NewStory Center: Fostering community, resilience and hope, for a safer Rutland
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Few organizations are as vital to the Rutland community’s safety and resilience as NewStory Center, whose inclusive mission is driven to helping all survivors of domestic and sexual violence, stalking, and human trafficking, write a “new story” for their lives. Today, ...
Read More DiMarco Weinmann: Decency from this White House?
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
As anyone within earshot or eyesight of major media outlets is aware, the man considered the leader of the free world behaved like a threatened wild boar again this week — snorting, grunting, and all but stomping his feet in ...
Read More Weinmann: Finance before romance, please
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
It is with high praise that I address Champlain College Professor John Pelletier’s impassioned commentary in the Rutland Herald on Tuesday, Nov. 4 — “High School Grads and Financial Literacy” — wherein he meticulously detailed the irrefutable consequences of denying ...
Read More Rutland County Pride Center’s William Fourney-Mills: leading with purpose, empathy, and compassion
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Submitted William Fourney-Mills (center) participated at a recent Rutland County Pride drag event. As the director of the Rutland County Pride Center (RCPC), William Fourney-Mills is a pillar of LGBTQ+ advocacy in the Killington-Rutland area, overseeing the 501c3 organization he ...
Read More Weinmann: No Lysol or vitriol necessary
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
The crude remark made May 28 by Rep. Becca Balint at her Newport town hall, to emphasize the dire economic impact of preventing migrants from entering this country, was as surprising as it was unfortunate, especially from a humanity perspective. ...
Read More Forging the future: Steve Turner’s crusade to bring back the trades
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Submitted BBTT founder, Steve Turner, stands proudly with one of his finished upholstered pieces. Steve Turner, 57, a small-business owner with 30 years of experience in the trade of auto and marine upholstery, is on a mighty mission to encourage more ...
Read More Women’s history – made by Vermonters: Inspiration, empowerment, resources
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
Women’s History Month (WHM), celebrated nationally in March since 1987, offers a perfect opportunity to highlight the remarkable contributions of Vermont women, past and present. In fact, the Downtown Rutland Partnership (DRP) is hosting a mingle-and-learn mixer featuring local women ...
Read More The heartbeat of Vermont: Leaders with empathy, engagement, and enthusiasm
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
For four decades, Vermont has been my cherished refuge, especially when I was working fulltime in Manhattan and traveling for clients. Yet, as the years passed, my tolerance for winter’s icy grip diminished, and for the past two winters, I ...
Read More S.A.D.D.? Lighten Up! Rutland Herald Commentary
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
One of my favorite leadership professors often reminded his MBA students, "Leadership is not something that can be taught. Leadership is something you have to learn from experience." This newspaper’s editors exemplify the kind of positive leadership that benefits all ...
Read More Hal Issente, Rutland’s Downtown Dynamo and Champion of Community Collaboration For the Greater Good Feature by Liz DiMarco Weinmann For The Mountain Times
By Liz DiMarco Weinmann |
One of the most fulfilling aspects of my work as a strategic growth consultant to nonprofits is advising the emerging generation of optimists running charitable and educational organizations in Vermont. Nonprofit directors today must navigate an ever-changing political, social and ...
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