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Vital Communities

Overview
Headquarters: 
Hartford, VT, USA
Areas of Focus: 
About Us
Mission: 

Vital Communities engages Upper Valley people, organizations, and communities to create equitable solutions to our region’s challenges.

To fulfill this mission, we will:
• Identify, include, engage, and connect diverse groups in our community so that our goals and approach are informed by people of all ages, genders, races, cultures, faiths, abilities, educational backgrounds, professions, documentation status, income levels, sexual orientations, and geographic locations throughout the Upper Valley;
• Recognize and challenge systemic racism and all forms of discrimination in our organization and community;
• Incorporate justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in all our efforts.

Programs: 

Vital Communities cultivates the civic, environmental, and economic vitality of the Upper Valley, a region composed of 69 towns spanning the Connecticut River. We bring people together, bridging boundaries and engaging our whole community to create positive change. We offer programming and resources to help households, communities, schools, and workplaces build resilience. We work with dozens of partner organizations in New Hampshire and Vermont to craft shared strategies and coordinate our services. Our agenda and programs emerge from and are driven by regional needs and community interests. We encourage collaboration across public, private, and nonprofit sectors to test new approaches and share our learning. Our mission, values, and methods evolved over a historythat began in the early 1990s.

industry: 
Nonprofit