Activist’s surprise $1M gift has Vermont family shelter giving thanks

Nancy Braus, a longtime Vermont social justice activist, protests outside the Brattleboro post office. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger
BRATTLEBORO — Activist Nancy Braus has protested nearly a half-century on area streets to tax the rich and feed the poor. But townspeople here still did a double take when they learned she was giving a local family shelter her recent inheritance of $1 million.“It was a bit of a shock and really takes your breath away,” said Chloe Learey,