How Vermont's Multilingual Communities Are Providing Grassroots Translation, Resources For COVID-19

What’s it like to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont within a community that’s relatively new to the U.S., where English might not be spoken widely?

VPR digital producer Abagael Giles began reaching out to Chittenden County residents about COVID-19, translation and grassroots solutions in April. She reported on activists, community members and leaders, all volunteers to some degree, who have spent long hours during the heart of Vermont's lockdown to support the people around them. They provided translation, cultural interpretation and a sense of connectedness.

Read the stories and see photographs below:

• ''We Don't Not Pick Up The Phone': Working As A Community Liaison In A Pandemic
• 'Spreading Humility' While Learning Remotely During COVID-19
• Wamerikani Wapya Na Mapambano Yao Ya Kutafsiri
• Supporting Refugees — And Receiving Their Prayers — Through COVID-19
• When A Conference Call Becomes A Lifeline