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We are offering each Vermont Reads host organization one free discussion of Charity and Sylvia, led by one of our trained facilitators.

Vermont Humanities pays the discussion facilitator a $275 stipend for each session. The facilitator leads each event, beginning with a 10-15 minute presentation on the text, followed by a participatory discussion. Each session lasts about 90 minutes.

How to Book a Facilitator

Please contact one of the facilitators listed below, then fill out our Vermont Reads Facilitated Discussion Form to schedule your session.

Vermont Reads Facilitated Discussion Form

Email us at community@vermonthumanities.org if you have any questions.

Vermont Reads 2026 Facilitators

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Alan Berolzheimer

By Vermont Humanities | February 16, 2018

Travel radius: statewide

Posted in Facilitator, Last Name A-G

Tags: 20C Conflicts, 20C Presidents Before, 20C Presidents Post, African American Harlem, African American South, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Blue Collar America, Earth Tones, Farms Gardens, Forces of Nature, Founding Fathers, Futures, Hard Look America, Immigrants, Legacy of Race, lgbtqia1, lgbtqia2, Making Sense Civil War, March, Memorable Memoirs, Mexican Americans, Most Costly Journey, Native America, New England Uncovered, Our Civil War Legacy, Outsiders, Path to War, Seminal Statements, Slavery Civil War, Understanding Africa, When Cultures Meet, World War II Innocence

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Peter Burns

By Vermont Humanities | March 3, 2025

Travel radius: Chittenden

Posted in Facilitator, Reading and Discussion

Tags: Vermont Reads

Eric A. Bye

By Vermont Humanities | February 19, 2018

Travel radius: Addison, Bennington, Rutland, Windham, Windsor

Posted in Facilitator, Reading and Discussion

Tags: 20C Jewish, African American Harlem, African American Memoirs, African American South, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Based on Real Life, BIG Books, Canadian Diversity, Changing South, Family History, Fleeing Dictatorship, Forces of Nature, Genius Mark Twain, Hard Look America, International Migrations, lgbtqia1, lgbtqia2, Lincoln Bicentennial, March, Mexican Americans, Most Costly Journey, Path to War, Portraits of the Artists, Pulitzer Plays, Required Reading, Rise of English Novel, Romantic Ideal, Seven Deadly Sins, Slavery Civil War, Vermont Reads, When Cultures Meet

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Suzanne H. Brown

By Vermont Humanities | February 19, 2018

Travel radius: statewide

Posted in Facilitator, Reading and Discussion

Tags: 20C Jewish, 20C Presidents Before, African American Harlem, African American Memoirs, African American South, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, American Stories, Based on Real Life, BIG Books, Blue Collar America, Booker Prize, Border Crossings, Canadian Diversity, Changing South, China Transform, DCF Winners, Dogged Resolve, Eight Great Greek, Experience My World, Exploring Graphic Novels, Family History, Farms Gardens, Fear No Labor, Fleeing Dictatorship, Forces of Nature, Founding Fathers, From Page to Screen, Futures, Gastronomy, Genius Mark Twain, Get Real, Gilded Age, Hard Look America, Healthcare Humanity, How They Lived, Immigrants, Influential First Ladies, International Migrations, Justice, Legacy of Race, lgbtqia1, lgbtqia2, Lincoln Bicentennial, Literary Islam, Making Sense Civil War, March, Masters Short Story, Memorable Memoirs, Mexican Americans, Most Costly Journey, Mysterious Lens, Native America, Native American Literature, Never-Setting Sun, New England Uncovered, pandemics, Path to War, Pilgrimage, Poems to Share, Portraits of the Artists, Pulitzer Plays, Reintroducing Greece, Required Reading, Retellings, Revenge, Rise of English Novel, Robert Frost, Romantic Ideal, Seven Deadly Sins, Shakespeare Mix, Soldiering On, Sustainability, Ties That Bind, Understanding Africa, Vermont Reads, War and Humanity, What a Character, Womens Literature

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Rachael Cohen

By Vermont Humanities | February 19, 2018

Travel radius: statewide

Posted in Facilitator, Reading and Discussion

Tags: 20C Jewish, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, American Stories, Based on Real Life, BIG Books, Blue Collar America, Booker Prize, Border Crossings, Canadian Diversity, Changing South, China Transform, DCF Winners, Dogged Resolve, Earth Tones, Eight Great Greek, Experience My World, Exploring Graphic Novels, Family History, Farms Gardens, Fear No Labor, Forces of Nature, Founding Fathers, From Page to Screen, Futures, Gastronomy, Genius Mark Twain, Get Real, Hard Look America, Healthcare Humanity, How They Lived, Immigrants, Influential First Ladies, International Migrations, Justice, Legacy of Race, lgbtqia1, lgbtqia2, Lincoln Bicentennial, Masters Short Story, Memorable Memoirs, Most Costly Journey, Mysterious Lens, Native America, New England Uncovered, Our Civil War Legacy, Outsiders, Pilgrimage, Poems to Share, Portraits of the Artists, Pulitzer Plays, Reintroducing Greece, Required Reading, Retellings, Revenge, Rise of English Novel, Rise of Nazism, Robert Frost, Romantic Ideal, Seven Deadly Sins, Shakespeare Mix, Sustainability, Vermont Reads, What a Character, When Cultures Meet, Womens Literature

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Ben Hewitt

By Vermont Humanities | April 16, 2026

Travel radius: Caledonia, Essex, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, Washington, Windsor

Posted in Facilitator, Reading and Discussion

Tags: Vermont Reads

Joanna Tebbs Young

By Vermont Humanities | July 31, 2020

Travel radius: statewide

Posted in Facilitator, Reading and Discussion

Tags: African American Memoirs, Based on Real Life, Blue Collar America, Family History, Gilded Age, How They Lived, Immigrants, Influential First Ladies, Memorable Memoirs, Never-Setting Sun, Portraits of the Artists, Romantic Ideal, Ties That Bind, Womens Literature

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Yasmine Ziesler

By Ryan Newswanger | April 20, 2026

Travel radius: Statewide

Posted in Facilitator, Reading and Discussion

Tags: Vermont Reads

Vermont Humanities*** April 16, 2026

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