Michelle Bos-Lun

Michelle Bos-Lun earned a bachelor's degree from Beloit College in 1987 and a master's degree from the School for International Training in 2005. Bos-Lun's career experience includes working as a re-entry coordinator at a community justice center, an educator, a human services worker, a youth program director in career development and youth development, and in social services as a housing case manager. She has served as the volunteer co-director of the Bihar Educational Change Foundation, as a volunteer educator with the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), and as the chair of Monadnock Friends of Tibet. Bos-Lun has also been affiliated with Greater Falls Connections, the Community Asylum Seekers Project (CASP), the Greater Falls Warming Shelter, the Brattleboro Community Justice Center, the Okemo Mountain School, and Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS).[1][2]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a teacher, youth program director and practioner of restorative justice. I have been married for 35 years to my husband, Ron, also a teacher and have three adult children and one grandchild. I am an avid gardener, home cook and hiker and nature photographer. My priorites in the legislature are 1. Youth and Families 2. Restorative Justice 3. Environmental Protection/Sustainability.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Supporting youth and familiesRestorative JusticePreserving the environment and working to address Climate issues

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about poliies that impact youth and families: including issues like universal school meals and community schools. I am also passionate around policies that make our justice system more just: diversion programs for first time offenders, or restorative justice in communities and in schools are policies that can make a big difference in our schools and around our state.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I have a diverse professional background with an ability to listen well to others and to help connect people to resources that can support them. In the legislature you need to listen well to understand complex issues and help craft solutions to them. This is a good fit for me as an educator and a restorative justice practitioner.

What is your favorite book? Why?

I love many books, but my recent favorite is "My Sweet Life in Paris" which is a travel/humor/cookbook by chef David Lebowitz. It is laugh out loud funny, and has lots of recipes for combinations of food I never thought of trying before. A great, practical book and the author is hilarious!

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am an educator who has worked as a teacher, program director and in human services for more than thirty years. I moved to Vermont in 2003 to pursue a degree in International Education at the School for International Training in Brattleboro. I have worked on state department youth exchanges, restorative justice and mental health and housing support. She serves on the board of Health Care and Rehabilitation Services as vice-president and has also been a b I taught secondary school students Social Studies and writing for many years as well. I have been a board member and community educator with the National Alliance on Mental Illness VT and serve on the board of HCRS. I live in Westminster, VT with my husband Ron, also a teacher.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Affordable and Accessible Health Care for All , Including Mental Health CareSustainability: Environmental and EconomicWelcoming Asylum Seekers: right for the economy, right for individuals and right for the community

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I have done extensive volunteer and professional work in mental health. I have volunteered in programs addressing food insecurity: housing and adequate food needs. (I started a non-profit which supports a food program at a school in north India, where I have visited with students many times). I currently work at a Community Justice Center and am passionate about reform in the Justice System. As both a class room teacher and an program leader I have worked with youth for most of my career. I care deeply about education and supportive programs for youth and families.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

I look up to the His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet. He has served as both a spiritual and a political leader. In each role he has been a guiding positive presence. He speaks well and listens well. He looks at situations from multiple perspectives and tries to find solutions that work for all. He is deeply attentive to details and also compassionate. He embraces and celebrates the diverse ways of living on our planet. He is a coalition builder. He has strong beliefs but is still able to listen to and appreciate diverse opinions.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

As a Social Studies teacher, including teaching many many years of US History, I would say that Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States might be the book that best represents my political philosophy. In this book, Zinn re-tells history filling in many of the omitted, overlooked facts from people whose voices should (and did) matter, but who were often not given full attention at the time or by history. Zinn wrote US History trying to help readers understand all the perspectives of those who made America, not just the white, land owning men who wrote the constitution. The USA is a nation of immigrants (and a small population of native people). For our country to thrive we need to learn and respect our shared history. We need to learn and respect each other now. We need to be one nation with all participants having equal opportunity and equal voice. While the book is not purely a political philosophy book, it does represent qualities that I believe are critical in political philosophy.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I am compassionate . I work hard and I am am both a good listener and a good problem solver. I care what happens to people in my community. I care what happens in the world. I have friends and students all over the world and I know that what we do in Vermont impacts them as well as my students in the states. (I am aware of the interconnections in our world). I don't like injustice. If I see something is ethically wrong, I want to address how to change that. I am a good organizer and good at mobilizing people on behalf of issues or individuals we all care about.

What is your favorite book? Why?

I love the memoir My Several Worlds, by Pearl S. Buck. Pearl lived much of her life in China but was an American citizen . I too grew up partly in the US and partly in Taiwan and China. There are so many experiences that Pearl had and observations she made about growing up as a guest in another culture that I can relate to when I read her story, even though she was there decades before I was. The fact that I grew up bi-culturally feeling as comfortable in China as in the US, but not fitting completely either place contributed to my identity in a huge way and enabled me to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and seek both what is new and what is familiar. To find common ground. Coincidentally, after many years in China and in other places in the US, Pearl Buck eventually moved to Vermont for her golden years and lived in southern Vermont.