Education

Living the Good Life in Vermont - New Neighbors Victim Outreach Program VSA Vermont’s Awareness Theater Company 12/21/2010

VSA Vermont's Awareness Theater Company presents 'Living the Good Life in Vermont', a play to inform and empower Vermont's immigrant and refugee populations regarding their rights as victims of crimes. The 'New Neighbors Victim Outreach Project' is funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. Vermont Awareness Theater is a project of VSA Vermont.

Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger: Seniors and 3SVT 12/21/2010

Angela Smith Dieng, Senior Nutrition & Policy Specialist with Vermont Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, speaks with Karen Gissendanner, Case Manage with Champlain Valley Area Agency on Aging on the 3SquaresVT Program and the senior population.

On the Waterfront: Entrepreneurial Skills - Champlain College BYOBiz Program 12/15/2010

Melinda Moulton hosts Robert Bloch, Director of Champlain College, BYOBiz Program, on developing entrepreneurial skills.

Common Good Vermont: Stuart Comstock-Gay, Vermont Community Foundation 12/14/2010

Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Stuart Comstock-Gay, President and CEO of Vermont Community Foundation. Part of Common Good Vermont series.

What is Not Working in Mental Health Systems and Other Organizations: Healing Neen Video followed by Discussion with Laura Cain on Trauma 12/13/2010

Host Marj Berthold is joined by Laura Cain, Filmmaker and Maryland Disability Rights Attorney for a discussion of "Trauma in Mental Health Systems and Services".
Laura Cain created "Healing Neen" a movie about the consequences of untreated trauma inside of prisons and mental health service systems.

The movie is 54 minutes and is followed by a 30 minute discussion with Marj Berthold and Laura Cain. Use the chapters feature to skip directly to the discussion once the movie is playing above.

If you want to purchase a copy of the 'Healing Neen' video, please click here.

Vermont Council on World Affairs: Burlington/Yaroslavl Sister Cities Exchange 12/10/2010

Burlington, Vermont and Yaroslavl, Russia are sister cities. Eli Harrington, Program Director with the Vermont Council on World Affairs speaks with Howard Seaver, Burlington-Yaroslvl Sister Cities Committee, and 2 delegates from Yaroslavl, Mr. Andrey Likhachev, Deputy, Yaroslavl City Council and Mr. Nikolay Zolotnikov, Administration Head, Nekrasovsky Municipal District, on the history and value of the Sister Cities Program.

Local Matters: Winter Readiness 12/09/2010

Host Nick Carter speaks with Renee Richardson, Director of 3Squares Vermont and Steve Goodkind, Director of Burlington Public Works, on ways to prepare for the winter.

Artful Word: Vermont International Festival 12/03/2010

The Vermont International Festival is a multi-cultural community event sponsored by the Vermont Performing Arts League. VPAL is a non-profit organization that has been active in the promotion of international music, dance and crafts since 1978. The Vermont Performing Arts League's 18th Vermont International Festival, an annual celebration of cultures from around the world, bringing their crafts, foods, music and dance to our doorstep. This video was produced by James Gero.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 12/02/2010

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.

Burlington School Commissioners' Corner: Inclusion Committee Work 12/02/2010

School Commissioner Amy Werbel along with Superintendent Jeanne Collins host Laura Nugent, Inclusion Committee Chair, and paretn Valerie Wood-Lewis to discuss the Inclusion Committee's work at Champlain Elementary School and the effort to move the committee's work out into the rest of the school district.

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!