Voices From the Edge (Episode 2), Bumper-Sticker Deep Justice: A Black Veteran's Vermont
Vermont loves its bumper stickers about justice, equity, and compassion—but what happens when a Black veteran loses everything and the systems meant to help him fail? Jerome's journey from sleeping in a gazebo to testifying in Montpelier exposes the gap between our state's proclaimed values and the lived reality for BIPOC neighbors. His story asks uncomfortable questions Vermont would rather avoid: Why do we have the 5th-highest Black homeownership gap in the nation, and what are we willing to do about it?
