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COVID Q&A with Sen. Bernie Sanders and White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha 08/11/2022

Sen. Bernie Sanders holds a Q&A discussion with the White House’s COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha on ways to stay safe and healthy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkvbuPAdNSY

Kindness Connection: Interview with Johnny Mendez 07/21/2022

From Jan Riordan:

This episode's guest is Johnny Mendez. Johnny is the owner of Hen House Media and Producer of the 2022 East Coast Kindness Tour!

thekindnessconnection.org

VICII: Roe v. Wade Is Gone Now - What is next for the women and girls of our nation? 07/13/2022

From VICII:

June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade. In 1973 the Court decided that the 14th Amendment declaring all persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States these born women and girls are therefore entitled to the equal protection of the law and the Constitution. Roe insured that women and girls were guaranteed the same rights as men to make medical decisions in privacy with their doctors and families or in the privacy of their own conscience without the interference of the State, the politicians, family, or church. The Roe decision stated that as moral agents women were to be trusted to make important decisions about their pregnancies, their families, their futures and their destinies on their own.

For more information: vicii.org

What's Going On?: The Disempowerment and Disappearance of Women and Girls 07/12/2022

Host Sandy Baird chats with guest Peter Garritano about the disempowerment and disappearance of rights for women and girls, and current events such as the recent overturn of Roe v. Wade.

VICII: PART 1 - Roe v. Wade is Gone Now - What Is Next for the Women and Girls of Our Nation? 06/29/2022

From VICII:

On June 24, 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade. When decided in 1973, the Court decided that the 14th Amendment declaring all persons born in the United States are citizens of the United States, these born women and girls are therefore entitled to the equal protection of the law and the Constitution. Roe insured that women and girls were guaranteed the same rights as men to make medical decisions in privacy with their doctors and families or in the privacy of their own conscience without the interference of the State, the politicians, family, or church. The Roe decision stated that as moral agents women were to be trusted to make important decisions about their pregnancies, their families, their futures and their destinies on their own.

Join the Vermont Institute of Community and International Involvement as Kurt Mehta, Esq.; Sandy Baird, Esq.; and Justine Snow, Esq. discuss this new reality.

For more information: vicii.org

An Economy of Our Own - Digital Possibilities: Capitalism, Tech, and the Fight for a Feminist Internet 06/28/2022

From the organizers:

The virtual world once felt like it could shape a different future—one more democratic and equitable. But capitalism—as well as its siblings, including racism and sexism—are turning digital spaces into the same corporatized, white- and male-dominated ones we’ve known for centuries.

What can we do now to build an intersectional, feminist future online? Find out through this conversation with Communication and Science and Technology Studies scholar Breigha Adeyemo, journalist and DIGITAL SUFFRAGISTS author Marie Tessier, social systems scientist Riane Eisler, and AEOO’s Digital Director Carmen Rios!

Bans Off Our Bodies Rally - Response to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade 06/24/2022

Protesters gather at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Burlington to protest the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe V. Wade.

Addiction Recovery Channel: OnPoint NYC - An in-depth look into the first sanctioned Overdose Prevention Centers in the United States 06/24/2022

From Ed Baker:

Kailin See is the Senior Director of Programs for both the Washington Heights CORNER Project and the New York Harm Reduction Education Project, serving Washington Heights, East Harlem and the Bronx in New York City. She was the program and development lead for the historic opening of the first two sanctioned Overdose Prevention Centers in the United States.

Kailin explains, in detail, what these Overdose Prevention Centers are, how they work, who they serve, and what their accomplishments have been over their first six months in NYC.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Founding Fathers of the Homestead Museum - How Ethan Allen's Home was Rediscovered 06/19/2022

From the Ethan Allen Homestead:

On Father's Day, guest lecturer Tom Anderson talks about the founding of the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum.

Tom Anderson was one of a small group of visionaries who worked with Ralph Nading Hill to develop the homestead park and museum as it exists today. Tom shares stories of those early days and how they rediscovered and restored the 1787 home of Vermont founder and Revolutionary War leader Ethan Allen.

For more information: ethanallenhomestead.org

What's Going On?: Just Guns 06/07/2022

Sandy Baird speaks with Pete Garritano about gun violence, mass shootings, gun control and the potential causes of these problems.

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Applications Now Open for the Spring 2025 Cohort of the Neighborhood Community Media Internship Program

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