Just Recovery Coalition

In July 2024, folks on the front lines of flood response asked CROs to leverage our capacity to think bigger than was possible while standing in feet of muck. Grassroots leaders—people who care about their communities and show up again and again to do often-unpaid labor in the name of a better future—in the Northeast Kingdom and Central Vermont requested that CROs steward the creation of shared demands for a transformative recovery from flooding. 

Read the People’s Demands for a Just Recovery from Flooding !

In August of 2024, we hosted a press conference at the Vermont State House featuring speakers on the front lines of flooding; you can watch it here.

Since then, CROs has been anchoring the Just Recovery Coalition, a grassroots formation that seeks to influence policy-making around disaster response recovery and a just transition. We and our core partners—Northeast Kingdom Organizing, Cooperation Vermont, and the Land Access and Opportunity Board (LAOB)—know advocacy work has deep limitations. We also know our movements don’t have enough power to leave any on the table. Through the LAOB and other policymaking mechanisms, we’ll be able to bring grassroots voices into the rooms where policy decisions get made.

The Just Recovery Coalition meets monthly. If you’re interested in attending, sign onto the People’s Demands and we’ll follow up!