YOU ARE INVITED

TO

A SERVICE OF LAMENT

Thursday, July 3rd @ 2:30PM, Statehouse Lawn, Montpelier
Hosted by the VIA Affordable Housing and Homelessness Organizing Committee

We are heartbroken, discouraged, and angry.

On July 1st, 2025, over 950 Vermonters – including over 300 children and more than 140 very medically vulnerable adults – were expelled from shelter by the State of Vermont, without any provision or plan for their health, safety, or dignity.

As fellow citizens, we feel a profound sense of responsibility and helplessness in the face of such immoral and cruel treatment of our unhoused neighbors, who are being punished simply for lacking shelter in a time when shelter is unavailable.

We invite you to gather in grief, solidarity, and moral witness.

Join us for a 30-minute Service of Lament, led by clergy and leaders of Vermont Interfaith Action. We will honor our shared sorrow and outrage – and listen for the strength and courage we need to move toward action, justice, and a Vermont where everyone is housed.

Please join us. Stand with us. Mourn with us.

Move forward with us.