Speak Up Gala
Green Mountain Self-Advocates
32nd Anniversary Gala
November 19, 2026 at 5pm to 9pm
Capitol Plaza Hotel ~ Montpelier
Join us for dancing, delicious food, connecting with friends and family, and a silent auction. Proceeds will support our advocacy work and programs for the coming year. Your support will allow us to continue working to empower people with developmental disabilities across Vermont.
A Special Podcast for Our 32nd Anniversary
To celebrate 32 years of Green Mountain Self-Advocates, award-winning Vermont podcaster Erica Heilman sat down with four of our peer leaders. They talked about speaking up, leading change, and what self-advocacy means in their lives. You’ll hear the podcast for the first time at our gala.
Erica creates Rumble Strip, a podcast about everyday life in Vermont. In 2022, The New Yorker named it the best podcast of the year, praising how it reveals, “through an almost miraculous level of attention, what life anywhere is all about.” We can’t think of a better person to help tell our story.