Kahlia Livingston is a Burlington, Vermont native currently working as the Fair Housing Project Education & Outreach Coordinator with the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity. Kahlia is a UVM graduate with a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology.
In Ken Cadow’s Gather, Ian loses his home through no fault of his own, illustrating how Vermont’s housing landscape can be unfair and exclusive. Kahlia Livingston and Jess Hyman of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity discuss the roots of Vermont’s lack of affordable housing and describe potential approaches to reduce housing discrimination.
Our seasonal “Words in the Woods” program allows Vermonters and visitors to enjoy our state’s natural beauty while listening to and reading literature in the outdoors.
Humanities Camps are filled with reading and writing projects, field trips, and outdoor activities.
We won a 2020 Schwartz Prize for best public humanities programming in the U.S. for Vermont Reads 2019: “March: Book One.”
We supported the Chandler Center for the Arts’ Global Connections Youth Outreach program, which highlights artists from around the world.
Our free public events help bring the power of the humanities to communities across Vermont.
