Education

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 10/18/2011

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Wards 4 & 7 meet the third Tuesday of the month. Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

Occupy Wall Street Solidarity Protest 10/15/2011

Occupy Wall Street solidarity protests in Burlington VT over the weekend of October 15 and 16, 2011. Recorded by community producer Abdullah Sall to show the variety of people and influences involved in the demonstrations.

Women Can Do Conference 2011 10/13/2011

Women Can Do is a statewide conference for high school girls held at Vermont Technical College in Randolph, Vermont. This full day conference features dozens of hands-on workshops and action stations highlighting careers in trades and technology.

Bilingual Burlington Bilingue - Classe 2 - Fall 10/13/2011

Elementary Business French for downtown Burlington retail and hospitality workers. Intructor Kim Chase, teacher at Hunt Middle School in Burlington. A production of The Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region and the Church Street Marketplace Association. Underwritten by Ernie Pomerleau. For more information about this program and how to be involved email Steve Norman at: stevenorman@fastmail.fm or go to www.aflcr.org.

Burlington Ward 5 NPA Meeting 10/11/2011

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward5 meet Department of Public Works Building, 645 Pine Street.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 10/06/2011

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month. Meeting place: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

Bilingual Burlington Bilingue - Classe 1 - Fall 10/06/2011

For downloadable materials, please visit http://www.aflcr.org/hospitalityclasses.html

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: Burlington School District Partnerships: Very Merry Theatre 10/06/2011

Hosted by Burlington School Commissioner Alan Matson, Don Wright, of Very Merry Theatre, speaks to the benefits of partnerships to students, and the Theatre, with the school district.

UVM Extension Service Building Capacity Project: Board Leadership and Development 09/26/2011

Learn about non-profit Board Leadership and Development as part of the University of Vermont Extension Service's Builiding Capacity Project. The program is narrated by UVM's Karen Schneider and features Tara Kelly, Jenny Nixon Carter and Staci Smith. For more information visit http://www.uvm.edu/extension/

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Jeff Chester - Digital Media at a Crossroads Champlain College Talk 09/22/2011

Jeff Chester, Executive Director for the Center for Digital Democracy, lectures at Champlain College's Alumni auditorium on the topic of digital democracy, the role of online marketing agencies, changes to policy affecting internet users and their privacy, neuromarketing, and data profiling.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!