Vermont Business Magazine Saint Michael’s College in Colchester will host a talk by Sha’an Mouliert, a longtime community organizer, educator, artist, and racial justice advocate who hosts the “I Am Vermont Too” YouTube series.
Mouliert’s talk “What Does it Mean to Be a Vermonter?” will take place at 1:45 p.m. on March 6, 2025, in the College’s Dion Family Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Mouliert’s remarks will focus on her own personal story as well as her experience with the “I Am Vermont Too” series, which highlights the diversity of identities and experiences of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) across Vermont. The event is being sponsored by the College’s Presidential Committee for the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation and its Institute for Equity and Justice.
Mouliert began coordinating and photographing “I Am Vermont Too” in 2014 through The Root Social Justice Center in Brattleboro. The effort was inspired by the “I Too, Am Harvard” initiative. Her effort eventually also became a YouTube video series. Photos and stories captured through the initiative were recently on display at the Vermont Statehouse.
About Sha’an Mouliert
For more than 35 years, Mouliert has worked to further racial justice causes in Vermont, including as the co-founder of the African American Alliance of the Northeast Kingdom, a grassroots organization committed to racial justice. She initiated and chaired the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom’s (WILPF), building the Beloved Community Committee, and attended the U.N World Conference Against Racism in Durban South Africa as a delegate. For several years, she was a core trainer for Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory at the Brecht Forum in New York City.
Mouliert has led conflict resolution, human potential, creative expression, racial justice & equity, and community organizing workshops nationally and internationally. She facilitates "Racial Literacy: A Healing Practice" trainings throughout Vermont and is the equity and inclusion consultant for Discover St. Johnsbury where she resides.
Mouliert's work has been recognized with several awards: Lyndon State College’s Presidential Medal of Distinction (2015), the Rutland NAACP's Lifetime Achievement Award (2021) honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and Burlington’s Office of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (REIB) Juneteenth Innovator Award (2024).
Join us:
· What: Sha’an Mouliert: “What Does it Mean to Be a Vermonter?”
· Where: Saint Michael’s College Dion Family Student Center, Roy Room (3rd floor)
· When: 1:45 p.m., March 6, 2025
· Cost: Free
· More information: smcvt.edu/event/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-vermonter-3/
About Saint Michael’s College
Saint Michael's College, founded on principles of social justice and leading lives of purpose and consequence, is a selective, Catholic college just outside Burlington, Vermont, one of the country's best college towns. Located between the Green Mountains and Lake Champlain, our closely connected community guarantees housing all four years and delivers internationally respected liberal arts together with an innovative Purposeful Learning Program, preparing students for fulfilling careers and meaningful lives. Young adults here grow intellectually, socially, and morally, learning to be responsible for themselves, each other, and their world.
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