Education

Vermont Adult Learning provides adults with essential skills education to further their educational, employment and personal goals in order to expand their options and capabilities in the family, community and workplace.

The University of Vermont has been called upon to provide increased student housing, freeing up needed housing options for Burlington residents, Vermont Interfaith Action (VIA) called this gathering to once again call on the University to action.  VIA is comprised of member faith communities in the Burlington and Central Vermont area.  VIA is an affiliate of the PICO Network, which has conducted faith-based organizing for over 30 years.

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.

Senator Patrick Leahy and his wife Marcelle enjoy a healthy school lunch made from Vermont products, receive a report on the success of Vermont’s Farm to School Program, and take part in a Youth Farm Spring Kick-Off during a visit to Burlington’s Hunt Middle School. The progress report highlights work funded through a $476,000 Centers for Disease Control grant to Vermont FEED, in order to understand the impact of Farm to School programming on student food choice. Leahy has championed the farm to school movement in Vermont and across the nation as the most senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.