About

Green Mountain Justice is present in the intersections where too many neighbors are being struck by cross-flows of impoverishment, complex needs, systemic inequity, and marginalization. We work in the seams between service providers and unmet neighbor needs, collaborating with like-hearted partners committed to repairing the busted seam between the American promise of “justice for all” and the realities of disenfranchisement. Green Mountain Justice integrates support from social service providers, advocacy groups, and individual justice-seekers who share our values. We believe that the needs of our communities call for an interdependent, relational, neighbor-centric approach. An approach that helps everyone discern purpose and meaning in our lives, let go of harmful attachments to form healthy relationships, and more deeply connect with whatever it is for each of us that transcends our individual lifestances and creates space for authentic love and joy. This is the work of our community justice ministry.

Green Mountain Justice was founded on Unitarian Universalist values. We believe that creating beloved community happens through the transformative power of love. Green Mountain Justice works with anyone who shares our values:

Interdependence. We honor the interdependent web of all existence. We acknowledge our place in the web of life, and we work to repair harm and damaged relationships.

Pluralism. We celebrate that we are all sacred beings. We embrace our differences and commonalities with Love, curiosity, and respect.

Justice. We work together to dismantle racism and all forms of systemic oppression. We collaborate to manifest a just world that works for everyone.

Transformation. We are open to growth and deeper relationship to that which transcends, calling us into deeper connection with each other and the sacred.

Generosity. We cultivate a spirit of gratitude, sharing our resources and our presence, acknowledging our interdependence and mutuality.

Equity. We respect the inherently equal worthiness of every person, and strive to co-create a world in which no one’s needs are subordinated to another.

Our Founder

Tom Morgan

Tom and his family settled in Vermont after a 38-year career in national security to live their values. He has lived and served throughout the world. Tom spent much of his career leading the design, construction, operation, and repair of highly complex systems. Turning from a career in national security to focus on spiritual security and justice, Tom has served at the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, the Charter House Coalition low-barrier homeless shelter, and as Community Minister intern at the Champlain Valley Unitarian Universalist Society in Middlebury. Tom is a partially disabled combat veteran.

Our Board (Under construction)

Jason Duquette-Hoffman

Jason is the Assistant Director of the Privilege & Poverty (P&P) | Democracy Initiatives in Middlebury College’s Center for Community Engagement. Jason’s work is centered on supporting the P&P academic cluster and service learning experiences. Jason also leads the CCE’s democracy and civic engagement initiatives. Growing up on a mountainside in the Mad River Valley, Jason continues to nurture his lifelong love of Vermont and its people, communities and landscape. An avid outdoors enthusiast, Jason can be found roaming the mountains, forest trails, rivers and lakes of the state with his family and his derpy dog Mango.

Brock Leach

Rev. Dr. Brock Leach became a Unitarian Universalist minister after several decades leading innovation teams and organizational change efforts at PepsiCo, including serving as CEO of Frito-Lay North America and Tropicana. His 14 years of ministry have been focused on formulating and leading change initiatives for the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) and the Unitarian Universalist Association. Projects have included the development and launch of the UU College of Social Justice; Commit2Respond, a denomination-wide climate justice campaign; and creating a Human Rights impact assessment system. Most recently, he helped to establish the UU Religious Innovators Network and the UUA’s New Communities Fund. Brock works with the UUA in deepening its support of innovators and teaches a leadership formation course at Meadville Lombard Theological School. He brings nonprofit governance experience as a board member for a range of nonprofits working in human rights, education, and health.

Gordon Gibson

Dr. Gordon Gibson is a psychologist whose professional background has been in community and organizational interventions and trauma-informed behavioral healthcare evidence-based treatments. He was a founding member of Hayes-Gibson International developing and managing affordable and supportive housing programs for individuals with disabilities— physical, mental health, substance use, HIV/AIDS, and developmental disabilities, and older adults, as well as for unhoused community members. Gordon has deep roots in justice work, having marched with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rev. William Sloan Coffin, and mediated with Rev. Ralph Abernathy.