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A Service of Lament

YOU ARE INVITED


TO


A SERVICE OF LAMENT


Thursday, July 3rd @ 2:30PM, Statehouse Lawn, Montpelier


Hosted by the VIA Affordable Housing and Homelessness Organizing Committee

We are heartbroken, discouraged, and angry.


On July 1st, 2025, over 950 Vermonters - including over 300 children and more than 140 very medically vulnerable adults - were expelled from shelter by the State of Vermont, without any provision or plan for their health, safety, or dignity.


As fellow citizens, we feel a profound sense of responsibility and helplessness in the face of such immoral and cruel treatment of our unhoused neighbors, who are being punished simply for lacking shelter in a time when shelter is unavailable.


We invite you to gather in grief, solidarity, and moral witness.


Join us for a 30-minute Service of Lament, led by clergy and leaders of Vermont Interfaith Action. We will honor our shared sorrow and outrage - and listen for the strength and courage we need to move toward action, justice, and a Vermont where everyone is housed.


Please join us. Stand with us. Mourn with us.


Move forward with us.