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Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 08/05/2010

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.

Whistle Where You Work: BP Oil Rig Accountability; Legendary Whistleblower Frank Serpico, ep. 27 07/30/2010

WWYW is a multimedia program focusing on issues of accountability, that is produced by the Government Accountability Project, the nation’s leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization. Episode 26, The BP oil rig disaster is quickly becoming one of the worst environmental catastrophes of our time. The parties involved are pointing fingers...but did someone have foresight into this type of event happening? A whistleblower from a different BP oil rig has been trying to expose critical safety lapses for years, but his efforts seem to have fallen on deaf ears. The second segment, we go to the first day of the National Whistleblower Assembly on May 24, 2010, where legendary NYPD whistleblower Frank Serpico, whose story is memorialized by the classic film that shares his name, gave the opening remarks.

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons: The Inextricable Link 07/26/2010

North Country Coalition For Justice and Peace, Present: "Why the Not-So-Peaceful Atom is a Bomb - Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons: The Inextricable Link" (with Paul and Linda Gunter) Co- Founders of "Beyond Nuclear", based in Tacoma Park, Maryland. Paul and Linda Gunter have decades of experience in nuclear power research and oversight.

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 07/20/2010

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.

Burlington Electric Commission 07/14/2010

Regular meetings are held in the auditorium at Burlington Electric Department, 585 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont.

Congressman Peter Welch: Clean Energy Tour 07/09/2010

Representative Peter Welch discusses the need to invest in job-creating, developing industries, like renewable energy and energy efficiency at Draker labs.

Vermont Council on World Affairs: Latin American Delegation, Group2 06/29/2010

Latin American IVLP Delegation: NGO Management. Host Eli Harrington, Vermont Council on World Affairs, speaks with a delegation visiting from Latin America, part of the U.S. State Department's INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. The Vermont Council on World Affairs serves as hosts to these delegates and others visiting the area.

Mr. Diego Francisco Cisneros Merino, Executive Director, Bi-National Center Cultural & Educational Foundation,Mr. Gaston Federico Mascias, President, NGO Civic Association, Mujeres 2000, Ms. Florinda Guajan Cobox, Trainer and Supervisor, NGO Asociacion de Credito Social RAIZ

Vermont Council on World Affairs: Latin American Delegation, Group1 06/29/2010

Ms. Griselda Leonor Marrero Duarte, President, NGO Fundacion Agreste, Ms. Luz Zoraida Castillo Varela, Country Director, Lutheran World Relief, Ms. Martha Olga Lujan Martinez, General Coordinator, Esfera Ciudadana, AC

Special Meeting of Burlington Electric Commission 06/29/2010

Regular meetings are held in the auditorium at Burlington Electric Department, 585 Pine Street, Burlington, Vermont.

Nuclear Conversations 06/28/2010

Host Margaret Harrington talks with Arnie and Maggie Gundersen of Fairewinds Associates, Inc.

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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!