Education

The Northeast Farm to School Conference 05/18/2009

The Northeast Farm to School Conference was held at Champlain College in Burlington May 17 and 18. Monday's keynote speaker was Margaret Krome with opening remarks from Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. Margaret Krome oversees Michael Fields Agriculture Institute policy program. In this capacity, she coordinates the annual national grassroots campaign to fund federal programs supported by the National Campaign for Sustainable Agriculture.

Senator Patrick Leahy: Farm to School Food Program- With U.S. Education Secretary Duncan 05/14/2009

U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will visit Lawrence Barnes School in Burlington’s Old North End to announce significant new funding for the Farm to School Food Program.

Vermont Commissioner of Education, Armando Vilaseca 05/13/2009

Host Lauren-Glenn Davitian speaks with Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner of Education, on his first year as commissioner and vision for the future.

Public Service Announcements: Bike Recycle PSA 05/12/2009

Video Orientation presentation for new volunteers for Bike Recycle.

Vermont Confidential : Talking About Americorps 05/11/2009

Host Nick Carter speaks with 3 AmeriCorps volunteers, Casey Clark, Dawn Palladino, and Joanna Stein, all working with Champlain Valley Agency on Aging regarding how they got involved and their duties now.

Orchard Elementary School Takes the Walk 05/08/2009

Students from Mrs. Provost's 5th grade organize their school to Take the Walk in support of the organization Free The Children building schools in Kenya, Africa. Take the Walk was started by the band Hansen and raises money for various charities through community participatory events. Taped and edited by Meghan O'Rourke

'Community Kitchen' Graduation 05/08/2009

A program of the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf and Vermont Foodbank, the first class of Community Kithen students graduate. Comprised of 7 women, they all successfully completed a 14-week program and will be moving onto jobs and continuing education with NECI.

Public Service Announcements: Vermont Roots Reggae Festival PSA 05/07/2009

Matt Mantone promos the Vermont Roots Raggae Festival being held on the Waterfront June 20th 2009.

Lawrence Barnes Afterschool Bike Club 05/06/2009

Lawrence Barnes Afterschool Bike Club gets under way for the third year. Taped and edited by Meghan O'Rourke.

Vermont Confidential : Nancy Mosher, President/CEO Planned Parenthood of New England 05/06/2009

Host Nick Carter interviews Nancy Mosher, President/CEO of Planned Parenthood of New England on the organizations current focus, recent actions and impacts of national leadership changes.

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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!