WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Three Upper Valley organizations were among 15 around Vermont to receive grants from the Vermont Humanities Council.
Junction Arts & Media, a White River Junction-based nonprofit organization that oversees the White River Indie Festival of Art and Ideas, received $4,500 to expand the annual festival, according to a news release from the Montpelier-based council.
Chelsea-based SafeArt received $4,500 for a youth empowerment program to help “address the critical need for well-being and social justice programming for youth in Vermont,” according to the release.
Telling My Story, based in Wilder, received $5,000 to run four multi-day workshops which will focus on “mental health disparities” for Upper Valley community members who identify as LGBTQIA+ or BIPOC.