2026 Civil Rights Summit: We Have the Tools We Need: Full Schedule

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1:30pm EDT

The Power of Persuasion for the Persuasion of the Powerful: Communications Tools to Influence Civil Rights

Friday September 25, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT

Limited Capacity seats available

In this panel, ACLU Vermont will walk us through some of the tools at our disposal to influence the public conversation on civil rights in our state. These include crafting our personal stories for making pitches to legislators; how to have "deep canvassing" conversations with neighbors; and how to write effective letters to the editor.

Friday September 25, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
7. Zoom Room 2 Virtual

Virtual, Track 2: Tools and Tactics for Community Power

3:00pm EDT

The Kids All Have Rights: Disability Justice in the Classroom and Beyond

LIMITED

Friday September 25, 2026 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

7. Zoom Room 2

Limited Capacity seats available

Among young Vermonters with disabilities, the student-to-mental-health-facility pipeline is a tragically common trajectory. It's also an unnecessary one. This panel will follow the life of a hypothetical child from early education to inpatient hospitalization, and identify the supports and interventions that could have led to a different outcome. Panelists will outline the scope of the problem and identify changes in Vermont that are necessary to protect our kids.

Speakers

Karen Price

Senior Director of Family Support - Education, Vermont Family Network

Lindsey St. Amour

Executive Director, Disability Rights Vermont

Lindsey St.Amour was born and raised in Vermont and has been committed to supporting people with disabilities since her youth, when she began volunteering to help students with disabilities learn to swim. That early experience sparked a lifelong passion, leading her to work as an... Read More →

Cammie Naylor

Staff Attorney, Disability Law Project, Vermont Legal Aid

Cammie M Naylor (she/her), MSW, Esq. is a Staff Attorney with the Disability Law Project at Vermont Legal Aid, Inc. She is a graduate of Clemson University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Vermont Law School. As a former children’s therapist, Cammie has long advocated for the... Read More →

Lauren Higbee

Deputy Advocate, Office of the Child, Youth and Family Advocate (OCYFA)

I joined the Office of the Child, Youth and Family Advocate (OCYFA) in June 2023 after working within the Residential Licensing and Special Investigations (RLSI) Unit at the Department for Children and Families’ (DCF) Family Services Division (FSD). My team licensed Residential... Read More →

Friday September 25, 2026 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
7. Zoom Room 2 Virtual

Virtual, Track 1: Civil Rights Themes

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