reflect not only the voices of those most impacted by our work but also the powerful potential of centering marginalized identities in the ongoing journey toward justice and healing. Together, we continue to dream, build, and thrive!

Get involved!

Below are just a couple of ways you can get more involved at The Root! For more information on how support The Root or get more involved check out our donate, mutual aid, and volunteer pages!

Seeking Workshop Leaders

Do you have gifts, skills or talents that you want to share with The Root community? We’re seeking workshop leaders for our programs in 2024, especially for Youth 4 Change. Whether you’ve led a million workshops before or this is your first time we welcome you to share your gifts with us! Let us know you’re interested by filling out our interest form at:

https://bit.ly/leadrootworkshop

Be a part of our growing BIPOC Mutual Aid Support Network! Whether you’re in need, want to offer support and resources, or would like to make a direct donation, MASN is a great way to be in community with other Vermonters.

Make A Tax-Deductible Donation to The Root!

BY CHECK:

Make out a check to “The Root Social Justice Center” and mail directly to:

The Root Social Justice Center
28 Williams St.
Brattleboro, VT 05301

ONLINE:

You can make secure e-donations using PayPal.
Consider becoming a monthly contributor to help keep The Root growing!

DONATE STOCK:

Donation of stock can be made directly to The Root Social Justice Center’s brokrage account:

Account Holder: The Root Social Justice Center

Account Number: H2Y436863

DTC: 0226

Brokerage Firm:

Park Place Financial Advisors (Commonwealth Financial Network)

221 Main Street

Brattleboro, Vermont 05301

Telephone: (802) 257-7766

Representative: Kelli Warriner, CFP

IN-KIND DONATIONS:

To make an in-kind donation (time, devices, materials, etc.) please contact us for more information.

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