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Presented by Richard Plumb, PhD, President, St. Michaels College.

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From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue:

Alan E. Rubel is a co-author/editor of a powerful collection of 43 stories about the reality of being an unpaid caregiver. The book, The Greatest Burden. The Greatest Blessing, includes stories involving a variety of areas of caregiving. As Rubel notes, “our mission is to help today’s and tomorrow’s caregivers through these stories.”

A former board member of the Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice; a competitive Senior Games javelin thrower; and the current Co-Chair of Ohavi Zedek’s Cemetery Committee, Rubel will discuss his book and the challenges and rewards facing caregivers.

For more information: www.ohavizedek.org

From the University of Vermont Special Collections Library:

The success of Senator Patrick Leahy’s first campaign is credited in part to his expert use of the medium of television. Senate ’74: Choosing a New Leader for Vermont, a 30-minute documentary produced for Leahy by filmmaker Dorothy Tod, ran on five local television networks during prime time and was instrumental in introducing Vermonters to the young, previously unknown candidate. Tod’s film follows Leahy as he campaigns across the state in the weeks leading up to the election, portraying the candidate as a likeable family man committed to the promise of Vermont. Join Senator Leahy and Dorothy Tod on November 20 for a film screening and conversation about the making of the film moderated by Helen Morgan Parmett, the Edwin W. Lawrence Endowed Professor of Forensics and Associate Professor in the Department of English.

For more information visit: www.specialcollections.uvm.edu/events/senate-74-film

Host Salome Oforiwaa discusses with guest Professor Sefakor G.M.A. Komabu-Pomeyie, International Disability Rights Advocate and Policy Analyst. Sefakor is also the Director for Diversity Equity and Inclusion of the College Of Nursing And Health Sciences at the University Of Vermont. They discuss causes of disability.

From Salome Oforiwaa:

Professor Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie an international disability rights advocate will be the resource person for the show. Sefakor carries not only acquired knowledge but comes on with rich experiential knowledge serving as hope and a reference point to the Youth of Burlington with disability as they transition into adulthood.

This is a new TV series intended to changing the negative narratives about Disability and debunking the myths surrounding it. Infants with disabilities might not suffer much emotional trauma due to the ‘over protective measures’ parents or guardians put in for their support. However, their stories in transitioning from childhood into adulthood becomes difficult and sometimes unbearable as their developmental challenges outgrow them. A youth with disability’s psychological frame of mind is so critical for their self definition and needs serious attention by input of requisite knowledge that inwardly resonates ‘I AM ABLE’.  This can be done through education, imparting knowledge to boost the self confidence of a youth with disability. This is important for their individual achievements. Parents, guardians, and the community as a whole must be correctly informed to be able to serve as a support base in shaping the future of the youth with disability in Burlington Vermont showing on the CCTV/Town Meeting TV network.