If I told you that VPIRG was teaming up with groups as varied as the ACLU, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, the Vermont NEA, Rights & Democracy, Main Street Alliance, Toxics Action Center, Justice For All and the Vermont Natural Resources Council to host a conference together you might say, “that’s out of the ordinary.”

Well, these are not ordinary times—the challenges we face are greater than ever, and as such, they require an extraordinary response. That’s why VPIRG is joining together with these groups and others to host a day-long conference on Saturday, November 11 at Champlain College in Burlington.

We’re calling this the VT Crossroads Conference because our state is at a critical decision point. With an administration and Congress in Washington D.C. engaging in an all-out offensive on the health and well-being of our people, communities and environment, Vermont has a choice: We can allow these attacks to go unanswered or we can fight back and pursue bold solutions in our state that work for Vermonters and show the rest of the country that a different way is possible.